Q I get so nervous before job interviews or presentations that I ruin them every time. Can treatment improve situations like this?
A Through treatment, the level of anxiety in interview and presentation situations can be lowered enough. Rather than complete absence of anxiety, the realistic goal is to bring it down to a manageable level, and that alone can make a big difference in your performance.
Detailed Answer
The goal of social phobia treatment is not to eliminate anxiety completely, but to reach a state where you can still function even with anxiety present. Feeling nervous in interviews, presentations, and meetings is normal, but with social phobia that level becomes excessive enough to interfere with performance. After treatment, the tension is reduced to a manageable level and you become able to deliver what you have prepared. Applying the exposure exercises of CBT, tailored to interview and presentation simulations, allows for faster improvement. There have been cases of people preparing for employment in the Dongincheon area of Incheon who regained confidence in interview situations after treatment.
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
In Korean medicine, prescriptions that strengthen gallbladder-qi help build the foundation of confidence and decisiveness. For those with upcoming interviews or presentations, Dongjedang manages realistic goals together, such as adjusting the strength of the prescription to match that period.
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