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Hypnosis Weight Loss – Weekend #8 | Portland Hypnosis Training

Robert Bury — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:13:56 +0000

Below is a republished blog post about a current hypnotherapy training course being taught by the NW Hypnosis Institute.
Original post via Hypnosis Weight Loss – Weekend #8 | Portland Hypnosis Training.

Weight Loss with Hypnotherapy

Weekend #8 Recap: Our training was for Hypnosis Weight Loss (a.k.a Weight Management) and it rocked plus Students had Real Breakthroughs to boot!

Students received another full weekend of top notch Hypnotherapy training from the NW Hypnosis Institute as Bruce Terrill, CI, CHt worked his magic. The topic was weight loss and on several occasions Bruce pulled back the curtain and showed the students the inner working of what makes the NW Hypnosis Institute’s teachings so different. Bruce not only teaches the NGH (National Guild of Hypnotists) course materials and tons of additional materials – he also uses several special techniques to instill confidence and skills that would normally take students a significant amount of time in a professional practice plus loads of practical application to achieve. Most students in the class just enjoy learning from Bruce and don’t realize the extremely unique / world class training they are receiving… Bruce is a-ok with that, in fact he prefers it that way.

The weekend’s course materials consisted of a full Weight Management Session Checklist (below is some of what students practiced & learned):

Establish Rapport with Client

rapport, rapport, rapport – you can’t help a client if you don’t have rapport. So we practice it over and over again.

Client Information Form

4 page intake form (the basics)

Weight Management Questionnaire

12 page questionnaire

the “meat and potatoes” of the program

Basic Assessment Worksheet

Goal Setting Worksheet

Weight Management Script

custom designed for each individual clients needs

Weight Loss Contract

Teaching Client Weight Management Autosuggestion Exercise

Teach Client Self-Hypnosis

Plus additional Hypnotherapy procedures, tests, steps & practice.

The single most powerful thing over the entire weekend (according to several students) was the Diagnostic Trance Process. “The Diagnostic Trance involves an exploration of the various unconscious images and associations connected to the problem.” It was amazing yet so simple and several students gained huge breakthroughs (and practical steps) into improving / fixing personal “problems” they practiced with. I just love how powerful yet simple hypnotherapy is… it simply just works! I can’t wait to hear all of the weight loss success stories from the students when we attend class two weeks from now.

If you would like to learn how to help people lose weight with hypnosis, hypnotherapy & NLP – learn more from our next Hypnotherapy Training Course.

If you are currently dealing with a weight management issue and are interested in weight loss via hypnosis, contact Bruce at (503)267-1675

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Creating Exercise Motivation Through Hypnotherapy

Tracie Mahan, CHt — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:28:31 +0000

I found a link I wanted to share. Hope you enjoy.

Creating Exercise Motivation Through Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy For Hair Loss

Shawn Marie Howe — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:47:11 +0000

Hair loss and thinning hair is an event none of us looks forward to with glee. But for many men, and women, it is a reality. Hypnotherapy may be the solution to keeping a full head of hair.

While most of us think of the typical “male pattern baldness”, hair loss and hair thinning can be just as prevalent and worrisome for women.

Pattern baldness, also called androgenetic alopecia, can affect over 30% of men and women alike and often occurs when DHT, a metabolite of testosterone, shrinks hair follicles. Hormonal imbalances (like menopause) can also serve as triggers for hair loss, as can some medications, chemotherapy, nutritional imbalances, and stress.

Many over-the-counter options for hair restoration may help enlarge the shrunken (or shrinking) hair follicles; appropriate diet and supplements may improve blood chemistry; but getting to the root of the cause is key.

A June 2009 article in Self Healing by Dr. Andrew Weil cites that mind-body experts at Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine (ACIM) have determined hypnotherapy can help people with “alopecia nervosa and other types of hair loss.” A 2008 study done at ACIM found more than 57% of the clients who underwent hypnotherapy showed, “significant hair growth after…hypnosis.”

Hypnotherapy can help you get to the source of your hair loss. In the hands of a well-trained hypnotherapy professional, you just might find you can stop the loss and establish a new, healthier pattern for your life in the process. If you would like to start your new pattern of growth, please contact Shawn Marie Howe, a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Registered Nurse, and Master Herbalist. You can reach Shawn at A Healing Place at 503-263-3642 and www.ahealingplacecanby.com.

Hypnosis for Reading Improvement

Debbie Taylor — Tue, 19 May 2009 02:02:35 +0000

As a seasoned educator I often used “visualization” to improve student confidence, relaxation, and reading skills for my elementary age students. I am pleased to find the following abstract from Fillmer, H. Thompson, addressing the use of hypnosis for reading improvement.
A study was undertaken to investigate the effects of one hypnotic session on the reading improvement of high-risk college students with low aptitude scores and histories of failure in academic situations. The 27 students in the experimental group participated in a one-hour hypnosis session in which they were given a procedure to follow for self-hypnosis before reading activities. Another 33 students served as a control group. The records that the students in the experimental group kept helped divide that group into three categories for further analysis: those students who hypnotized themselves fewer than five times, those who hypnotized themselves from five to nine times, and those who hypnotized themselves more than nine times. The experimental group as a whole showed greater gains on vocabulary and comprehension test scores than the control group. The data also indicated that students who hypnotized themselves more than nine times during the ten weeks of the study made significantly greater improvements in both reading vocabulary and comprehension than those who hypnotized themselves fewer times or students in the control group. The results clearly indicated that the regular use of self-hypnosis significantly improved reading performance.

If you are interested in finding out how hypnosis can improve your reading and comprehension skills, please contact Debbie Taylor, a former reading teacher turned hypnotherapist, at Intuitive Hypnosis at 503-312-4660.

Hypnosis and Childbirth

Debbie Taylor — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:06:39 +0000

As you may be aware from recent media coverage, there is growing concern at both Government and public level on the number of caesarean births being carried out in this country. Are there really that many more women than in the past requiring caesarean deliveries?
Research shows that hypnosis is very effective in all areas of childbirth but more than anything, it offers a huge benefit in helping a woman to overcome the fear/tension/pain cycle. Gaining control over the fears associated with childbirth may not only influence a woman’s decision on the use of invasive analgesics but, more and more often, her decision about opting for a caesarean delivery when not medically necessary.Our culture has taken on the erroneous belief that childbirth must be painful (and un-natural) and so it is very rewarding to help a woman overcome her fears, teach her how to control the sensations during child birth, and allow her to enjoy the incredible experience of delivering her child in a natural manner. After all, what is more natural than childbirth?

Breaking Your Negative Thinking with Hypnosis

Bunni Sek — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:49:19 +0000

I bet we are all in the same garden when it comes to negative thinking. Take the same garden of negative thinkers and how many of you are chronic negative thinkers? That is, you just can’t seem to find the habit of thinking in a positive frame. Again, that’s a lot of us still in that garden of self-sabotage. I say self-sabotage because in no way is negative thinking beneficial for us in any way. That kind of thinking causes stress and anxiety which can lead to health issues and many other problems further down the road ( if it hasn’t already presented itself) . So I’m not really talking cynicism or sarcasm, I’m talking about the repeating negative self-talk that’s hindering you from enjoying life to the fullest. Whether somebody knocked the hope out of you, you grew up in a negative family environment, negativity is from lack of self-esteem or confidence, or plainly because you don’t know how to think in a positive light, negative thinking is hindering you from experiencing the joy that would otherwise be present if you were able to pull yourself out of that pessimism.

Not many of us can recognize and admit that negative thinking can control our lives. For those who have the courage to face their issue, you can find help and perhaps understand where the negative thinking is managed in your subconscious. Hypnosis can help you understand your habits by accessing the subconscious mind. Accepting your subconscious instincts relieves you of half your problems.These detrimental negative thinking patterns are like weeds in the mind. Hypnosis is a tool that can tend to the garden of your mind and release the habit of negative thinking. There is a seed that was planted without the full conscious awareness of why the pattern of negativity has taken root.

Take control of your negative thinking and self-talk by allowing yourself healing that has held you back from a life of greatness and well being. Seek hypnotherapy to help you tend to your mind and live the life of happiness and well being you deserve. By understanding how negative thinking can be detrimental, I will reframe by giving you insight into how BENEFICIAL positive thinking can affect your life:

Live longer
Helps with stress management/ decrease stress
Improve your health
Greater resistance to catching the common cold
Reduce risk of coronary artery disease
Better coping skills during Hardships
Stay motivated and achieve more in less time
Create a positive attitude and mindset in you
Gain more confidence and inspire those around you
Puts the LAW OF ATTRACTION to work for you
Increase in energy to stay focused and on top of things

Stopping Procrastination

Bunni Sek — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:04:59 +0000

Today, more tired than usual, while sitting at work staring aimlessly at my computer, I started asking myself why I feel so lazy even to lift a brow towards my resenting workload. Typically, I am always functioning at 110 percent. Always at my highest performance, day in and day out. Despite cycling through my job like an industrial dryer cycling through it’s monotonous routine and feeling burned out by the 10 hour day workweek, I know that lack of a full nights rest was partially to blame. But that’s when I started beating myself up because whats really to blame is myself; for putting off work and then having to face the consequence of sleeping late. But it’s not really work that I’m talking about, it’s the procrastination that’s compromised me from being productive at work. I’m certainly not a chronic procrastinator; nor a procrastinator by trade, but I know how “putting off” can hinder a person from achieving a better quality of life.

There is an underlying emotion behind procrastination, and it is in our subconscious mind that stores that information. According to Debbie Papadakis, a canadian hypnotherapist and psychotherapist who specializes in procrastination defines it as a subconscious delay in or avoidance to carrying out an action. It’s derived from a latin word which means in favor of tomorrow. Procrastination is not done intentionally and the procrastinator is not lazy or incompetent. But we all act in accordance to the beliefs that our subconscious mind holds, and it is within this belief system that causes this habit. Granted, we have all post-poned and put things off to the last minute because life just happens. But when it becomes a real problem, like for many Americans, the need for change is utterly important when it means taking rightful responsibilty over our lives. The tool for change becomes vital in keeping up with our demanding society. Hypnosis is the perfect therapy in relieving the debilitating habit of procrastination. If you are one grappled by the negativity of procrastination, discover how hypnosis can change your life by ridding you of the limiting beliefs harbored by your subconscious mind . Take control of today and don’t wait till tomorrow because sooner or later, you might just end up a day late and a dollar short.