A treatment in which people are encouraged to relax their muscles to reduce stress.
Treatment by teaching a patient to decrease his anxiety by reducing the tone in his muscles. This can be used by itself to help people cope with stressful situations or as a part of desensitization to specific fears.
This is treatment which patients are helped to reduce their levels of anxiety by reducing their muscle tone. It can be used on its own or in conjunction with a broader psychotherapy regime. The technique guides people on how to cope with stressful situations and deal with phobias.