At birth,
the mind is essentially a blank slate.
As a newborn, it was hard-wired with only two reactions: fear of loud noises and fear of falling.
Everything you experienced during the first eight years of life is particularly
influential on how you perceive and interact with the world. The puppy that licked your face when you were
three inspired your love for small animals; you still remember getting burned
when you touched a hot stove while your mom was cooking dinner, and prefer to
use the microwave if you have to prepare food.
Every
behavior or belief that you learn during those formative years becomes rooted
in your subconscious mind, and each of those experiences helps to create the
“mental script” you will likely follow all of your life—or, until you decide to
rewrite that script. For example, perhaps your decision as a teen-ager to “try
out” smoking cigarettes in order to be like (or fit in with) your friends
became a lifelong, pack-a-day habit. But
you can decide, today, to become a permanent non-smoker—or overcome a fear of
flying, resolve fears/phobias, increase self-confidence, lose weight, manage
chronic pain or whatever behavior you want to change. Hypnotherapy can help you
do it.
Hypnosis is
an effective, drug-free therapeutic tool that works by accessing the
subconscious mind, which resists changing familiar or known behavior, and
replacing behaviors that no longer work with those that will enable you to
achieve your new goals. It has been used
as a therapeutic tool for centuries, and contrary to some popular beliefs,
hypnosis is not a vehicle of remote mind-control. During hypnosis, the body is very comfortable
and completely relaxed. You are
conscious, alert and very aware of what is going on around you, perhaps more so
than during your normal “waking” state.
You can hear and respond to everything.
You cannot be made to say or do anything that conflict with your personal,
ethical standards and desires.
As a
certified hypnotherapist and master in therapeutic guided imagery, I am
dedicated to helping you achieve your therapeutic goals through the process of
hypnosis. All therapy is conducted in a
safe, comfortable environment, and I follow the standards for complete
confidentiality as outlined in the ethical guidelines of the American
Counseling Association for the conduct of counseling therapists are observed at
all times. For more information and to
make an appointment, call me at (661) 433-9430 or send e-mail to
calminsensehypnosis@yahoo.com.
Sara
R. Fogan, C.Ht. is a certified hypnotherapist based in Southern
California. She graduated with honors from the Hypnosis Motivation
Institute in 2005. For more information about Calminsense Hypnotherapy®, please visit http://www.calminsensehypnotherapy.com/.
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