Michelle Woodall is a Counselor and Psychotherapist in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
She has her B.Sc. in Mathematics and Economics with a Certificate of Counseling from the University of Birmingham, along with a Diploma in Person Centred Counseling from the University of Warwick.
Michelle’s areas of focus include depression and/or anxiety in the Highly Sensitive Person.
She recently wrote a series of articles about the Highly Sensitive Person which included ASMR. I reached out to Michelle to learn more about the term Highly Sensitive Person and how it may relate to ASMR.
It could still be a long time until ASMR is a clinician-recommended therapy for disorders like insomnia, anxiety, or depression.
Jasmin Ojalainen is a 3rd year undergraduate student at City University London in the United Kingdom. She is a Journalism major and was recently assigned to write an article as a final project in a Science Journalism class.
One of the key aspects of ASMR is that it is a very relaxing state which seems to de-stress the mind and body.
Emma Barrett and Nick Davis actually proposed a body map of the ASMR sensation in their 2015 research paper.
The big similarity between WhisperingLife’s first whisper video channel and the relaxation video channels which preceded her channel is that both channel types relaxed and soothed the viewers.
People often stumble across ASMR when searching for natural methods and products to help them sleep.
Matthew White is a freelance web developer residing in the United Kingdom. He has received his BSc degree in Web Systems & Technology and his MSc degree in Smart Systems & Technology from the University of Bournemouth, UK.
Anna Zajac is an undergraduate student at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland. She is in her final year as a Psychology Major and is working as a research assistant at her university.
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