HYPNOSIS IN SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI

Clients have improved quality of life after learning self-hypnosis.

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I am so pleased to announce that in June 2009 I attended training with the Center for Mind/Body Medicine to become a CancerGuide. The training included lectures from leading experts from around the world. I met leading oncologists and scientists representing such institutions as Cancer Treatment Centers of America, MD Anderson, and the National Cancer [...]

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Women use positive images and relaxation exercises to ease the pain of childbirth, and for many, the results have been outstanding. Self-hypnosis is not a new idea.

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This morning I came across a FOX news report regarding a young boy, Anthony, who has been using hypnosis to get through his cancer treatment since being diagnosed with a brain tumor. This young man was suffering PTSD and insomnia as a result of his treatment.  Anthony’s doctor utilized hypnosis, which is approved by the [...]

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I was talking about pain today and how debilitating it can be. A good friend has Fibromyalgia and suffers with discomfort in all twelve of the sensitive points. Additionally, I have several relatives that are chronic suffers due to the effects of some long-term arthritis issues.
When working with pain, it is important to understand that [...]

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I thought you’d be interested in seeing this video I have linked further down in the post. Recently, in the world news there have been a number of videos of surgeries performed without chemical anesthesia. The pain control method of choice is hypnosis.
In Britain in the spring of 2008, a gentleman who has been a [...]

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Today a friend sent a link to a very interesting YouTube video on the use of medical hypnosis. It is a story covered on ABC Television News recently regarding the benefits of medical hypnosis. The woman in the interview was using hypnosis for pain connected with breast surgery. (See my post from May 30, 2008 under Medical Hypnosis).
I hope [...]

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There seems to be a nearly universal truth about going into surgery:  no matter how calm a person appears on the outside or how resigned they are as to what is about to unfold, they are running the “what if” scenario in their mind. What if I have pain? What if it doesn’t work? What if [...]

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      Recently I worked with a gentleman in his late sixties who was entering the hospital for an outpatient hernia surgery. He was nervous about the surgery as he is the type of person who has a negative opinion regarding conventional medicine and anything having to do with hospitals. In fact, he had been delaying the surgery [...]

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There was a national news story that came out in the summer of 2007 about the use of hypnosis for women undergoing breast biopsies. It appeared on ABC News on August 28.
A few things that stand out from this report are that after a short hypnosis session: women spent less time in the operating [...]

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