What is EMDR?

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a powerful psychotherapy technique which has been very successful in helping people who suffer from trauma, anxiety, panic, disturbing memories, post traumatic stress and many other emotional problems.

EMDR is the most effective and rapid method for healing PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) as shown by extensive scientific research studies.

I use an instrument called a Thera-tapper which creates tactile stimulation that activates the opposite sides of the brain, releasing emotional experiences that are “trapped” in the nervous system. Whatever fires together wires together. Therefore, the goal is to reprocess the trauma and allow the “rational brain” to kick in to free the “emotional brain” of the high levels of emotion tied to the trauma to achieve a more peaceful state.

What is Hypnotherapy?

     –The Unconscious Mind is the Key

To get powerful, lasting and rapid results in counseling, it is essential that the methods employed reach and influence the unconscious (subconscious) mind. The unconscious mind houses the emotions, imagination, memory, habits, intuition, and is the individual’s personal pathway to even more subtle levels of consciousness. It also regulates our autonomic body functions.

The unconscious mind is the very core or essence of how we experience ourselves and the world and meaningful personal transformation results from a shift in the unconscious mind.

Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation (trance). Once in hypnosis during therapy, there is a vast range of therapeutic possibilities to harness and transform the unconscious mind. Within the field of hypnotherapy, there are a great variety of ways to harness the power of the unconscious mind to affect change. Hypnosis is used in areas such as chronic and acute pain control, to change the pain threshold or affect the psychological associations of pain. It can be effective to improve confidence, concentration, recall, motivation, achievement, focus, health and stress management. Hypnosis can help overcome addictions, habits, eating disorders, insomnia, fears, phobias, and negative thought, emotional and behavior patterns. It can also tap people into the utilization of their full potential in endeavors like work, sports, art or creative expression.

Always look on the Brighter side.

Some call it being unrealistic, I call it Choosing to Be Happy.