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Hypnotherapy

THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND DOES NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A REAL AND AN IMAGINED EVENT

Did You Know.....That you can use hypnosis to help release these problems from your life? Insomnia, smoking, cancer, chronic pain, bedwetting, fears, phobias, panic attacks, fear of public speaking, stuttering, blushing, stroke recovery, addictions, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, nail biting, skin disorders, depression, memory loss, trauma release, mental blocks, childbirth pain, impotence, sexual dysfunction, anorgasmia (inability to achieve orgasm), poor eyesight, joint pain, arthritis, depression, hair loss, high blood pressure, heart problems, stress, grinding teeth, suicidal thoughts, tumors, night terrors, poor spelling, obesity, recurring colds, migraines, and more. Hypnotherapists do not treat or cure these problems. A Hypnotherapist will not diagnose your illness, unless they are also an MD or psychiatrist. What you can expect from a professional Hypnotherapist is to work in unison with your Doctor or Counselor to help you release the emotional cause or root of the problem.

What is Hypnosis?

What is Hypnosis? Hypnosis is a powerful therapeutic tool for accessing the subconscious mind and achieving personal goals or affecting desired changes. It may be used alone or in conjunction with other therapeutic techniques.

Despite its awesome power, there are few procedures less understood, or more plagued by misconceptions. Hypnosis has existed since prehistoric times, and western medicine has been trying to understand it since the 17000's. But it has only been within the last two decades that we have truly begun to understand what hypnosis is, and what it can do for us.

Hypnosis is a method for communicating directly with the subconscious mind. Few people realize the awesome power their subconscious mind has over their lives. The causes for many "bad habits" are rooted in memories or perceptions that may be forgotten by the conscious mind but retained in the subconscious. Hypnosis helps to access the subconscious and change those habits more quickly and easily.

Unfortunately, many of the misconceptions that have developed over the centuries still exist in people's minds. If you ask the average person on the street what he or she thinks hypnosis is, they may respond with any number of answers, including: sleep, unconsciousness, mind control, or even magic. All of these ideas are wrong, but unfortunately continue to persist, perpetuated by novels and films. {Many vampire & spy movies, for instance, portray hypnosis as a way for the villain to gain control over his victims.} These misconceptions prevent many people, who could benefit from hypnotherapy, from ever trying it. Those who do try hypnotherapy often spend their first session unlearning their misconceptions.

Hypnosis is not sleep, unconsciousness, mind control, or even magic. In fact it is a heightened state of awareness. In most cases the subject is fully aware and able to respond to requests, either verbally or by a signal. Ask a hypnotized person to make a specific, "reasonable" movement they will comply.

There is no surrender of control, no magic. No one can be hypnotized against his or her will; and no hypnotized person can be forced to do anything against his or her will.

Hypnosis is now considered to be "a state of selective thinking", where the subject {who is in control} chooses to experience only what is relevant to the task at hand, blocking out everything else. It may also be described as guided concentration.

Although hypnosis is not a panacea, there are many areas where it has proven to be tremendously helpful including memory enhancement, improving concentration, relieving insomnia, overcoming phobias {fears}, eliminating bad habits {such as smoking and nail biting}, pain control, and managing stress. Hypnosis is a tool anyone can use and everyone should understand.

Hypnosis must be the only medical procedure ever to be featured in nightclub acts. (Can you imagine audiences applauding the Amazing Anesthesiologist or the Radiology Wizard?)             Descriptions of hypnosis on stage and screen, in fact, have contributed to a great deal of misunderstanding about the technique. But a closer look reveals that it can be a valuable and effective medical therapy.

Hypnosis is not a form of mind control, as stage acts suggest, and there's no evidence that it can be used to make someone do anything against his or her will. If you see a person who's been hypnotized clucking like a chicken during a hypnotist's act, keep in mind that people don't have to be in a trance to get people to do weird things onstage. "The biggest myth on the street ... is that hypnotists are terribly powerful creatures and their subjects terribly helpless."

Nor is hypnosis simple relaxation or deep sleep. Instead, it's an altered state of consciousness that heightens suggestibility and weakens critical judgment. For example, someone who is hypnotized may have trouble telling fantasy from reality, whether or not he or she is ordinarily susceptible to fantasy. A person might become especially receptive to suggestions from the hypnotist, or, in certain cases, may forget things that happened during a session.

Partly because people are more open to suggestion under hypnosis, the procedure is increasingly used as a healing tool in both conventional and alternative medicine. Many doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, and other health professionals have integrated hypnosis into their practices in order to help patients cope with chronic pain, lose weight, deal with grief or anxiety, and stop smoking, among other things.

How Do People Become Hypnotized?

Hypnosis requires teamwork. If you do not want to be hypnotized, perhaps out of fear or disbelief, no therapist in the world can put you under trance. But when you trust the therapist and are willing to give it a try, any of a number of different techniques can generally induce a trance. Here is an example of a technique that is sometimes used to begin the process of hypnosis:

Example: "Please choose a spot on the wall to focus your eyes on. Keep looking at that spot. As I count backward from 300, allow yourself to become increasingly relaxed.... Soon your eyes will get very heavy from looking at that spot... they will want to close.... And when I see that you are becoming quiet and comfortable, I will stop counting and will give you suggestions about feeling comfortable, even more comfortable, and other suggestions that are in your very best interests."

What Is Self-Hypnosis?

Once you're accustomed to slipping into a hypnotic trance, you can often learn to enter the state on your own as in self-hypnosis. There are many books and tapes that teach self-hypnosis (often with promises to help you lose weight or quit smoking), but self-hypnosis works best if it's reinforced by regular contact with a therapist.

How Effective Is Hypnosis?

Ever since Franz Mesmer first popularized hypnotism in the 1700s, the technique has been used as a cure for almost every ailment imaginable. Modern practitioners claim to be able to increase breast size through hypnosis!

Hypnosis offers a lot to people suffering from addictions, chronic pain, or certain other conditions. Recent research indicates that it's also effective in the treatment of psychological problems such as phobias and anxiety. Here's a look at some of the most common uses of hypnotic therapy:

* Weight Loss. So powerful, effective and simple. Reach your ideal weight and stay there. Just sit back and relax as the soothing and supportive voice of Rev. Sheri Sinopoli, PhD, Certified Hypnotist guides you along to a healthier thinner NEW you.

What could be easier?  Just do as the title suggests; Relax, Listen to the soothing voice of Dr. Sheri and accomplish your goals.  Listen to the soothing suggestive therapy in bed as you drift off to sleep or while relaxing in a comfortable chair.

* Smoking. Hypnosis can help people kick the habit! Several carefully controlled studies suggest that a large percent of smokers who undergo hypnosis conducted by highly trained therapists still have not picked up a cigarette a year later  Hypnotherapy offers an impressive success rate.

* Pain. The mind can be a powerful painkiller. Soldiers in the heat of battle and athletes caught up in competition may suffer terrible wounds and feel only a twinge. In much the same way, hypnosis can help people use their minds to tune out pain. Therapists help patient's block chronic pain by means of hypnosis. Here's a typical example: A therapist may begin by telling a hypnotized patient to hold all the pain in one fist (remember, people under hypnosis are open to such fantasies). The therapist then tells him or her to open the fist and throw the pain away.

Hypnosis can help ease many types of chronic pain, including that caused by cancer; some pain centers have used it in conjunction with other techniques to treat severe chronic pain.

Studies suggest that sessions like this can also significantly reduce acute pain as well.

* Anxiety. It is reported that one or two sessions of hypnosis can often help people overcome anxiety or phobias. Patients relax while they're in a trance, and that relaxation can spill over into the rest of their lives. They may gain more control over their emotions, and some are able to face things or situations that once terrified them.

THE LIST GOES ON AND ON

Can YOU Experience HYPNOSIS?

By now many of you may wonder if Hypnosis can work for you. Do you know that you have already experienced hypnosis? It's a FACT! Everyone has already experiences hypnosis! It's true! Have you ever had a daydream? Have you ever spaced out and forgot to get off the freeway and just missed your exit? Have you ever been so caught up in the moment of an experience that time just flew by? Or has somebody ever been talking to you and you didn't even hear him or her? Or have you ever talked to a child and they just do not hear you? Those are all examples of hypnotic phenomena.

Beyond that to experience hypnosis you have to want to experience hypnosis, expect to experience hypnosis and just believe that you can. That's it. If you have even the smallest desire to get the changes you want, then these programs will work for you.

We want to give people every reason to make the changes, and get the results they want. So if you are ready to make the changes you want and find out just how effective our programs are, then our programs can assist you.

In the Alpha State the blood vessels dilate, so the blood pressure goes down. The breathing is slow and deep. The heart rate slows down. The muscles completely relax. In the Alpha State the immune system speeds upso Alpha is a healing state.

There are Only Four Brain Wave States.

Beta...when we are awake21 to 35 cycles per second.

Alpha...when we are perfectly relaxed and hypnotized6 to 8 cycles per second.

Theta...when we are asleep 3 to 5 cycles per second.

Delta...when we are unconscious or in a coma1 to 3 cycles per second.

Alpha, or hypnosis.. the words are interchangeableis a natural state.

It is a fact that we pass from Beta through Alpha every night before we fall asleep. And we pass from Theta-sleep-through Alpha when we awaken in the morning.

Essential Touch Mission Statement

Essential Touch's main purpose is to offer hypnotherapeutic tools to help people realize their inborn potential. I believe that with hypnosis you can tap into your hidden power and unleash this awesome force to help you achieve any goals you desire to achieve, and have the kind of life and experiences you want.

This power is within you now and is just waiting for you to use these tools to harness it. I believe that if you believe in yourself and use our tools you can transform your life for the better!

Today in our new age people all over the world are using hypnotherapy to release their past, improve the present and program a compelling future. You can do the same. Dr Sheri realizes that more than ever in our busy lives that many people cannot or do not want to make the time to see a professional Hypnotherapist and so we have made our work available to the general public so that people in all walks of life can improve their lives.

Hypnosis is one of the most powerful self-help tools available for people to use in assisting them transform the quality of their life.

This is a commitment to you!

MEDICAL DISCLAIMER

Hypnotherapy should be used in conjunction with, not as a replacement for, conventional medical treatment. These programs are not a substitute for medical treatment. Hypnotherapy is extremely successful when used in conjunction with traditional medical treatment.

Please consult with your doctor before beginning any diet, weight loss program, or change in your eating

habits. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any diseases. Individual results may vary. Neither these products, nor any claims on this website have been approved by the Food and Drug

Administration. These CD's use a form of focused relaxation, so please do not listen to CD's while driving or while engaging in any physical activity.

WARNING:

Because these sessions are hypnotic in nature and guide you into a very deep state of relaxation, DO NOT listen to these programs while driving a car or operating any machinery.

Listen when you can relax and devote your full conscious attention to the session.