Timeline Therapy® is a therapeutic approach that works with your internal sense of time to help release negative emotions and limiting beliefs linked to past experiences. It is often used for anxiety, phobias, trauma responses and unwanted behavioural patterns.
Timeline Therapy focuses on how past experiences are stored in your unconscious “timeline” and how they influence present thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Sessions typically involve guided visualisation techniques to help identify and release the root cause of persistent emotional reactions.
Sessions usually last around 60–90 minutes. Your therapist will guide you through a structured process to identify specific emotions or beliefs you want to address. Rather than reliving events in detail, the focus is on releasing the emotional intensity attached to them.
Timeline Therapy is often brief and solution-focused. Unlike traditional talking therapies that explore experiences in depth, it concentrates on releasing emotional patterns linked to past events.
Showing 5 conditions where Timeline Therapy is commonly used.
| Condition | Evidence | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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Anxiety |
moderate
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Timeline therapy for anxiety. |
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Low mood |
moderate
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Timeline therapy for low mood. |
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Low self-esteem |
moderate
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Timeline therapy for low self-esteem. |
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Motivation and goal setting |
moderate
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Timeline therapy for motivation. |
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Stress |
moderate
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Timeline therapy for stress. |