Imagine this scenario: Mary and Janet each discovered she had breast
cancer at the same stage of development and began seeing the same
physician on the same day. Each had the same treatments for the same
period of time. Mary did not recover. Janet is not only alive, she is
thriving.What made the difference? Their belief system. Mary believed
everything the doctor said about the ...
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Americans today are suffering from a serious pandemic of diseases
associated with dysfunction of the immune system. The most publicized of
these diseases and the most lethal is AIDS, Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome. While this illness shows many unusual features for an infectious
disease, it can nevertheless be understood as a viral sexually transmitted
infection. Far more common, ...
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Allergies and Other Immune System Disorders: Part 3Doctors have understood
for years that chronic stress in our lives can trigger a wide variety of
immune system disorders, including asthma, allergies, psoriasis,
rheumatoid arthritis, etc. They don't always explain to their patients
what processes cause the normal stresses of daily life to turn into
disease. Nor do they show us how ...
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In this series of articles I have been presenting hypnotic strategies for
dealing with allergies and other immune system diseases. Today I discuss a
primary reason why our western civilization is so rife with this type of
disease. Literally millions of Americans suffer asthma, pollen allergies,
and autoimmune diseases in which the immune system appears to be
indiscriminately attacking ...
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Seeking to become a certified clinical hypnotherapist? Hypnotherapy
schools that are approved for certification by the American Council of
Hypnotist Examiners offer professional instruction in advanced
hypnotherapy including but not limited to a curriculum in the following
coursework: Advanced Systematic Desensitization; Analytical Hypnotherapy;
Clinical Guided Imagery; Emotional Clearing; ...
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One of the primary goals of psychotherapy has been the healing of
depression, anxiety, chronic anger, and other emotional disorders, as well
as the alleviation of psychosomatic diseases whose source is in the
client's suppressed emotions. As hypnotherapists, we are constantly
encountering our clients' childhood pain and trauma while attempting to
assist them in behavioral changes. ...
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At the time when I first met David Quigley, fighting, abuse, and pain
wracked my home and family. I was on the verge of getting a separation
from my husband, and at the same time I felt that I was destroying my
family, my home and everything that we had both worked so hard to
accomplish for so many years. It was very painful to say the least, but it
was becoming my reality. Worse yet is ...
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If youve already tried a variety of the stop smoking aids, and youve tried
quitting smoking without any help at all, you may think its just not meant
to be. If you havent tried quit smoking hypnosis, you should take a minute
to consider the possibility.When the word hypnosis is mentioned, many
people immediately conjure up images of the comedic hypnotists that make
unsuspecting ...
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Stress can be defined as a state we experience when there is a mismatch
between perceived demands and our perceived ability to cope. Stress can
also be defined as an adaptive response by a body to change in the
environment. Stress response evolved to enable humans to deal with
life-threatening dangers or stressors such as being confronted with a wild
animal or perhaps a hostile human. ...
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The setting is a tastefully decorated office. Sally, a thirty-two year-old
entertainment executive, leans back in a comfortable recliner and takes
several slow, deep breaths. Her therapist dims the lights then begins
speaking to her in a lulling, dulcet tone of voice.Within a few minutes,
it is obvious that Sally is deeply relaxed; in fact, she appears to be
asleep. Observing subtle ...
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Hypnotherapy processes interact directly with inner consciousness to find
core issue causes of problems in a client’s life. Clients can examine
beliefs and thought processes that are giving rise to emotional, physical,
mental and spiritual problems and make changes at the core level from which
the outer manifestation originates. With changes at the inner levels of
consciousness the outer projection changes.
the clinical use of hypnosis, in which the subject’s powers of
consciousness are mobilised and subconscious memories and perceptions are
brought into consciousness. Heightened responsiveness to suggestions and
commands, suspension of disbelief with lowering of critical judgments, the
potential of alteration in perceptions, motor control, or memory in
response to suggestions and the subjective experience of responding
involuntarily are induced through hypnotherapy.
Hypnotherapy is the application of hypnosis as a form of medical therapy,
usually for relieving pain or conditions related to one's state of mind.
Practitioners believe that when a client enters, or believes he has
entered, a state of trance, the patient is more receptive to suggestion and
other therapy. The most common use of hypnotherapy is to remedy maladies
like obesity, smoking, pain, ego, anxiety, stress, amnesia, phobias, and
performance but many others are also treated by hypnosis.