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First lets look at NLP. NLP stands for Neuro Linguistics Programming.  NLP started in the early 1970’s in Santa Cruz, California, when Richard Bandler, a 20-year-old psychology student at U.C..L.A.  met and became friends with Dr. John Grinder, an associate professor of linguistics at the college. It is the study or our words and images. By simply changing the structure of thes words and images you can change the outcomes in your life and life circumstances. 

NLP will show you how to attrack the thing(s) that you want into your life, instead of the thing(s) you don’t want. I was recently talking with Kay Ries a Life Coach and NLP practisioner, who talked about how NLP and the Law of Attraction are very similar. There are three basic steps to the Law of Attraction, 1) Identify your Desire, 2) Give your Desire Attention, 3) Allow It.  People put a lot of work into identifying their desires, and given their desires lots of attention. The step that they miss is number three, allowing thier desires to manifest.

The inability to allow something into your life comes from doubts and limiting beliefs.  With NLP and Hypnosis you will be given tools and skills that will help remove limiting beliefs, and eliminate doubt. These tools include creating allowing statements, and focusing on Appreciation and Gratitude.  You will also experience the power of ERT. This tool will allow you to move beyond self doubt and fears.

Get yourself unstuck, Call now, 206-417-4900. Start manifesting the Life you have always desired. DLScott Hypnotherapy, Seattle, Shoreline and Edmonds.

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The clients tell me that they haved tried other techniques and therapies, but nothing seems to work. In fact, in a recent study in American Health Magazine listed the following findings.

• Psychoanalysis: 38% recovery after 600 sessions

• Behavior Therapy: 72% recovery after 22 sessions

• Hypnotherapy: 93% recovery after SIX sessions

I have given the issue of why Hypnotherapy is such an effective means of therapy. Working in the field of Socail Work and Therapy for over 28 + years I have watched as clients go through traditional theraputic techniques which constantly focus on the issues and complaints. Each week clients come in and talk with their therapist about what is keeping them stuck, They talk about all of the negative issues in their lives, and never really explore solutions to these issues, accept in the form of perscription medication, that numbs them up to their feelings.

I have been lucky enough that I studied another approach early on in my career, That approach is Hypnotherpy, which includes Mindfulness techniques, NLP, and Life Coaching.

With Hynotherpy, the client is taught that when they focus on their thoughts and emotions, they are giving up their own power, their own ability to direct their thoughts emotions.  A lot has been stated and taught about the Law of Attraction, in the last several years. What you focus on creates your attitude. Your attitude can be either positive or negative dependent upon your focus. With the power of Hypnotherapy, you will taught skills and tools that allow you to be the master of your thoughts, the master of your emotions. With that mastery comes the ability to focus on the positive things in your life and your life circumstances.

Our minds react to the words and images that we fill it with, whether we doing this consciously or uncounsciously. Words are very powerful, and often times that power is misunderstood. The mind does not the meaning of the words no, not, or don’t, If I were to say to you right now, don’t think of a snow storm, I can assure you that you are thinking of a snow storm.   With Hypnotherapy, NLP, and Life coaching you are taught such techniques as the poser of positive comments. Instead of don’t think of a snow storm, you will start using phrases such as, think of a sunny bright day. With the “don’t think of a snowstorm, your mind immeditely thought of a snow storm. With “think of a sunny bright day”, your mind immediately went to a scene of a bright sunny day. In the one case your mind reacted to the don’t statement seeing the unwanted scene, and flooding the mind and body with negative emotions. With the “think of a bright sunny day” your mind reacted to the second statement by seeing the sunny scene and flooding the body with positive emotions.

Change your thinking, change your life!

Call Foundations Hypnois North Seattle, Shoreline, Edmonds, now! The studio number is 206-417-4900, or contact me through my e-mail at dlscott2@comcast.net.

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It seems like a long time since I last wrote a blog for this website, and in reality it has been a while.

I have taken a break as I explore more skills, tools, and techniques to help my clients obtain their goals. What I have learned during these last few weeks is that by focusing on the tools of Self Hypnosis, Mindfulness, and Emotional Release Therapy, I believe that Foundations Hypnosis Seattle – Everett – Bellevue, has been made even stronger.

While I have continued to explore specific techiques and hypnotic inductions, what I keep coming back to is the idea of Mindfulness and NLP, (Neuro Linguistic Programming), and Emotional Release Therapy.

Over the years I have worked within the field of social and human services, such as my current work  in both the Hypnosis field, and the Chemical Dependency field with a state funded agency. In both of these areas I have focused on the tools of Hypnosis / Mindfulness Emotional Release Therapy, and Dialetic Behavioral Therapy. Combining these clinical proven techniques has proven effective and powerful in helping my clients reduce or eliminate a wide variety of issues, and complaints, such as Anxiety, Phobias, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Sleep Disturbances, Personality Disorders, Pain Management, Nicotine Addiction, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorders. While I would never claim that Hypnosis, and Mindfulness are cures all for all issues, nor would I claim the Emotional Release Therapy Technique used and taught by Foundations Hypnosis North Seattle – Lynnwood – Shoreline, I will state that learning these techniques and employing these techniques will drastically reduce or eliminate effects of the above mentioned issues, plus a lot more.

With Foundations Hypnosis Seattle – Bellevue, you will learn techniqes, including self hypnosis, emotional release therapy, NLP, and mindfulness  that allow you to detach from the stress and trauma assoicated with old memories, images, and programming that we carry around with us all the time. 

Within a matter of one session you will be able to dramatically change feelings, and emotions that have kept you stuck in old behaviors, and old patterns for years. 

Think about that, when you begin to view old images and memories of traumatic events and situations in your life, those images, memories cause your body to be flooded with effects of stress, e.g. muscle tension, high blood pressure, shortness of breath, and other feelings that make up what are generally known as the fight or flight response.  Take just a moment to recall a recent event, such as an argument with your partner, loss of a loved one, perhaps a fight with your boss. Really allow yourself to bring that image into your consciousness very clearly, notice the colors, the sounds, the details of the image. Now notice the effects that this image has on your body.

Now think of that same image, only change it some way. Make it less clear, make it faded out, add silly music to it. Now notice the effects that this image has on your body. You will notice that the image no longer is stressful or as frightening as before. You have just learned an important concept of NLP, (Neuro Linguistic Programming), when you change the coding of a memory or image in your brain, the image no longer has the same impact.

This is just one of the amazing things that you can do by learning to utilize the power of your brain, through techniqes taught by Foundations Hypnosis Seattle.

When you add this too the techniques of Mindfulness, and Emotional Release Therapy, you will discovery that things you once thought of as insurmontable issues or problems, will seem to just begin to

fade from your life.

If you want to experience fast, powerful, and lasting resulting, CALL NOW, (206) 417-4900 Foundations Hypnosis Seattle – North Seattle – Shoreline, or contact me by taking the brief survey on this website.  You will be glad that you did.

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It has been a while since I have sat down to write a blog, and as usual many things have occurred in the world and in mylife. I think I about these events, and recognize the methods that are taught by Foundations Hypnosis Seattle to help dealwith these daily events, I realize that it is these events, these life circumstance, these experiences which have and will continue to shape my character, in the same why that these types of events shape the character of my clients. What I am referring to is how we react to the world around us, the process by which each and every one of us creates our own unique personality and EGO.

When you go to see a psychologist, psychiatrist, or other Mental Health Counselor, you are usually going to spend a lot of time revisiting the events of your past as you try to uncover the reasons for your current behavior. While all of this is often times interesting, and can give you some perspective on the details of your life, such as an abusive childhood, a traumatic

event somewhere in your past, an out of the normal situation that caused you to create a way of maneuvering through these life circumstances, it is not the most direct and most effective route to changing current behavior.  As a Certified Hypnotherapist and Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor, I have witnessed how redirecting our thoughts, recoding our memories will swiftly and effortlessly create amazing changes in my clients lives.

No matter what issue a client brings into my office, low self worth, low self esteem, the desire to quit smoking, or stop an obsessive compulsive behavior, eliminating or reducing  the symptoms of stress and anxiety, no matter what the client brings to me, it all boils down to the same thing. What is the trance that is running your life?

No matter what the content of the past events, repeated bad relationships, abusive parents or other abusive adults, or people in your life, those things cannot be changed. What can be changed is the way in which you are currently reacting to circumstances and events in your life. Once you change your thought processes, once you change your reactions to repeated content, (events and life circumstances), you will be amazed at how swiftly your life will change.

I have worked with hundreds of clients who, after learning the techniques of NLP, Mindfulness, and Self Hypnosis, have been able to greatly reduce or eliminate phobias, anxiety, stress, anger and a variety of obsessive compulsive behaviors.  You see, when you react to any situation your brain is generating a trance state, a group of deep trance symptoms that dictate how you act or react in any giving situation. How many times have you found yourself reacting with repeated

patterns of anger, anxiety, or obsessive compulsive behaviors when you are faced with situations in your life? By taking control of your reactions, you will discover that you can; without hours of talk therapy; eliminate behaviors that have kept you stuck for years.

Within just a few sessions of Foundations Hypnosis North Seattle Shoreline Lynnwood Everett, clients have been able to drop emotions and thought patterns that have crippled them for many years.  During the first session you will be expose d to a powerful technique called Emotional Release Therapy that will help you to detach from negative emotions and behaviors, and allow you to start living the life you have always dreamed of.

Call now (206) 417-4900, and set an appointment. You will be amazed at how swiftly and completely you can change your life.

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At Foundations Hypnosis NLP Seattle ~ Shoreline ~ Everett, you are taught simple and effective techniques of Mindfulness, Hypnosis, NLP, and Emotional Release Therapy, ERT,  that teach your subconscious brain how to attract, behave, and act in a new healthy, abundant manner. The behaviors and the failures of the past fade away, and are replaced by new patterns of success.

Many people have heard about the Law of Attraction, whether it be through the movie, The Secret, or through the teachings of Jerry and Ester Hicks, but much of what is talked about is how we can attract into our lives just by thinking about it. Most of what is taught is a very simplistic and theoretical. It does not provide a lot of practical answers as to why this process works, and in fact to many people it ends up being thought of as a magical way of thinking, something akin to wishful thinking.

I am a very hands on type of person; I need to have things explained in a very practical way, before I can even consider why they might work. Through the teachings of such people as Jerry and Ester Hicks, Ernest Holmes, and Michael Losier, I have found those explanations, and have been able to take them further with the power of Hypnosis, and NLP.  At Foundations Hypnosis NLP serving the Seattle ~ Shoreline ~ Lynnwood ~ Bothell ~ Everett, I show how the Law of Attraction is science, not new age magic, and how you can start using this science in your own life in a very deliberate way. I say, use it in a deliberate way, because the Law of Attraction is working in your life, whether you are aware of it or not.
First off, why does the Law of Attraction work and what is the scientific explanation?

When we have a thought, we are creating a Neuro pathway in the brain. Every time we revisit that thought, we are using the same Neuro pathway. As an example I want you to think of something unpleasant, something that has made you frustrated or angry. Allow yourself to view this image, give it color, brightness, and clarity. Now I want you to think of that image and this time make it  black and white, dull, grainy, and give it some really silly background music, such as music in a cartoon, or music from a circus.

On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being very unpleasant and 1 being neutral, I want you to once again think of the image you just changed, and you will realize that the unpleasantness, the anger or the frustration is diminished, you are no longer able to feel the same about the image, and or the event. You don’t have to struggle with trying not to get angry, you simply can’t feel angry, or you can’t feel the same level of anger. The more you practice this technique, the more you will recognize that your anger, or unpleasantness is gone. Your brain has done exactly what it is suppose to do; it has changed the image and has now accessed a new Neuro pathway. It has done this without any conscious effort on your part, except to change the content of the image. With this new image and new Neuro pathway you are producing a positive charge as opposed to the negative charge.

There is no magic power at work, it is a simple and very understandable fact of neurology.

Once you have removed the blocks, (unwanted negative emotions), that keep you from experiencing the type of life you desire, then you will learn how to use the tool of attention, to start moving the process toward gaining the life you desire.

Just listen to what one client has said about the process:
This is amazing, and I can apply it in so many ways, my school work, my athletics. Why in just this one session I was able to resolve my feelings toward my sister, and let go of anger that I had been holding onto for years. I came here to learn how to quit smoking, and not only have I accomplished that, but I have gained so much more.
S.H. 2010

If you want to wake up and spring out of bed with a new sense of confidence and purpose, with the abilities, energy, and power of choice that you always knew you have, then don’t delay. CALL NOW!!!!! (206)417-4900, Foundations Hypnosis NLP, serves the greater Seattle, Shoreline, Lynnwood, Bothell, Bellevue, Everett area.

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Can it really be that simply? After going through months, and years of traditional therapy, can they actually find the relief they were looking for within a matter of just a few minutes or a few hours.

The answer is YES!!!! With the power of your mind, you can learn amazing techniques that will allow you to become unstuck and move ahead in life, dropping behaviors, fears, emotional traumas, and anxieties and actually live the type of life that you have only dreamed of.

With Foundations Hypnosis, NLP, Seattle ~ Everett you can experience results within a very short time. Results that are powerful, and long lasting.

The secret is in the ability to recognize that you live your life based on the character and content of the images  in your mind.

By changing the characterand content of those images, our bodies react in a totally different way. You will go from experiencing fear and anxiety, to being able to experience new positive feelings  in just a matter of a brief time.  Think about that, you don’t have to forget or denay any thoughts or images, you just need to learn how to change the character and content of the problematic image.

Just the other day I was working with a client who had not been able to get himself to quit chewing tobacco, by simply having him look at, and change the character and  the content of the images and the messages related to chewing tobacco, he was able to drop years of cravings and addiction to this unhealthy and disgusting habit in a matter of minutes.

What is it that you want to change in your life? What do you want to experience in a new powerful and positive way in your life? It can be done swiftly and completely, and it will be accomplished with the resources that you have always had inside of you, but never knew existed.

Call NOW, (206) 417-4900, Foundations Hypnosis, NLP, Seattle ~ Shoreline ~ Everett. Both evening and day times appointments are available.

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I just recently finished working with a client, in my studio where I see clients for Counseling -Hypnosis in North Seattle, Shoreline,  who was complaining of abandonment issues, lack of self confidence, insecurity, need for attention, and jealousy.  He had been having trouble with an assignment that I had given him regarding letting go of the stories that keep him stuck in those issues, and behaviors.
As I explained to him, those behaviors are the result of agreements made long ago, and those agreements were designed and used by his EGO to keep the EGO safe, secure. They would not necessarily kept him happy or living a life of success & joy, but they would allow the EGO to  keep itself in a position of safety and security.

How can this be possible, you may ask.

As I have mentioned before, the biggest fear and terror that EGO has is that of death, complete & total annihilation. When you die, when your physical body dies, the EGO is done. The thoughts, the memories, the images, the totally of our mental scripts, are gone. Now the energy, the awareness, the consciousness that is the true you will go on in some fashion, it is energy, and energy never dies, it simply continues in another form, what that other form is, is still up for debate, and one that I cannot answer. What I can answer is that for you to truly enjoy your existence, for you to truly live a life of success, happiness, and joy, you have to step into the driver’s seat. You have to take control of your life, let go of traumas, fears, addictions, phobias, and anxieties. Forgive your past, and start living your present.  (As someone once said, Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having a better past).  The past is done and over with, it is simply a memory, an electrochemical bit of energy that keeps replaying over and over in your brain. You have no control over this, but you do have control over the present moment, the choices you make in the present moment, and whether you are going to live and EGO centered life, or whether you are going to live a life based in conscious choices and deliberate creativity.

How can you do this?

First you must let go of old attachments, traumas, emotional stresses, and images, and beliefs. You must allow yourself to believe that you can have the life you truly desire.

With Foundations Hypnosis Seattle – Lynnwood – Everett, you will experience The Power of Emotional Release Therapy. You will learn self hypnotic techniques, powerful NLP processes, mindfulness techniques, and how to use the power of your words to create positive outcomes, positive relationships, and powerful events in your life that will eliminate addictions, phobias, pain, fear, and anxieties.

Don’t delay CALL, Foundations Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy, NOW!!!!! (206) 417-4900. Join the hundreds of people who have obtained their goals through sound counseling methods enhanced by the Power of Hypnosis, NLP, and Mindfulness.

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It is hard to believe that 2010 is almost over, and we are getting ready to experience the beginning of a new decade. Are you ready to experience the best decade of your life, or are you still hanging on to old beliefs, old behaviors, and all the things that Your Ego dictates is what you are. Have you tried to stop smoking, eliminate addictions, lose weight,  and increase self worth and self esteem? Have you read all of the books and seen all of the videos on the Law of Attraction, and yet nothing seems to change?  Foundations Hypnosis Seattle ~ Lynnwood ~ Everett, has the solution.

One of the firsts thing that I teach my clients is the fact that while we are not our thoughts, we are not our feelings, and we are not our body, we certainly experience our thoughts feelings, and body. And we usually experience it in such a way that could swear that these things are exactly what we are.

Think about that, if someone asks you, “Who are you?” what would you answer?  Most of us would answer, “I am (fill in your name)”, or I am an American citizen, or I am a father, a mother, an (fill in your occupation)”, and a whole list of who we are according to the roles that we play.  Therein lays the problem. We believe we are these things, these roles that we play, such as “I am an addict, I am a cancer victim, I am the survivor of abuse”, and once again the list goes on and on.  It is the EGO that plays these roles, and they actually break down into three roles, 1) Victim, 2) Perpetrator 3) Hero. When your EGO is playing any one of these roles, it has the one thing that it really wants. It has the starring role in the drama you call your life.

What if you were able to do things differently in 2011? What if you were able to stop being a victim, a slave to your thoughts, and feelings, what if you could consciously let go of playing a role in your life, and actually begin living and experiencing your life the way you truly want and desire. What if you found out how easy it is too actually take control, become the master of those thoughts and feelings? It can be done, and one of the easiest ways of doing this is through the use of Hypnosis, Mindfulness and NLP.

Using the techniques of mindfulness and hypnosis, (plus the technique known as Emotional Release Therapy, which has helped hundreds of people eliminate addictive behavior from their lives), I teach my clients how to unattach from these roles created by our thoughts, and allow themselves to become the conscious observer of these thoughts and feelings, and roles.

The first thing to do is to learn to observe the thoughts, don’t attach to them simply let them float through your mind. Long ago in a conference class through Washington Hypnosis Association, I learned a technique that is an easy and effective way of doing this, and can be done without having to go into a deep meditative trance.

The next time you have a thought come up, such as when someone annoys you or does something that is rude, such as tries to cut in line in front of you, simply stop and ask yourself the question, “where did this thought come from”, answer yourself, “from me”, then ask, “who created this thought”, answer, “I created this thought” then ask yourself the question, “who am I”.  No matter what the answer, such as “I am (name)”, or “I am a male, female. Etc.” do not try to analyze the answer, simply go right back to the first question, “now where did that thought come from”. 

As you continue to run these questions through your mind, you will begin to notice that every thought is just that, it is a thought, and nothing more.  I personally practice this technique a lot, and have found that I react to my thoughts less and less, and this gives me more options in which I can choose how I want to react in any given situation.

With just this simple Mindfulness technique you can start letting go attachments to your EGO / brain created thoughts, feelings and roles, and start choosing a way of relating to the world and especially your immediate environment that will create and attract a life of abundance, happiness, and joy.

Using Mindfulness you will be able to let go of thoughts and emotions that have kept us stuck, and by adding the deep trance state of Hypnosis you will be able to implant new images, new messages, and the type of positive thoughts and images that will manifest the type of life you desire.

If you are ready to truly change your life, to keep those promises to yourself about becoming a nonsmoker, losing the weight you have been dreaming of, letting go of anxiety, phobias, and fears. Finally being able to get a decent night’s sleep, without waking every few hours plagued by random thoughts, and images that create stress and anxiety, THEN CALL NOW!!!!!  Foundations Hypnosis Seattle ~ Lynnwood ~ Everett serves the Seattle Bellevue area, and is located just minutes from I-5 in North Seattle near Shoreline.  The number is (206) 417-4900.

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