Posts by Steve Cohen
We know sticks and stones may break your bones, but can words change your being?
Click Here to Join us for “It’s Only Words” When I have someone come to me for a hypnosis session, I want him or her to think about their own life for a minute. Unless they or someone close to them, has been prey to an act of physical violence, chances are the worst pain they have felt in…
Read MoreAre Your Words Helpful or Harmful?
As a nurse, it was suggested after I graduated from my first four years of nursing school, that I read Florence Nightingale’s original writings. I was not required as a student to read her writings. The language of nursing was first revealed by Florence Nightingale (1859) in her book “Notes on Nursing” when she stated…
Read MoreIs there a difference between physical pain and social pain?
Hypnosis has long been known to be associated with heightened control over physical processes and has been used as a therapeutic tool since mankind’s early history. As a Hypnosis Clinician, I have found that hypnosis is also associated with control over emotional processes from certain episodes of our lives which may remain for a lifetime.…
Read MoreHow has hypnosis changed?
In the history of hypnosis, there are many people who are important. One was Franz Anton Mesmer who in the period around 1779 gave hypnosis a name but the name he gave it was mesmerism. He was all the rage in the day. He felt he had the ability to magnetize people with his power. But we know…
Read MoreHow long has hypnosis been used?
The history of hypnosis can be traced to ancient times. It has been called numerous names in various places. Medicine men, witch doctors, and religious leaders have utilized it in many forms to heal the ill. The cures frequently were credited to miracles achieved by the gods. The Papyrus Ebers, an Egyptian medical record dating to…
Read MoreHow do childhood events affect us as adults?
Another major reframing that can take place in hypnosis involves the concepts and memories regarding our parents. It is implied as a part of our human condition to expect to have an inalienable right to possess perfect parents. Though, no one is privileged to have them. Still, we handle our disenchantment either by refusing to…
Read MoreHow do childhood events affect us as adults?
During hypnosis, focusing a client’s concentration back toward childhood can uncover various valuable experiences and patterns that were planted deep below the surface of the conscious mind. Guiding a client to an earlier life experience can enhance memories beyond the normal recall of a childhood event and many times correct it. The specifics are not…
Read MoreCan you concentrate on how much you love someone?
“I cannot concentrate on how much I love you when you’re mad at me.” These were the words of a 40’ish year old man during a hypnosis session for stress, just two weeks ago. The winter holidays are a time for merry-making and family get-togethers, but it can have its pressures too. Can…
Read MoreDid You Realize How Much Your Childhood Affects Your Life Today?
Past Tense… Many events in our lives were imprinted in the prenatal environment and at birth. Many experiences of earlier events can be seen in our present lives. Hypnosis healthcare can help adults cope with issues they never even knew existed. During the 9 months of pregnancy, early traumatic events are stamped into an individual.…
Read MoreA prenatal infant handles the intensity of emotions
Difficulties such as anxiety or depression have various causes. Personality difficulties such as passivity or negative beliefs such as telling yourself or others “it’s all my fault” have causes from the past. The same is true for many physical difficulties. Discovering earlier experiences can be the causation for present complaints and conditions. Past events can…
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