Hypnosis can help you get your body back. Maybe you want to get off sweets, carbs, junk food or fast food. Or perhaps you just want to be satisfied with less. And stop the nighttime bingeing.
Maybe you want to start exercising on a regular basis for life. Perhaps you've struggled for years, only to gain and lose the same twenty pounds. Hypnosis can help break this negative cycle and help you make permanent, lasting lifestyle changes.
Countless people have used hypnosis successfully to take weight off, and keep it off. In fact, according to a Dateline Study and others, those who used hypnosis not only lost weight, but they kept it off longer than those who just used dieting alone. That is because until you change the underlying beliefs that caused the overeating/overweight, any diet will achieve only temporary results. Clearly, those who used hypnosis were able to make changes at deeper levels of the mind, so that their eating habits were changed for life.
Once your subconscious mind accepts the ideas that you're satisfied with less and make healthy choices, suddenly it's easy to lose weight and stay on track. Hypnosis can help eliminate the struggle and the feeling of deprivation many by giving you post-hypnotic suggestions that you are naturally satisfied with less, you eat only when you are hungry, and stop eating once your hunger is satisfied, among other things. We also address the emotional reasons why you may be overeating, such as loneliness, boredom, stress, or to reward yourself.
Q. Can Hypnosis help with weight loss?
A. Yes. Countless people have used hypnosis successfully to take weight off, and keep it off. In fact, according to a Dateline Study and others, those who used hypnosis not only lost weight, but they kept it off longer than those who just used dieting alone. That is because until you change the underlying beliefs that caused the overeating/overweight, any diet will achieve only temporary results. Clearly, those who used hypnosis were able to make changes at deeper levels of the mind, so that their eating habits were changed for life. Once your subconscious mind accepts the ideas that you're satisfied with less and make healthy choices, suddenly it's easy to lose weight and stay on track. Hypnosis can help eliminate the struggle and the feeling of deprivation many by giving you post-hypnotic suggestions that you are naturally satisfied with less, you eat only when you are hungry, and stop eating once your hunger is satisfied, among other things. We also address the emotional reasons why you may be overeating, such as loneliness, boredom, stress, or to reward yourself.
Q. Can hypnosis help me get off sweets, junk food and eat less?
A. Yes. I've personally helped thousands of people in my practice to drastically cut back or eliminate sweets from their diet, stay away from junk food, and gain some control over their portions. I include stress reduction and self-esteem suggestions in every session, because the research shows that it is easier to lose weight when we are feeling better about ourselves and are less stressed. There are several NLP and other proven hypnotic techniques that I use to achieve these results, as well as suggestions that food (or sweets or junk food) is becoming less and less important to you, that you naturally prefer (crave) healthier foods, and so forth.
Q. How many sessions does it take?
A. This can vary from person to person, but in general, I recommend 4 sessions to start for weight loss. This is for several reasons. First, weight loss tends to be a bit more complex, in that there are usually several emotional reasons why we're overeating (stress, boredom, loneliness) and several behaviors we want to change (late-night munchies, addiction to sweets, portion control, lack of exercise). Hypnosis works best when we focus on one issue or behavioral goal at a time. If we try to do too much in one session, we dilute the results. So for best results, it is best to concentrate on one goal per session. For instance, one session might be devoted to portion control, another to getting off of sweets, another to exercise motivation, and so on. Sessions also build on one another and have a cumulative effect. If youve struggled with weight loss for many years, are clinically obese or have sabotaged yourself in the past, then six sessions may be a more realistic number for you. I do have package rates that make this more affordable. Call for rates.
Q. Can I use hypnosis to stay on Weight Watchers, South Beach, Atkins or Herbalife?
A. Yes, and hypnosis can make it much easier to stick with any one of these weight management plans. For instance, if you choose to stay on South Beach, I can give you suggestions that you choose good, healthy carbs and pass on the high fat ones and/or that you're very satisfied on this plan. If it's Weight Watchers, suggestions can be given that you find it easy to stay within your points total, that you write everything down, that you feel satisfied on the plan, etc. Hypnosis can be an excellent complement to your diet plan. Of course, many people choose to do hypnosis without any particular diet in mind, and that works just as well
Q. I feel my eating is out of control. Can hypnosis help?
A. Yes. When eating is out of control, emotional issues need to be addressed. Perhaps you are eating to alleviate stress,
frustration, boredom or loneliness. Or maybe you think you need the weight for protection or that you don't deserve to look and feel your best. Maybe you like to reward yourself with food. Whatever the reason, hypnosis can help once again. Under trance, you'll be given suggestions that apply to your unique situation, goals and needs. For example, you'll receive strong post-hypnotic suggestions that you now deal with your emotions in a positive, constructive manner and stop using food to satisfy your emotional needs. Powerful NLP techniques and Parts Therapy may also be used to achieve results.
*Note: if you have been diagnosed with an eating disorder, I will need a consent form from your therapist or medical doctor to work with you.
Q. How does your weight loss program work?
A. During the first session, Ill ask you a series of in-depth questions so that I can develop the most effective, results-oriented session for you. For best results, both the underlying emotional reasons for eating as well as specific behavioral changes will be addressed. Each session includes some stress reduction and self-esteem boosting, because we know every issue is resolved faster when we are feeling better about ourselves.
You determine your priorities. Ill ask you what specific behaviors youd like to change, and where youd like to start. For instance, maybe you want to get off sweets, eat less and exercise more. Ill then ask you to prioritize your goals, although I may make recommendations. Hypnosis works best when we focus on one goal at a time. If we try to do too much in one session we dilute the results. Or perhaps you feel you always sabotage yourself and dont know why. In that case, Id recommend doing some advanced techniques to discover why for our first session.
Q. How effective is hypnosis for weight loss?
A. The good news is that hypnosis is very effective for weight loss. A recent Dateline Study showed that hypnosis was the most effective way to lose weight, even over Atkins. Recent studies have also shown that those who use hypnosis are able to keep the weight off longer than those who simply go on diets.
You can use hypnosis to help you:
Stop eating sweets/junk food.
Get off Fast Food.
Stop late-night munching.
Stop overeating/eat only when you are hungry.
Start making healthier choices.
Enjoy smaller portions.
Enjoy a healthy relationship with food.
Hypnosis can even help you stop bingeing and purging.*
*If you have been diagnosed with an eating disorder, I will need the consent/referral of your therapist or medical doctor before proceeding with hypnosis.
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Stop Smoking with Hypnosis.
Stop Smoking with Hypnosis.
Q. What is the success rate?
A. You'll be pleased to discover that smoking is one of the easiest issues to work with under trance, and that the success rate is excellent. In fact, smokers are among my best source of referrals (thanks to all of you who keep touting my services!) While many people do quit after one session, two sessions are highly recommended for continued, long-term success. You may be interested to know that many doctors are now referring their patients for help in this area, based only upon what their clients have told them. I did not solicit these referrals (but am very happy to be getting them!).
Q. How does your smoking cessation program work?
A. Generally, I recommend two sessions spaced a week apart to end this habit permanently. Several studies as well as my own experience indicates that two sessions help ensure lifelong results. Recent studies indicate that, in fact, 50% of smokers can quit in one session, but that the long-term effectiveness rate goes up with multiple sessions. While it's true that some people can quit in one session, two sessions can help to prevent relapses and the thought that "I can have just one," which all too frequently leads to a full-blown addiction again. Two or three sessions may also be needed to help prevent weight gain.
During the first session, we can knock out about 75% to 80% of the habit. After exploring your reasons for smoking, your specific triggers, why you want to quit, we'll do a session based on your needs, beliefs, thoughts and triggers. This helps to reinforce the suggestions and maintain the positive results.
Q. What makes your program so effective?
A. I do a thorough intake of your smoking history, triggers, beliefs and thoughts associated with the habit, as well as exploring the reasons why you might smoke, such as stress, using cigarettes to relax, to comfort or reward yourself, and so on. Then I'll use that information to craft a powerful session customized to you and you alone. I use a combination of positive countering suggestions, mental imagery and powerful Neuro-Linguistic Programming techniques to help you break this habit for good. You'll substitute a positive habit for cigarettes, break any positive associations you have with smoking, strengthen your belief in your power to quit, see yourself as an ex-smoker for life, and be given suggestions to "stay away from that first cigarette" and much more.
Q. How does hypnosis compare to lasers, the nicotine patch and gum?
A. The American Lung Association states that smoking is both a psychological habit and a physcial addiction. According to research done with lasers, they are effective 50% of the time, but only when smoking is a physiological addiction. Lasers do not address the psychological habit of smoking.* Recently some very unfavorable press has come out about lasers, and CBS ran an article based on a study reporting that all claims that lasers can help people stop smoking are bogus. Apparently, the FDA is investigating these claims. The nicotine patch and gum also address the physiological addiction to nicotine, but do nothing to address the underlying psychological reasons why people smoke. Hypnosis is the only tool which reaches deep into the subconscious mind where the habit is engrained.
Once we reach the subconscious, we can simply give it a new direction, such as "you're an ex-smoker now, you reach for water instead of a cigarette, you've lost all desire to smoke," and so on. Once the subconscious accepts these new suggestions, quitting smoking is easy and effortless. You are no longer fighting your own mind. You are using hypnosis to help you achieve your goals. That's why hypnosis is so effective for smoking cessation and other bad habits. You can, of course, use hypnosis in conjunction with the nicotine gum or patch if you prefer.
In one of the largest studies ever conducted, hypnosis was proven to be the most successful means of quitting smoking, beating out acupuncture, nicotine gum, medication, smoking clinics, smoke aversion techniques, educational programs, group withdrawal clinics and Physician Intervention and Advice, and others.
A total of 15 different methods were compared in an extensive and exhaustive study that drew from over 633 different scientific studies worldwide. This study was published in the Journal of Applied Psychology in 1992.
The actual study was conducted by Chockalingham Viswesvaran and Frank L. Schmidt at the University of Iowa. They compared the results of 633 scientific studies and the success rates achieved with 15 different methods of quitting smoking. A total of 71,806 smokers were included in these 633 studies, making it the largest study of its kind.
Using the techniques of meta-analysis (Hunter and Schmidt, 1990) they calculated the average success rate for each method of quitting smoking.
The average success rate for hypnosis was the highest.
Of all the programs studied, hypnosis had an average success rate of 36%, with some hypnosis programs scoring as high as 60%. Compare this to the average success rate for all other methods, just 25%. In fact, the average success rate for hypnosis was twice as high as the average success rate for programs using medication (18%) and more than twice as high as the average success rate for nicotine chewing gum (16%).
It is important to note that the success rate varied within the different programs, including hypnosis. Of the 48 smoking-cessation programs using hypnosis, involving 6020 smokers, the average success rate was 36%. Ten percent of the hypnosis programs had success rates greater than 60%.
This meta-analytic comparison was published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, 1992, Volume 77, Number 4, pages 554 through 561. The Journal of Applied Psychology is published by the American Psychological Association, Americas main professional association of psychologists.
During the second session, we discuss what happened and go from there. For instance, after your first session you may find that you didnt have a cigarette all week--until you went out drinking with your friends, and then you had a smoke. Or you may not have smoked at all and feel like you quit for good, but may be a bit cranky or find that you're eating more. Still others might find they went from over a pack a day to 3 cigarettes a day, and just want those 3 cigarettes during a coffee break. And there are always those that feel they got everything they needed in just one session.
During the second session wed work on these situational challenges and get you on track to being an ex-smoker for life. We may also address some of the challenges that could occur, such as the fallacy that you can have "just one." Now, some people can quit in one session, and others will require 3. Everyone is different. But for most people, two sessions is sufficient. However, if you have smoked for 25 or more years, are a heavy smoker or suspect that you have some resistance to quitting, you may want to invest in the 3-session package. Call for fees.
Q. What is the success rate?
A. You'll be pleased to discover that smoking is one of the easiest issues to work with under trance, and that the success rate is excellent. In fact, smokers are among my best source of referrals (thanks to all of you who keep touting my services!) While many people do quit after one session, two sessions are highly recommended for continued, long-term success. You may be interested to know that many doctors are now referring their patients for help in this area, based only upon what their clients have told them. I did not solicit these referrals (but am very happy to be getting them!).
Q. How does your smoking cessation program work?
A. Generally, I recommend two sessions spaced a week apart to end this habit permanently. Several studies as well as my own experience indicates that two sessions help ensure lifelong results. Recent studies indicate that, in fact, 50% of smokers can quit in one session, but that the long-term effectiveness rate goes up with multiple sessions. While it's true that some people can quit in one session, two sessions can help to prevent relapses and the thought that "I can have just one," which all too frequently leads to a full-blown addiction again. Two or three sessions may also be needed to help prevent weight gain.
During the first session, we can knock out about 75% to 80% of the habit. After exploring your reasons for smoking, your specific triggers, why you want to quit, we'll do a session based on your needs, beliefs, thoughts and triggers. This helps to reinforce the suggestions and maintain the positive results.
Q. What makes your program so effective?
A. I do a thorough intake of your smoking history, triggers, beliefs and thoughts associated with the habit, as well as exploring the reasons why you might smoke, such as stress, using cigarettes to relax, to comfort or reward yourself, and so on. Then I'll use that information to craft a powerful session customized to you and you alone. I use a combination of positive countering suggestions, mental imagery and powerful Neuro-Linguistic Programming techniques to help you break this habit for good. You'll substitute a positive habit for cigarettes, break any positive associations you have with smoking, strengthen your belief in your power to quit, see yourself as an ex-smoker for life, and be given suggestions to "stay away from that first cigarette" and much more.
Q. How does hypnosis compare to lasers, the nicotine patch and gum?
A. The American Lung Association states that smoking is both a psychological habit and a physcial addiction. According to research done with lasers, they are effective 50% of the time, but only when smoking is a physiological addiction. Lasers do not address the psychological habit of smoking.* Recently some very unfavorable press has come out about lasers, and CBS ran an article based on a study reporting that all claims that lasers can help people stop smoking are bogus. Apparently, the FDA is investigating these claims. The nicotine patch and gum also address the physiological addiction to nicotine, but do nothing to address the underlying psychological reasons why people smoke. Hypnosis is the only tool which reaches deep into the subconscious mind where the habit is engrained.
Once we reach the subconscious, we can simply give it a new direction, such as "you're an ex-smoker now, you reach for water instead of a cigarette, you've lost all desire to smoke," and so on. Once the subconscious accepts these new suggestions, quitting smoking is easy and effortless. You are no longer fighting your own mind. You are using hypnosis to help you achieve your goals. That's why hypnosis is so effective for smoking cessation and other bad habits. You can, of course, use hypnosis in conjunction with the nicotine gum or patch if you prefer.
In one of the largest studies ever conducted, hypnosis was proven to be the most successful means of quitting smoking, beating out acupuncture, nicotine gum, medication, smoking clinics, smoke aversion techniques, educational programs, group withdrawal clinics and Physician Intervention and Advice, and others.
A total of 15 different methods were compared in an extensive and exhaustive study that drew from over 633 different scientific studies worldwide. This study was published in the Journal of Applied Psychology in 1992.
The actual study was conducted by Chockalingham Viswesvaran and Frank L. Schmidt at the University of Iowa. They compared the results of 633 scientific studies and the success rates achieved with 15 different methods of quitting smoking. A total of 71,806 smokers were included in these 633 studies, making it the largest study of its kind.
Using the techniques of meta-analysis (Hunter and Schmidt, 1990) they calculated the average success rate for each method of quitting smoking.
The average success rate for hypnosis was the highest.
Of all the programs studied, hypnosis had an average success rate of 36%, with some hypnosis programs scoring as high as 60%. Compare this to the average success rate for all other methods, just 25%. In fact, the average success rate for hypnosis was twice as high as the average success rate for programs using medication (18%) and more than twice as high as the average success rate for nicotine chewing gum (16%).
It is important to note that the success rate varied within the different programs, including hypnosis. Of the 48 smoking-cessation programs using hypnosis, involving 6020 smokers, the average success rate was 36%. Ten percent of the hypnosis programs had success rates greater than 60%.
This meta-analytic comparison was published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, 1992, Volume 77, Number 4, pages 554 through 561. The Journal of Applied Psychology is published by the American Psychological Association, Americas main professional association of psychologists.
During the second session, we discuss what happened and go from there. For instance, after your first session you may find that you didnt have a cigarette all week--until you went out drinking with your friends, and then you had a smoke. Or you may not have smoked at all and feel like you quit for good, but may be a bit cranky or find that you're eating more. Still others might find they went from over a pack a day to 3 cigarettes a day, and just want those 3 cigarettes during a coffee break. And there are always those that feel they got everything they needed in just one session.
During the second session wed work on these situational challenges and get you on track to being an ex-smoker for life. We may also address some of the challenges that could occur, such as the fallacy that you can have "just one." Now, some people can quit in one session, and others will require 3. Everyone is different. But for most people, two sessions is sufficient. However, if you have smoked for 25 or more years, are a heavy smoker or suspect that you have some resistance to quitting, you may want to invest in the 3-session package. Call for fees.
Changing lives when everything else has failed.
Changing lives when everything else has failed
If you've been trying to change your habits using willpower and determination alone, you've been doing things the hard way.
Hypnosis is the easy way to stop smoking, lose weight, overcome stage fright or test anxiety, because it is the only tool which reaches deep into the subconscious mind, where we can effect change.
Hypnosis can help you sleep better, get off sweets and junk food, starts exercising, start living, and stop procrastinating. Alpha-Omega Hypnosis helps people stop smoking, lose weight, overcome stage fright, test anxiety, stop drinking. We help people resolve many issues so that they can achieve their goals. We can help you too.
We are the ALPHA-OMEGA HYPNOSIS CENTER and we serve the Dallas/Fort Worth and surrounding areas.
Hypnosis can help where other methods fail. Maybe you want to lose weight. Stop smoking. Overcome stage fright or test anxiety. Or perhaps you've been trying unsuccessfully to cut back on your drinking, stop biting your nails, or stop procrastinating. In all likelihood, you've tried for many years to do this, only to succeed for awhile, and then lapse back into your old habits.
Hypnosis can often help when other methods fail. Why is this? How can it be that we can struggle for years with an issue, only to experience relatively rapid results with hypnosis?
Hypnosis is the only tool which reaches directly into the subconscious mind.
Unlike other methods, hypnosis allows us to bypass the critical factor of the conscious mind and talk directly to the subconscious mind, where many of our self-limiting beliefs and thoughts are stored. With hypnosis, we can effectively weaken or eliminate negative, self-limiting beliefs and insert more positive, healing, beneficial suggestions.
Once your subconscious beliefs are in agreement with your conscious desires, it's much easier to achieve your goals. There is no conflict between your conscious desires and subconscious beliefs. For example, how can you lose weight if you believe, at a deep level, that you just can’t? Or that if you lose weight, you'll lose your true identity as a heavy person? How can you quit smoking if you believe that its just too hard, or you won't fit in with your friends anymore, or won't know how to relax? Hypnosis can help to erase these limiting beliefs that can sabotage us for years. Once these beliefs are gone, suddenly it's easy to lose weight, stop smoking, or resolve any issue.
The new behavior seems automatic, second-nature. You may wonder why and how this issue was ever a problem. You will discover that you're naturally eating less, are calmer and more relaxed while giving presentations, exercising more, and just not smoking anymore. In addition to what you come in for, you may also get some side benefits or "happy surprises" with hypnosis.
If you've been trying to change your habits using willpower and determination alone, you've been doing things the hard way.
Hypnosis is the easy way to stop smoking, lose weight, overcome stage fright or test anxiety, because it is the only tool which reaches deep into the subconscious mind, where we can effect change.
Hypnosis can help you sleep better, get off sweets and junk food, starts exercising, start living, and stop procrastinating. Alpha-Omega Hypnosis helps people stop smoking, lose weight, overcome stage fright, test anxiety, stop drinking. We help people resolve many issues so that they can achieve their goals. We can help you too.
We are the ALPHA-OMEGA HYPNOSIS CENTER and we serve the Dallas/Fort Worth and surrounding areas.
Hypnosis can help where other methods fail. Maybe you want to lose weight. Stop smoking. Overcome stage fright or test anxiety. Or perhaps you've been trying unsuccessfully to cut back on your drinking, stop biting your nails, or stop procrastinating. In all likelihood, you've tried for many years to do this, only to succeed for awhile, and then lapse back into your old habits.
Hypnosis can often help when other methods fail. Why is this? How can it be that we can struggle for years with an issue, only to experience relatively rapid results with hypnosis?
Hypnosis is the only tool which reaches directly into the subconscious mind.
Unlike other methods, hypnosis allows us to bypass the critical factor of the conscious mind and talk directly to the subconscious mind, where many of our self-limiting beliefs and thoughts are stored. With hypnosis, we can effectively weaken or eliminate negative, self-limiting beliefs and insert more positive, healing, beneficial suggestions.
Once your subconscious beliefs are in agreement with your conscious desires, it's much easier to achieve your goals. There is no conflict between your conscious desires and subconscious beliefs. For example, how can you lose weight if you believe, at a deep level, that you just can’t? Or that if you lose weight, you'll lose your true identity as a heavy person? How can you quit smoking if you believe that its just too hard, or you won't fit in with your friends anymore, or won't know how to relax? Hypnosis can help to erase these limiting beliefs that can sabotage us for years. Once these beliefs are gone, suddenly it's easy to lose weight, stop smoking, or resolve any issue.
The new behavior seems automatic, second-nature. You may wonder why and how this issue was ever a problem. You will discover that you're naturally eating less, are calmer and more relaxed while giving presentations, exercising more, and just not smoking anymore. In addition to what you come in for, you may also get some side benefits or "happy surprises" with hypnosis.
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