Mind Advantage offers both personalized hypnosis sessions conducted in the St Petersburg office and hypnosis recordings available by mail.
One-on-one hypnosis sessions
are available in the offices of Mind Advantage at 1045 9th Ave. North, just a half mile north of downtown St Petersburg, Florida, on the west side of Tampa Bay. Clients are interviewed as to exactly what kind of change they are working on in their life, and the process of hypnosis is explained completely. The client is then given a hypnosis induction based upon the needs of the client, which is also recorded on audio cassette. The client is encouraged to listen to the recording at least once a day until a followup visit which is usually scheduled one week after the first.
The followup visit gives the hynotist an opportunity to assess the effectiveness of the first induction, as well as to identify any difficulties or resistance that may have been encountered during the first week. Another induction is usually given and recorded to fine tune the process of personal change.
Many issues are resolved with hypnosis in just one or two sessions. However, some deep seated issues requiring adjustment over a longer period of time require repeated visits. Clients may take as many sessions as they find necessary.
Smoking cessation
usually requires no followup visit. Clients are prepared by telephone beforehand so that the most effective hypnosis induction can be prepared to ensure their success. They are asked to prepare two lists: 1) a list of every situation that might trigger the smoking habit, such as having a cocktail or finishing a meal, and 2) a list of all the benefits they expect when they become nonsmokers, such as increased energy, social acceptability, and fresher breath. When the hypnotist is provided with these lists, it provides a basis for further discussion with the client so that the hypnosis induction to quit smoking is personally tailored to their situation. The personalized induction is much more powerful than group hypnosis inductions. The recording produced of the induction serves as added reinforcement for the client, and also serves as a backup.
Whereas attempts to quit smoking with such devices as "the patch" only produce a success rate of 15success rate, with this technique is 85 to 90are successful. Although there is a drug component to the problem of overcoming nicotine addiction, the biggest problem is psychological. That is why all manufacturers of nicotine replacement products always include psychological information with the drugs. Hypnosis eases this problem, allowing most people to quit easier than they ever thought possible.
No one can be hypnotized to believe that they want to quit smoking. Hypnosis is simply an aid to help you establlish in your subconscious mind a model of yourself as a nonsmoker, which makes it much easier for you to quit the habit.
Stress relief
is easily accomplished with hypnosis. The body naturally tends toward a state of balance, especially when a person enters a normal state of sleep. The most common method of hypnosis induction is guided progressive relaxation, in which the attention is put on each part of the body to relax it totally. When the body is relaxed, that portion of the brain governing the movements of the body doesn't have much to do, so it too relaxes. When the client puts his or her attention on the voice of the hypnotist, he or she is relieved of thinking, and just has to pay attention. Appropriate suggestions are then given for balance and relaxation.
We have a stress reaction in our body for our own protection, so that when confronted with danger we can mobilize our energy and take quick action. Unfortunately, most of us have the habit of putting our attention in the fantasy of thoughts instead of the real world. (This is why you can walk ten feet into the next room and forget why you made the trip.) When we habitually plut thoughts of problems into this fantasy, our bodies respond to these thoughts with tension, as if there were a real danger present. Hypnosis can help you clear your head and put your attention where you want it to be, in the real world, so that you can calmly take care of problems as they arise.
Dietary change
can be effected with the aid of hypnosis, since eating is a habit and our habits are in the subconscious mind. Read the details of the revolutionary Body Intelligent Diet, only from Mind Advantage.
