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Listen to you? Why?
Listening is one of our most important communication skills. When group sessions were conducted in a community-based breast cancer support group in Vancouver, British Columbia, women were asked: (a) What were the most helpful things their doctor said or did at the time of their diagnosis? (b) What does a good intervention feel or…
Read MoreAnxiety and panic attacks
Anxiety is regarded as a feeling of unease or worry. All of us experience this from time to time, but for some it becomes common and problematic. If you feel anxious more than others do, you could be suffering from clinical anxiety. Many conditions cause anxiety, including: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)– A condition where…
Read MoreWhat Is The Difference Between Physical Pain And Social Pain?
Hypnosis has been known to assist with increasing control over physical illnesses; it has been used as a therapeutic tool. As a Hypnosis Clinician, I have found that hypnosis assists with control over our emotions that have been affected from certain episodes that occurred earlier in of our lives. One or more break-ups, losses, disappointments or frustrations can normally occur in our lifetime but certain situations…
Read MoreHow Does A Child’s Atmosphere Mold Their Mind?
Verbal abuse from peers during the middle school years had the greatest impact, presumably because this is a sensitive period when these brain connections are developing and becoming protected with myelin. The atmosphere that a child is raised in molds not only their mind, but also their brain. This is something many for…
Read MoreAre You Aware Of How Your Thoughts Affect Your Destination?
Have you ever heard, “ask and ye shall receive,” “like attracts like,” or “birds of a feather flock together?” Then you may be aware that your thoughts attract other similar people, situations and circumstances, positive and negative. It is true that you get what you want when you are 1) clear about what you want;…
Read MoreIs Daydreaming like Hypnosis?
With the people, I have helped in my career, I have found that you get what you think about the most. Your thoughts can be emotionally charged. When you desire something, say, a new house, apartment or other living space, you also feel emotion each time you think about having that place where you…
Read MoreHow Does Loss Effect You?
Visualize this picture: As a hypnotherapist, I have two clients. They are a similar age and are the same gender. Both experienced the loss of a partner at roughly the same period in life. Therefore, I can rationally expect that both will have a similar reaction to their loss and both will benefit from similar techniques…
Read MoreProcesses in Life We all Must Learn
I have assisted many individuals experiencing difficulty with self-awareness and confidence. Life is not always easy and we sometimes experience anxiety, remorse, and other emotional pain. Indubitably, this is expected and many times necessary. These are “life lessons.” I have spent many hours assisting my clients to review where each has come from, what each…
Read MoreIs Hypnosis Effective With Gastrointestinal Problems?
Last Saturday evening, after attending a one day workshop, I was reviewing messages left during the day. One of the messages was from a man who had scheduled an appointment to see me in two weeks, after I arrived back in the states after my current trip. He asked if we could meet the following day,…
Read MoreWhat Effect Does Being A Dissociater Have On Being Hypnotizable?
Dissociaters I have hypnotized many people who had fit the “fantasizer” description, people who are highly hypnotizable. But then I saw many who did not fit this prototype. Some of the people I had hypnotized could not remember ever having experienced vivid imagery. When I assessed highly hypnotizable people who would not go into trance instantly, I…
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