Emotional Stress Release – E.S.R. This simple method helps individuals feel they are managing during stressful times. These times could include trauma, overload, accidents, or pressures from work or relationships. The technique requires a light touch on the frontal eminences. These are the bumps on the forehead between the hairline and the eyebrows, above the eyes. The light touch on this reflex point harmonizes the energy of the forebrain. This is where new options and ideas are processed.
It is here that the brain can be creative and think of new solutions without emotion being involved. In times of stress, our usual response is “fight or flight”, the way we have learned to survive. Translated today, that often means anger or fear, and a reaction based on past experiences. Using E.S.R., we can think of new solutions and choose to change the way we react to stress.
Safe Place: When using E.S.R. to defuse traumatic experiences, it may be necessary to set up a “safe place”. This may be real or imagined and allows the person to take “time out” from the process if necessary.