Eye Movement for Positive Change
I have been doing a lot of research into the effects of eye movement on reducing anxiety and facilitating positive change. In fact, I’m building my own eye-movement machine, but that’s another story, for later.
In the meantime, I’ve found some really interesting videos that illustrate the effect. I’d be interested to hear what you think.
Here’s a very rough video of a very early stage of the prototype of the Dolphin Machine that I am developing.
Why “Dolphin”? It’s from some very interesting work done in the Maudsley hospital, and published in “Skills-Based Learning for Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder“: Janet Treasure, Gráinee Smith and Anna Crane.
To quote one reviewer, it contains:
a typology of carer styles playfully based on various animals (kangaroo, rhinoceros, ostrich and jellyfish), with the ultimate aim of developing coping styles resembling dolphins (just enough caring and control) and St. Bernards (just enough compassion and consistency).