Anxiety is a global mental health problem requiring treatment innovation. From all treatments available, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the leading methods with sustainable results. Unfortunately, it is not widely accessible. Thus, this article is exploring the potential effectiveness of visualization as a promising tool and mechanism of psychological interventions, particularly for anxiety disorders. The objective of this study is to provide a theory of how visualization works and empirically test the hypothesis that it is an effective immersive technique for the treatment and healing of anxiety neurosis by applying quantum psychophysical parallelism and the creative process. The proposed hypothesis is based on the premise that visualization can be a very powerful technique to embody our creative exploration of purpose. Physical, somatic, cognitive and intuitive visualization exercises can help a person heal and transform.The goal is to quantitatively demonstrate the reduction in anxiety levels through self-reported questionnaires, biofeedback and brain wave analysis.The overall expectation is that anxiety levels will be lower and that the patient will become much more skilled at recognizing fight, flight or freeze responses and self-regulating.
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