Archive for July, 2010

Emotional Release Therapy

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

DL Scott CH.t. / CDP / AASD

Over the last few weeks I have written about various styles, and different methods of Hypnotism, and Hypnotherapy. These can range from Self Hypnosis; which by the way all hypnosis is basically self hypnosis; to Ericksonian Hypnotherapy, or Dave Elman Hypnotherapy, Parts Therapy, and the current rage which is NLP.

Each Hypnotist is going to approach their clients with their own style and their own unique method, which they learned, (hopefully), from an accredited school.

My own clients quickly discover that when they come to Foundations Hypnosis North Seattle ~ Shoreline ~ Everett, they are going to receive two very important components to their treatment. The first is something that I would expect from every hypnotist, and that is client centered therapy. In other words, the treatment and the way the treatment is administered, should be tailored to the client, not that the client should be forced in the parameters of the treatment. In a recent session with a smoking cessation client I was complimented by the client in the way that I tailored the induction to his particular beliefs and needs. He happened to be someone who has a lot of control issues, and finds it hard to let go enough to allow for the full effect of guided imagery, and so I crafted specific phrases and words that would allow him to create and utilize images based in a very non -directive style of induction, used a lot by Milton Erickson. With this approach I was able to help him empower himself to embrace his own version of tools and skills that he felt comfortable with in his quest to stop smoking.

The next component is my own brand of Emotional Release Therapy, or ERT for short.

Emotional Release Therapy is based on the idea that we are not our thoughts, we are not our bodies, we are not our emotions. Now with that said, we are our thoughts, we are our bodies, we are our emotions, in so much that we are attached to these things, and these things are the vehicle through which we experience our lives, and existence.

The easiest way to visualize this is to think of your car. If you were to get into your car, turn the ignition on, put the car in gear, take off the brake, and then get out of the car, what would happen to the vehicle. Well it would start moving randomly until it bumps into, or crashes into something.

This is what happens to us. Your brain is much like the engine to the car, your body is like the chassis of the car, and your emotions are like the gas. Until you, the real you, the consciousness behind your thoughts, takes control, until you become the master of your thoughts and emotions, you will continue to be lead around by the thoughts running through your brain. You will keep bumping into or crashing into the obstacles and roadblocks. These obstacles can be behaviors, beliefs, cravings, addictions, physical and mental pain, or a host of other things that keep us stuck in the same problems and issues.

When you become a client of this affordable and local treatment agency known as Foundations Hypnotherapy, you will be taught and lead through a very simple, and yet very powerful treatment method called Emotional Release Therapy. As a Hypnotist in Seattle WA, I have been working with clients in the local Seattle, Shoreline, Everett area for over twenty years, I have utilized, and continue to utilize, Hypnotism, Parts Therapy, NLP, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Chemical Dependency Therapy and Emotional Release Therapy. Out of all of these powerful tools, the one thing that proves the most effective and pulls everything else together is ERT Hypnotherapy. Emotional Release Therapy has allowed daily users of Crystal Meth, to kick their habit for good. ERT has allowed for swift and complete recovery from things such as nicotine addiction, low self worth, phobias, fears, and anxieties, with out having to spend years and years in more traditional talk therapy.

DON”T DELAY, call for your first session now, and start living the life you have always dreamed of. Foundations Hypnosis and Chemical Dependency Seattle ~ Lynnwood ~ Everett, (206) 417-4900. http://dlscottpersonalenergymastery.com Everett counseling therapist and North Seattle Hypnotherapy

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Long Term Effects of Hypnosis

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Long Term Effects of Hypnosis
DLScott CH.t / CDP

      When a new client calls or comes in to see me, there are so many misconceptions and fears regarding hypnosis, that I often times marvel at the fact that people are willing to put aside their fear of hypnosis, to seek out help with whatever issue they are hoping to resolve.
     I was onced asked if it is hard to hypnotise a client, and I quickly responded with the fact that the hardest thing is to break the hypnotic trance that a client brings into the office with them. If that sounds a little strange, let me say here and now, “we are in trance state most of, if not all of, our waking states”. Whether we think we can, or we think that we
can’t it becomes true for us. In other words, if you think that you can’t stop smoking, then you can’t stop smoking, if you think that you can stop smoking, then you can stop smoking. If you think that you are a loser and nothing will ever go right for you, then you will exhibit the traits of being a loser and nothing will ever go right for you. Our thoughts
determine our life circumstances and until you change your thoughts and beliefs, then nothing will ever really change for you.
      How many of you have heard about the person who won the lottery, only to be broke again within a matter of months or few years. On a clinical level, with a trained hypnotherapist, you will be shown how to use self hypnosis, and you will learn about how safe hypnosis is, and how beneficial the process really is. Hypnosis is safe for teens, it is safe
for adults, and in the hands of a certified counselor and hypnotherapist, hypnosis can help you obtain the life you have always dreamed of, but always seemed to be out of your reach.
     Unlike stage hypnotism, which can be great entertainment, but creates a lot of inaccuracies, and misconceptions, clinical hypnosis delivered by a safe hypnotherapist is simply a matter of changes beliefs and eliminating deeply held emotions, and feelings, that the client has been supressing for many years.
     Unlike what people are may believe, hypnosis has no harmful long term or short term effects on the mind or body. It does help eliminate effects of long term and short term effects of stress on the body, and thus helps with pain, illnes, and disease. I recall one client who came to see me for pain management control by her Dr. She had recently
been through carpal tunnel syndrome surgery, and was taking a long time to heal. After 8 to 10 months her Dr. had referred her to my services, and not only did she swiftly recover from her first surgery, but she also used the techniques I taught her to cut down her recovery time from a second carpal tunnel surgery on her other hand. The recovery time in
this case was 2 weeks.
     It is surprising to me, when a client comes into my studio, hoping to find relief from there presenting issue, and during the first attempt at hypnosis, they have such a fear of hypnosis, which includes such things as being made to act in some bizzare behavior, or being made to do something against their will, they spend a lot of time resisting the
process. Eventually with patience and explanations, the client will allow themselves to relax, and focus their mind on letting go of negative emotions, and negative thoughts, and allow themselves to focuse on positive emotions, and positive thoughts.
     After a short series of sessions, usually 6 to 8, the client has reached the point that they can now succcessfully manage or have successfully eliminated the unwanted emotion or behavior on their own. The benefit(s) of this can be life saving. If it is smoking cessation, then the benefits are very obvious, if it is stress related, the
benefits to the health and well being of the client are remarkable on many levels. The number one health concern in this country is stress related illness and disease. With just prolonged stress in the body, a person has to deal with tight mucles, increased blood pressure, decreased ability of the body to rid itself of toxins, and an increase in those toxins.
More and more helath care providers are recognizing these helpful effects and are recommending their patients to attend classes on hypnosis, relaxation techniques, medition, and yoga.
     As someone once said, the only thing that we have to fear is fear itself. There is nothing to fear from recieving lessons, and sessions from a fully trained and licensed hypnotherapist. Always check to make sure that anyone you hire is creditialed and or licensed with the state.
     In my case I have been a counselor, hypnotherapist, and chemical dependency counselor with the state of Washington for a little over twenty years. I employ techinques of hypnosis, and cognitive behavioral therapy that I have been trained to perform while working in various mental health agencies, chemical dependency agencies, and through
certified schools that teach these techniques.
     Is hypnosis safe? Absolutely!!! You have the right to check out your chosen provider to make sure they are registered with the state so you know that you are working with a safe hypnotherpist.
     DON”T DELAY, call for your first session now, and start living the life you have always dreamed of. Foundations Hypnosis and Chemical Dependency Seattle ~ Lynnwood ~ Everett, (206) 417-4900. Everett counseling therapist and North Seattle Hypnotherapy

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Different Styles of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Different Styles of Hypnosis and

Hypnotherapy

DLScott CH.t. / CDP

Hypnosis has been around for a long time, and during that time it has gone through phases, changes and styles that match the needs and beliefs of the time.

Since ancient times it has been associated with Shamanism, religion, healing, magic, and in ancient Egypt it is believed that it was used in “sleep chambers” for the very reasons I mentioned above.

In ancient Egypt, China, Jewish rituals, and Hindu ceremonies, the Trance phenomenon was used to help elicit cures and changes in people. This style of hypnosis continued for many years. The common man thought of hypnosis in terms of faith healing, prayer work, and supernatural powers that were attributed to holy men, or medicine men, The Shamans of the community.

Ancient Far Eastern practices such as Buddhism, martial arts, and meditation, were teaching people to induce trances through forms of self hypnosis, and guided imagery, while Western philosophies were relying on forms of Prayer Work to induce the state.

It was later found that Native American practices relied on types of Prayer, sweat lodges, and even certain herbs and plants to induce altered states which we now know as the Alpha brain wave state.

The father of modern medicine, Hippocrates, did write about “incidences of hypnotic types of trance, but primarily it remained in the hands of the spiritual leaders of the tribes.

Throughout the ages there were military leaders and madmen who seemed to grasp the ability to utilize certain words and phrases that would incite people, actually manipulate them into a form of mass hypnosis.

Due to the work and research of such people of Anton Mesmer; from whom we get the term mesmerism; people like Janet Bramwell, Roger Bacon, Emile Coue, and noted father of psychology Sigmund Freud, Hypnosis has slowly been brought into the modern times.

Most people have received their knowledge of hypnosis, and hypnotherapy through the entertainment field, stage hypnotist, movies, television, and books, and generally when clients come to see me for the first time, or call me to ask questions about the process, their questions are usually based on what they have seen or heard through the field of entertainment.

One other little discussed field of hypnosis, (in the clinic field of hypnosis that is), is erotic hypnosis which is primarily concerned with such things as fetishes, animal training, submission, and sexual fantasies.

Many people are not aware that the modern day movement known as New Thought Spirituality was actually started by a man named Phinneas Parkhurst Quimby, a hypnotist who lived in the later part of the 19^th century and the earlier part of the 20^th century. Phinneas was a talented hypnotized who deduced that many spiritual healings were actually accomplished through hypnotic trance. He went on to train such people as Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of The Church of Christian Science, and his trainings influenced Ernest Holmes, the Founder of The Church of Religious Science and Charles and Myrtle Philmore, who founded The Unity Church. Each of these churches teaches a variation of a technique called Scientific Mind Treatment. Scientific Mind Treatment usually includes having the person close their eyes, focuses on their breathing, and use some form of words or guided images which help to induce and deepen the trance phenomenon.

One of the more recent avenues of interest when it comes to New Thought Spirituality is the idea of The Law of Attraction. The basic idea of The Law of Attraction is that we attract into our lives, that which we focus our attention on. There are many people and groups that have capitalized on this belief and claiming that just by using guided imagery, meditation, and specific forms of self hypnosis, you can alter or change your life by producing the physical manifestation of anything that you concentrate on in your mind. While the idea is being shown to be true through such fields of research as Quantum Physics, the popularizing of the effect is being thrown at the general public without including such important factors such as gaining control of your feelings, emotions, and thoughts, through such things as Emotional Release Therapy, of The Law of Conscious Attention. All of these factors and ideas are utilized and taught through hypnosis, self hypnosis, and such techniques as EMDR.

In the late sixties a man named Jose Silva developed a wildly successful program called Silva Mind Control. While Mr. Silva said that his program was deferent than hypnosis, it actually trained the participant in a form of meditation or self hypnosis, and allowed the participant to lower their brain waves patterns into the Alpha brain wave state. While in this state, Mr. Silva used guided imagery to create all manner of effects that produce physical healings, allow weight loss, smoking cessation, and produce an increase in desired events and activities. All of these same effects are documented and recorded in people who utilize hypnosis and self hypnosis.

More recently there has been resurgence in the practice of Buddhism, and the more modern version in our culture, Mindfulness. Mindfulness is being taught, through programs at such places as the University of Washington, to patients in an effort to help manage their cravings to substances such as alcohol, and other chemical substances.

In any case hypnosis utilizes specific techniques that access the incredible potential and power of the conscious and subconscious mind.

In my own practice I teach clients to use Emotional Release Therapy, self hypnosis, and specific mindfulness techniques to help them release, manage, and eliminate beliefs and behaviors that have caused them to remain stuck in problems and issues that they have not been able to deal with through any other form of therapy.

My clients will come seeking magic, a type of treatment that will put them to sleep and when they wake up there problems will be gone. What they find is a way to access an incredible power that they have had all along, the power to use the energy of their subconscious mind to cure themselves. They are taught to take control of their thoughts and emotions, to learn how to become the Master of their lives, instead of the victims of their circumstances. Call Foundations Hypnosis Seattle ~ Everett, NOW at (206) 417-4900. Everett counseling therapist and North Seattle Hypnotherapy

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The Success of Smoking Cessation and Counseling for Teens

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Teenager Counseling and Smoking Cessation Programs

DLScott CH.t. / CDP / AASD

I have noticed a trend of late in the rate of teen smoking and smoking cessation for teens. In my long career as both a chemical dependency counselor and hypnotherapist, in the Seattle ~ Everett area, I have found myself working with people of all ages and types, and what I have discovered is that success or failure has little to do with age. It all boils down to beliefs, and agreements that we have adopted and that we have attached emotional meaning to.

I have worked with several programs for teens. In terms of smoking cessation for teens, there has always been one basic criterion in common, they had decided to quit smoking and were ready to utilize the tools presented to them in Foundations Hypnosis Seattle ~ Everett smoking cessation program. (During the years I have found this to be true whether I was working in private practice or working through a Mental Health agency such as a national smoking cessation program through a medical cooperative).

I recall one client who was so determined to quit smoking that he was able to quit a week ahead of schedule because he applied the tools and skills so passionately and daily, that it would have been hard not to imagine him being able to quit smoking before his chosen quit date.

Generally the success of hypnosis as a smoking cessation program is the highest of any of the smoking cessation tools, and that includes teen smoking, programs for teens, and any other teen counseling programs.

The statistics show that success rates run from 92% to 98%, and when you compare that to other smoking cessation programs, nicotine patches, cold turkey, cognitive behavioral counseling programs all at between 7% to 27%, it shows how powerful and valuable this tool actually is.

When it comes to quit smoking success stories, just listen to what a couple of Foundations Hypnosis clients have said:

“After nearly 30 years of smoking I was able to quit with the help of Foundations Hypnosis North Seattle ~ Everett, technique’s developed by DL Scott.
Even though I had tried everything I could find in attempts to quit, it was only with DL Scott’s guidance and support that I was finally free.
I have not smoked, nor wanted to, in over 12 years.

“Mykal Amare

“I feel great about this program. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to quit. I find the tools given, such as the CD, the self hypnosis training, the step down process, have all made this an easy and enjoyable experience for me.”

T. Weaver

“I was able to quit so easily and comfortably, that I have recommended it to both family and friends. It was the best money that I ever spent.”

B. Wilson

Whether you are a seeking a program for smoking cessation for teens, or just simply seeking smoking cessation programs, then DON’T DELAY. Call Foundations Hypnosis at (206) 417-4900 NOW!!!! Everett counseling therapist and North Seattle Hypnotherapy

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History of Hypnotherapy in Seattle

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

DLScott CH.t. / CDP / AASD

As a Seattle Washington Hypnotist, I have recently joined the reformed Washington Hypnosis Association. I was a member many years ago, when I was in private practice before, but the WHA (Washington Hypnosis Association) eventually disbanded and was replaced by The National Guild of Hypnosis, Washington Chapter. At this most recent meeting I was asked, by a newer member, about the history of hypnosis, especially Seattle Hypnotherapy.

The member already knew the basics of the history of hypnosis; Hypnosis is Ancient, older than the hieroglyphics found on tombs as early as 3,000 B.C. It is believed that some of the first hypnotists were the shamans, seers, and sages, wise men, witch doctors, high priests etc. They knew about Anton Mesmer, Emile Coue, Roger Bacon, and even Sigmund Freud.

What they really wanted to know about was the history of the Seattle Washington Hypnotist, and Seattle Hypnotherapy.

There were many advances in the field of Hypnotherapy, during the twentieth century. Hypnotism was used to treat shell shock, later called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, cases in the two World Wars. Dentists used hypnotic –anesthesia on a regular basis in their practices, while dental / medical associations in several countries granted recognition of the therapeutic practice of hypnotism. In fact, in 1955 the British Medical Association approved the use of hypnotherapy as a valid medical treatment. This was followed by the American Medical Association, in 1958, as they stated that they supported hypnotherapy and medical uses of hypnosis.

It was during the 1950(s) that several professional associations or hypnotists sprang up. One of which was The National Guild of Hypnotists, which was soon followed by chapters in various states. Influential WA. based hypnotherapists started the WA. Chapter of the National Guild.

One of the most famous and influential WA. based hypnotherapists was a man named Charles Tebbetts. Charles Tebbetts started his career when he was playing in a band at a night club that also employed a stage hypnotist. Charles was intrigued by the nightly show even after a period of several months; during which time he also became aware that the stage hypnotist showed signs of having a problem with alcohol. At one point the stage hypnotist failed to show up, Charlie was able to fill in for the absent hypnotist and thus began the career of Charles Tebbetts!

From there Charles Tebbetts began what would become his biggest passion in life, the practice and teaching of Hypnotherapy. He eventually opened a training center in Edmonds, WA. where he trained another influential and if not nationally known Hypnotherapist, he is certainly widely known as an influential Wa. based hypnotherapist, and that is Roy Hunter. Roy teaches a fully credited class in Hypnosis, and Hypnotherapy at the Community College in Tacoma Wa. He is also the author of two very powerful books on the subject, The Art of Hypnosis and The Art of Hypnotherapy.

There are many more very good and very powerful Seattle based hypnotist that are currently practicing in the field, and in each case, these practitioners are members of Associations and Guilds where they can gain insight and trainings from their fellow practitioners.

Right now I would have to say that Washington Hypnosis Association is one of the best of the local groups. It allows for influential WA. based hypnotherapists to join together in a spirit of cooperation, and collaboration to assure that clients receive the best treatment possible. It is also in the process of bringing the top names from both in state and out of state to share their expertise and knowledge to keep Seattle Hypnotherapy on the cutting edge of the best the field.

Hypnosis is at the center of many mind-altering techniques and methods, such as meditation, forms of guided imagery, biofeedback, EMDR, Gestalt Therapy, etc. In short, Hypnosis is constantly growing in popularity as an effective means of helping people lead more pleasurable, productive, and powerful lives whether that be in the local Seattle Hypnotherapy arena, or in other parts of the country.

If you are wanting to know more about this powerful life altering experience, if you are dealing with emotional stress, and behavioral issues that have you kept stuck, then don’t delay, call Foundations Hypnosis Seattle ~ Everett at (206) 417-4900 today. Everett counseling therapist and North Seattle Hypnotherapy

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Mindfulness and Hypnosis in Seattle ~ Lynnwood ~ Everett

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Mindfulness and Hypnosis

Letting go of the Stress that keeps us Stuck.

DLScott CH.t. / CDP / AASD

I was just having lunch with a friend who was anxious to tell me about the latest book he has been reading. The book sounded great, Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert. As my friend continued to talk about the book, he said how he had heard all of the information before, but the style of writing was such that it was as though he was hearing it for the first time.

As I continued to listen to him talk about the book, I heard him say how something is still holding him back from taking action, and he is not sure what it is. I was reminded of my work with clients in counseling sessions, chemical dependency treatment settings, and clinical hypnosis. In all of these cases the client wants desperately to let go of old beliefs and emotions that are holding them back, but they feel stuck.

I asked him to stop for a moment, and as he asked himself “What is holding me back”, please ask himself the question(s) “Where did this thought come from” and answer, “from me” ; “who created this thought”, and answer, “I created this thought”, and finally “Who am I”. As soon as he got an answer to the last question, “Who am I, no matter what the answer, go right back to the first question, “where did this thought come from?”. I asked him to please do this 4 or 5 times and then let me know what he came up with.

His answer, like a lot of my clients, was varied and far reaching. The reason I asked him to do this exercise was because he seemed to be struggling with letting go of his thought processes, and just taking action or being in the moment.

It is a common theme in our lives; we become so entwined in our thoughts, in our egos that we forget to experience the moment. We, in fact, become so entwined in our analysis of whatever is going on, that we actually loose ourselves. We lose the experience of the moment, and we become stressed, anxious, nervous, and almost phobic about the idea that WE are not doing this right, WE are not good enough. We are not living up to the expectations of those around us, those who raised or influenced us, and those who told us how we should act, WE actually get lost in the trap of our egos. We begin to believe that we are our thoughts, we are egos, and we forget how to enjoy life.

This condition can, and does lead to all types of conditions, such as chemical dependency, low self worth, low self esteem, anxiety, phobias, stress, obsessive compulsive behaviors, and eventually great dis-ease in the body.

How can we stop the madness? One very powerful tool is called Mindfulness, a meditative technique that dates back thousands of years. At Foundations Hypnosis ~ Seattle ~ Lynnwood ~ Everett, I teach my clients how to regain their own identity, how to let go of the worry about the future, and the guilt of the past, by realizing that they are not their thoughts, they are not their feelings, they are not their bodies, there are the consciousness behind all of these things.

Using Self-Hypnosis, Mindfulness exercises, such as the one listed above, and powerful Hypnotic trance states, including Emotional Release Therapy, coupled with the power of Neuro-linguistic Programming techniques, clients are able to release deeply held beliefs that have kept them stuck for years. These beliefs create the emotions that cause them to believe that they are not good enough, not worthy enough, flawed in some manner that they must try to cover over with such behaviors and conditions as excess weight, nicotine addiction, obsessive compulsive behaviors, alcohol and drug abuse, or issues of anxiety and stress.

Within a few short sessions, clients find themselves letting go of old behaviors with no effort. They begin developing new behaviors, new strategies that allow them to live a happy, healthy, and productive life.

Just this week, one of my clients was commenting on how surprised he was at the ease in which he was able to give up daily drinking. “I was nervous, I was scared that I would not be able to do it, but now I am facing each day with a new confidence, and new empowerment, that I never knew that I had.”

This client has expressed to me that he has started attending support groups, “something I never would have imagined myself doing, and actually getting up each day, looking forward to the day”.

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