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Frequently Asked Questions
About Hypnotherapy
Can I Be Hypnotized?
Yes. Everyone has the ability to be hypnotized.
What Does it Feel Like to be Hypnotized?
Hypnosis provides a sense of profound physical and mental relaxation that is
both refreshing and revitalizing.
Will I Go to Sleep?
No. When in hypnosis, you hear everything that is said.
What Happens if I don’t Come Out
of Hypnosis?
This is impossible. All trances end, whether formally ended by the Hypnotherapist
or ended naturally by you.
In Hypnosis, Will I Do Anything I Don’t
Want to Do or Say Anything I Don’t Want to Say?
As your Hypnotherapist, I am seriously committed to helping you achieve your
therapeutic goals. You cannot and will not ever be compelled to do or say anything
under hypnosis that is in conflict with your personal, ethical standards and/or
desires.
Here's what experts and the media are saying about Hypnosis...
"Hypnosis can help adult patients
control other forms of pain, relieve gastrointestinal
problems, stimulate weight loss, clear up skin problems,
and accelerate the healing of bone fractures and surgical
wounds."
- Consumer Reports, January
2005
"Hypnosis: A safe and
potent pain reliever."
- Consumer Reports,
January 2005
"I should have
done it years ago. It's amazing I didn't
even want cigarettes any more."
Matt Damon describing his hypnosis
experience to Jay Leno,
- The Tonight Show, December 2004
"Hypnosis can help. A growing
body of research supports the ancient practice as an effective
tool in the treatment of a variety of problems, from anxiety
to chronic pain."
- Newsweek, September
2004
"Hypnosis is not mind control. It's a naturally
occurring state of concentration; It's actually a means
of enhancing your control over both your mind and your
body."
Dr. David Spiegel, Assoc. Chair of Psychiatry
Sanford University School of Medicine,
- Jane Pauley Show,
September 2004
"Hypnosis can actually help you lose weight."
Harvard Medical School psychotherapist Jean Fain
- Oprah Magazine,
August 2004
"In hypnosis, you can attain significant psycho-physiologic
changes."
Dr. Daniel Handel, National Institute of Health
- New York Times,
June 2004
"Approved as a valid treatment by the American
Medical Association in 1958, hypnotism has become
increasingly accepted by the medical community.
Its use for chronic pain was approved in 1996
by the National Institutes of Health."
- The Capital
(Annapolis, MD), April 2004
"Hypnosis has gained credibility in the
past five years because of research using
the latest brain-imaging technology. Studies
show hypnosis can help treat a multitude of
disorders."
- Business
Week, February 2004
"On hypnosis... His total loss, 35
pounds."
Losing It! The Ultimate Diet Challenge
- Dateline
NBC, January 2004
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