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Medical Research on Effectiveness of Hypnosis for Medical Conditions by Gina Orlando, MA, CH (March 2008) There is so much positive research on the effectiveness of hypnosis for medical conditions. Here are some resources and links for you to explore [PDF file].
Feel free to call me with any questions. I am specifically trained and certified in medical uses of hypnotism, with specialties in anxiety, IBS, pain management, phobias and stress reduction (which underlies many medical conditions). However, to work with any medical condition, I do need a referral from your physician. I look forward to helping you!
What The Hypnotic State Is...and Isn't Your subconscious mind is so powerful. Congratulations on your interest in tapping into the power of your mind in order to help create some powerful and positive changes in your life and your health. It's a pleasure and honor for me to work with you to make these great changes in your life. Please read this instruction sheet which gives you a thorough explanation of the state of hypnosis . We will go over it in the beginning of our session during our intake time. Feel free to ask any questions so that you feel totally clear and comfortable with this effective process of hypnosis. We'll also do several easy suggestibility tests to show you that you can pick up suggestions. Remember, all hypnosis is self-hypnosis. You create these positive changes, while my role is that of a coach. I'm good at what I do, and have great success with my clients. I look forward to helping you. Let me first explain what therapeutic hypnotism is not . It is not what you see portrayed on TV, movies, cartoons, and on stage where a hypnotist appears to have control over someone. This couldn't be further from the truth. A hypnotist has no control over a client. In fact, all hypnosis is self-hypnosis. In the state of hypnosis YOU are in control. In fact, my role as a hypnotherapist is to help you get back into control around the issues you are working on, and facilitate this deep state of relaxation where your subconscious mind becomes available for positive suggestions for the change you desire. You are in control and will respond to suggestions that you are open to for changes you desire and deserve. The state of hypnosis is a natural mind state in between waking and sleeping. It is a time where your subconscious mind becomes available for new positive suggestions for desired change . In this state you become highly responsive to suggestions for the positive changes you desire. It's very natural, it is there available for you to use, given to you by a Higher Source to help you manifest health, joy, love and prosperity in your life. It's all good. Nothing bad can happen to you in this state, of course. The reason hypnosis is so effective for improving health is that the subconscious mind controls and runs the body's millions of functions. It's also the place where your habits and emotions live, and where the invisible walls of resistance can reside. Hypnosis was approved by the AMA in 1958. Here are the various mind states that you use every day, followed by a number representing the number of cycles per second (Hertz, Hz) that your brain is moving at in that state. You are familiar with all of them.
The state of hypnosis is the Alpha and Theta states. You are familiar with these states because you flow through the Alpha and Theta brain wave states each night as fall asleep. You also drift into either or both of them when daydreaming, during meditation and prayer, when watching TV, when running or playing in the "zone." It is an altered state of consciousness, just like sleep is an altered state of consciousness, but it's not as deep as sleep. So it's deeper, slower and more relaxed than being awake and alert (Beta) and less deep, less slow than sleep (Delta). Yes, it's that natural, simple and normal. Yet, you have not been taught how to use that natural mind state, a time where your subconscious mind becomes available for new positive suggestions for desired change, where you become highly responsive to these suggestions. (over) So my role as a hypnotherapist can also be called a hypnosis facilitator and positive mind coach. It's great and effective work, I'm very good at what I do and I love supporting positive healthy change in people in such a non-invasive way. I am happy to share some of the many, many success stories when I see you. I use a common style of therapeutic hypnotism, using my trained voice and special licensed relaxing background music, along with encouraging you to use your breath to relax. I don't use any visual objects such as a watch and I don't touch your body. I don't ask you questions when you are in the state of hypnosis during initial sessions. Your job is an easy one. to sit back in a comfortable recliner and let the words flow, receiving the suggestions. You don't have to concentrate on the words. Many people hear all the words. For others the words drift away, but the suggestions still get in. Others get some "busy mind" but the suggestions still get in. If "busy mind" occurs, simply bring yourself back to your breath, my words and the music. In the state of hypnosis, you will feel relaxed. Some people feel so relaxed that their arms and legs feel heavy. Others feel relaxed in a way that they feel light and tingly. You may experience time distortion, images, or some eyelid fluttering. You will not be unconscious, in a coma, "out," "under" or asleep. As your body relaxes, your brain waves will automatically slow down and you'll drift into a state of hypnosis. It's natural, built-in to work. Some people drift lightly, some people enter a deep state, most are somewhere in the middle. To measure the depth of the hypnotic trance, I use a 6-level hypnosis depth scale, with level 6 being the deepest. All you need is a level 1 depth for smoking cessation, weight loss, stress reduction or sports improvement. In private sessions I use a biofeedback monitor on your left palm to monitor this drifting into hypnosis. It measures skin electricity and doesn't put any electricity into your system. It simply measures changes in the electrical conductivity of your skin. When skin moisture increases, conductivity goes down. Moist skin conducts electricity better than dry skin. As you relax, your skin moisture content decreases meaning that your electrical conductivity decreases as well - a highly accurate reflection of changes in your physiology. What is so great about this relaxation data is that it gives both of us quantitative feedback to what would be a highly experiential or qualitative experience for you. It helps me to help you very specifically. Clients are all fascinated with the feedback they receive after their session when they see their body relaxation graph on the computer screen. To guide my words in the characteristic flowing hypnotic style, I use scripts as an outline or guide to keep the flow going as I address your very individual and specific issues. During the session I mostly look at the computer monitor biofeedback graph, so you are in your own private space in the recliner, relaxing with your eyes closed, so you can let go and flow with this deep relaxed state. There is nothing to fear, you are always in control, you'll always be able to stop this state of relaxation if you wish. You won't know how deep you are. The proof of the hypnosis will be in the results. Everyone seems delighted by the level of relaxation that they are able to achieve. I make a hypnosis CD of the session for you to use daily to support your success as you achieve the positive changes in your life. If we do interactive work in the session, you will still receive a hypnosis CD. Your life flows in the direction of your most dominant thoughts. Yes, your life flows in the direction of your most dominant thoughts. Your subconscious mind acts on all thoughts and images that it's given. This hypnosis work helps you to put your focus and energy on what you want. It's time to use your mind for positive goals and vibrant health. I will help you to learn to use your subconscious mind and positive thought which has such energy and power to create what you want in your life. I wish you the highest and the best, and so look forward to working with you.
Manifest What You Desire and Deserve With Hypnosis We are currently seeing and hearing more and more about receiving abundance. The Secret movie, learning about The Law of Attraction, Manifesting Your Desires or whatever else we want to call it, there is a Universal law that will bring abundance into your life, but.will it work for you? In the title, there is that word that can be a problem and a blocking wall in the process of receiving. deserve. It's amazing how many people feel they do not deserve great things in their life. Abundance comes in many ways. a loving relationship, a successful career, emotional and physical health, financial security, good friends and more. Whatever and wherever in your life you have a desire, it can be yours. but do you deserve it? The simple and Universal answer is a resounding yes! We were born worthy and deserving of all we desire. Along the way that birth right has been polluted and diminished creating other beliefs. Imagine this for a moment. we are all from the same source of creation as are all things. Imagine all the people on the Earth like all the flowers in a field. Do you truly believe there is one or a percentage of those flowers that don't deserve the rain, sunshine, and minerals and nutrients from the ground in order to grow healthy and to blossom and show their natural beauty? Of course not. They are all as deserving as the other. Well, we are like those flowers. Well then the question seems to be if this great law that can bring abundance into each life is available and it is the individual that either allows it or not, how can one get to remove the internal blocks? One very effective way is through hypnosis / self hypnosis. It is suggested to seek the services of a reputable, experienced, certified hypnotism professional to do the ground work, setting a better foundation for you to build upon and then continue with daily practice of self hypnosis. Once your belief is set in knowing you are deserving and worthy for whatever you desire, you are then open to receiving. What you receive is what you focus on. It is not by accident that people usually complain how bad things are and the same things continue. We get what we focus on. Here are some simple steps to help.
February 18, 2008: Herbs, Hypnosis May Ease Common Bowel Pain An estimated one in five Americans suffers from irritable bowel syndrome, a disorder that can cause disabling cramping, constipation and diarrhea. But even though I.B.S., as it’s often called, is incredibly common, sufferers often are frustrated by the lack of good treatment options. Last month, The Journal of Family Practice offered a review of the most effective nondrug options for I.B.S. The information is important because I.B.S. drug treatments often don’t work for many patients or pose serious health risks. The drug Zelnorm was withdrawn after links to heart problems, and the drug Lotronex has been subjected to severe marketing restrictions because of concerns about side effects. Now doctors say there is some evidence to support nondrug treatments for I.B.S. Herbal formulations, certain probiotics, special diets, therapy, hypnosis and even journal writing may offer some relief to patients. The review notes that more study of herbal products to treat I.B.S. is needed. However, it highlights two formulations that have shown benefit in studies. One herbal compound contained extracts of bitter candy tuft, chamomile, peppermint, caraway and licorice. Another commercial preparation called Iberogast contained all those ingredients plus lemon balm, celandine, angelica and milk thistle. Both treatments worked better than placebo at relieving I.B.S. symptoms. Products with a probiotic called Bifidobacterium also appear to help. Soluble fiber, the kind found in fruits, oats, barley, psyllium and some beans, appears to help. Insoluble fiber, on the other hand, like that found in cereals and wheat brans, showed no benefit. Several studies have evaluated hypnosis for patients with irritable bowel syndrome. In studies involving a total of 644 patients, about 80 percent reported relief of symptoms after hypnosis. Hypnosis was less likely to work in men whose predominant I.B.S. symptom was diarrhea. A Web site called IBShypnosis.com includes details on studies using hypnosis to treat I.B.S. as well as experts who offer the treatment. The Mayo Clinic Web site also offers more information about I.B.S. and alternative treatment options. Current Newsletters March 2008 Newsletter (PDF file)
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