Whether through the use of medical hypnosis in the amelioration of acute or chronic pain, or for the purpose of accomplishing a specific goal activity in sports, social behaviors (extinguishing blushing, managing social phobias, conquering fear of speaking in front of groups), health concerns (smoking or chewing tobacco; drinking alcohol excessively), or confidence and competence improvement (test-taking; task-performance enhancement) hypnosis can be a powerful tool in helping one to pull it all together. Depending on the client, I use variations of the above components–relaxation, rhythmic breathing, and guided imagery–to induce the hypnotic trance in which suggested scripts are virtually written and structured by the client. Many people from many walks of life have come to the San Antonio Hypnosis Center (SAHC) to accomplish many of the above goals. Fear of driving over these new ‘fly-away’ overpasses (‘ribbons in the sky’) brought two people to the SAHC in the same week. The fear was too much for them, causing them both to pull their car over and change drivers: “Fortunately my friend was riding with me! I don’t know what I would have done!” Crisis situations often bring people to our office. Sometimes it’s not one thing, but the one thing on top of all the others that results in making a decision to change an aspect of one’s lifestyle, whether it was a doctor telling them they really should lose weight for their health, or seeing the deleterious effects that smoking had on a close friend or loved one. http://www.sahypnosis.net

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Psychiatric diagnoses: Why no one is satisfied

Psychiatric diagnoses: Why no one is satisfied

Change and hypnosis go hand in hand.  Through relaxation, with the help of a hypnotist-facilitator or autogenically (self-directed) induced, you can focus on a specific issue or situation in an altered way that rearranges the order of internal percepts and thereby reshapes your internal reality.  When someone asks, "How many sessions does it take me to stop smoking?"  I tell them there are some key factors that one needs to consider when considering such a question:  individual differences that include level of motivation, level of suggestibility, and other resources that they might take advantage of--medications, Nicotine Anonymous, family support, etc. . 

Pain and Hypnosis (in the dental chair)

Hypnosis as a Focusing Tool

Hypnosis is an effective means to focus on a task, or set of tasks, through relaxation and facilitated guided imagery. This is what we help people do at the San Antonio Hypnosis Center. Initially, I used to help people with concrete tasks such as smoking, weight loss, or test-taking, among others; however, I have found that a mindset can be altered through hypnotic suggestions--as long as the subject wants the change to occur. There may be resistances to those changes, as we all have some sort of mental or attitudinal resistance(s) to change, but that's what the therapist can help with.