Happy April!

There are lots of great things to share with you in this E-News:
- April NGHWA Meeting Info
- NGHWA Member Events - Spring Training with Jack Elias
- Counselor Status Political Contacts - Message Post
- Spread the word about our Chapter - invite your colleagues!

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APRIL NGHWA MEETING INFO...

First of all, we hope you will join us for our next meeting as we
welcome Mary Lee LaBay as our featured presenter on April 13, as she
presents "Getting to the Soul of the Issue with Hypnotherapy
Techniques."

The techniques used in the practice of hypnotherapy can be
exquisitely adapted to allow a client access to their spirituality,
to explore their consciousness and personality, past lives, purpose,
and commune with their spirit guides - to gain access to the deeper
meaning in their own lives. During this workshop, you will have the
opportunity to learn strategies that will support your facilitation
of profoundly spiritual and revealing sessions.

Please join us on Friday, April 13, 2007, from 7 to 9 PM at the South
Snohomish County P.U.D. Auditorium. 21808 Highway 99, Edmonds, WA
98026. Free with your paid membership; Non-members, $10.

ALSO AT THE MEETING:
Michael Gershwin plans to bring his library of used Hypnosis books
and is generously donating a portion of the proceeds from sales to
our chapter. Thank you Michael!

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NGHWA MEMBER EVENTS

FROM JACK ELIAS:

Spring Transpersonal Hypnotherapy/NLP
150 hour Certification Training:

6 Weekends: Apr. 20-22, Apr. 27-29, May 11-13, May 18-20,
June 1-3, June 8-10

Weekend Schedule: Fri.: 7-9 PM, Sat.: 9 AM-9 PM, Sun.: 10 AM-6 PM
Go to www.FindingTrueMagic.com for full details

Train with internationally recognized instructor Jack Elias, author of
Finding True Magic: Transpersonal Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy/NLP.
Special 10% discount for NGH Chapter members!
Contact Jack for details at jack@....

Transpersonal Hypnotherapy/NLP© is a radical synthesis of Eastern and
Western views and techniques applied to the art and discipline of
transformative communication.

This is an advanced training suitable for those already certified and
practicing.

Kudos for Jack's Trainings:

"I highly recommend Jack's course to ALL my former students, and
anyone else who wants to become a better therapist. I took Jack's 150
hour course in 1993 and found that it transformed both my life and my
career. I started doing hypnosis as a teenager. When I started his
course (at 34 years old, and just out of Marine Corp Avionics) I was
an unhappy part-time Hypnotist who knew how to do a lot of
techniques.

"Techniques don't make someone a therapist. After his course, I was a
HypnoTHERAPIST, who within a year left an unhappy marriage, finished
my RN degree, became a fulltime Hypnotherapist and started teaching
at Everett Community College.

"If I am a good therapist today, it's a direct result of my having
taken Jack's course. Every week, for one reason or another, I refer
back to his text book, Finding True Magic. I'm still amazed at how
much is in there and how valuable it has been to me. Thank you Jack,
and yes, you may use this as a testimonial."
-- Michael Gershman RN, BCH, Former President, WA State NGH Chapter,
Certified NGH Hypnotherapy Instructor


"Of the five nationally recognized hypnotherapy trainings I have been
certified in, my time with Jack Elias has been the most valuable. His
gift to you is so much more than just hypnotherapy, NLP, or
psychoanalysis. You are exposed to just about everything in
hypnotherapy that is known to work with great heart, spirit, and
humor."
-- Putnam MacDaniel, CHT, former President, NGH, WA. Chapter

"When I took Jack's course I was not really expecting all that I
received. I assumed I would learn some techniques and could utilize
them in a way that would suit my needs at the time. It was through his
knowledge and Jack's method of teaching that I learned not only the
basics of hypnotherapy, but a whole new way of thinking.
Within a few years I became a successful and sought after therapist.
When I say sought after, I do literally no advertising.
Jack's strengths are his ability to explain complex concepts without
getting caught up in technical lingo. When you leave you will have a
complete set of tools and techniques that will guide you through even
the most complicated cases. I recommend him highly."
-- Scott Sulak, CHT

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REGARDING WASHINGTON REGISTERED COUNSELOR STATUS
POSTED AT THE REQUEST OF NGHWA MEMBER KATHIE BRODIE

As forwarded by another counselor:

Hello Everyone,

I'm asking for your help one final time to prevent the passage of
State Senate E2SHB 1993 so that it can be redrafted. As presently
written the bill puts 7000 private practice counselors out of
business and leaves thousands of satisfied clients without the
services they want and need and does nothing to protect consumers and
strengthen ethical practice in any part of the counseling field.
E2SHB 1993 needs a lot more work!

There is now support in the Senate to NOT vote this bill out of
committee and to get it rewritten - this would be a tremendous
victory. We actually have some real traction now and may even have
the votes to stop it. This is the perfect time to call people in key
districts! If you can get even 2 or 3 people from the districts of
these senators on Health and Long Term Care committee to call them
today, that would be huge help. They can be your friends, family,
anybody! People who call do not need to be counselors - anybody in
these districts who would be willing to call in and just say no to
voting E2SHB 1993 out of committee would make a big difference!

Here's the information - people can take the simple route and just
call the hotline at 1-800-562-6000 and say vote against E2SHB 1993 or
they can call the senators' offices and leave a more complex
message. Make it easy for people to act:

Senator Kastama, (360) 786-7648, or call the Hotline: 1-800-562-6000.
He's in the 25th legislative district which is Puyallup, Midland,
Fife, South Hill, Summit, Edgewood, Milton. He is definitely leaning
in our direction. Call and say the bill needs work in the interim
session - please don't vote it out of committee.

Senator Fairley, (360) 786-7662, or call the Hotline: 1-800-562-
6000. She is the senator from the 32nd district which is Lake Forest
Park, parts of Edmonds, Shoreline, Woodway, Kenmore. She may now be
supportive of not voting the bill out of committee. Just call and
say E2SHB 1993 causes more problems than it solves and isn't ready to
become law. Please don't vote it out of committee so that it can be
worked on in the interim session.

Senator Franklin, 360-786-7656, or call the Hotline: 1-800-562-6000.
She is the Vice Chair of the committee, from the 29th district, which
is parts of Tacoma - Lakewood, University Place, Parkland. It's a
long shot, but leaving her a message that says key stakeholders were
excluded from the task force that created this bill and as a result
it really doesn't work - doesn't protect the public and doesn't
create core competency levels for counselors. Please give it more
time - don't vote it out of committee.

Senator Pflug, 360-786-7608, or call the Hotline: 1-800-562-6000.
She's in the 5th Legislative District which is Issaquah, Maple
Valley, Sammamish, Snoqualmie Pass, North Bend, Fall City. We're
pretty sure we have her support to not vote this out of committee.
It wouldn't hurt to reinforce that by just saying this bill not only
doesn't protect the public, it actually harms both counselors and
their clients.

If you want to contact other members of the committee, the link is:
<http://www.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/HEA/members.htm>
If you contact Senator Carrell, please thank him for his support!
He's sponsoring our amendments and leading the effort to keep this
from getting out of committee.

If ever there were a day when you could make a really positive
difference, this is it. Please help generate calls!

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SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT OUR CHAPTER

Please help us spread the word about all of the amazing benefits of
coming to the NGHWA meetings. Last month, for example, people were
riveted by Chelsea Gabriel's compelling presentation and didn't want
to leave! We are finding ways to network with one another and
collaborate on projects. We get fresh new ideas on therapeutic
techniques as well as business and marketing. And we get to come
together as a community to receive inspiration and support. It's the
only organization in our area that provides such support for
Hypnotherapists.

As you think about your contacts, please consider who you know that
may enjoy coming to the meetings, and point them to our website and
NGHWA.ORG. Let them know that can join our Yahoo Group to receive the
NGHWA E-News (instructions to sign-up are at NGHWA.org).

Thank you for your attention.
On behalf of the 2007 NGHWA Board, we wish you a happy and successful
month of April.

We hope to see you on the 13th!

Regards,

Lauren Archer Finkelstein
2007 NGHWA President