Change your mind and you change your life. Matthews Hypnosis New Location in University

March 29, 2010 - PRLog -- Matthews Hypnosis and Total Wellness Center has a new location and Director.

Dr. Deirdre Clark has taken over the reigns of Matthews Hypnosis.  She brings over 17 years of health and human services experience to the center.  With experience in integrated patient centered care through chiropractic, naturopathic, homeopathic medicine and hypnotherapy.  Her experience also includes Clinical oncology (cancer) trial auditing including medical case reviewer for therapeutic efficacy and legal medical record reviewer.

Change your mind and you change your life. Period.

Areas of Hypnotherapy Utilized

Smoking Cessation: Under certain circumstances hypnotherapy can be very effective in the termination of this habit that kills over four hundred thousand Americans a year. The critical key for success with this addiction is the desire of the patient to change. On a scale of one to ten, ten being the highest, the smoker must be at a level ten to stop smoking. Why is this high level of motivation required? It is requited because all hypnosis is self-hypnosis.

Weight Loss: Hypnotherapy can be a very effective modality to use for weight loss. If obesity is present, hypnotherapy can be used in conjunction with psychotherapy for weight loss. The reasons why the obese patient is misusing food must be addressed or the patient will eventually regain the weight.

Habit Control and Habit Elimination
The successful use of hypnotherapy in this area is well documented. Life-threatening habits such as smoking and excessive eating need to be eliminated. Other habits that need to be eliminated are not life-threatening, but they are habits that affect life styles. Good examples are hair pulling, nail biting, skin picking, and food addictions. Sometimes a habit simply needs modification. When a behavior is simply a habit hypnotherapy is a powerful technique to eliminate or modify it, but if there is a pathology at the root of the behavior, psychotherapy is indicated, and the hypnotherapy would be used adjunctively, as it often is

Hypnotherapy and Phobias

The majority of phobics are highly suggestible, and suggestion is at the heart of hypnosis. We are only born with two fears, the fear of falling and the fear of loud noises. All other fears are learned, and therefore can be unlearned at the unconscious level. Many fears come from a fearful experience, or they are learned in families, for example, parents passing their fears on to their children Seemingly the most common fear is the fear of speaking in public. The public speaker is fearful that he will make a fool of himself by saying the wrong thing, or even not being able to speak in public.

Children and Hypnotherapy

Children are ideal candidates for hypnotherapy. From the moment of birth until the onset of puberty a child is in hypnosis or waking trance 75% of the day. Common applications with children include ,but are not limited to: bed wetting; nail biting; thumb sucking; eating disorders; school phobias; habit modification or elimination; sports performance, etc . We use hypnotherapy with children from about ages 4 through 19. Hypnosis with younger children is different than hypnosis with teenagers. Since a young child would not understand what hypnosis is, we do let's pretend magic sleep. We have the parents encourage the children to bring in any magic tricks that they may know and I have magic tricks that I use at the hospital. This is the beginning of rapport building with a child patient. After I meet the child I make a list of the best friends, pets, favorite cartoon or movie characters, and characters in favorite books.  We teach parent sleep talk, a method used to strengthen the bond with parent and child and improve self esteem.


JOB PERFORMANCE IMPROVED THROUGH HYPNOTHERAPY

Job performance, and related career advancement, certainly can be improved and expedited through hypnotherapy. Because a program must, of necessity, have many facets, the task is likely to be complex. Therapy can involve relaxation, learning, self-esteem and self-confidence, motivation, attitude modification, organizational planning, time management, inter personal relationships, sales techniques and other elements. The hypnotherapist must determine which areas show serious deficiencies. Self-confidence, of course, is all important. If you believe you can do better, you will do better. To achieve success in utilizing hypnosis, concentration is essential. It has been said that genius is the result of the ability to super-concentrate - to use more mind-power than the small fraction used by humans in their daily lives. In the process of removing obstacles and enhancing strengths the hypnotherapist will teach a client self-hypnosis, which will enable him to focus attention-power on his job or the specific task at hand, improving performance, gaining recognition and earning advancement.

Pain Management

There is a substantial body of clinical literature that demonstrates the effectiveness of hypnotherapy with pain management. The main effect of hypnotherapy is the creation of the relaxation response. It is impossible to be deeply relaxed and in chronic pain at the same time. As a rule most levels of pain cam become more manageable with the application of hypnosis.

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Matthews Hypnosis and Total Wellness Center focuses on the total person. Hypnotherapy is utilized for athletic, sports and sexual performance, pain management, weight loss, smoking cessation, self esteem adults,kids and complete wellness assessments.