Case: In 2017, I (Steve) conducted a PSCYH-K Session for a 14-year-old boy. He felt that he struggled to maintain good eye contact with teachers, classmates, coaches, and fellow soccer players at school and during soccer activities.
He always tried to avoid looking into other people’s eyes. Even if someone looked into his eyes, he would often dodge their gaze and not look directly into their eyes. He knew that eye contact was an important ability in life, as it could demonstrate his confidence and help others feel his confidence. Therefore, he hoped to become more confident and have solid eye contact when meeting and interacting with others.
Based on this situation, we used the target belief “I am comfortable to make and maintain eye contact” for the PSCYH-K Session.
One month, three months, and seven months later, every time I followed up with him for feedback, he said that his eye contact with others had improved significantly. He felt more comfortable establishing eye contact with others and could maintain it for a longer period of time at school and during soccer activities. He no longer blinked or avoided eye contact when someone looked into his eyes.
If we use the scale of 1 to 10 to measure the solidity and confidence of his eye contact, with 1 being the weakest and 10 being the strongest, he said his eye contact was at level 4 before the PSYCH-K session and has been consistently at level 8 ever since.