Joy Theory

Joy Theory is the most comprehensive form of treatment I've found to date and the one that people seem to like the most. On average I'd say that it works for about 80-90% of people with most people being able to work through more than one fear or goal per session. It works by intentionally changing emotions which makes it easy to understand and relate to.

How It Works

Joy Theory is a cross-disciplinary theory that uses science as its functional foundation integrating concepts from quantum physics, spirituality, acoustics, physiology, neuroscience, electromagnetism, meditation, mindfulness, and the science of happiness to bring about effective and permanent change. Put simply, we use emotions, which are scientifically proven to drive behavior, specifically positive ones, which are scientifically shown to impact dramatically impact physiology, psychology, and overall well-being, to change how you react to a negative stimulus using visual meditation and bilateral stimulation.

In a session we would have you choose something you want to work through and have you visualize yourself reacting differently by gradually working your way up a positive emotional scale of neutrality, acceptance, love, and joy, hope, and gratitude. You can read up on the steps to do it as well as the science behind it here.

This is what you will get out of using this method:

Increased Awareness and Insight

I've had a few clients comment on how they didn't recognize their emotional reactions as much before doing this treatment method. The quick shifting of emotions during session helped them get more in tune with their emotions and how each emotion feels distinct compared to others.
This method creates awareness in what clients pay attention to throughout their day when not in session. Emotional awareness is the key to long-term happiness.
This method typically results in a lot of powerful insights.

Influence of Joy

I've had many clients react negatively to feeling joy because it feels scary. Google summarizes: "Brené Brown [a world-famous researcher on vulnerability] states that joy is the most vulnerable emotion because it requires a deep connection to something fragile and fleeting, which can trigger a fear that it will be taken away, a phenomenon she calls 'foreboding joy.'" I have definitely seen this in session. For those that experienced foreboding joy it was simultaneously informative and disconcerting to them because it helped them recognize their own discomfort with higher level positive emotions and the level of fear present in their lives. This is crucial information.
Other clients started to recognize that they don't focus on joy very often in their life, don't even know what joy feels like, or don't know what that would look like in their life. Again, this is extremely important because if you don't focus on joy, you will never attain it as a stable state.

Power of Choice

The most important single understanding of any is this: that our emotional state is a choice. That IS NOT to say that you should numb, neglect, ignore, repress, or any other word suggesting that a person shouldn't feel their emotions. That isn't healthy. Nor is it saying that your emotional reactions aren't instinctual. What this is saying is that you recognize, through the meditation, that you can change your emotional state at will by working through the negative emotions in a healthy way, and it's not even that hard to do! This information is by far the most impactful because it helps you understand the amount of power you have over how you feel on a moment to moment basis.

Joy is a Mindset

Joy is not something that just happens to you, it is a state created by conscious effort. It is a choice, a choice that is made in every moment. Circumstances do not have to change, barring extreme ones, in order for you to feel joy. If you think you can't feel joy in your present circumstances, that is most likely not true. If Viktor Frankl can do it in a German concentration camp, I bet you can.

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