hypnosis

I recently met two sweet sisters who sincerely wanted to stop sucking their thumbs (actually it was their fingers rather than thumb that they constantly had in their mouths). The girls were wearing braces but still could not stop the behavior.

Their single mother was also highly motivated to have the girls stop sucking their thumgs since she

One of the gifts that Robin Williams had so plentifully was the ability to laugh at life’s tribulations. In the week since his death, many of us have seen clips of television interviews with Robin over the years in which he joked about addiction, depression, and even suicide. Being able to address such difficult topics with humor a

What does the word containment mean? How does it apply to me as a therapist or group leader? Or parent or spouse? What are the tools that I have available to provide containment for myself, my clients, and my family members?

Proper Container

Think of milk: it is essential to a baby’s development. Without m

Although visualization may have been regarded as "new age hype" by some, research has shown that there is a strong scientific basis for how and why visualization works. It is now a well-known fact that we stimulate the same brain regions when we visualize an action and when we actually perform that same action.

Example

Develop new specialties using hypnosis and hypnotherapy in your practice. 

With all the current, updated and new research being done with using hypnosis, there are so many

In reading an article about hypnosis in Scientific American Mind, I came across a reference to people being hypnotized while vigorously riding a stationary bicycle, and I was intrigued by the idea. So I began researching it, and here is some of what I found.

Active Hypnosis

The concept of active hypnosis developed