Hello, I am interested in finding information on Dr. Flowers, what he brought to
hypnosis and what his or her first name is.  search engine results only display
training courses using Dr. Flowers method.  But no such luck just reading about
him.
If there is any help available it would be much appreciated
Mike

Hi,

I have a client/woman who has very severe Rosacea, has tried the traditional
routes and is now very interested in trying hypnosis and any other alternative
methods. She's started accupuncture.

Has anybody had any experience with this condition being helped, or hopefully
alleviated, the problem. I would appreciate any input that you could provide me
with. Possible scripts, suggestions, thoughts.

You can feel free to backchannel me at jency@....

Thanks and enjoy your weekend.
Jency

Jency Elliott HBCE, CLC, CPD, CH
jency@...
Woodstock, NY

Hi all,

We've just started a series of interviews with those using hypnosis in
sport. The first is below, hope you find it interesting!



Peter Gilmour is a hypnotherapist who recently worked with Swindon Town
Football Club. The Centre for Sports Hypnosis caught up with him
recently to find out how it was going.

http://www.sportshypnosis.org.uk/articles/interview-petegilmour.html
<http://www.sportshypnosis.org.uk/articles/interview-petegilmour.html>



Regards,

Gary

The Centre for Sports Hypnosis
http://www.sportshypnosis.org.uk <http://www.sportshypnosis.org.uk/>



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Hypnotherapy Boosts Quality Of Life And Health For Ulcerative Colitis Patients

  (May 15, 2009) — One of Laurie Keefer's patients was afraid to be a
bridesmaid in a friend's wedding, others worried about traveling with the boss
or even going to parties in peoples' homes.

The patients have ulcerative colitis, a nasty gastrointestinal disease that
flares without warning and makes it vital for them to find a bathroom fast. The
disease is often diagnosed when people are in their late 20s and early 30s. The
flare-up is like having a severe stomach bug that can drag on for weeks. It
ruins vacation plans, causes lengthy absences from work and generally messes up
peoples' lives at a time when they are trying to build careers and meet a
romantic partner or marry.

But some of Keefer's patients are less fearful these days and starting to
embrace activities they once avoided. They've been taking part in a new National
Institutes of Health (NIH) funded research study to test whether hypnotherapy
can extend the time between their flare-ups. Currently, the treatments for
ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease, include a fistful of pills --
up to a cumbersome 12 a day that reduce the risk of flares but that many forget
to take, as well as steroids or surgery to remove their colon.

In an early look at the data for the ongoing study, Keefer, a clinical health
psychologist and an assistant professor of medicine at the Northwestern
University Feinberg School of Medicine, is finding that treatment with
hypnotherapy enabled some subjects' to socialize more and get involved in
activities such as eating at restaurants, exercising and road trips. Some
subjects feel less impaired by their disease and are better at remembering to
take their pills.

The patient who was afraid to stand up at a friend's wedding is now going to be
a bridesmaid. The patient who was nervous about getting on a plane with the boss
is now taking business trips with him.

The study will be enrolling a total of 80 patients over three years and will
track the progress of each patient for one year. Thus far, 27 subjects have
enrolled in the study and completed the required eight weeks of hypnotherapy
sessions. As a part of the study, subjects also listen to special relaxation
tapes up to five times per week.

While it's too early in the study to know if the hypnotherapy has prolonged
their remissions, only two of 12 subjects who have participated in the study for
a full year have experienced a relapse, whereas based on their history, all 12
subjects would have been expected to have had two or more relapses within the
year.

"These numbers are encouraging because the study specifically targets
individuals who flare a couple times a year," Keefer said. Subjects are also
expected to take their routine maintenance medication during the trial.

Keefer presented her findings recently at the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of
America's 13th Annual Medical Symposium and 14th Annual Patient and Family
Conference in Chicago.

The goal of the trial is to see if hypnotherapy can help subjects learn to
manage their stress and develop a sense of control over their health, explained
Keefer, who is director of the Center for Psychosocial Research in Intestinal
Bowel Disease at Northwestern's Feinberg School.

"Managing stress is really important for managing inflammatory bowel disease,"
Keefer said. "We see young adults about to get married, pregnant women, people
worried about losing their jobs in this difficult economy. The body doesn't
differentiate between good stress and bad stress. When people are under stress,
their disease flares up."

In the experimental hypnosis sessions, Keefer suggests to subjects that they
closely monitor their stress and be aware of how it's affecting them. "If
they're not getting enough sleep, part of the hypnosis is encouraging them to
know this is a trigger and make an effort to take naps and take it easier, " she
said. "I also tell them your body can detect slight changes in stress and can
adapt easily and not be affected."

The key issue is how confident subjects feel in their ability to manage their
disease. "There is quite a bit of data in a variety of diseases that shows
people who have a higher sense of control over their health feel better and have
fewer symptoms than people who don't," Keefer said. "This is a proactive
approach."

Keefer said the trial is one of the few NIH-funded behavioral studies for
inflammatory bowel disease, which affects between 250,000 to 500,000 people in
the U.S.

Her preliminary data on the overall quality of life for 27 subjects after eight
weeks of hypnotherapy showed that 80 percent of them reported an increased
belief that they could affect and manage their disease versus 50 percent of
subjects in standard care (no hypnotherapy.) In addition, subjects reported a 76
percent increase in the quality of their lives (the improvements were most
notable in their bowel symptoms) compared to a 25 percent increase for standard
care. In another measure, 73 percent of the subjects experienced a general
improvement in their health and well being compared to a 25 percent increase for
standard care.

"The preliminary results on the improved quality of life for the 27 subjects in
this ongoing study (aiming for a total of 80 subjects) look positive so far,"
Keefer said.

Once the eight weeks of hypnotherapy are completed, subjects are expected to
listen to the relaxation tapes or practice relaxation twice a week to maintain
the benefits. They are also encouraged to "step up their practice" of relaxation
tapes if they think they are at risk for a flare, Keefer said.

Currently the treatment for the disease is a maintenance medication called
5-ASA. "The problem is most people forget to take the full dose," Keefer said.
If that doesn't work steroids are often the next treatment, but long-term use
can cause joint problems and other side effects such as anxiety and insomnia.
When doctors try to taper the patient off steroids, symptoms tend to flare
again.

Adapted from materials provided by Northwestern University,




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www.hypnotherapyforhealth.com
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Meditation May Increase Gray Matter


The right orbito-frontal cortex, shown here, is one of the areas of the brain
that appears to be enlarged due to meditation. (Credit: Image courtesy of
University of California - Los Angeles)
  (May 13, 2009) — Push-ups, crunches, gyms, personal trainers — people have
many strategies for building bigger muscles and stronger bones. But what can one
do to build a bigger brain?

Meditate.

That's the finding from a group of researchers at UCLA who used high-resolution
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to scan the brains of people who meditate. In a
study published in the journal NeuroImage and currently available online (by
subscription), the researchers report that certain regions in the brains of
long-term meditators were larger than in a similar control group.

Specifically, meditators showed significantly larger volumes of the hippocampus
and areas within the orbito-frontal cortex, the thalamus and the inferior
temporal gyrus — all regions known for regulating emotions.

"We know that people who consistently meditate have a singular ability to
cultivate positive emotions, retain emotional stability and engage in mindful
behavior," said Eileen Luders, lead author and a postdoctoral research fellow at
the UCLA Laboratory of Neuro Imaging. "The observed differences in brain anatomy
might give us a clue why meditators have these exceptional abilities."

Research has confirmed the beneficial aspects of meditation. In addition to
having better focus and control over their emotions, many people who meditate
regularly have reduced levels of stress and bolstered immune systems. But less
is known about the link between meditation and brain structure.

In the study, Luders and her colleagues examined 44 people — 22 control
subjects and 22 who had practiced various forms of meditation, including Zazen,
Samatha and Vipassana, among others. The amount of time they had practiced
ranged from five to 46 years, with an average of 24 years.

More than half of all the meditators said that deep concentration was an
essential part of their practice, and most meditated between 10 and 90 minutes
every day.

The researchers used a high-resolution, three-dimensional form of MRI and two
different approaches to measure differences in brain structure. One approach
automatically divides the brain into several regions of interest, allowing
researchers to compare the size of certain brain structures. The other segments
the brain into different tissue types, allowing researchers to compare the
amount of gray matter within specific regions of the brain.

The researchers found significantly larger cerebral measurements in meditators
compared with controls, including larger volumes of the right hippocampus and
increased gray matter in the right orbito-frontal cortex, the right thalamus and
the left inferior temporal lobe. There were no regions where controls had
significantly larger volumes or more gray matter than meditators.

Because these areas of the brain are closely linked to emotion, Luders said,
"these might be the neuronal underpinnings that give meditators' the outstanding
ability to regulate their emotions and allow for well-adjusted responses to
whatever life throws their way."

What's not known, she said, and will require further study, are what the
specific correlates are on a microscopic level — that is, whether it's an
increased number of neurons, the larger size of the neurons or a particular
"wiring" pattern meditators may develop that other people don't.

Because this was not a longitudinal study — which would have tracked
meditators from the time they began meditating onward — it's possible that the
meditators already had more regional gray matter and volume in specific areas;
that may have attracted them to meditation in the first place, Luders said.

However, she also noted that numerous previous studies have pointed to the
brain's remarkable plasticity and how environmental enrichment has been shown to
change brain structure.

Other authors of the study included Arthur Toga, director of UCLA Laboratory of
Neuro Imaging; Natasha Lepore of UCLA; and Christian Gaser of the University of
Jena in Germany. Funding for the study was provided by the National Institutes
of Health. The authors report no conflicts of interest.




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The science of voodoo: When mind attacks body

13 May 2009 by Helen Pilcher  NewScientist
Magazine issue 2708. Subscribe and get 4 free issues.
For similar stories, visit the The Human Brain Topic Guide

There are numerous documented instances from many parts of the globe of people
dying after being cursed (Image: Image Source/Rex)
Editorial: Breaking the voodoo spell

Late one night in a small Alabama cemetery, Vance Vanders had a run-in with the
local witch doctor, who wafted a bottle of unpleasant-smelling liquid in front
of his face, and told him he was about to die and that no one could save him.

Back home, Vanders took to his bed and began to deteriorate. Some weeks later,
emaciated and near death, he was admitted to the local hospital, where doctors
were unable to find a cause for his symptoms or slow his decline. Only then did
his wife tell one of the doctors, Drayton Doherty, of the hex.

Doherty thought long and hard. The next morning, he called Vanders's family to
his bedside. He told them that the previous night he had lured the witch doctor
back to the cemetery, where he had choked him against a tree until he explained
how the curse worked. The medicine man had, he said, rubbed lizard eggs into
Vanders's stomach, which had hatched inside his body. One reptile remained,
which was eating Vanders from the inside out.

Doherty then summoned a nurse who had, by prior arrangement, filled a large
syringe with a powerful emetic. With great ceremony, he inspected the instrument
and injected its contents into Vanders' arm. A few minutes later, Vanders began
to gag and vomit uncontrollably. In the midst of it all, unnoticed by everyone
in the room, Doherty produced his pièce de résistance - a green lizard he had
stashed in his black bag. "Look what has come out of you Vance," he cried. "The
voodoo curse is lifted."

Vanders did a double take, lurched backwards to the head of the bed, then
drifted into a deep sleep. When he woke next day he was alert and ravenous. He
quickly regained his strength and was discharged a week later.

The facts of this case from 80 years ago were corroborated by four medical
professionals. Perhaps the most remarkable thing about it is that Vanders
survived. There are numerous documented instances from many parts of the globe
of people dying after being cursed.

With no medical records and no autopsy results, there's no way to be sure
exactly how these people met their end. The common thread in these cases,
however, is that a respected figure puts a curse on someone, perhaps by chanting
or pointing a bone at them. Soon afterwards, the victim dies, apparently of
natural causes.

Voodoo nouveau

You might think this sort of thing is increasingly rare, and limited to remote
tribes. But according to Clifton Meador, a doctor at Vanderbilt School of
Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, who has documented cases like Vanders, the
curse has taken on a new form.

Take Sam Shoeman, who was diagnosed with end-stage liver cancer in the 1970s and
given just months to live. Shoeman duly died in the allotted time frame - yet
the autopsy revealed that his doctors had got it wrong. The tumour was tiny and
had not spread. "He didn't die from cancer, but from believing he was dying of
cancer," says Meador. "If everyone treats you as if you are dying, you buy into
it. Everything in your whole being becomes about dying."

He didn't die from cancer but from believing he was dying of cancer
Cases such as Shoeman's may be extreme examples of a far more widespread
phenomenon. Many patients who suffer harmful side effects, for instance, may do
so only because they have been told to expect them. What's more, people who
believe they have a high risk of certain diseases are more likely to get them
than people with the same risk factors who believe they have a low risk. It
seems modern witch doctors wear white coats and carry stethoscopes.

The idea that believing you are ill can make you ill may seem far-fetched, yet
rigorous trials have established beyond doubt that the converse is true - that
the power of suggestion can improve health. This is the well-known placebo
effect. Placebos cannot produce miracles, but they do produce measurable
physical effects.

The placebo effect has an evil twin: the nocebo effect, in which dummy pills and
negative expectations can produce harmful effects. The term "nocebo", which
means "I will harm", was not coined until the 1960s, and the phenomenon has been
far less studied than the placebo effect. It's not easy, after all, to get
ethical approval for studies designed to make people feel worse.

What we do know suggests the impact of nocebo is far-reaching. "Voodoo death, if
it exists, may represent an extreme form of the nocebo phenomenon," says
anthropologist Robert Hahn of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
in Atlanta, Georgia, who has studied the nocebo effect.

In clinical trials, around a quarter of patients in control groups - those given
supposedly inert therapies - experience negative side effects. The severity of
these side effects sometimes matches those associated with real drugs. A
retrospective study of 15 trials involving thousands of patients prescribed
either beta blockers or a control showed that both groups reported comparable
levels of side effects, including fatigue, depressive symptoms and sexual
dysfunction. A similar number had to withdraw from the studies because of them.

Occasionally, the effects can be life-threatening (see "The overdose"). "Beliefs
and expectations are not only conscious, logical phenomena, they also have
physical consequences," says Hahn.

Nocebo effects are also seen in normal medical practice. Around 60 per cent of
patients undergoing chemotherapy start feeling sick before their treatment. "It
can happen days before, or on the journey on the way in," says clinical
psychologist Guy Montgomery from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York.
Sometimes the mere thought of treatment or the doctor's voice is enough to make
patients feel unwell. This "anticipatory nausea" may be partly due to
conditioning - when patients subconsciously link some part of their experience
with nausea - and partly due to expectation.

Alarmingly, the nocebo effect can even be catching. Cases where symptoms without
an identifiable cause spread through groups of people have been around for
centuries, a phenomenon known as mass psychogenic illness. One outbreak (see
"It's catching") inspired a recent study by psychologists Irving Kirsch and
Giuliana Mazzoni of the University of Hull in the UK.

They asked some of a group of students to inhale a sample of normal air, which
all participants were told contained "a suspected environmental toxin" linked to
headache, nausea, itchy skin and drowsiness. Half of the participants also
watched a woman inhale the sample and apparently develop these symptoms.
Students who inhaled were more likely to report these symptoms than those who
did not. Symptoms were also more pronounced in women, particularly those who had
seen another apparently become ill - a bias also seen in mass psychogenic
illness.

The study shows that if you hear of or observe a possible side effect, you are
more likely to develop it yourself. That puts doctors in a tricky situation. "On
the one hand people have the right to be informed about what to expect, but this
makes it more likely they will experience these effects," says Mazzoni.

This means doctors need to choose their words carefully so as to minimise
negative expectations, says Montgomery. "It's all about how you say it."

Hypnosis might also help. "Hypnosis changes expectancies, which decreases
anxiety and stress, which improves the outcome," Montgomery says. "I think
hypnosis could be applied to a wide variety of symptoms where expectancy plays a
role."

Is the scale of the nocebo problem serious enough to justify such
countermeasures? We just don't know, because so many questions remain
unanswered. In what circumstances do nocebo effects occur? And how long do the
symptoms last?

It appears that, as with the placebo response, nocebo effects vary widely, and
may depend heavily on context. Placebo effects in clinical settings are often
much more potent than those induced in the laboratory, says Paul Enck, a
psychologist at the University Hospital in Tübingen, Germany, which suggests the
nocebo problem may have profound effects in the real world. For obvious reasons,
though, lab experiments are designed to induce only mild and temporary nocebo
symptoms.

Real consequences

It is also unclear who is susceptible. A person's optimism or pessimism may play
a role, but there are no consistent personality predictors. Both sexes can
succumb to mass psychogenic illness, though women report more symptoms than men.
Enck has shown that in men, expectancy rather than conditioning is more likely
to influence nocebo symptoms. For women, the opposite is true. "Women tend to
operate more on past experiences, whereas men seem more reluctant to take
history into a situation," he says.

What is becoming clear is that these apparently psychological phenomena have
very real consequences in the brain. Using PET scans to peer into the brains of
people given a placebo or nocebo, Jon-Kar Zubieta of the University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, showed last year that nocebo effects were linked with a decrease in
dopamine and opioid activity. This would explain how nocebos can increase pain.
Placebos, unsurprisingly, produced the opposite response.

Meanwhile, Fabrizio Benedetti of the University of Turin Medical School in Italy
has found that nocebo-induced pain can be suppressed by a drug called
proglumide, which blocks receptors for a hormone called cholecystokinin (CCK).
Normally, expectations of pain induce anxiety, which activates CCK receptors,
enhancing pain.

The ultimate cause of the nocebo effect, however, is not neurochemistry but
belief. According to Hahn, surgeons are often wary of operating on people who
think they will die - because such patients often do. And the mere belief that
one is susceptible to a heart attack is itself a risk factor. One study found
that women who believed they are particularly prone to heart attack are nearly
four times as likely to die from coronary conditions than other women with the
same risk factors.

Despite the growing evidence that the nocebo effect is all too real, it is hard
in this rational age to accept that people's beliefs can kill them. After all,
most of us would laugh if a strangely attired man leapt about waving a bone and
told us we were going to die. But imagine how you would feel if you were told
the same thing by a smartly dressed doctor with a wallful of medical degrees and
a computerful of your scans and test results. The social and cultural background
is crucial, says Enck.

Meador argues that Shoeman's misdiagnosis and subsequent death shares many of
the crucial elements found in hex death. A powerful doctor pronounces a death
sentence, which is accepted unquestioningly by the "victim" and his family, who
then start to act upon that belief. Shoeman, his family and his doctors all
believed he was dying from cancer. It became a self-fulfilling prophecy.

"Bad news promotes bad physiology. I think you can persuade people that they're
going to die and have it happen," Meador says. "I don't think there's anything
mystical about it. We're uncomfortable with the idea that words or symbolic
actions can cause death because it challenges our biomolecular model of the
world."

Perhaps when the biomedical basis of voodoo death is revealed in detail we will
find it easier to accept that it is real - and that it can affect any one of us.

Editorial: Breaking the voodoo spell

The overdose
Depressed after splitting up with his girlfriend, Derek Adams took all his
pills... then regretted it. Fearing he might die, he asked a neighbour to take
him to hospital, where he collapsed. Shaky, pale and drowsy, his blood pressure
dropped and his breaths came quickly.

Yet lab tests and toxicology screening came back clear. Over the next 4 hours
Adams received 6 litres of saline, but improved little.

Then a doctor arrived from the clinical trial of an antidepressant in which
Adams had been taking part. Adams had enrolled in the study about a month
earlier. Initially he had felt his mood buoyed, but an argument with his
ex-girlfriend saw him swallow the 29 remaining tablets.

The doctor revealed that Adams was in the control group. The pills he had
"overdosed" on were harmless. Hearing this, Adams was surprised and tearfully
relieved. Within 15 minutes he was fully alert, and his blood pressure and heart
rate had returned to normal.

It's catching
In November 1998, a teacher at a Tennessee high school noticed a "gasoline-like"
smell, and began complaining of headache, nausea, shortness of breath and
dizziness. The school was evacuated and over the next week more than 100 staff
and students were admitted to the local emergency room complaining of similar
symptoms.

After extensive tests, no medical explanation for the reported illnesses could
be found. A questionnaire a month later revealed that the people who reported
symptoms were more likely to be female, and to have known or seen a classmate
who was ill. It was the nocebo effect on a grand scale, says psychologist Irving
Kirsch at the University of Hull in the UK. "There was, as far as we can tell,
no environmental toxin, but people began to feel ill."

Kirsch thinks that seeing a classmate develop symptoms shaped expectancies of
illness in other children, triggering mass psychogenic illness. Outbreaks occur
all over the world. In Jordan in 1998, 800 children apparently suffered side
effects after a vaccination and 122 were admitted to hospital, but no problem
was found with the vaccine.

Helen Pilcher is a science writer based in the UK




Seth-Deborah Roth CRNA,CCHt,CI
www.hypnotherapyforhealth.com
read my blog at www.hypnotichealth.blogspot.com
as seen on the "MythBusters"


www.sethdeborahroth.isagenix.com

South Australia is the last remaining Australian state where it is
illegal to practice hypnosis/hypnotherapy if you are not an MD,
psychologist or dentist . A report has just been tabled in the SA
parliament, so I post a link for those who are interested.

http://tinyurl.com/c7kmfb

(I know that Don likes this sort of thing)

Regards
Daryl Wilkinson
http://www.stressfree.com.au
   "Your Belief is Your Reality"



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Hi all,

Living
in Mexico (in one of the yet unaffected areas) I see the possibility of
the H1N1 virus hitting our area. If things seem to start getting out of hand, or
even before, I would like to see if I can be involved in helping people recover.

I
think that hypnosis COULD help infected people, and make recovery
faster and/or their suffering easier. I'm thinking the following might
be achieved:
- lowering fever (?)
- decrease pain/aches
- strengthen immune system
- remove conviction of death, install will to live
- erase past negative language, shield against future negative language
- control/reduce sneezing (?), make sure they cover their mouth
- install hygienic behavior to avoid further infections

I
am very worried, and would appreciate any input that anyone more
experienced than me could add.

I don't know much about the Ultra Height modality, do you think that could be
something useful in this situation?
Any recommendations on how to best deliver to the patients (act as doctors if
allowed by the hospital)?
How to get the government to accept my volunteering?
Any practical advice on the things I listed?
Best way of induction?
Any other tings that could be achieved with hypnosis?

Please let me know if you can help in any way. I would really appreciate it.

Best regards,
Oresztesz


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There is a good book by Claire Frederick and Maggie Phillips that focuses on
the use of Hypnotherapy in working with Dissociative Conditions.

Healing the Divided Self..





PATRICK BOWE

Providence Hypnosis Center

401 351 1700

http://www.providencehypnosiscenter.com



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From: hypnosis-hypnotherapy@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:hypnosis-hypnotherapy@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dana
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 10:09 PM
To: hypnosis-hypnotherapy@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] [hypno] Re: Hypnosis for Dissociative identity
Disorder?



I would search for psychiatrists who specialize in treating DID. It is a
controversial diagnosis, as these links show:
http://www.currentp
<http://www.currentpsychiatry.com/article_pages.asp?AID=3D7303&UID=3D>
sychiatry.com/article_pages.asp?AID=3D7303&UID=3D

http://www.psychiat
<http://www.psychiatrymmc.com/dissociative-identity-disorder-a-controversial
-diagnosis/>
rymmc.com/dissociative-identity-disorder-a-controversial-diagnosis/

This person appears to have "written the book" about treatment, though I
haven't read it:

http://www.amazon.
<http://www.amazon.com/Treating-Dissociative-Identity-Disorder-James/dp/0787
903299> com/Treating-Dissociative-Identity-Disorder-James/dp/0787903299

I'm not aware of anyone who treats it with medication alone.
Here are treatment guidelines, again I am not approving them or disapproving
them:
http://www.isst-
<http://www.isst-d.org/education/treatmentguidelines-index.htm>
d.org/education/treatmentguidelines-index.htm

Good luck,
Dana Anderson, M.S. Marriage and Family Therapy, Florida Registered Marriage
and Family Therapy Intern

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py@yahoogroups.com, "deenasteinberg23" <deenasteinberg23@...> wrote:
>
> Can anyone help me?
> I am a student at the University of Maryland. In my English class we were
assigned a research proposal, and my team chose to research the benefits of
using hypnosis as treatment for patients with Dissociative Identity
Disorder. We are required to interview a specialist in the field, and we
were wondering if any of you could possibly answer some of our questions. We
would greatly appreciate it.
> 1. What is the advantage of hypnosis in treating these patients as opposed
to the use of medication?
> 2. Can hypnosis be used on its own, or does it need to be combined with
some form of therapy?
> 3. Does the use of hypnosis expedite the process of recovery?
>
> Thanks so much!
>





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I would search for psychiatrists who specialize in treating DID.  It is a
controversial diagnosis, as these links show:
http://www.currentpsychiatry.com/article_pages.asp?AID=3D7303&UID=3D

http://www.psychiatrymmc.com/dissociative-identity-disorder-a-controversial-diag\
nosis/

This person appears to have "written the book" about treatment, though I haven't
read it:

http://www.amazon.com/Treating-Dissociative-Identity-Disorder-James/dp/078790329\
9


I'm not aware of anyone who treats it with medication alone.
Here are treatment guidelines, again I am not approving them or disapproving
them:
http://www.isst-d.org/education/treatmentguidelines-index.htm

Good luck,
Dana Anderson, M.S. Marriage and Family Therapy, Florida Registered Marriage and
Family Therapy Intern


--- In hypnosis-hypnotherapy@yahoogroups.com, "deenasteinberg23"
<deenasteinberg23@...> wrote:
>
> Can anyone help me?
> I am a student at the University of Maryland.  In my English class we were
assigned a research proposal, and my team chose to research the benefits of
using hypnosis as treatment for patients with Dissociative Identity Disorder. 
We are required to interview a specialist in the field, and we were wondering if
any of you could possibly answer some of our questions.  We would greatly
appreciate it.
> 1. What is the advantage of hypnosis in treating these patients as opposed to
the use of medication?
> 2. Can hypnosis be used on its own, or does it need to be combined with some
form of therapy?
> 3. Does the use of hypnosis expedite the process of recovery?
>
> Thanks so much!
>

We regression hypnotherapists believe that DID and other named disorders are
caused by events. Things happened to these people in their lives that caused
their symptoms.
We regress them to the cause of these symptoms, usually some time between
conception and age five. We heal those events. Then we integrate the
personalities. When the original event/s are healed, there is no reason for
the symptoms, and they disappear.
Of course hypnosis expedites the process. There is no way to do this in
conventional therapy. These memories are unavailable to the conscious mind,
and this process has to be done during trance work.

Another possible way to heal the symptoms is in parts therapy. This is where
the individual personalities are talked to during trance. Their purpose is
determined and then they are convinced to help the host by integrating.


--
Carol Henderson

Certified Hypnotherapist
EFT Practitioner
New Day Hypnotherapy, LLC
Kansas City Area
913-908-6907

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Can anyone help me?
I am a student at the University of Maryland.  In my English class we were
assigned a research proposal, and my team chose to research the benefits of
using hypnosis as treatment for patients with Dissociative Identity Disorder. 
We are required to interview a specialist in the field, and we were wondering if
any of you could possibly answer some of our questions.  We would greatly
appreciate it.
1. What is the advantage of hypnosis in treating these patients as opposed to
the use of medication?
2. Can hypnosis be used on its own, or does it need to be combined with some
form of therapy?
3. Does the use of hypnosis expedite the process of recovery?

Thanks so much!

It is four days post op dental surgery with supplemental hypnosis.

Let me start out by saying that I have a VERY surprised oral surgeon.  :)

The 1 1/2 surgery was more extensive than originally thought and lasted 2 1/2
hours. When I was at the check out area and scheduling the post -op check the
surgeon came out and in complete surprise commented that "I was more sedated
than his sedated patients".

I knew it was lasting longer because my iPod was on a repeat cycle and my
Surgery Hypnosis CD lasts an hour and I could tell when it started from the
beginning. It was on its third repeat but I remained calm and relaxed.

The area of the surgery was above my top front teeth. I was told to expect
bruising all the way up to my eyes. Well, I do have bruising right below my nose
and below but certainly not as extensive as I was told to expect.

It was so cool to offer my CD to the surgeon for his office and to have my offer
accepted. A convert has been made !


Seth-Deborah Roth CRNA,CCHt,CI
www.hypnotherapyforhealth.com
read my blog at www.hypnotichealth.blogspot.com
as seen on the "MythBusters"


www.sethdeborahroth.isagenix.com

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Hi, Has anyone had any experience of treating this with hypnotherapy, if so I
would be very glad of some advice.
Many thanks Jane

Just a note to say that you can now access a wealth of articles and news
feeds, updated daily, and some videos relating to evidence-based clinical
hypnosis via our new website.  There's a link to the British Psychological
Society report on The Nature of Hypnosis (2001), an online video of the whole
Hypnosurgery Live television programme, and links to abstracts from the
International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis (IJCEH) and other
important resources.  There's also an article on searching for hypnosis
research online and links to key search engines and online databases containing
abstracts and articles on hypnosis research, etc.

See the link below for details,

_Hypnosis  Research & Development Information Centre_
(http://www.ukcognitive.com/course/view.php?id=12)


Yours  Sincerely,

Donald Robertson
College Principal & Executive  Director

Senior Clinician Hypnotherapist (NCH)
Registered  Psychotherapist (UKCP)
Member of the European Register of Psychotherapists  (ERP)
Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health  (RSPH)


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Power Of Imagination Is More Than Just A Metaphor

  (Apr. 15, 2009) — We've heard it before: "Imagine yourself passing the exam
or scoring a goal and it will happen." We may roll our eyes and think that's
easier said than done, but in a new study in Psychological Science, a journal of
the Association for Psychological Science, psychologists Christopher Davoli and
Richard Abrams from Washington University suggest that the imagination may be
more effective than we think in helping us reach our goals.

A group of students searched visual displays for specific letters (which were
scattered among other letters serving as distractors) and identified them as
quickly as possible by pressing a button. While performing this task, the
students were asked to either imagine themselves holding the display monitor
with both hands or with their hands behind their backs (it was emphasized that
they were not to assume those poses, but just imagine them).

The results showed that simply imagining a posture may have effects that are
similar to actually assuming the pose.  The participants spent more time
searching the display when they imagined themselves holding the monitor,
compared to when they imagined themselves with their hands behind their backs.
The researchers suggest that the slower rate of searching indicates a more
thorough analysis of items closer to the hands. Previous research has shown that
we spend more time looking at items close to our hands (items close to us are
usually more important than those further away), but this is the first study
suggesting that merely imagining something close to our hands will cause us to
pay more attention to it.

The researchers suggest these findings indicate that our "peripersonal space"
(the space around our body) can be extended into a space where an imagined
posture would take us. They note there may be advantages to having this ability,
such as determining if an action is realistic (e.g., "Can I reach the top
shelf?") and helping us to avoid collisions. The authors conclude that the
present study confirms "an idea that has long been espoused by motivational
speakers, sports psychologists, and John Lennon alike: The imagination has the
extraordinary capacity to shape reality."

Journal reference:

. Reaching Out With the Imagination. Psychological Science, (in press)
Adapted from materials provided by Association for Psychological Science.
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Seth-Deborah Roth CRNA,CCHt,CI
www.hypnotherapyforhealth.com
read my blog at www.hypnotichealth.blogspot.com
as seen on the "MythBusters"

www.iLearningGlobal.biz/selfgrowth
www.sethdeborahroth.isagenix.com

You can now log in and set up an account in our new inter-active website
for the UK College of Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy.

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Visit the link below to see our new FREE self-hypnosis lessons.  You  can
log in as a "guest" if you don't want to set up a profile,

_Free  Online Introduction to Self-Hypnosis Course_
(http://www.ukcognitive.com/course/view.php?id=8)


Yours  Sincerely,

Donald Robertson
College Principal & Executive  Director

Senior Clinician Hypnotherapist (NCH)
Registered  Psychotherapist (UKCP)
Member of the European Register of Psychotherapists  (ERP)
Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health  (RSPH)


The UK College of  Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy Ltd.
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Freephone (UK)  0800 195 9809
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NCH Hypnotherapy Extravaganza  Event
London, 20th June 2009
_http://www.hypnotherapists.org.uk/884/nch-hypnotherapy-extravaganza-event-l
ondon-20th-June-2009/_
(http://www.hypnotherapists.org.uk/884/nch-hypnotherapy-extravaganza-event-londo\
n-20th-June-2009/)

NOW OPEN TO NON-MEMBERS.
Spaces are  limited, so book yours now to avoid disappointment.
The Hypnotherapy Extravaganza is being held  on
20th June 2009
at
The Royal Society of  Medicine
1 Wimpole Street,
London, W1G 0AE.
This one day event is not just an opportunity to meet with colleagues and
to  be entertained, educated and informed; this is also an opportunity to
learn how  the most successful people in business achieve their success. Of
course you can  be the best therapist in the world, but if nobody knows about
you, your talents  are wasted. For this reason we want to help to maximise
your client base. Put  simply, if you don’t get at least 1 extra client per
week we would have to ask  you if you were paying attention during the day.
Each topic will be presented by internationally renowned experts in their
field, some of the ideas you will find challenging and some of the practical
  demonstrations fascinating.

Subjects covered will include
Consciousness
Hypno-surgery and Pain  Control
Marketing
CBT
Voluntary Self-Regulation
Speakers
Professor Susan Blackmore BA, MSc, PhD
Dr John Butler PhD  (Lond.), MBSH, CHT, MA, BA(Hons.), BSc(Hons.), FNRHP
Dr David Kato PhD. DCH.  DHP. C.ht
Gary May & Steve Mills - SAQQARA
Maggy Wallace, coChair,  CNHC (Complementary Natural Healthcare Council)
Professor Sue Blackmore is a psychologist and writer researching
consciousness, memes, and anomalous experiences, and a Visiting Professor at the
University of Plymouth. She has a regular blog in the Guardian, and often
appears on radio and television. Her book The Meme Machine (1999) has been
translated into 13 other languages and more recent books include a textbook
Consciousness: An Introduction (2003) and Conversations on Consciousness
(2005).  Ten Zen Questions will be published in March 2009. She is a thought
provoking  and controversial speaker.
Dr John Butler is a highly regarded hypnotherapist with over 28 years and
over 30,000 hours of practice as a successful clinical practitioner. He is
an  instructor in hypnosurgery, teaching clinical hypnosis applications to
surgeons  and anaesthetists in a course accredited by the Royal College of
Anaesthetists.  He has made more than 20 television appearances as an expert in
hypnotherapy  with several programmes focussing on his use of hypnotherapy
as an anaesthetic  for chronic pain and in invasive surgeries.
Dr. David Kato is internationally known and is the renowned UK expert on
depressive disorders. He provides lectures seminars and workshops to medical
departments in universities, hospitals and to varied clinicians and
physicians  in the UK & USA. He has been using CBT in his own practice for 15
years
with  great success.
Founders of The Business Acceleration Company, SAQQARA, Steve Mills &  Gary
May are sharing their knowledge and experience with NCH members, inspiring
change and delivering results. Having been consulted by and worked with
business  leaders, top telecoms companies to business start ups, their
successes are not  only proved but sustainable. With their strategies companies
have
gone on to  receive accolades and successes such as: Sunday Times/Virgin
Fast Track 100 and  National Business Awards.
Maggy Wallace, CoChair CNHC, has a substantial background in professional
education, the health service and professional regulation in the UK and
internationally. CNHC’s mission is to support the use of complementary and
natural healthcare as a uniquely positive, safe and effective experience. CNHC
key purpose is to protect the public by means of regulating practitioners
on a  voluntary register for complementary and natural healthcare
practitioners.
We are holding a members dinner in the evening to finish off this
incredible  day. It is only open to NCH members. The numbers for the dinner are
strictly  limited so book early to avoid disappointment.
Prices
Delegate - NCH member £50
Delegate - Non NCH  member £100
Evening member dinner £36
All prices exclude VAT
0844 736 5806
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I am starting a practice in the Philadelphia
burbs.  I have general business experience. I have training. I have
Certs as a Prac and Prac in Ericksonian Hypno from ABNLP and ABH. I
have purchased the Richard Nongard dvds and The Cal Banyan business
Kit. I have read the material and I have a good foundation about how
to do these things. I don't have the experience in running this kind
of business and I worry about:

1. The legal parts of a therapy practice without having a med or psy
degree. I am more afraid of succeeding at this and having some lawsuit
happy person trumping up any silly charges they can imagine for the
sole purpose of making money at my expense.Â

2. I haven't had any luck finding any alt health professional willing
to rent or share an office space.

Any pointers or thoughts? I could use a little guidance in this area.

Thanks folks,
Tim

This is a video clip from a recent interview I gave on Stoic philosophy and
psychotherapy.  Feel free to post the link to your Facebook page, etc., if
you think your friends would be interested.


_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbYAd7Okmls_
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbYAd7Okmls)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbYAd7Okmls


Yours  Sincerely,

Donald Robertson
College Principal & Executive  Director

Senior Clinician Hypnotherapist (NCH)
Registered  Psychotherapist (UKCP)
Member of the European Register of Psychotherapists  (ERP)
Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health  (RSPH)


The UK College of  Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy Ltd.
_www.UKhypnosis.com_ (http://www.ukhypnosis.com/)

Freephone (UK)  0800 195 9809
Fax: 01403 265 015
International +44(0)1403248266
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Hello Hypnosis, NLP & Mind enthusiasts,

NLP definition updated to include mind maps of the two recursive NLP loops. 
According to people who have read many NLP definitions and redefinitions, THIS
NLP definition is profound!

I'd like to know if it makes sense to people who haven't read many NLP
definitions.

NLP Definition including The 2 Recursive NLP Loops.
http://www.nlpmind.com/Neuro-linguistic_programming.htm

Like this definition of NLP? Please make it your "NLP" hyperlink.

Let me know what you think of it.


Respectfully,

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Introduction to Hypnosis  & Hypnotherapy Workshop
Saturday 4th April,  Central Manchester
If you are interested in using hypnosis for personal  development, or if you
are considering training to become a hypnotherapist, this  one-day workshop
will provide you with an excellent overview of this fascinating  subject.
Students will have the opportunity to learn how to use  hypnosis and
self-hypnosis, to have their own hypnotic responses tested, and to  practice
hypnotic
inductions with other classmates.
No previous qualifications or experience are  required.
Workshop fee: £69 + VAT (£79.35) Bring a guest free  of charge!
For further information or to book your place, please  contact us;
The UK College of Hypnosis  & Hypnotherapy
Telephone: 0800 195 9809
Email: _Study@..._ (mailto:Study@...)
Online: _http://www.ukhypnosis.com/Events/Introduction%20to%20Hypnosis.htm_
(http://www.ukhypnosis.com/Events/Introduction%20to%20Hypnosis.htm)

Yours  Sincerely,

Donald Robertson
College Principal & Executive  Director

Senior Clinician Hypnotherapist (NCH)
Registered  Psychotherapist (UKCP)
Member of the European Register of Psychotherapists  (ERP)
Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health  (RSPH)


The UK College of  Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy Ltd.
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Freephone (UK)  0800 195 9809
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Hi everyone,

Just a note to say that my new book, the collected writings of James Braid,
the founder of hypnotherapy, is now available from Amazon online.  This is  a
mammoth book, which compiles many previously unavailable works, including my
translation of Braid's last manuscript (the "lost Braid") summarising his
life's  work in the development of hypnotherapy.

The Discovery of Hypnosis: The Complete Writings of James Braid, the Father
of Hypnotherapy.

_The  Discovery of Hypnosis: The Complete Writings of James Braid the Father
of  Hypnotherapy.: James Braid, Donald John Roberts.._
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Yours  Sincerely,

Donald Robertson
College Principal & Executive  Director

Senior Clinician Hypnotherapist (NCH)
Registered  Psychotherapist (UKCP)
Member of the European Register of Psychotherapists  (ERP)
Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health  (RSPH)


The UK College of  Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy Ltd.
_www.UKhypnosis.com_ (http://www.ukhypnosis.com/)

Freephone (UK)  0800 195 9809
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Here's a script I wrote that you can pull from and adapt to fit your  client.
I have helped many women deliver with hypnosis and have never needed to  be
at the actual birth. Have her practice going into self-hypnosis and she will
be fine.

be well,
Melissa

(after using progressive relaxation induction)

Now that you are relaxing, I would like to show you how powerful your mind
is in this receptive state to change sensations in your body. In this state
your  mind can make suggestions and your body will believe them. Let me show you
how  easy it is.

Focus your awareness on your legs and as you do allow those legs to get  more
and more relaxed. I would like to show you how you can make those legs so
heavy and comfortable that you will completely alter your sensations. As I count
  from one to five,I want you to imagine those legs getting heavier and
heavier  with each and every count. Noticing how different they can feel.

One, imagine those legs like lead, like wood, heavier than they have ever
been. Two, heavier then when you are sleeping, almost as if you had a lead
blanket draped over your lap. Three, heavier and heavier. So heavy that it can
feel like the harder you try to lift them, the heavier they become. Imagine how
it would feel if the harder you tried to lift them the heavier they become.
Four, imagine them so heavy it’s like they are stuck to the floor (or bed or
chair) and five, suggest in your own mind, that the harder I try to lift them,
  the heavier they will become. Now, try to lift them and they get heavier,
try  even harder and feel them get heavier. Good, now stop trying and relax.

Now you know how easy it is to change sensations in your body by using your
mind. Some women like to bring that heaviness up to their waist, numbing out
the  area where they want to numb it out. Some women allow themselves to keep
their  body deep in a heavy trance and allow their head to emerge from this
state.  There are so many ways to feel more and more comfortable.

Now, as your body prepares to deliver you can take comfort in the knowledge
that your body already knows how to do this perfectly. Your body was made to
do  this. It has been proven that when you are relaxed and free of fear, your
body  can deliver this child more easily then you ever imagined. Because you
are  learning these techniques, your delivery can be an exciting experience.
Because  you can use your mind to make suggestions to your body, we can suggest
that  every contraction can take you deeper into a comfortable trance. That you
will  feel them as a surge of power helping you to have this baby soon in
your  arms.

The contractions of the uterus are no different than the contractions of  any
other muscle in the body. Just as you experience no discomfort when the
muscles of your heart, intestine or bladder contract, you will experience no
discomfort when the muscles of your uterus contracts. These are all normal and
natural physiological functions. And you can be as aware of those surges only as
  much as is beneficial for you to help your body to deliver this baby easily.
  Your unconscious mind will cause you to relax with each contraction, the
stronger those surges become the more deeply relaxed you will feel. Emerging in
between, feeling relaxed and refreshed.


You will find yourself getting more and more comfortable with every  word
from your partner and every time your partner touches your shoulder you can  go
much deeper into comfort without any effort on your part. You will find that
time will seem to slip by faster than you can imagine every hour will feel like
  a minute and every minute will feel like a moment and soon the moment you
have  been waiting for will be there. Imagine the feel of your baby in your
arms, feel  that surge of love as you imagine the face you have been expecting
to
see.

Take a moment to send a wave of love to your baby. Taking a moment to send  a
message of love and comfort to your baby, feeling the anticipation and
sharing  the feeling of excitement with your child. Your body knows how to do
this
perfectly. In many places women give birth with no discomfort and walk away
from  delivery smiling with their baby in their arms. Imagine yourself telling
your  friends how easy it was. Imagine the look on their faces as you tell them
it was  amazing and that you were comfortable the whole time.

You will be surprised by how quickly your body can heal and return to the
way it was before pregnancy. You will be amazed how good you can feel. Because
you know how to use hypnosis, you will find that you can rest when the baby
does  and that you can feel well rested and refreshed when you need to.

You can practice going in and out of hypnosis by counting from ten down to
one. You will find it gets easier and easier to go into a deep comfortable
state  with each and every practice. All you have to do is get nice and
comfortable and  begin counting in you mind, like this…one, every muscle in my
face
relaxing.  Two, relaxing my body. Three, getting deeper and deeper relaxed.
Four,
going  into hypnosis. Five, my mind relaxing as my body relaxes. Six, deeper
and deeper  relaxed. Seven, more and more comfortable. Eight, every muscle
getting deeper  and deeper relaxed. Nine, every breath takes me deeper into
comfort and ten,  drifting comfortably.

Know that your unconscious mind will begin to take you into hypnosis with
the first sign that your baby is coming. That your unconscious mind can do this
automatically and easily, taking you deeper and deeper with every surge.
Remembering all the positive suggestions it has been given. You can take comfort
in the knowledge that you already know everything you need to know to do this
  perfectly.

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In a message dated 3/9/2009 8:44:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
grupoyahoo@... writes:

Hi
I  have now a pregnant 30 yr-old client waiting for her 1st child within 2
months  for a birth without pain.
I hv litle induction and therapy experience (150  clients / 4yr) but I never
had a case like this.
We had 1 session and she  had a very deep and quick transe.
She is not anxious about "the  day"

Shall I be present during the birth ? What will I do there? I dont  know if
the doctors will wellcome me...
Or post-hipnotic instructions (wich  ones?) will be enough ?
Phone-hipnosis?

If u can help yr comment is  very wellcome.
Thanks
Luis





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Hi
I have now a pregnant 30 yr-old client waiting for her 1st child within 2 months
for a birth without pain.
I hv litle induction and therapy experience (150 clients / 4yr) but I never had
a case like this.
We had 1 session and she had a very deep and quick transe.
She is not anxious about "the day"

Shall I be present during the birth ? What will I do there? I dont know if the
doctors will wellcome me...
Or post-hipnotic instructions (wich ones?) will be enough ?
Phone-hipnosis?

If u can help yr comment is very wellcome.
Thanks
Luis

NCH Hypnotherapy Extravaganza - June  2009

See the website below for details of the Hypnotherapy Extravaganza being
organised by the National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH) this June.  We've  kept
the price down and chosen the best possible location, the Royal  Society of
Medicine in central London, to encourage as many hypnotherapists as  possible to
take this opportunity to meet others and hear some genuinely top  class
speakers at this one-day event for the profession.  It will also give
hypnotherapists a chance to find out more about the prospect of voluntary 
self-regulation
for hypnotherapy, which may well shape the future and status of  our
profession in the years ahead.

Professor Sue Blackmore - The Psychology of Consciousness
Doctor John  Butler - Hypno-surgery & Pain Control
Doctor David Kato - Hypnosis &  CBT
Steve Willis & Gary May - Marketing Hypnotherapy
Maggy Wallace -  Voluntary Self-Regulation for Hypnotherapy

A special dinner will be held  in the evening to finish off the day, only
open to NCH members.  For those  eligible, the reduced cost of this important
event may be incentive enough to  join NCH and take advantage of the many
benefits of  membership.

Cost:
NCH Member: £50
Non-member: £100
Evening  Dinner: £36

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Yours  Sincerely,

Donald Robertson
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200 members ("fans")  and growing rapidly.  The whole system has just been
revamped to make it  more user-friendly.  We've got discussions going online,
the
most popular  one being "how to get more clients."  It's a good way to network
with other  hypnotherapists.

I've linked it temporarily to my blog as NCH Research Director but within
the next few weeks we will hopefully have blogs from other members of the NCH
executive feeding directly into the Facebook pages.

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Yours  Sincerely,

Donald Robertson
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Registered  Psychotherapist (UKCP)
Member of the European Register of Psychotherapists  (ERP)
Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health  (RSPH)


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Freephone (UK)  0800 195 9809
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Advanced Self-Hypnosis  Workshop
Clapham Junction, London. Saturday 14th March  2009
Workshop overview:
     *   Learn special rapid Self-Hypnosis induction and  deepening
techniques.
     *   Learn how to use Self-Hypnosis to generate physical  and mental
changes.
     *   Combine Self-Hypnosis with meditation  techniques.
     *   Relax in a friendly, informal group setting, and learn  with other
people from advanced Hypnotherapists to complete  beginners.
Who should  attend?
This workshop is open to everyone  regardless of experience. Complete novices
will benefit from simple instruction  in basic techniques, professional
therapists can benefit from learning some of  the unique and advanced methods
employed.
Book your  place:
Only £99 + VAT, bring a guest along completely free  of charge!
Telephone: 0800 195  9809
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Yours  Sincerely,

Donald Robertson
College Principal & Executive  Director

Senior Clinician Hypnotherapist (NCH)
Registered  Psychotherapist (UKCP)
Member of the European Register of Psychotherapists  (ERP)
Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health  (RSPH)


The UK College of  Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy Ltd.
_www.UKhypnosis.com_ (http://www.ukhypnosis.com/)

Freephone (UK)  0800 195 9809
Fax: 01403 265 015
International +44(0)1403248266
UKCHH,  Suite 127, 17 Piries Place, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 1BF

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