I explained that Clinical or Medical Hypnosis was not the same as Stage or Entertainment Hypnosis.  I explained how the brain works in terms of Frequencies and how its main function is to protect them by creating, or adopting,  coping mechanisms. I furtherd explained tha I would be using a proven technique called Emotional Release Therapy, and just by changing brain wave frequencies, they would be able to tap into healthier and more satisfying coping mechanisms that would not cause them the same consequencies that they Alcohol Usage was causing in their lives.

It has been proven that all Mental Health issues and Chemical Dependency issues come from trauma or stress. The trauma may be a conscious or an unconscious memory but either way it is fueling the need to use a coping mechanism to help ease the feelings originally created by the trauma. You see our brains have the ability to activate either the sympathetic or para-sympathetic nervous system.

The sympathetic nervous system releases neuro chemicals and hormones that create our flight, fight, or freeze response. When we enter into this pattern, it is very comman to adopt an unhelathy or addictive behavior, such as using drugs, alcohol, nicotine, food, or negative behaviors to try and cover over the feelings created by the original stress, or trauma.  The para-sympathetic nervous system releases neuro chemicals and hormones that create a feeling of peace and calm response.

With Hypnosis, the client learned how to switch from the sympathetic nervous system to the para-sympatyhetic nervous system. With that simple technique the client was able to reduce and eliminate the feelings of the fight, flight, or freeze response without erasing the original stress, and in some cases not even remembering the details of the original stress.

After the first session, the client reported that they had lost the craving to drink alcohol, and within just a few sessions, the client confidently reported that they achived their goal of not drinking. They came in, elated that they had been able to comfortably attend a couple of social gatherings, and had no desire to drink anything more than a soda.

Call Now!!!! Addictions cause major helath issues, whether it be alcohol, drugs, nicotine, or food, you owe it to yourself to start the new year with a new attitude. and the ablity to improve your health.  Call (206) 417-4900, Foundations Medical Hypnosis and Life Coaching Seattle, Shoreline, and Edmonds.

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I was initially told by the client that they were very skeptical as to whether the Hypnosis and Life Coaching could help, but after the first session the client claimed that they felt more calm, more relaxed, and centered, then they have felt in years.  Now after 4 sessions they report that they have not had a drop of alcohol, nor have they had any cravings.

I have been working in the fields of Hypnotherapy, and Chemical Dependency counseling for over 25 years, and things have changed quite a lot. At one time, the reason for the addiction was considered to be the drug / alcohol itself. As time has progressed and more research and evidence has been gathered, it is being stated that the drug, (and drug could be anything from alcohol, food, behavoirs, and mind altering substances), is not the actually problem. While it is true that your body can become physically addicted to any of the above, after 21 uses, it is also true that by going through physical detoxification you can rid the body of the physical addiciton.  In the past, many clients were advised to go into a detox center and things would be much better. Many times the client would go through the detox, but once they were done with that process, they would retrun to their every day lives and make no other changes, on a mental emotional, or spiritual level.

Foundations Hypnosis and Life Coaching utilizes a technique called Emotional Release Therapy. This techinque allows you to deal with old memories, old images, old beliefs, and agreements, by allowing you to become aware of the thoughts and feelings that your brain and body are producing, and easily and naturally recognizing that they are simply thoughts and emotions that you do not have to react to. I know that that this sounds simplistic, but the scientific evidence and research show it to be true.

By learning the techniques of Mindfulness, Hypnosis,NLP, and Life Coaching, the client finds that the stress, anxiety, and tension, that they once tried to change by using mind or mood altering substances, is released by themselves. They no longer are experiencing the flight or fight response, caused by unconscious production of natural chemicals in the body, such as adrenaline, and cortisol. Instead they are able to  able to tap into the nervous system and consciously produce healing, calmining chemicals such as seratonin, and dopimine. These healing and natural chemicals are able to allow the client to relax, become centered and explore new healthy behaviors, that do not include trying to make themselves feel better with the old mood altering substances.

Call Now, (206)417-4900, Foundations Hypnosis Seattle / Shoreline. Start living the life that you have been dreaming of.

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Trauma comes in many different forms and many different levels. While seeking out and talking about the original trauma, has been proven effective in some cases, the most important thing to remember is that your memories and images of the original trauma(s), create emotional responses, such as stress, anxiety, guilt, loneliness,  all leading to seeking relief through addiction /addictive behavior.

It was Einstein who stated, “you can’t solve the problem at the level of the problem”.  With the help of hypnosis and specifically a technique called ERT or Emotional Release Therapy, clients have found fast relief from the emotions of trauma within the first session. Once a client is able to obtain release from the emotions that have been causing stress, and the continued relief through addictive behaviors, then the work of finding a more appropriate response outside of addiction, and addictive behaviors can begin.

Using Hypnosis and ERT, has helped clients stop addictions to Crystal Meth, Alcohol, Nicotine, and a long list of other substances, and behaviors.  While there is no magic cure for any kind of chemical dependency / addiction, there are many tools and supports that can help ease the stress, and anxiety from trauma, and addiction. In my 25 years as a hypnotherapist and my work in the chemical addiction field, I can guarantee that Hypnosis is one of the most powerful and effective tools.

Don’t delay, call My office in North Seattle, Foundations Hypnosis Seattle ~ Everett at (206) 417-4900. The office is located at 337 North 143rd St. Seattle, WA. 98133 take the 130th St. exit off of I-5 north, or the 145th St. exit off of I-5 South.

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The results of this experiment were used to prove that once the subject is introduced to the chemical substance, in this case cocaine, it would become addicted to the drug, and nothing else would matter, it would ingest the cocaine until it died.

Now mind you, this was not the only experiment that was used to prove how addictions work, how it takes over your life, and how the drug becomes the only thing that the addict cares about, but it became one of the better published experiments, and it was promoted as proof as to how we must fight drugs as the evil, awful, enemy, and how only through constant vigilance against the drug, can an addict become free.

In the mid 1980(s), a professor in Van Couver, by the name of Bruce Alexander, started questioning this experiment. He thought about the fact that in the original experiment, the rat was put in a cage, alone, with nothing to do. He decided to add to  the experiment. He took a whole group of rats, put them in a cage with many distractors, such things as running wheels, tunnels to run through, other rates to interact with. Then he put in the two sources of water, the one laced with cocaine, and the one without.

It turns out that the rats in the plush cage, tried the cocaine laced water a few times, but then left it alone. They preferred the clean unlaced water.

Now what can this mean”

All treatments for drug addiction must first look at a detox period of some sort. This can be done in your own home, in a hospital, or a detox center, It depends upon the type of drug, how much has been used and over how long of a period.

Once this is done, the subject must look at their life, their cage. Are they comfortable? Are they focused on what they really want, or are they focused on the negative emotions, images, and messages of their lives?

It is important to know what you were feeling when you decided to ingest the drug. Like the rat in the first experiment, where you alone, anxious, stressed,  unhappy, and feeling depressed about your cage / life. If you were feeling these things, what were you doing, or what were you focused on that brought these types of feelings up. What, if any, past or current trauma, or past or current situation, was creating such feelings?

Over the years as a counselor, and hypnotherapist I have worked with clients who have come to me with various claims of being addicted. Some are addicted to food, some are addicted to smoking, some are addicted to drugs. What ever the complaint, the therapy is same. Some form of detox is called for, and then you must change your focus. You must release what ever emotional anchor you have to a past or current trauma or situation, so you can develop new, positive, emotional anchors, images, and messages.

The quickest way I know of, to accomplish this is through Emotional Release Therapy. Emotional Release Therapy is the Foundation of what I teach and use in Foundations Hypnosis North Seattle “Everett”.

These clients have moved on to new positive behaviors, new positive activities. Don’t delay; call Foundations Hypnosis Seattle “Everett”, (206) 417-4900 today. You WILL be glad that you did.

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Well let me tell you, the issue is not that there is anything wrong with you, you are perfectly fine, your brain is working perfectly fine, just the way that it was designed to work in fact. The problem is, what you are allowing yourself to focus on.

Most of us were taught to believe that we are our thoughts. Rene Descartes, the Christian Mystic, coined the phrase, “I think, therefore I am”!  The truth of the matter is that  your brain thinks, because that is what it is suppose to do. Our brains are what allow us to exist, and function on a daily basis. It runs our physical body, our heart, our internal functions, everything we need to live. It also has thousands and thousands of thoughts each day, thoughts based on lies and falsehoods that we have been trained to believe throughout the course of lives. The brain is one of the most incredible an sophisticated computers in existence, without it you could not live in this physical realm of time, space, and matter. The brain takes in thousands of bits of information and ideas on a daily basis and it interprets those bits of information and messages based on the information and messages that make up your basic program. If your brain, like most, was trained to look for the negative, to gossip, and make assumptions, then this leads to anxiety, and to stress. Your brain is working perfectly fine, as they say in the computer field, the hardware is running great, it is the software that needs to be changed. From the time you were a small child, your brain has been filled with images, messages, and lies that keep  you reacting with STRESS, and  ANXIETY, to the world around you. This is the brains basic programming.  BUT!!!! the brain is not you. You are the life force, the energy, the soul, the chi, the prana, that exist, behind it all. You are in control, not your brain.

As I describe it to my clients, think of yourself as driving a car. Think about getting into the car, turning the car on, putting the car into gear, taking the brake off, and then getting out of the car. What would happen to the car? The Car would starting moving around until it runs into something or gets into some type of wreak.

Now think of your body as the chassis to the car, the brain as the engine to the car, but where is the driver?

Most of us think of the brain as being who they are. We have allowed our selves to sit back and let the engine do the driving, putting the car into a form of auto pilot. We just sit back and give up true control.

What if you were to learn how to take control, what if you were to learn how to focus, and start directing our daily lives, our goals, our plans, and our dreams. Think about it, you are in complete and total control of yourself, and your reactions. While there may be things like random events and there may be random people that come into your life, you have NO control over these events or people. You do have COMPLETE Control over your reactions and your attitudes. This is the gift you were given when you were born into this world, complete and total free will, to react, behave, and live out your life. Why not live your life with a minimum of anxiety, and / or stress.

You can spend your life focusing on all the negatives, you can spend your life reacting to all of the seemingly random events in your life, or you can TAKE CONTROL, you can use your mind, instead of it using you. Just by taking control of what you focus on, you will be amazed at the things you can accomplish. Quit Smoking, Quit Addictive behaviors and substances. Attract and sustain better and healthier relationships. Reduce depression, anxiety, and stress.

Don’t delay; call Foundations Hypnosis Seattle / Shoreline, and  “Everett”, (206) 417-4900 today. You WILL be glad that you did.

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Welcome back. It has been a busy couple of months here in North Seattle, and I have been kept very busy, using my skills and talents working in the field of mental health and substance abuse, trying to learn new ways of helping people over come major issues in their lives, and helping them find new avenues to achieve their goals, hopes, and dreams. I have learned some new ideas, and have had old ideas reaffirmed, and am still utilizing these ideas in the best way possible to create the best new hypnotic treatments and cutting edge Mental Health, and Substance Addiction treatments for my clients. As always my work and research keep coming back to my passion, the field of substance abuse, and hypnosis.

Drugs and compulsive behaviors are an emotional anesthetic, an antidote to a frightful feeling of emptiness. While hypnosis and NLP can not promise a cure for the desease model of chemical dependency, it does provide a way to detach from emotional issues that keep pulling a person back to their compulsive behaviors, and addictions, (whether that be nicotine, alcohol, stimulants, or depressants), in spite of the consequences to your health, your relationships, and your job. Foundation Hypnosis and NLP, North Seattle, helps you to uncover the demons that have been plaguing you and causing you to relay on unhealthy habits, and behaviors, and teaches you new behaviors, and new skills, to help you move ahead in life, and achieve your goals and dreams.

Ask yourself this question: if my compulsive behavior is causing me problems with relationships, my job, and my health, why do I keep chosen to repeat the same action over and over again, and expect a different result? We are creatures of habit. Think about that, we have daily routines, and daily habits, that we have been performing for years, without given it a second thought.

When you wake up in the morning you stumble out of bed, hop in the shower, grab a cup of coffee, turn on the news, get dressed, and quickly head out the door. You don’t have to think about it, it just comes automatically, and without any conscious thought. After several repetitions, your subconscious accepts the new programming, and takes control. In fact that habit becomes so ingrained, so powerful, that you actually feel a sensation of stress and anxiety if you don’t perform the programmed behavior.

The same is true of your other habits and other behaviors. Whether it be smoking, drinking, procrastination, inpatients, angry outbursts, gambling, compulsive behaviors such as eating, smoking, negative thinking, worry, judgments, and taking things personal, they are all pretty automatic, and seemingly impossible to stop.

Hypnosis works by implanting new healthy habits into your subconscious, but before it can do that it is important to clear out the emotions attached to old memories, and images. It is a lot like preparing the soil when you plant new seeds. You want to get rid of the weeds, and debris that have kept the seeds from taking hold.

From the very first session, Foundations Hypnosis and NLP of North Seattle, Shoreline, and Everett, utilizes a unique therapeutic tool called Emotional Release Therapy, that reduces and eliminates anxiety, and stress. The client is also taught easy methods of self hypnosis, and mindfulness that clean up the old feelings of low self worth, low self esteem, negativity, and emotional trauma, in much the same way that you have to clean and fertilize the soil before you start planting new seeds. At the second session, the client is then ready to have new strong, positive, healthy behaviors implanted into the subconscious level of their brain.

Just listen to what one recent client had to say:

“After just the first session I found myself able to focus on my school work, finish projects that I would have normally put off tell the last minute, and find time to actually relax and enjoy myself without the stress and worry of things undone. On top of all of that I am able to get rid of headaches by just practicing my daily exercises, and listening to the hypnotic CD(s) provided as a part of the service. Thanks Foundations, I feel great”
A.M. Seattle Wa, University Student.

Pick up the phone and CALL NOW!!! Sessions are can be arranged on an affordable bi-weekly basis, and a typical program lasts anywhere from 4 to 5 sesssion. Foundations Hypnosis and NLP of North Seattle, Shoreline, Lynnwood, Edmonds, and Everett is just minutes from downtown Seattle by bus or car. Affordable, convinient evening appointments are availble. The number is (206) 417-4900, CALL NOW, you will glad that you did.
Sincerely,

DLScott CH.t /CDP / AASD
Foundations Hypnosis Seattle ~ Bellevue
www.dlscottpersonalenergymastery.com

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