C.H.A.N.G.E. Academy Hypnotherapy Newsletter
from the office of Beverley S. Bley, L.P.N., C.M.Ht.
http://www.wel.net/4change.htm/

Issue: 2 July 2003
Imagination/Visualization
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- Whats New on the CHANGE Website
- Hypnotherapy in the Media
- Milton Erickson Tidbit
- Healthy Living Tidbit
- Calendar
- Article: IMAGINATION/ VISUALIZATION
What Your Mind Can Conceive, You Can Achieve



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Whats New on the CHANGE Website!

Come see our expanded herbal store. We have added many
new products and a shopping cart! There are many changes
to come in the near future. Stay tuned!

http://www.wel.net/4change.htm/store/index.htm

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HYPNOTHERAPY IN THE MEDIA

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/31/health/main327656.shtml

In a Scientific American magazine article read about
shattering the myths about hypnosis. It shows
how hypnosis works and what medical benefits people
may get from using it.


Hypnosis mentioned on Oprah.com

Incredible Weight Loss Stories
Go to the following link:
http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200302/tows_past_20030210.jhtml
Then click on the "View Gallery" button
Click on the arrow button until you reach Ricks story.
Rick mentions how he used diet, exercise and hypnosis
to lose 300 pounds.

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DID YOU KNOW?

Erickson, Milton H. (Hyland) 1901 -- 1980
Psychiatrist; born in Aurum, Nev. He conducted
experiments in hypnosis under psychologist Clark Hull
at the University of Wisconsin, where he received
the M.D. (1925). He carried on research at the
Worcester (Mass.) State Hospital and the Wayne County
(Mich.) General Hospital and taught at Wayne State
University (1934--48). In 1979 he entered private
practice in Phoenix, Ariz. He founded the American
Society of Clinical Hypnosis in 1957 and became the
nation's best-known practitioner of hypnotherapy.

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HEALTHY LIVING (News you can use today!)


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CALENDAR

Lehigh Valley Chapter of the NGH
(3rd Tuesday of the Month)
Our meetings are for Hypnotists and Hypnotherapists along
with those of you that are considering Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy
as a part-time/full-time occupation or have a serious interest in
learning more about the profession.
Contact: Jeff Varkoni
Email: info@...
Phone: 610-502-0342
Fee: $5


CHANGE Academy
Would you like a refresher course in a specific area of
hypnotherapy? Join our ongoing certification classes - just
for one day!

Call today for scheduled dates on the following subjects:
- Past life Regression
- Working with Children
- Fears and Phobias
- Regression and Time Line Therapy


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CALENDAR: Plan Ahead

August 8 - 10, 2003
NGH Convention and Educational Conference
http://www.ngh.net/annualconf.shtml

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LINK EXCHANGE PROGRAM

Do you have a great website that offers a link exchange program?
Email changeacademy-owner@yahoogroups.com the website link for review

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IMAGINATION/ VISUALIZATION
What Your Mind Can Conceive, You Can Achieve


The subhead appearing above "what your mind can
conceive, you can achieve" presents in eight words
the most important message that any person will
receive in a lifetime.

The dramatic and very real power of the mind has
been available since pre-Christian times. In perhaps
more wordy fashion it can be found in the Bible, in
literature, in studies and reports on psychology,
philosophy, medicine, history and countless other
disciplines. Innumerable present-day books present the
same message in varying forms and on various subjects.

Acceptance and utilization of that eight-word message
has produced apparent miracles, provided solutions to
problems in virtually every area of life experience
(relationships, health, education, personal development,
business etc.) The knowledge is available to everyone;
the skills are easily acquired; the tremendous power is
seldom recognized or used.

HOW DOES IT WORK

Children have wonderful powers of imagination. A young
girl playing with a doll becomes a mother - a very real
mother, with a doll which is a very real baby. She
dresses it, talks with it, provides direction, even
punishes it. The imaging of this playtime can affect
the future handling of children as an adult mother.

A young boy plays with a truck in the sand. It becomes
a real truck, and he is a real worker. Or a child plays
with a toy airplane. He becomes a real pilot. The take-
offs and landings are real. They are pictured in the mind.
Thinking about the activities that are being performed is
imagination. Picturing them in the mind, vividly and
realistically, is visualization. The child doesn't realize
the power he is using. And as he grows to adulthood, the
motivation to imagine and visualize often fades and the
inherent power declines.

Fortunately, not all children lose their powers to imagine
as they grow and develop. Certain professions require such
abilities. The fields of artistic creation - painting,
sculpture, architecture, decorating, advertising - all
demand powers of visualization. So also does music, for
senses other than sight can be involved in imaging. A
composer images the sound of his music. A blind person
(and many others) image by touch. A lover can image by
scent. A gourmet or chef images by taste.

Differences between people can be dramatic. One home-
buyer can look at a lot and visualize a beautiful residence,
with appealing style, landscaping, location of the lot, even
floor-plan and doors and windows. Another buyer can see only
grass, weeds and dirt and must be shown renderings to grasp
the idea of what can be developed on the property. A young
person can picture the development of a product, the
beginnings of a business and the progress to an industrial
giant ... and can make it happen. Another can visualize
nothing, can get a job to earn a living, and may wonder
why advancement never comes.

The powers of visualization are sufficient to merit the
effort required to master them. Once the ability is
acquired to picture goals, dreams and ambitions in the mind,
four elements are necessary to generate the power to bring
them into realization: DESIRE - the want must be real and
deep and permanent; BELIEF - it is important to believe
that the desired achievement is possible ... do-able;
EXPECTATION - it is vital to expect success, considering
it a foregone conclusion; DEMAND - the final requirement
is self-demand, a personal requirement that those things
necessary to success will be accomplished.

Light-heartedness, half-heartedness, going-through-the-
motions is not enough. To those who develop the mental
attitudes and aptitudes to make things happen, the process
is serious business. It is necessary to give the time,
concentration and mental energy necessary to the purpose.
Mind-set is critical. However, once mastered, the potential
results are incredible.

STEP BY STEP, ONWARD AND UPWARD

Internal power does not come easily, nothing worthwhile
ever does. But for those who do not have the necessary
basic elements in good working order, hypnotherapy may be
the shortest and most effective means of acquiring them.

Self-Esteem: This element is necessary for virtually
anything worth having. Many people, unfortunately,
have low opinions of their own self-worth. Self-esteem
can be damaged by adverse events in life, by childhood
imprints involving parents, teachers or other authority
figures, by illness, by guilt or any of innumerable other
causes. Hypnotherapy is a means by which a person can achieve
a new self view, recognizing the positive elements in life
(there are always some) and building on them. Improving self-
esteem is a necessary first step.

Self-Confidence: Not the same as self-esteem, self-confidence
is the element that makes possible the undertaking and
completion of the things improved self-esteem brought under
consideration. It is essential to the "belief" factor
discussed previously.

Motivation: This element is necessary to power the willingness
to practice and perfect the visualization capabilities,
to engender the patience to continue visualizations on a
regular basis during whatever time is required to manifest
them, and to deal with and overcome periods of discouragement.

All of the above can be enhanced through hypnotherapy. And
for those who prefer to utilize self-hypnosis, a few sessions
of training can help develop such skills to noticeably
effective levels.

The most important factor, of course, is the acceptance of
the premise that "What my mind can conceive, I can achieve!"
The human mind has incredible power, but if such power is
denied or rejected, it will not be there for use. A beginning
step in an effort to recognize and understand mind power is the
use and repetition of psychologist Emil Coue's famous statement:
"Every day in every way, I'm getting better and better!"
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