I Won’t Make You Quack Like a Duck

​The difference between a hypnotherapist and a “stage” hypnotist: healing vs entertainment.

Many of my clients feel some trepidation before coming to me for hypnotherapy. When arriving at my door for their first visit, they often seem wary as they peer into the airspace about six inches or so over my head. I watch as their eyes scan down and finally register my diminutive frame. Without fail, a look of relief (and sometimes even delight) comes over their faces. At only 4’8½” tall and clearly well past middle-age, I am probably one of the least intimidating people they've met in a long time.

With much of their initial hesitation about meeting me put to rest, we can begin to relax as we explore the many benefits hypnotherapy can offer.
 
I can't make you stand on my desk and quack like a duck.
 
If you've never had hypnotherapy before, the prospect of someone talking directly to your subconscious mind can be a bit unnerving. We've all seen "stage" hypnotists on TV or in the movies who ask their subjects to do things that are embarrassing, silly or downright uncomfortable. These hypnotists are performers whose goal is to entertain, not to provide therapy.
 
Best defined as a psychological healing process, hypnotherapy provides a complementary and alternative therapy that utilizes hypnosis to help with a wide range of issues. I am an Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist certified by both the American Academy of Hypnotherapy and the International Hypnosis Federation – not a hypnotist. As such, I am bound by very specific ethical guidelines. I could never do anything that might embarrass or harm my clients. I would never suggest that they do anything outside of their personal morals or act in any way against their will. I don’t practice any form of mind control or brainwashing.
 
My goal is simply to use hypnosis to help bring about positive change in the lives of my clients.
 
Hypnosis uses the power of your own mind to change your life.
 
Hypnosis is a safe, gentle process that uses familiar meditation and relaxation techniques to quiet the chatter of the conscious mind. It lets your thoughts and troubles fade into the background, allowing your subconscious mind to embrace new methods for coping, and replacing old negative messages with positive thoughts and actions.
 
Your comfort level is crucial to our success. Unlike the hypnotism you’ve seen in the media, you will remain in complete control during hypnotherapy. You’ll remember everything we’ve said and done during our sessions, and emerge feeling wonderfully refreshed, relaxed and alert.
 
Hypnotherapy can help you to live your best possible life.
 
In hypnotherapy, you and I will work together to identify the specific goals you’d like to achieve. We’ll then develop a plan that’s tailored to meet your personal needs.
 
If you would like to address the issues, fears or behaviors that may have been affecting your health, happiness or peace of mind, hypnotherapy offers a proven method of helping you:

Live your best possible life...
√  Relieve your stress, anxiety and phobias
√  Increase your confidence and self-esteem
√   Eliminate blocks to your progress or performance
√   Reach your highest potential
√   Discover your life path

Address your health and wellness issues...
√  Deal with your frustrations, anger and emotional pain
√  Control your weight by changing eating and exercise patterns
√  Break harmful habits such as smoking, gambling or overeating
√  Improve sleep, diet and exercise

And improve your school, work and home life...
√  Cope with work and career issues
√  Increase your ability to focus, study and retain information
√  Reduce your test-taking, public speaking or performance anxiety
√  Examine your dreams, goals and aspirations
√  Understand and improve your relationships
√  Recover early or blocked memories
√  Explore your past through regression

My goal is to help you resolve the issues you’ve identified as quickly as possible.

Using the power of positive suggestion, guided imagery and simple post-hypnotic suggestion, I will help you modify those thoughts, feelings or behaviors you’ve chosen to address. If we find that you aren’t getting the results you hoped for after a few sessions of hypnotherapy, we may ask your subconscious mind for help understanding the root cause of the problem and enlist its aid in bringing about the change you’re hoping to achieve. I may even include training in self-hypnosis in our work together to help you reinforce the work we’ve done.

Hypnotherapy isn’t a long-term commitment. It isn’t magic or hocus-pocus. It’s a widely recognized non-invasive method for overcoming stress and anxiety, increasing confidence and self-esteem, breaking negative habits, and dealing more effectively with health and wellness issues such as weight control and smoking.

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Conveniently located in northern New Jersey's Passaic County, my Ringwood office is just minutes from both Bergen County NJ and Rockland County in New York. To find out if hypnotherapy might help you or a loved one, call me anytime at 973-657-0571 for a free phone consultation or leave me a message below.

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