If hypnotism is so good in helping with behavioral issues and addiction why isn’t it use more often? Vol. 549 – May 14, 2020
The sad fact of the matter is that there is a lot of bullshit out there by the licensed practitioners that do not believe that lay practitioners have the ability to help people heal, therefore it is downplayed and even spoken of in negative terms. These same licensed practitioners, many who have never taken a course in it so have not a clue what it is and what it isn’t. Case in point:
Many years ago I had a client that was being over-medicated on 6 different medications while diagnosed with 6 different diagnoses, none of them applied in truth. However, that did not stop the person who was the licensed mental health practitioner from not only not taking her sweet time to check out the course of treatment that I was going to be doing with this client, she tried to scare his father from accessing it. When I spoke to his father I asked him one question, “Who has guardianship of your son right now?” He told me that he did. So, I firmly suggested that he use his own mind to make the best decision for his son who had spent so many days in the hospital that he wasn’t attending school through the program.
Well, his father came to me because of training that he took in his search for real help for his son. In that training he learned NLP and lead him to believe that Time Line Therapy (R) as developed by Tad James would certainly help his son to overcome the anger and sadness that his son was demonstrating – hell the kid never knew his biological father and his mother died when he was 6 months old. He thought that she abandoned him, and that is where all the anger came from that lead to many of the ill-thought-out diagnoses. However, that is not what happened in reality, she died of a deadly disease.
What I need to be clear about here is that we did a lot of very deep clearing work over a few days time to help this client to get his own life back. It took a couple of years for him to fully integrate everything, and now he is doing just fine, thank you very much. My point here is that we need to understand that one cannot say what is viable if one has no idea what one is speaking of.
The other thing that pisses me off about the whole licensed mental health professional thing is that many of them try to do hypnosis and have no idea what they are doing with it. This has been seen many times over my years in practice. It is an art and a science and needs the same respect given to learning it as any profession does. It is not a matter of a weekend course and then applying what one knows about psychological theory to it. It is much more nuanced than that.
I happen to have worked in the world of mental health before entering the world of hypnosis so I have a good understanding of how the mind operates, and that has certainly helped me to gain much better results with my clients than other hypnotists may be able. I would also have to say that clearing my own mental health and physical health issues with the use of hypnosis has helped me in understanding on a very deep level how to work with this modality as well.
I thank you for this question and believe it will help many others who are maybe thinking of using hypnosis to overcome their unconscious/subconscious beliefs to move forward in seeking out a hypnotist that can help them to do so. With the coronavirus, you can access anyone from around the world. I have been working from Haifa, Israel with clients back in the US without any issues. The only thing I would say is to check out that their websites and look for similar types of clients that they have helped via an in-depth testimonial from past clients. Because it is true that there are many people out there who really haven’t a clue what they are doing – but that is true in ALL professions, not just hypnotists (or hypnotherapists – a legal differentiation in some states and not in others.)
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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.