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Everything You Always Wanted
To Know About Hypnosis...


 

 

Table of Contents

  1. What is hypnosis?
  2. What is hypnotherapy?
  3. What does it feel like?
  4. What if I can't be hypnotized?
  5. How does it work?
  6. How did I get all these problems?
  7. What is Psycho-Cellular Healing™?
  8. Who are these Inner Children™ and how do I heal them?
  9. You should know that...
  10. Can I really change anything I want?
  11. How long does it take?
  12. How much does it cost?

What is hypnosis?

A natural process of deep relaxation and fixation of attention. A super-concentration of the mind, similar to day dreaming or meditation, leading to an altered state of consciousness which facilitates communication with the subconscious and allows heightened response to suggestions.

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What is hypnotherapy?

A method of therapy which seeks to dramatize thought into specific action for a definite end, most notably the treatment of [mind and/or body] disease.

Since 1977, Hypnotherapy has been recognized as a professional occupation by the U.S. Dictionary of Occupational Titles.

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What does it feel like?

Very comfortable, peaceful, natural. You are not anesthetized, unconscious or asleep. Your mind is active, your thoughts are under your control, you perceive all stimuli and you are in complete communication with the operator.

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What if I can't be hypnotized?

Just about everyone can be hypnotized. All people go through a state akin to hypnosis before falling asleep. There is no reason why you should not be able to enter a hypnotic state.

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How does it work?

Hypnosis puts your conscious "censoring" mind to sleep so that you can dialogue with your "uncensored" subconscious mind, home of all your feelings, habits and memories-- everything that has ever happened to you.

This allows deeper, authentic thoughts and feelings to come to the surface, helping you locate, uncover and edit memories of past experiences to make the positive and permanent changes you desire.

By desensitizing old memories and habits--things you may not know are there but that get in your way--that have emotionally blocked you for years, and inserting positive feelings and actions that work for you, you achieve permanent change.

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How did I get all these problems?

Unfortunately, past experiences, guilt feelings, unfulfilled impulses and desires are incessantly pushing themselves into awareness, directly or indirectly, often sabotaging your happiness, health and efficiency.

You're not alone. By the time most of us reach adulthood, we have built up many "negative" modes of thinking, feeling and acting which persist, like bad habits.

Psycho-Cellular Healing™ helps you to replace "negative" attitudes with "positive" ones.

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What is Psycho-Cellular Healing?

Psycho-Cellular Healing™ [PCH] is a hypnotherapeutic mind/body healing modality specifically developed to clean out old emotional blocks--most often from childhood--that prevent growth and healing. Once they are re-edited, re-written or deleted, the subconscious mind is free to heal other parts of the mind and/or body.

PCH is dynamic, short-term, goal-oriented treatment that helps solve specific problems, increases self-esteem and makes life more rewarding. You participate in your own recovery, choosing what you need to work on.

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Who are these Inner Children and how do I heal them?

Inner Children™ is a term we use to acknowledge the existence of more than one inner child. Each of us has several Inner Children to whom something [traumatic] happened that wasn't OK and they all need to have their fears and memories addressed. Each of the still-traumatized Inner Children's experiences must be healed before any other permanent mind or body healing can be successful.

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You should know that...

Hypnotherapy nearly always gets results faster than conventional therapy, because the sub-conscious mind is immediately re-programmed, transforming negative thoughts to positive ones, using your own resources to change unwanted behavior to positive action.

You, the client, are always in control. The hypnotist is simply a collaborator who facilitates the process. You will always be aware of what is going on, and are never in any danger or pain.

You can never be made to do anything against your will, nor will you reveal anything you don't want to.

You go as deep as you need to. Some people go deeper than others, but even if you go no deeper than the lightest stages of hypnosis and are merely mildly relaxed, you will still be able to benefit from its therapeutic effects.

It is impossible to stay hypnotized. If the hypnotherapist became incapacitated for any reason, you would simply fall asleep for 10 or 15 minutes, then wake up feeling as good as ever.

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Can I really change anything I want?

Yes, but...it takes time for old habit patterns to disintegrate, so do not be discouraged if there is no immediate effect. Even though there may be no apparent alterations on the surface, a restructuring is going on underneath.

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How long does it take?

Each session lasts about 50 minutes. The initial session is longer, so the hypnotherapist can get your history and you can get to know and trust each other.

Most people need 4-10 sessions to effect permanent change, but nearly everyone experiences some change after the first session.

Permanent change takes several sessions because the body/mind system, locked into a self-defeating pattern for most of one's life, takes time to fully readapt itself to new states of being. However, in just a few short weeks changes will be obvious--to you as well as to others.

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How much does it cost?

$100 per visit, $5 for each tape.

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