Pathways Center, L.L.C.


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with little understanding of how it works, hypnosis has been used in medicine
since the 1950's to treat pain and, more recently, as a treatment for anxiety,
depression, trauma, irritable bowel syndrome and eating disorders.”
~ New
York Times,
November 22, 2005. |
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Think
of driving on a routine trip, one that you have made many times. Every day you
go the same route and pass the same exits but do not remember seeing the signs.
Your eyes are wide open, and you can respond appropriately to normal traffic
activity, such as people changing lanes and blowing their horns…You can
respond appropriately. You are daydreaming. Your
local State Police may refer to this type of daydreaming as “highway
hypnosis”. It is natural
and perfectly safe state of mind. You
are in full control, aren’t you? Daydreaming
is a form of natural hypnosis. It
is characterized by focused concentration, relaxation, lack of movement, and an
increase in sensory reception. Hypnosis
is a widely accepted method for helping people make changes. Clinical
Hypnotherapy is a therapeutic process designed to create an altered state of
consciousness which stimulates the relaxation response and enables the mind to
become suggestible.
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How Does Hypnosis Work? This
relaxation response allows the creative parts of the brain to take in
the suggested images thereby altering the visual, auditory, kinesthetic
and the intuitive perceptions. These,
in turn, stimulate change. The effectiveness of hypnosis is directly related to
the ability to influence or persuade the unconscious mind How
Can Hypnosis be Useful? The
list of benefits that can be attained through hypnotherapy covers ever facet of
life. Some examples of how you can
benefit from hypnosis follow. But this is only a sample.
Essentially every aspect of life is influenced by the unconscious mind.
If something is influenced by the unconscious mind, it can be influenced
through the process of hypnosis. For example through hypnotherapy you can:
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Increase relaxation and
eliminate tension. ·
Prepare for surgery ·
Enhance health ·
Lose weight ·
Stop smoking ·
Improve your ability to
heal from surgery ·
Increase focus and
concentration. ·
Improve memory ·
Increase self-confidence ·
Control pain ·
Increase motivation ·
Strengthen your immune
system Hypnosis Time Line Therapy Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
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