This was an interesting question from a person on Quora asking therapists to respond. I found this particularly important because it is rare when therapists are asked to reflect on how it is that they interact with their patients. Here is how I answered this question:
This is an interesting and important question that I have never seen asked before in my years here on Quora.
I am a hypnotist so there are many issues that folks have given the misrepresentation of what it is in. the media – especially the movies. So, I have to spend a lot of my time educating the public and my prospective clients on what it is.
I do this by explaining how the hypnotist is able to work in the subconscious mind by using the hypnotic trance state to work in the hippocampus and amygdala of the brain – the emotional centers bypassing the reasoning, rationalization, and judgment that occurs in the conscious mind – the prefrontal cortex. This allows the client to easily transform negative emotions such as anger, sadness, fear, and guilt along with limiting beliefs to positive feelings while letting go of the limiting beliefs.
You see, it is simple to do this as long as we are being factual while explaining the concepts that need to be understood.
Almost every answer that I write here on Quora is an educational piece of information on mental illness, hypnotism, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), and other related topics such as how patients can better interact with or understand their therapist. I get many questions of that type.
I do my best to be respectful to those who asked the questions because they are looking for information that they need yet, may have no other way to get the answer – or so they think as there is a ton of information by professionals all over the internet most especially the videos done by doctors and nurses on Youtube. I have learned a lot from them over the years and continue to. They teach in a manner akin to professors in front of their classrooms explaining things in layman’s terms.
So it can be done and needs to be done so those that we are here to serve can make informed decisions about the care that they are being asked to consider.
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About Suzanne
Suzanne Kellner-Zinck founded Dawning Visions Hypnosis in 2002, She has become an innovator in the use of hypnotism and neuro-linguistic programming in the areas of obsessive compulsive disorders such as: eating disorders, sexual addiction and substance abuse as well as working with those with anxiety and mood disorders.
Her clients have come to work with her from across the United States and as far away as Africa to help them to finally be freed from these emotional issues that once ruled their lives. Today she is in the process of bringing her work to many more in the form of ebooks and other downloadable formats.
She is a member of American Holistic Medical Association and the American College for Advancement in Medicine.
Prior to founding Dawning Visions Hypnosis, Kellner-Zinck worked within vendor programs for the mentally ill working to help them to live up to their fullest potential. Many of her previous clients were able to move out on their own and find fulfilling work.
Kellner-Zinck is a Certified Trainer of Hypnosis and Neuro-Linguistic programing through Tad James Company, Inc. and a Master Hypnotist and Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming through Advanced Neuro Dynamics. She holds a bachelor’s degree in education and political studies from Curry College.
Dawning Visions Hypnosis is teaching people that they can indeed leave their unwanted behaviors behind as they move forward to living fulfilling and joy filled lives.