Threshold and Lasting Change

What does is take to make real and lasting change happen? 
The bottom line is,
Change is relatively easy as long as your at Threshold.
Threshold is the point in your life when you can look at your situation and say congruently with your whole being:

1. Something has to change
2. It has to be me
3. It has to be now

When you are able to say this and mean it, you are ready for change.  

And a good therapist or hypnotist can give you a little nudge and change will happen very easily.   

Threshold is a position of power.  

Get to threshold and nothing will be able to hold you back!

-Mike Mandel

Benefits of Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy is a form of healing and alternative remedy that more and more people are beginning to discover for its true powers and abilities.  

Hypnosis for healing is an art that can be used in hundreds of different ways.

Let's go through some of the benefits of hypnotherapy: 



•  Relieve stress and anxiety
• Help you easily lose weight
• Create a new level of energy in your day
• Help you quit smoking or another addiction
• Eliminate negative feelings or phobias
• Create a better nights sleep
•  Reduce the amount of pain in your life (chronic or not)

•  Provide you with a general sense of well being


These are only a few of literally hundreds of applications for hypnotherapy.  

Hypnosis: 77 Answers to Questions I Wish You'd Stop Asking

This is a great free resource to answer many questions about Hypnotherapy.

Download Link: "Hypnosis: 77 Answers to Questions I Wish You'd Stop Asking," by Bryan M. Knight, MSW, PhD

About Hypnotherapy

About Hypnotherapy

To get things started, I want to address and debunk some of the numerous misconceptions and myths about hypnotherapy.

First of all, hypnotherapy is not a Zen-like trance in which the client, also referred to as the patient, is in some sort of metaphysical state. From time to time clients will experience this; however, the goal of hypnosis is to get the client into a very light trance, also know as “Alpha.” 

When in Alpha, a client is up to 200 times more suggestible and is therefore more able to receive messages that influence positive change.

Anything deeper than Alpha (Delta or Theta) is helpful, but not necessary.

Stages of Consciousness
Hypnotherapy deals with four stages of consciousness: Beta, Alpha, Theta, and Delta.

Beta

Normal awakening consciousness is called Beta. In Beta, a person’s brain is fully functional and in an alert state. It is paying attention to and processing stimuli from the outside world.

Alpha
In Alpha, a person is slowed down slightly and is therefore more focused and able to dedicate his train of thought to one thing. 

• Equate Alpha to the state you are in when watching TV, or when you have been driving for a lengthy period. When driving, your attention is focused on the elements of driving. Outside stimuli play a lesser role. At first, you may be aware of things around you, such as cars and pedestrians. After prolonged driving, your attention shifts to what is happening directly in front of you. This is Alpha.

Alpha is a “not-really-here, not-really-out-of-it” phase. In Alpha, outside stimuli are no longer distracting the client, who is then able to receive habit-altering messages from a hypnotherapist.

It is important to note that, like driving in a trance, patients in hypnosis still can react as things happen. A common misconception about hypnotherapy is that clients under hypnosis cannot react, and therefore the hypnotherapist has ultimate control over the patient. In Alpha, the patient is always in the driver’s seat. The patient is fully capable of reacting and making decisions.

Theta & Delta
Some patients under hypnosis go deeper than Alpha into Theta or Delta, and most patients will transition between Beta, Alpha, Theta and Delta during the hypnosis session. 

Some patients will never attain Theta or Delta, regardless of what the hypnotherapist does. However, almost everyone will fall into Alpha on the first session. 

Because patients generally toggle among the stages of consciousness in any given hypnotherapy session, most will have the experience of only remembering some of the things the hypnotist says. Patients often believe they remember everything, but actually remember very little.

What is Hypnotherapy

What is hypnotherapy?

Hypnotherapy is the most immediate tool for changing beliefs and/or behaviors. Of all the therapies, hypnotherapy will produce the most immediate results. 

Hypnotherapy is a combination of hypnosis and therapy, which is one of the many attributes separating it from stage hypnosis. Traditionally, a hypnotherapist will spend about half of his or her time talking to the client while the client is in Beta (normal awakening consciousness). The remainder of the time, the client will be in hypnosis (Alpha or lower). Hypnotherapy works by combining hypnosis with precise, outcome-oriented therapy and targeting the subconscious mind.

Hypnotherapy is quite different than traditional therapy. Instead of spending years with a therapist, clients who undergo hypnotherapy will have an efficient, fast, and reliable means of altering negative behavior.

It is important to note that hypnotherapy is not for everyone. Some patients want to spend years in traditional therapy getting to know themselves and examining the roots of their behavior. Some patients will even respond better to long-term non-hypnotic therapy. Hypnosis is just one of the thousands of ways a person can achieve his goals; however, if your patient wants immediate results, hypnotherapy is the most effective tool.