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- December 26, 2014
How does cognitive therapy compare to hypnotherapy in releasing these negative thoughts?
Many people have spent thousands of hours and dollars going to therapy to try to remove their life-long, self-defeating thought patterns. If you are one of those people, perhaps you are aware of low self esteem, deep down feelings that you are not as good as others,
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- December 11, 2014
Most therapists, counselors, social workers, teachers and others in the helping professions, were drawn to our profession because we wanted to help or perhaps we even dreamed of healing people . . .
. . . but what happens when fewer and fewer people seek your help or are choosing medication instead of therapy?
With the changing economy and people having
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- December 09, 2014
Facts: one hundred million repeat dieters spend twenty billion dollars on weight loss programs (according to an ABC news report) with limited success rates. Also statistics show that insurance companies paid out over $8 billion for bariatric surgery in 2010 and that cost is now skyrocketing.
Most all diet programs have several components in common:
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- December 04, 2014
Often therapists may have the experience of being forced to cancel their clients. Perhaps they experience a family tragedy, a personal illness or other stressful situation. For days, weeks or even months, we may need to cancel client hours. Private practice does not provide sick leave!
Had you been in private practice, that would have been devastating
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- November 18, 2014
There has been a great deal of published research into the use of hypnosis with fears and phobias. Occasionally, direct suggestions for relief of anxiety or phobias prove effective. When direct suggestions are ineffective, there are many other hypnotic techniques that may be helpful. Actually, simply the process of induction and deepening generally
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- November 13, 2014
Hypnosis has proven to be extremely valuable in the treatment of cancer patients. Specific applications include: establishing rapport between the patient and members of the medical health team; control of pain with self-regulation of pain perception through the use of glove anesthesia, time distortion, amnesia, transference of pain to a different body -
- November 12, 2014
As I think about the meaning of Veteran on this Veteran’s Day, I am reminded of the core values of all veterans. The US Navy and Marine Corps list Honor, Courage and Commitment. The US Army emphasizes Loyalty, Duty, Respect and Selfless Service. The US Air Force, my favorite, embraces Integrity, Service before Self and Excellence in all
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- November 11, 2014
In our previous blog we discussed the use of hypnosis during pregnancy and preparation for a healthy delivery. Hypnosis is basically learning to relax into a deep trance state in order to visualize a desired outcome, to give positive suggestions and to relax in order to allow nature to take its course. However, there are also many uses for hypnotherapy
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- November 06, 2014
Childbirth is one of the most profound events a woman and couple will experience. Unfortunately, the experience can be fraught with anxiety, as well as fear of pain and loss of control. Often during childbirth, those fears/anxiety transfer into a fight-or-flight response. This automatic physiological response increases her perception of pain intensity -
- November 04, 2014
When grief complicates and becomes pathological by virtue of its duration, intensity, or by bizarre or somatic manifestation, the psychiatric diagnosis of Complicated Bereavement or chronic grief is in order. This prolonged grief may occur due to the loss of a loved one when the nature of death is traumatic or unexpected and sudden. In children, the
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