October 15, 2017 By Seline Walsh

Ask anyone who smokes and they will tell you that quitting is no easy task. However, it is well worth the effort. Smoking can take a real toll on your health. Not only can it dramatically increase your risk of developing cancer but it can also make other health conditions like strokes, heart attacks, and emphysema much more likely. These effects can be far-reaching, even going so far as to affect your bone density and your eyesight.

There are a lot of different products on the market that are designed to make it easier to quit. However, these products are not effective for everyone. If you have already tried a lot of different options and haven’t had the success that you want, hypnosis may be the answer. Some researchers have found that hypnosis can be beneficial for certain people when they are quitting smoking.

A Closer Look At Hypnosis

When you are hypnotized, your mind enters a deeply relaxed state where it is extremely responsive to the power of suggestion. This treatment option has proven beneficial for treating a variety of different physical and mental health conditions. A great example of this is its use in the field of pain management. Through hypnosis, patients who experience chronic pain are able to manage that pain more effectively. Other uses for hypnosis include everything from helping people lose weight to helping them overcome addictions.

The exact method by which hypnosis works is not entirely clear. Some experts attribute its benefits to the fact that your mind is relaxed. Without all of the clutter, you are better able to concentrate on the suggestions that you are given, helping them sink more deeply into your mind. The part of the mind activated during hypnosis is the subconscious. The subconscious part of our mind reasons deductively. It is a creative system.

What this means is that, once a well formed premise presented with significant emotional emphasis is accepted by the subconscious, it then begins deductively expressing itself outwardly and creatively without really questioning the logic of the original premise. The subconscious is more of an emotional system, not a logical system. When it comes to smoking, there must be a significant emotional attachment to something that can only be achieved by being a non-smoker, or something that can only be avoided by being a non-smoker; often times a bit of both is involved. A purely intellectual idea, or of course any manner of duress is typically not effective. As unusual as it may be to consider, what actually happens when one uses hypnosis to address the smoking habit, is that the individual becomes a non-smoker. It is a process. If however the process occurs very quickly, the individual will interpret it as an event rather than a process, and say that they stopped smoking. Remember the subconscious is a deductive system, and as such is not involved with the stopping of things. It is instead involved with the creating of things.

It is important to note that you never lose control during the hypnosis process. When you are hypnotized, you always know exactly what is going on around you. Additionally, a hypnotist can’t convince you to do something if you don’t want to do it. Interestingly, studies have shown that brain activity is high during periods of hypnosis, implying that the brain is actively working the whole time.

Using Hypnosis To Quit Smoking

There are a variety of hypnotic suggestions that can be used to help someone quit smoking. In many cases, the hypnotherapist will try to associate the smoking process with an unpleasant experience. For instance, they may suggest that cigarette smoke tastes like garbage or that smoking leaves an unpleasant feeling in the person’s mouth.

The hypnosis technique known as Spiegel’s method uses suggestions that support these three concepts:

*Cigarette smoke acts like a poison in the body
* Your body is essential for life
* If you want to stay alive, you need to treat your body with respect

By educating clients on self-hypnosis and giving them a list of affirmations that they can use when cravings hit, hypnotherapists can make the process of quitting easier.
Of course there are many hypnotic strategies that can be effective, and they must be considered and tailored to the individual. A cookie cutter approach is usually not as effective.

How Effective Is Hypnosis?

The effectiveness of hypnosis is hotly debated. About a quarter of the population are not easily hypnotized. That is they need to be taught the state of mind thru a series of steps, however even the percentage of the population that or easily hypnotized, the effectiveness of this treatment option can vary.

Throughout the years, there have been conflicting results from various scientific studies. In fact, there were two separate reviews done of all of the published literature on the use of hypnosis as a treatment option – one in 2010 and another in 2012. The 2010 study found that the evidence did not support using hypnosis as a treatment option. The 2012 study, on the other hand, found that hypnosis could be beneficial. Even the American Cancer Society provides somewhat conflicting information, stating that although studies have not proven that hypnosis is effective for quitting smoking, there is plenty of anecdotal evidence to support its use.

Some will claim that the American Medical Association (AMA) recommends the use of hypnosis as an approved therapy. In fact, however, this well-known organization has not put out an official statement regarding their position on using hypnosis as an option. Although they did have a statement on file in the past, it was retracted in the late 1980s.

At this time, most experts stress the need for additional studies before any conclusions can be drawn. However, hypnosis may still be beneficial in the fight against smoking. The key to success is to use multiple tactics to overcome this powerful addiction.

Choosing a Hypnotist

Rapport is key when doing hypnotic work. After doing your research, you should call and speak to the hypnotist. They should be willing to answer your questions, in fact perhaps even allow you to drop by their office and briefly meet them to make certain you are comfortable.

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June 20, 2017 By Seline Walsh

For those of you that are brand new to the concept of hypnosis, the first thing to consider is that there’s no magic involved, nor should you expect to start floating at any point during your session. Hypnosis is defined as a state of being whereby an individual may find themselves more prone to acknowledge, understand, and receive information on a subconscious level – as technical as that might sound.

The simplest way to describe the technique is by approaching it with an open mind; and we say open for a reason.

Have you ever heard about people not being susceptible to hypnosis, for example? It can occur from time to time, even if it is uncommon. It won’t matter who you are, how much you make, or if you live in Houston or somewhere a little further afield – if you don’t walk into a session with an open-mind, then the methodology of hypnosis might not work for you. But does that mean that you might never be capable of taking advantage of its benefits?

What it means to be susceptible to hypnosis

In this line of work, where the subconscious mind can be so important, there is one thing that’s more important than all else – and that’s a willingness to experience the events associated with a state of hypnosis. Although our physical bodies are constantly undergoing a range of internal (and often external processes), our mental states are just as prone to experiencing activities. If a person was going to hit you in the face, your natural reflexes would be to safeguard yourself.

Your mental-being works in much the same way. It can develop reflexes over time, and it’s these innate processes that can often go on to become habits and addictions. Instead of having to protect your face from an attack, you might find that your mind depends on smoking cigarettes to provide a general feeling of balance and calmness. But where does hypnotic susceptibility fit into things, exactly?

Well, it’s all about how open you are to receiving the treatment – a treatment that has been around for centuries for those of you that didn’t know. By allowing the methodology to take effect on your mind, you’ll be putting yourself in a position to reap the rewards of the treatment. But that leads to another question – can anything be done if you aren’t susceptible to the therapy itself? And if so, what?

Accepting what you cannot see

Hypnosis can’t be seen, nor can it be heard. But when allowed the right amount of time it can certainly be felt. Even those that are sceptical can learn to open their minds in a way that allows their subconscious to absorb the techniques, take advantage of the re-programming, and as a result; overcome any obstacles that a person might be facing.

Hypnosis can help to loosen the strict addictive processes associated with smoking, as well as encourage the body to cope without consuming larger quantities of food. Instead of passing the techniques off as foolishness; going into a session and simply allowing yourself to be open-minded about the potential can be all that it takes to prepare your subconscious for improvements to your life.

Hypnosis Houston
2909 Hillcroft Ave #515
Houston TX 77057
Phone: (713) 789-0713
http://www.hypnosishouston.com/

May 13, 2017 By TC LeNormand

In the many years I’ve assisted people using hypnosis, one of the many issues I’ve helped people address are those surrounding weight loss. Besides quitting smoking, this is the single most reoccurring reason people request hypnosis consulting in my office. I’ve discovered that balancing ones busy work schedule, and maintaining a healthy focus on taking care of one’s self is a huge part of the dynamic. In addition to that, the on/off component of dieting; the “ I was good today, but cheated some later in the week” mind set erodes ones self esteem, and in my observation goes a long way to sabotaging even the best laid out plans. One of the things I seek to do is help people reframe the way they think about it. Rather than the mean spirited harsh goal oriented approach, I help them to consider it more of a process. Goals, although a great thing to have in life, tend to be organized in the mind as and event. The problem with thinking of weight loss as an event is that once you arrive at a certain level of achievement there is a tendency to revert back to the old behaviors. As one begins to consider it as a process, rather than a destination at which one ultimately arrives, it becomes much easier to manage.

Allow me to give you an example that distinguishes between an event and a process, which by the way, regardless of the circumstances is a useful one to make in life. Although cleaning your house is an event, keeping your house clean and neat is a process. I use to start in the back and clean everything until I stepped out of the front door. ” Excellent, this house is clean.” Of course, then there is a huge opportunity to micro manage every possible action that could make it messy again. This is an example of the upset of confusing a process for and event. Sound familiar ? Several other simple examples of how a process confused for an event can create upset and procrastination is mowing the yard, paying taxes. I could continue to distinguish places in our thinking where the confusion of a process for an event or an event for a process can cause us stress and upset. By the way, since our subconscious mind is a creative system, in fact the very amazing creative system that is responsible for all of the invented stuff in the world of physical reality around you, the insistence that change should occur instantly as an event is a bit silly. Remember, that little piece of magic you are holding in your hands as you consider hypnosis was once smoke signals. There was a lot of process between the pony express, morse code, and telephones, to computers inside of telephones that we carry everywhere with us. Although there were many events along the way, computers didn’t ” happen,” they were created. They were created thru process over time.

Hypnosis, which I define as the application of suggestion in trance, is a system by which an individual can tap into this marvelous deductive mechanism. It can be profoundly helpful in moving us forward towards the changes we want to make in life. In part, my work with clients in my office is both as a coach to assist people to think more clearly, and assist the individual to effectively tap into the creative process of the subconscious mind.

TC