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If you really look at how you go through your day you'll discover that much of what you
do is "automatic." You don't normally think about locking your front door when you leave the house, you just do it.
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When you drive to work, you don't think about every step involved in operating your car, you just do it.
In fact, you'd never get anything done in life if you had to consciously think about everything you did moment to moment.
All automatic behaviors are rooted deeply within the subconscious mind and that's precisely why you don't have to think about
them. When it comes to eating and exercise habits, this mechanism can lead to weight issues. Hypnosis works because we address
those habits and issues at the source, the subconscious mind, and at this level they can be modified effectively.
Anyone who has been hypnotized before will tell you that it is not what most people expect. The hypnotic state is
extremely comfortable and the mind is open or "suggestible." This simply means that new concepts and ideas can be
easily introduced into the subconscious without resistance from the conscious mind. Once out of trance, many
people experience a noticeable shift right away in their attitudes and perceptions of the old, undesirable behaviors.
Hypnosis is both a natural state of mind and a process...
a process in which the client and the therapist cooperate for the benefit of the client.
For many years, hypnosis was primarily associated with the theater or music hall, where stage hypnotists selected
members of the audience and put them into a trance. Often the subjects were persuaded to act out or to confess to
unconscious longings or fears. Not surprisingly, hypnosis developed an unsavory reputation in the public mind and in
the medical profession. Now, however, hypnosis is being reevaluated and is seen by many as a technique that has a
useful place in a diverse range of medical, psychological and investigative pursuits.
 Just as medicine combines both art and science, so does hypnotherapy. Although hypnosis has existed for hundreds, if not thousands of years, the
modern medical use of hypnotherapy, as sanctioned by the American Medical Association, achieved its formal recognition in 1958.
History of Hypnosis
The fascination and curiosity surrounding hypnosis has spanned over two hundred years. In an attempt to explain this incredible phenomenon,
several theories emerged early on in this scientific quest, contributing to common misconceptions about hypnosis.
In the late 1700s, Franz Anton Mesmer believed that man could
redistribute the quasi-magnetic fluid, existing in all humans, to bring about
healing. Shortly after the rise of Mesmer's theory, James Braid, a Scottish surgeon working in Manchester, England
coined the term "hypnosis".
Under hypnosis you will never do anything
that you wouldn’t want to do or normally wouldn’t do.
This is a stereotypical example of what most people are exposed to hypnosis through movies and television where
the subject leaves the session barking like a dog every time they hear a bell ring.
Although the word "hypnosis" comes from the Greek word "sleep", the hypnotized individual is not unconscious, asleep
or any other such thing. In fact while an individual is hypnotized he or she is more alert than ever. Hypnosis is a
feeling that one must experience to fully appreciate.
After a session of hypnotherapy, most clients express feelings
of profound relaxation and peace.
During the 19th century, medical scientists attempted to establish a link between hypnosis and various pathological
states. It was not until the late 1800s that theorists began to suggest that the subject controlled hypnosis.
In 1882, Hippolyte Bernheim, a professor of medicine at the University of Nancy, France put forth the idea that while
under hypnosis all of the power resides in the patient. Once considered a technique involving the surrender of the
subject to the will of the hypnotist, it is now understood that the full cooperation of the subject is required for an
effective hypnotism.
By the 1920s psychologists, such as Yale Professor Clark L. Hull, conducted experimental investigations in hypnosis.
Hull demystified the technique by proposing that hypnosis was essentially a normal part of human nature. The most
important factor involved in hypnosis, Hull maintained, was the subject's imagination.
Recently, using the latest state-of-the-art brain monitoring system, Neuropsychologist, Pierre Rainville, from the
University of Montreal, established that the brain experiences several physiological changes while under hypnosis,
namely the production of mental images, sustained attention and relaxation.
Modern hypnosis has evolved into a well-respected practice and today it is used by certified hypnotherapists,
doctors, psychologists and law enforcement. This technique is utilized in a variety of ways, for instance, pain
management, stress-related disorders, anesthesia, psychotherapy and memory recall. Hypnosis is beneficial in
managing a wide range of phobic, anxiety and other psychological disorders with medical referrals.
Hypnotherapy is also very useful in areas
where there are few other effective medical treatments
 Hypnotherapy is completely safe and helpful. It is often used in the control
of pain, cancer treatments, stress disorders and in cases where other
medical practices would be inadvisable, such as the anesthetic of choice
with patients with severe heart disease. It is also effective for stress
reduction, sexual problems, phobias, insomnia, smoking cessation, weight
loss and lack of motivation. Hypnotherapy is useful in areas of law,
sometimes being the only way vital pieces of evidence are discovered.
If you, or your doctor, ever thought that your problem is "all in your head",
then hypnotherapy may be your ideal solution. If your mind created your problem, then your mind can change it also.
Hypnosis Treatment for Children and the Elderly
Children can be hypnotized as well. This also includes special needs children, i.e. children diagnosed with ADD/ADHD and children with autism/asperger syndrome spectrum disorders.
Hypnosis is also good for those in their golden years experiencing the aging process of mind, body and emotions.
Hypnosis can ease this transitional period.
Hypnotherapy usually saves a client time. As you know, time is money.
People who can be helped by hypnotherapy will see changes rapidly. Of course, the client should be strongly
motivated and have a strong desire to change.
Since hypnosis is a natural state of mind, you do not have to work hard for hypnotherapy to be effective. In fact
just the opposite is true. Conscious effort is not needed to reach the hypnotic state. The most successful
experience in hypnosis is to just be open and LET IT HAPPEN. Of course the hypnotized individual is expected to
concentrate on the suggestions that are presented by the hypnotherapist and not criticize them or analyze "How am
I doing?"
Simply WANT it to happen. EXPECT it to happen.
LET it happen...and it WILL happen!
Hypnotherapy is a natural mental process. Kenneth Grossman combines this mental process with the power of
suggestion polished to a glistening smoothness. Suggestions are the heart of any hypnosis session. They come at a
time when you are most responsive. They arouse your deep subconscious mind to achieve the desired results.
Whether it is eliminating the smoking habit, losing weight and getting into great shape, hitting a golf ball with more
concentration than you ever imagined...or overcoming the fear of rejection in a sales situation...or actually enjoying
your next visit to the dentist...hypnotherapy can help you achieve results faster than you ever dreamed possible.
Hypnotherapy is a pleasant and enjoyable way to unlock the potential of your subconscious mind. We are here to
help you to improve your life with hypnosis.
Benefits of Hypnosis
A wonderful benefit of hypnosis is that you can be taught to use it alone, at will, and without complicated procedures. This fact makes many benefits readily available throughout your lifetime. Hypnosis can be used to further any human endeavor such as:
- Develop and express awareness and intuition.
- Feel worthwhile, self-confident, zestful.
- Gain a happier home life; become a better husband, wife, parent, or friend.
- Acquire the ability to relax completely in any situation.
- Make better decisions.
- Improve concentration.
- Overcome procrastination.
- Increase the quality of your emotional expression.
- Reduce conflict and stress.
- Promote health and well-being.
- Regain your natural ability to sleep easily.
- Sell yourself, your ideas, and your services with confidence and enthusiasm.
- Increase your income.
- Attract and maintain worthwhile friendships.
- Discover your negative mental patterns and how they affect you.
- Free yourself from hostility, resentment, fear of rejection.
- Select your goals in life; chart your course for their realization.
- Program your mind with positive mental concepts and success attitudes.
- Develop the ability to construct mental images easily.
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