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The Skinny On Hypnotherapy
With Sheri O. Zampelli, M.S., CCH Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist An Interview By Laura M. Turner, CHHP
I admit, I didn’t know much about hypnotherapy, especially for weight loss. But the results are undeniable. So to find out more, I sat down with Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, weight loss coach and creator of Donate Your Weight (www.donateyourweight.com) to get the skinny. Here’s what she told me:
Q: Sheri, What is the background or history of hypnotherapy?
A: Modern hypnosis is said to have been around since 1776 and has faded in and out of popularity and acceptance since then. Sigmund Freud used hypnosis in his practice and his theory of psychoanalysis was formed based on some of the things he liked and didn’t like about hypnosis. Many therapists and doctors integrate hypnosis into their practice to help clients manage physical pain, break habits and resolve deep psychological issues.
Q: What is your story as it pertains to hypnotherapy? Why were you drawn to it?
A: I initially found out about hypnosis when I was desperately struggling with my weight and eating and went to see a woman named Dr. Nancy Bonus. She marketed a “non-diet weight loss program” and called her technique ‘visualization’. It seems that many people call their technique visualization in an attempt to avoid any negative connotations previously associated with hypnosis. The truth is, many programs using ‘visualization’ are using some version of hypnosis. However, the term ‘visualization’ doesn’t adequately describe the power of hypnosis.
The goal with hypnosis is not just to see or imagine something in your mind. The power of hypnosis depends on the state you’re in when you visualize an outcome and also the emotions you are able to experience as a result of being in a deep, relaxed, trance-like state. The goal with hypnosis is to get past the analytical or logical part of the mind and to access the part of your mind that makes automatic, impulsive, emotionally driven decisions. With hypnosis, you can help your conscious mind work in harmony with your subconscious mind so that eventually, you are automatically drawn to new behaviors without having to think about it or use willpower.
Q: Why would a person choose hypnotherapy as a means of promoting weight loss?
A: A good reason to choose hypnotherapy as a means of promoting weight loss is because hypnosis helps you get past the critical factor and access that part of the mind (the old brain) that’s like a little brat and insists, “I want cookies, I want candy, I don’t want to exercise.” That old brain (amygdala) wants instant gratification and rewards, it doesn’t care about consequences or logic. You can reprogram that part of the mind to look forward to health, fitting in smaller clothes, dancing, playing, getting off medication and all the other benefits of weight loss, suddenly you have its cooperation. Now your conscious and subconscious mind are working together. Your subconscious mind doesn’t care about good or bad, should or shouldn’t, right or wrong. In fact, the subconscious mind seems to rebel against rules, but it loves rewards.
Q: What would a private session involve in terms of expense and time commitment? Do you offer private sessions via internet?
A: Private sessions can range from $75 to $300 an hour. My per session fee is $150 but I prefer to offer six-session packages for $700. I do offer coaching over the phone and I will create a personalized hypnosis CD for the client after I’ve been working with them for about three weeks. The truth is, when it comes to weight loss, most people will not benefit from only one session. Weight and eating issues are very complex and sometimes begin in infancy. Solving your weight problem permanently usually requires work on emotional triggers, psychological triggers, habits, self-talk and self-esteem. It also includes making changes to your environment and mindset related to food, eating, fun, rewards and weight.
Some clients have experienced trauma or abuse that is the root of their weight problem. Food becomes a friend and excess weight becomes a security blanket. Unless trauma is resolved, the weight and poor eating habits are likely to resurface again and again, especially in times of stress. However, it is possible to resolve these issues and take back your power if you are willing to commit to the process.
Q: Could a person get the benefits of hypnotherapy on their own and how?
A person can absolutely benefit from using a CD recording of a hypnosis session. CD’s often work great for motivation and focus and staying on track with new goals. CD’s can also help you break habits. A self-motivated person with little or no past trauma or abuse might find that a CD is sufficient to attain their goals. However if the CD alone seems to stop working or lose effectiveness it might be either time for a new CD or time to see a professional who can help you overcome roadblocks that might be standing in their way of gaining the full benefits of hypnosis. Self-sabotage can also be a factor in the effectiveness of hypnosis. If a person holds core beliefs such as “I don’t deserve good things, I’m worthless, Why bother, People will think I’m snooty, slutty, selfish, etc.” then hypnosis alone may not be enough to overcome those beliefs. My book, From Sabotage to Success offers a wide variety of tools for overcoming self-sabotage.
By: Laura Turner
About the Author:
I admit, I didn’t know much about hypnotherapy, especially for weight loss. But the results are undeniable. So to find out more, I sat down with Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, weight loss coach and creator of Donate Your Weight (www.donateyourweight.com) to get the skinny. Here’s what she told me:
Q: Sheri, What is the background or history of hypnotherapy?
A: Modern hypnosis is said to have been around since 1776 and has faded in and out of popularity and acceptance since then. Sigmund Freud used hypnosis in his practice and his theory of psychoanalysis was formed based on some of the things he liked and didn’t like about hypnosis. Many therapists and doctors integrate hypnosis into their practice to help clients manage physical pain, break habits and resolve deep psychological issues.
Q: What is your story as it pertains to hypnotherapy? Why were you drawn to it?
A: I initially found out about hypnosis when I was desperately struggling with my weight and eating and went to see a woman named Dr. Nancy Bonus. She marketed a “non-diet weight loss program” and called her technique ‘visualization’. It seems that many people call their technique visualization in an attempt to avoid any negative connotations previously associated with hypnosis. The truth is, many programs using ‘visualization’ are using some version of hypnosis. However, the term ‘visualization’ doesn’t adequately describe the power of hypnosis.
The goal with hypnosis is not just to see or imagine something in your mind. The power of hypnosis depends on the state you’re in when you visualize an outcome and also the emotions you are able to experience as a result of being in a deep, relaxed, trance-like state. The goal with hypnosis is to get past the analytical or logical part of the mind and to access the part of your mind that makes automatic, impulsive, emotionally driven decisions. With hypnosis, you can help your conscious mind work in harmony with your subconscious mind so that eventually, you are automatically drawn to new behaviors without having to think about it or use willpower.
Q: Why would a person choose hypnotherapy as a means of promoting weight loss?
A: A good reason to choose hypnotherapy as a means of promoting weight loss is because hypnosis helps you get past the critical factor and access that part of the mind (the old brain) that’s like a little brat and insists, “I want cookies, I want candy, I don’t want to exercise.” That old brain (amygdala) wants instant gratification and rewards, it doesn’t care about consequences or logic. You can reprogram that part of the mind to look forward to health, fitting in smaller clothes, dancing, playing, getting off medication and all the other benefits of weight loss, suddenly you have its cooperation. Now your conscious and subconscious mind are working together. Your subconscious mind doesn’t care about good or bad, should or shouldn’t, right or wrong. In fact, the subconscious mind seems to rebel against rules, but it loves rewards.
Q: What would a private session involve in terms of expense and time commitment? Do you offer private sessions via internet?
A: Private sessions can range from $75 to $300 an hour. My per session fee is $150 but I prefer to offer six-session packages for $700. I do offer coaching over the phone and I will create a personalized hypnosis CD for the client after I’ve been working with them for about three weeks. The truth is, when it comes to weight loss, most people will not benefit from only one session. Weight and eating issues are very complex and sometimes begin in infancy. Solving your weight problem permanently usually requires work on emotional triggers, psychological triggers, habits, self-talk and self-esteem. It also includes making changes to your environment and mindset related to food, eating, fun, rewards and weight.
Some clients have experienced trauma or abuse that is the root of their weight problem. Food becomes a friend and excess weight becomes a security blanket. Unless trauma is resolved, the weight and poor eating habits are likely to resurface again and again, especially in times of stress. However, it is possible to resolve these issues and take back your power if you are willing to commit to the process.
Q: Could a person get the benefits of hypnotherapy on their own and how?
A person can absolutely benefit from using a CD recording of a hypnosis session. CD’s often work great for motivation and focus and staying on track with new goals. CD’s can also help you break habits. A self-motivated person with little or no past trauma or abuse might find that a CD is sufficient to attain their goals. However if the CD alone seems to stop working or lose effectiveness it might be either time for a new CD or time to see a professional who can help you overcome roadblocks that might be standing in their way of gaining the full benefits of hypnosis. Self-sabotage can also be a factor in the effectiveness of hypnosis. If a person holds core beliefs such as “I don’t deserve good things, I’m worthless, Why bother, People will think I’m snooty, slutty, selfish, etc.” then hypnosis alone may not be enough to overcome those beliefs. My book, From Sabotage to Success offers a wide variety of tools for overcoming self-sabotage.
By: Laura Turner
About the Author:
Laura M. Turner, C.H.H.P is a Certified Holistic Health Practitioner and author. She hosts http://www.beauty-and-body.com and publishes the New Body News and Wellness Letter, The Online Magazine Healthy People Read. ( http://www.new-body-news.com ) Subscribe for f.r.e.e. and receive her Special Report: “Take Charge of Your Health!” and check out her latest book: Spiritual Fitness: The 7-Steps to Living Well.
Hypnotism and Weight Loss Program – A Natural Weight Loss Solution
Freedom From Smoking The NLP Way
With the smoking ban fast approaching in the U.K., hypnotherapists and NLP practitioners are commonly witnessing more and more demand from people wanting help with smoking cessation. People Building is a training and self-development company that provides NLP and Hypnotherapy training courses in Hertfordshire. Our practitioners and trainers also all work as therapists in private practice and have experienced consistent success with helping people to stop smoking with ease, for good, using NLP and Hypnosis.
In a bid to make NLP and Hypnotherapy quit smoking techniques more widely accessible and available to those who do not want formal therapy, the People Building Team have got together to create “Freedom from Smoking the NLP Way”, a stop smoking e-book. This wonderful smoking cessation resource draws together the tools and techniques that our practitioners have identified as the most effective methods for empowering people to stop smoking.
People Building is proud to publish this stop smoking e-book, an informative and practical solution for those wishing to quit smoking with ease. Using NLP techniques and self hypnosis, this e-book offers a guarantee that you will quit smoking, or you can claim your money back in full!
“Freedom from Smoking the NLP Way” e-book will help you to stop smoking by guiding you through the process of reprogramming habits, beliefs and ways of thinking about yourself, so that you will begin to know yourself as a non-smoker.
The book includes written exercises, as well as practical tasks to practice and new ways to use your language, all of which help to create changes in the unconscious mind, from where the smoking habit is operated
Hypnotherapy has enjoyed a high success rate within the area of smoking cessation. In fact, smoking cessation is one of the most common reasons why people consult hypnotherapists.
Hypnotherapy helps people to deal with the psychological and emotional aspects of smoking cessation, by working directly with the unconscious mind, the part responsible for maintaining habits.
Hypnotherapy works in several ways including: reducing the anxiety associated with stopping smoking, helping people to find the motivations for quitting, installing coping mechanisms and helping people to re-evaluate unconscious beliefs and behaviours associated with smoking. Hypnotherapy can also install positive beliefs so that weight gain is not inevitable.
NLP is particularly effective for those wishing to stop smoking. A large proportion of the way NLP works is about understanding and adjusting the language and communication we each use in our own minds. By using NLP, those wanting to stop smoking, learn more positive and empowering language improving their chances of success. Using clean language is a valuable tool which is not part of any other quit smoking program, as far as we are aware. This quit smoking e-book will teach you many clean language techniques to help you stop smoking for good.
Specific NLP techniques can be used to install new feelings, emotions and associations to cigarettes and tobacco products. This is done using confusion, visualisation, and strategy elicitation. With rehearsal and motivation, changes in the neural networks within the mind can be made quickly, easily and without stress. NLP really is a very simple and effective technology that can be of great benefit to those wishing to stop smoking, in a natural way, with minimal disruption. Throughout this stop smoking e-book, you will be taught NLP techniques specific to smoking, which you would only usually have access to via formal therapy, at a fraction of the cost!
If you are frustrated at being at the mercy of a dirty and controlling habit and would like to stop smoking naturally and easily without expensive nicotine replacement therapy, then its time to take action to benefit from the effective NLP and hypnotherapy techniques this quit smoking e-book has to offer. “Freedom from Smoking the NLP Way” e-book is priced at less then a packet of cigarettes…..
By: People Building
About the Author:
In a bid to make NLP and Hypnotherapy quit smoking techniques more widely accessible and available to those who do not want formal therapy, the People Building Team have got together to create “Freedom from Smoking the NLP Way”, a stop smoking e-book. This wonderful smoking cessation resource draws together the tools and techniques that our practitioners have identified as the most effective methods for empowering people to stop smoking.
People Building is proud to publish this stop smoking e-book, an informative and practical solution for those wishing to quit smoking with ease. Using NLP techniques and self hypnosis, this e-book offers a guarantee that you will quit smoking, or you can claim your money back in full!
“Freedom from Smoking the NLP Way” e-book will help you to stop smoking by guiding you through the process of reprogramming habits, beliefs and ways of thinking about yourself, so that you will begin to know yourself as a non-smoker.
The book includes written exercises, as well as practical tasks to practice and new ways to use your language, all of which help to create changes in the unconscious mind, from where the smoking habit is operated
Hypnotherapy has enjoyed a high success rate within the area of smoking cessation. In fact, smoking cessation is one of the most common reasons why people consult hypnotherapists.
Hypnotherapy helps people to deal with the psychological and emotional aspects of smoking cessation, by working directly with the unconscious mind, the part responsible for maintaining habits.
Hypnotherapy works in several ways including: reducing the anxiety associated with stopping smoking, helping people to find the motivations for quitting, installing coping mechanisms and helping people to re-evaluate unconscious beliefs and behaviours associated with smoking. Hypnotherapy can also install positive beliefs so that weight gain is not inevitable.
NLP is particularly effective for those wishing to stop smoking. A large proportion of the way NLP works is about understanding and adjusting the language and communication we each use in our own minds. By using NLP, those wanting to stop smoking, learn more positive and empowering language improving their chances of success. Using clean language is a valuable tool which is not part of any other quit smoking program, as far as we are aware. This quit smoking e-book will teach you many clean language techniques to help you stop smoking for good.
Specific NLP techniques can be used to install new feelings, emotions and associations to cigarettes and tobacco products. This is done using confusion, visualisation, and strategy elicitation. With rehearsal and motivation, changes in the neural networks within the mind can be made quickly, easily and without stress. NLP really is a very simple and effective technology that can be of great benefit to those wishing to stop smoking, in a natural way, with minimal disruption. Throughout this stop smoking e-book, you will be taught NLP techniques specific to smoking, which you would only usually have access to via formal therapy, at a fraction of the cost!
If you are frustrated at being at the mercy of a dirty and controlling habit and would like to stop smoking naturally and easily without expensive nicotine replacement therapy, then its time to take action to benefit from the effective NLP and hypnotherapy techniques this quit smoking e-book has to offer. “Freedom from Smoking the NLP Way” e-book is priced at less then a packet of cigarettes…..
By: People Building
About the Author:
People Building is a training and self-development company that provides NLP and Hypnotherapy training courses in Hertfordshire. For more information on our stop smoking e-book, “freedom from Smoking the NLP Way”, please visit http://www.peoplebuilding.co.uk/freebies.htm
Positive Changes Hypnosis – Change Your Thoughts… Change Your Life
Hypnotherapy For Confidence Building
Confidence can be hard to pin down at times! Most people have had the experience of observing someone they know at a party or in a work situation, communicating with ease and naturally, without a hint of self-consciousness and have thought, “Why cant that be me?”
People look to hypnotherapy, Herts for all types of confidence problems. It may be that you lack confidence within specific relationships or situations, you may want to be more assertive or to become a better public speaker. Perhaps you want to be able to share some of the knowledge and ideas that you hold back because of lack of confidence, or you find it difficult to speak up in front of groups of people. Some people feel they lack confidence in all areas of their lives. All these experiences are common and can be helped by hypnotherapy, Herts.
Of course, in life there will always be natural differences among people. Some people just seem to be more introverted, whilst others seem to enjoy the limelight and draw others towards them with ease. Whether confidence is a problem is self-defined by the individual. If it impacts on your life in subtle or more obvious ways and you feel frustrated or held back by lack of confidence, then hypnotherapy may benefit you.
Hypnotherapists use hypnosis to bring about positive therapeutic changes in order to help people solve problems, such as lack of confidence. Hypnosis is an experience characterised by deep relaxation, a concentrated focus and increased sensory alertness. This state of mind occurs spontaneously and people slip in and out of this state, known as ‘trance’, all the time, in everyday life. Examples of trance states include fantasising about someone you are attracted to, becoming deeply immersed in a book, being anxious about an event causing you to re-live what could go wrong over and over in your head and daydreaming. As you may see from the examples given, trance states can be positive or negative, depending on what is being focused on.
Hypnotherapists induce deeply relaxing trance states because when a person is deeply relaxed, access to the unconscious mind is enabled. The hypnotic process is wonderfully pleasant and relaxing, which in itself is beneficial for people who lack confidence and experience stress and worry on a regular basis. Being free of stress and worry, during the hypnotic process, allows the therapists to pack your unconscious mind with positive suggestions of confidence. Whilst in this state you also get to practice situations in which you will act with confidence and conviction, through a process known as visualisation.
Hypnotherapy can also be effective in removing negative associations that you have developed between situations and feeling unconfident and it can also be used to remove and free you from negative emotions from the past. Sometimes self-esteem can be related to childhood experiences and these can be dealt with through at Hypnotherapy, Herts.
During your hypnotherapy treatment, the hypnotherapist will also work with you to achieve confidence through a technique called anchoring, which involves learning to develop an association between an external trigger, and a emotional response. Anchors develop all the time in everyday life as the human mind attempts to understand your environment by looking for patterns between things. Not all anchors are positive. People learn to make negative associations between things, such as feeling anxious or worried when they are required to give a presentation to colleagues. Your hypnotherapist can work with you to remove negative anchors.
If you are fed up with being held back or not being able to do what you dream of doing because of lack of confidence, book your appointment with a hypnotherapist now!
By: Karen Hastings, Hertfordshire
About the Author:
People look to hypnotherapy, Herts for all types of confidence problems. It may be that you lack confidence within specific relationships or situations, you may want to be more assertive or to become a better public speaker. Perhaps you want to be able to share some of the knowledge and ideas that you hold back because of lack of confidence, or you find it difficult to speak up in front of groups of people. Some people feel they lack confidence in all areas of their lives. All these experiences are common and can be helped by hypnotherapy, Herts.
Of course, in life there will always be natural differences among people. Some people just seem to be more introverted, whilst others seem to enjoy the limelight and draw others towards them with ease. Whether confidence is a problem is self-defined by the individual. If it impacts on your life in subtle or more obvious ways and you feel frustrated or held back by lack of confidence, then hypnotherapy may benefit you.
Hypnotherapists use hypnosis to bring about positive therapeutic changes in order to help people solve problems, such as lack of confidence. Hypnosis is an experience characterised by deep relaxation, a concentrated focus and increased sensory alertness. This state of mind occurs spontaneously and people slip in and out of this state, known as ‘trance’, all the time, in everyday life. Examples of trance states include fantasising about someone you are attracted to, becoming deeply immersed in a book, being anxious about an event causing you to re-live what could go wrong over and over in your head and daydreaming. As you may see from the examples given, trance states can be positive or negative, depending on what is being focused on.
Hypnotherapists induce deeply relaxing trance states because when a person is deeply relaxed, access to the unconscious mind is enabled. The hypnotic process is wonderfully pleasant and relaxing, which in itself is beneficial for people who lack confidence and experience stress and worry on a regular basis. Being free of stress and worry, during the hypnotic process, allows the therapists to pack your unconscious mind with positive suggestions of confidence. Whilst in this state you also get to practice situations in which you will act with confidence and conviction, through a process known as visualisation.
Hypnotherapy can also be effective in removing negative associations that you have developed between situations and feeling unconfident and it can also be used to remove and free you from negative emotions from the past. Sometimes self-esteem can be related to childhood experiences and these can be dealt with through at Hypnotherapy, Herts.
During your hypnotherapy treatment, the hypnotherapist will also work with you to achieve confidence through a technique called anchoring, which involves learning to develop an association between an external trigger, and a emotional response. Anchors develop all the time in everyday life as the human mind attempts to understand your environment by looking for patterns between things. Not all anchors are positive. People learn to make negative associations between things, such as feeling anxious or worried when they are required to give a presentation to colleagues. Your hypnotherapist can work with you to remove negative anchors.
If you are fed up with being held back or not being able to do what you dream of doing because of lack of confidence, book your appointment with a hypnotherapist now!
By: Karen Hastings, Hertfordshire
About the Author:
Karen Hastings is a NHS experienced mental health occupational therapist, Master NLP practitioner and hypnotherapist. Karen uses hypnotherapy in Hertfordshire, along with cognitive therapy approaches. For more information about Hypnotherapy, Herts visit http://www.karenhastings.co.uk
