This was a question that was asked on Quora and this is how I answered it:
You know the reason that I never pursued getting a license to practice mental health, was because of the co-dependent manner in which too many therapists operated.
There is no reason for people to feel compelled. to continue with therapy as a life-long pursuit unless someone has an illness that requires it such as experiencing psychotic features or needing someone to make sure their medications are still doing the job and not causing physiological harm over long-term use. Therapy is supposed to help you to learn how to take care of yourself when life’s situations arise.
However, it seems like Americans feel the need to always have someone with whom to put their trust because they can’t seem to be the type of people that can make their own decisions, too many things triggering them (including too many in the health care field) and too many that just can’t give up the old stories they tell themselves about their past. By the way, I have the same issue with life, health, and business coaches that expect their clients to forever renew their programs.
Let me tell you something: One can NEVER have a ‘present’ or create their future the way they want. it if they are constantly dragging. the problems of their past into their present.
I am a hypnotist and Master Practioner of Neuro-Linguistic programming having found these modalities after being not just underwhelmed but also very upset with the way my mental health clients were treated by my bosses in the supported housing programs I worked at as an unlicensed counselor back in the early 1990s. I wanted a holistic way to help my clients get past their past and live their lives based on what they wanted their lives to become. I knew this was possible because I had done it myself – but even more so, if you look at the people who have had to leave their countries because of war, famine, or political strife, with nothing on them but the clothes on their backs and somehow in a foreign country they have created businesses and become successful. One needs to ask why it is that some are capable of doing this, and others never can see an end to endless support from another.
I was in therapy for 14 years overmedicated to the point where my kidneys started slowing down, and that is when I found the hypnotic arts thank God I did because now my life is based on being healthy and flowing in the directions I want it to be – instead of taking toxic medication and constantly having to see a shrink. No thanks – independence is a much better way to live and that is what I want for all my clients they can certainly do as you are doing seeing their psychologist, psychiatrist, mental health counselor – whomever for the rest of their days because to me that isn’t a life, it is a co-dependence and an unhealthy one at that.
My clients do call for ‘tune-ups’ when they need them and that is usually 1 session because that is all they need to clear out whatever was bothering them. However, my goal is to give them the tools and techniques so they can take care of themselves as their live into their purpose on this planet as we all have one if we choose to focus on that instead of what is wrong with us and our lives.
Thanks for the question.
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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.