System and method for reducing stress

A system for providing a therapeutic benefit to a person experiencing a stressful condition, comprising:

• at least a first handholdable device and separate second handholdable device configured to be applied to a body part of the person selected from parts of the hands, wrists, arms, chest, legs, and ankles;
• first and second tactile stimulators adapted to be bilaterally positioned in therapeutic contact with the body of the person;
• one or more physiological sensors collectively coupled to the first and second tactile stimulators;
• one or more environmental sensors collectively coupled to the first and second tactile stimulators;
• a wireless controller in a mobile device communicably coupled to the first and second tactile simulators, one or more physiological sensors, and the one or more environmental sensors,
• the controller configured to receive sensor data from the one or more physiological sensors and the one or more environmental sensors;
• the controller further configured to determine whether physiological sensor data exceeds a threshold associated with the physiological sensor data and to determine whether environmental sensor data exceeds a threshold associated with the environmental second sensor data to confirm the presence of a stressful condition, and
• when the stressful condition is confirmed, the controller being configured to cause the first tactile stimulator in the first device to apply a first stimulation for a first time period and configured to cause the second tactile stimulator in the second device to apply a second stimulation for a second time period beginning either prior to or simultaneously with the cessation of the first time period such that the operation of the first and second tactile stimulators provides only for uninterrupted stimulation;
• wherein the controller is configured to allow the person to choose one or more overlap selection states setting the amount of time that the first device and second device are providing bilateral stimulation and wherein each overlap selection defines a degree of asynchronous stimulation the person receives from the first tactile stimulator and second tactile stimulator;
• and
• wherein, the first and second stimulations are configured to be applied bilaterally to the body of the person to provide bilateral uninterrupted stimulation, comprising, if selected, asynchronous stimulation with an overlapping stimulation period between the first stimulation and second stimulation to provide the therapeutic benefit to the person and wherein tactile stimulation is the only stimulation applied to the person caused by the operation of the first and second stimulators under control of the wireless controller.