Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy is accepted by the American Medical Association as an officially recognized therapeutic model for healing because it is proven effective in helping ease a wide variety of emotional, psychological and physical challenges. Hypnosis is guided imagery and has a very profoundly relaxing effect on the body, mind and spirit. It has also proven effective in the cessation of many habits by reducing physical symptoms and cravings. We offer a variety of options to meet your hypnotherapy needs.
* If you prefer (mailed) CD’s to MP3’s they will be mailed for an additional shipping charge of $3.
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Pain Management
The April 29, 2000, issue of the journal The Lancet reported that hypnosis reduced pain, anxiety, and blood pressure complications in patients undergoing invasive medical procedures. Patients in the hypnosis group also required less than half as much painkilling medication as those in the standard group.
"Most patients benefit from the use of hypnotic suggestion for pain relief," says Guy Montgomery, PhD, a behavioral scientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. (Montgomery published a meta-analysis on the subject in the April 2, 2000 issue of the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis.)
"If hypnosis was a drug, everyone would be using it," says David Spiegel, MD, a psychiatrist at Stanford University. "Changing your mental set can change what's going on in your body."
"Hypnosis is simply a refined form of applied imagination," says Donald F. Lynch Jr., MD, a urological oncologist at the Eastern Virginia School of Medicine, who has used the technique to help patients alleviate the pain, anxiety, and depression associated with cancer.
Alexander A. Levitan, MD, MPH, a medical oncologist in Minneapolis, has participated in numerous surgeries, including hysterectomies, in which hypnosis was used as the sole agent for pain control.
In a report from the responses of 1227 women who used hypnosis in childbirth 72% used no pain medication as opposed to only 14% using other methods or no methods at all.
| Natural Numbing Anesthesia for Birth MP3 - $29 | |
| Pain Management In-office/Skype/ooVoo/phone session + MP3 - $79 | |
Relieving Phobias, Fears or Anxiety
Scientific studies indicate that certain hormonal changes take place in the presence of fear, stress, and anxiety. In life, fear is the very obstacle to our self-confidence and, ultimately, to our success. Fear or anxiety can turn into phobias. The effects of long term anxiety include loss of socialization, cancer, heart disease, compromised immune system, gastrointestinal disorders and so much more.
In labor, fear creates tension and tension creates pain. The adrenaline released while in fear or stress has been referred to as the antithesis of oxytocin, the naturally produced hormone that stimulates uterine contractions. Another category of hormones called catecholamines (which include epinephrine, nor epinephrine, and dopamine) is indicated by other studies as one of the causative factors in fetal distress and problematic labor. In postpartum, fear creates confusion, anxiety, the feeling of helplessness and of being lost and alone and can contribute to postpartum depression.
| Trust Birth (Fear Release) MP3 - $29 | |
| Fears/Phobia/Anxiety In-office/Skype/ooVoo/phone session + MP3 $79 | |
Building Self Confidence
Confidence is an attitude that allows people to have positive, yet realistic views of themselves and their situations. Self-confident people trust their own abilities, have a general sense of control over their lives, and believe that, within reason, they will be able to do what they want to do. Confidence leads to self trust, self empowerment, and self advocacy for the realization of goals and dreams.
In the birthing world, this can make the difference between a medicalized labor and birth and a natural one.
| Self - Confident Birth Mother MP3 - $29 | |
| Self - Confidence In-office/Skype/ooVoo/phone session + MP3 - $79 | |
Promoting Restful Sleep
Sleep deprivation and other sleep disorders can have a serious effect on health.Sleep is a natural occurrence that allows our body to repair, rejuvenate and restore. This session is designed for the person with an overactive mind at night and encourages each area of the the body to relax completely.
| Go To Sleep MP3 - $29 | |
| Restful Sleep In-office/Skype/ooVoo/phone session + MP3 - $79 | |
Positive Thinking
Replacing negative images, thoughts, conversations and beliefs with positive ones is critical to success. Believing down into your gut (and your subconscious) that birth is normal, natural and therefore can be achieved without pain or peril is key to a more successful natural birth experience. The representation of birth that most American women are given from the time we were small girls is that birth is a painful event. Women who advocate for normal, natural birth are called “crazy” and are often undermined by medical staff, friends, family, television shows, the media and even strangers. The Positive Thinking Session can give you the reinforcement to keep you on track with your goals.
| Positive Thinking for The Birthing Mother MP3 - $29 | |
| Positive Thinking in-office/Skype/ooVoo/phone session + MP3 - $79 | |
Reducing and Managing Stress
According to Dr. Bruce Lipton PhD, when a pregnant woman is subjected to repetitive stress, the fetus will also be subject to repetitive stress and this will have an impact on the development of his/her physiology. The negative impact from prolonged stress affects mothers and the unborn child physically, emotionally and spiritually.
You and your loved ones might notice signs of stress in the way you think, act, and feel. You may feel cranky and unable to deal with even small problems, feel frustrated, lose your temper more often, and yell at others for no reason, feel jumpy or tired all the time, find it hard to focus on tasks, make you worry too much about small things, cause you to imagine that bad things are happening or about to happen.
| Relaxation for the Birthing Mother MP3 - $29 | |
| Stress Management in-office/Skype/ooVoo phone session + MP3 - $79 | |
Breech Turning
For women planning to have normal, natural birth, the news that their baby is breech can be pretty scary. It is common for mothers with breech babies to hear that the "only" thing they can do is to have a cesarean. The truth is that there are several options for breech babies. A researcher at the University of Vermont, Burlington, used hypnosis with one hundred pregnant women whose babies were in the breech position between the thirty-seventh and fortieth week of gestation. The study, which appeared in the Archives of Family Medicine, reported that 81% of the babies in the hypnosis group moved to the vertex position, compared with 48 % of the control group. Hypnosis was most effective for the women motivated to use the technique.
The optimal time to turn a breech baby is between the 36th and 39th week when the baby potentially has enough room to turn and once turned will stay in the vertex position.
| Breech Turning MP3 - $29 | |
| Breech Turning in-office/Skype/ooVoo phone session + MP3 - $79 | |
Increased Breast Milk Production
A controlled study of fifty-five women examined the effects of imagery and relaxation on breast milk production in mothers of infants in a neonatal intensive care unit. They received a twenty-minute audiotape of progressive relaxation followed by guided imagery of pleasant surroundings, milk flowing in the breasts, and the baby's warm skin against theirs. They produced more than twice as much milk compared to those receiving only routine care.
| Let it Flow Breast Milk MP3 - $29 | |
| Increased Breast Milk in-office/Skype/ooVoo phone session + MP3 - $79 | |
Birth Support Package
A great investment or long-lasting gift for less than the price of one 90 minute massage!
Includes:
Relaxation for the Birthing Mother MP3
Self-Confident Birth Mother MP3
Positive Thinking for the Birthing Mother MP3
Trust Birth (Fear Release) MP3
Natural Numbing Anesthesia for Birth MP3
| Birth Support Package 5 MP3’s -$129 |