Soooo, World Hypnotism Day is tomorrow! It's all day and there's a change that you can walk out a completely new and improved you. Yes, the Auto Show is also tomorrow but that's all week! How often can you have an almost guaranteed win in your life? If you're anything like the rest of the world, not very often. Take the leap and attend World Hypnotism Day because chances are, you'll be better for it.
And since the event is all day you can still go to the Auto Show when you leave! WIN/WIN! I told you!
Hope to see you there!
There are raffles every hour, demonstrations, and a chance to live better.
You could stop smoking, you could take fewer pain killers, you could be healthier, you could be happier! But not if you don't start somewhere, start at the Authentic Living Center tomorrow from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Take a break from the weeklong Auto Show festivities to Change Your Life!
Change Your Mind, Change Your Life
WORLD HYPNOTISM DAY
Jan. 15, 2011
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
·Stick to your New Year’s Resolutions
·Live Stress Free
·Stop Taking Countless Pills
·Be Happy, Be Healthy
Be Encouraged!
World Hypnotism Day is dedicated to showing you the advantages of Hypnotherapy as an alternative means of healthy living, sticking to goals and living better.
The event also boasts vendors offering professional services and raffles every hour!
·FREE Hypnotherapy Sessions
·FREE Life Coaching Session Giveaways
·FREE Downloads
·Healthy Living Vitamins
·Massage Therapy Gift Certificates
Music and Directional CD’s and MORE!!
Attend the All-DayFREE event packed with seminars and same day help and begin the path to the new you!
Trying to Steer Yourself Out of aRut?Help is on the Way!
WORLD HYPNOTISM DAY
Jan. 15, 2011
HELP YOURSELF BE WHO YOU'VE DREAMED OF BECOMING!
Do you need a new way to stick to your New Year’s Resolutions… a way that actuallyworks? Look no further; World Hypnotism Day is dedicated to helping you “Learn to Live Stress Free with Hypnosis” “Create a Happier and Healthier You,” and to “Lose Weight with Hypnosis.”
The event also boasts vendors offering professional services such as:
·A FREE Hour-long Hypnotherapy Session
·Holistic Massage Therapy
·Alternative Allergy Treatments
·Raffles and MORE!!
Attend the All-DayFREEevent packed with seminars and same day help and begin the path to the new you!
Keynote Speaker Anna Spencer, PhD., will discuss “What is Hypnotism, How It Works and Who Benefits” to lead the parade of distinguished scientists in the field to“clear the air”and dispel theMYTHSandMisconceptionsthat exist today despitemajor advancesandproven results!!
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Hypnotism is a sound and effective approach to fostering personal growth and well-being it can also be sought for medical and psychological conditions and problems.
You can also visit the website for more than 10 of the world's most renowned hypnotherapists right now! Each of the following hypnotherapists will be present and presenting at this year's World Hypnosis Day 2011 in Troy at the Authentic Living Wellness Center 1640 Axtell Rd, Troy MI 48084.
Anna Spencer, PhD., founder of the International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association http://www.imdha.com/
Dr. Bob Levine PhD., CHt, Director Center for Integrative Wellness, and Integrative Wellness Research, Henry Ford Health System Southfield Medical Center http://www.drboblevine.com/
Looking for a way to actually stick to your New Year’s resolutions this year? Look no further; the timing is perfect for World Hypnotism Day, Jan. 15, 2011. The day is dedicated to increasing acceptance of hypnosis as an effective approach for medical and psychological conditions and problems.
The free all-day seminar, to be held in Troy includes:
holistic massage therapists
alternative allergy treatments
one free hour-long hypnotherapy session
energy healing
cranial massage
raffles and more
The keynote speaker by Anna H. Spencer, PhD, will discuss “What is Hypnosis, How Does it Work and Who Benefits?” There will also be seminars and workshops by more than 10 other renowned hypnotherapists to “clear the air” and dispel the myths and misconceptions that exist even today despite breakthroughs in hypnotherapy.
Hypnotism fosters personal growth and well being because it is life affirming and creates experience that improves the way you live and helps you be the person you want to be. The aim of the hypnotism professionals is to be a direct, solution-focused interventionist, it is not geared toward endless or long-term therapies nor is it brainwashing or trance-building which often results in negative behavior.
World Hypnotism Day will be held at the Authentic Living Wellness Center Jan. 15, 2011 at 1640 Axtell Rd, Troy, MI 48084. For more information call 248-822-9253 or visit http://www.worldhypnosisday2011.blogspot.com/.
With New Year’s Resolutions facing us, the timing is perfect for World Hypnotism Day. Learn how to beat the Resolution Blues and succeed at your goals.
Did you know that hypnosis could be used to lower Cholesterol, Blood Pressure & PSA Levels, Weight Loss, Steer Yourself Out of a Rut, for Pre and Post Surgery to Enhance Recovery, Diminish and Manager Chronic Pain the Drug-free way and more?
People can find out more about Hypnosis free of charge at World Hypnotism Day January 15, 2011 at the Authentic Living Wellness Center, Troy, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Over 13 speakers will discuss how Hypnosis can help you be well, stay well and live well. Vendors will showcase books and products. There will also be raffles.
Although hypnosis cannot repair broken bones, cuts and other physical injuries, it can be of considerable help for phobias and fears.
World-renowned hypnotist Anna H. Spencer, PhD, Founder of the International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Associations and Infinity Institute International will explain: What is Hypnosis, How does it Work and who benefits?
The Purpose of World Hypnotism Day is to: Increase Acceptance of Hypnosis as a Sound, Effective Approach for Medical and Psychological Conditions and Problems As Well as for Personal Growth and Fostering of Well-being.
THEME:
Hypnosis is the Key to Physical Health and to Well-Being of Mind and Spirit
“Learn How Hypnosis Can Help You Be Well, Stay Well, Live Well”
Hypnosis is the Key to Integrative Care, Complementary Medicine and Overall Balance in Living.
TOPICS and SPEAKERS (Changes in Speakers and in Times May Change)
1.What is Hypnosis, How Does It Work and Who Benefits?
By: Anna Spencer, Ph.D., Founder of the International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association R and the Infinity Institute International, Inc-School of Hypnosis.
2.How Hypnosis Combined with other Mind-Body Techniques Creates the Ultimate Integrative Wellness and Healing Approach
By: Robert A. Levine, Ph.D., CHt, DirectorCenter for Integrative Wellness Research, Henry Ford Health Systems
3. Pre and Post-Surgery Hypnosis Enhances the Success and Recovery of Surgery
By: Dr. Mujtaba Zahoor, Naturopath, ND, NMD
4. Lower Cholesterol, Blood Pressure, PSA levels and More through Hypnosis
By: Dr. Mujtaba Zahoor, Naturopath, ND,. NMD
5. Weight Loss with Hypnosis
By: Kim Manning, Ph.D., Owner Focused Solutions, International Speaker, Trainer, Founder and President of the Academy of Continued Hypnosis Education-International
6. Learn to Live Stress Free with Hypnosis
By: Hena Hussain, CHt, Ph.D., President MI Association Counselors and Hypnotherapists and Owner of Balance4Life Hypnotherapy
7. Steer Yourself Out of a Rut: How to Create the Change You Desire
By: Denise Jacob, RN, PhD, and CHt.
8. Linking the Mind and Body Together--Hypnosis in Medicine
By: Kim Manning, Ph.D., International Speaker and Accredited Trainer with the National Register of Advanced Hypnotherapists
9. Using the Effective Communication System to Have Love Blossom and Create Win-wins for Everyone in ALL Relationships
By: Charlene S. Levine, CHt, Owner Future Visions Fulfilled
10.Hypnosis Can Help You Kick Tobacco and Other Habits and Addictions
By: James Duncan, President and Executive Director Infinity Institute International, Inc.
11.From Darkness to Light—Overcoming Trauma with Hypnosis
By: Gordon Boyd, Ph.D., Founder and Director of Trance Access
12. Come on Get Happy:Learn How to Create A Happier You and Learn How to Create a Healthier You
By: Mary M. Vallei, BA., CCHt, OwnerHypnotherapyCenter for Positive Change and Quiet the Mind Retreats, AND Christine Allyson, Certified Life Coach, Speaker and Author
13.Diminish and Manage Chronic Pain the Drug-free Way
By: Joshua Johnston, CHt, Hypnotherapy and NLP Practitioner
Prehistory
The roots of hypnotism can arguably be traced in many philosophical, religious, or therapeutic traditions in different countries and eras, e.g., Christian mysticism, Oriental meditation, and Western philosophies such as Stoicism and Pythagoreanism. James Braid considered Indian yogic meditation to be an important precursor of his approach, possibly sharing more in common with hypnotism than did Mesmerism, its immediate predecessor.
Franz Anton Mesmer (1734 – 1815)
Mesmer drew upon theories regarding healing by magnetism, going back to Paracelsus, to develop his concept of “animal magnetism”, the main precursor of hypnotism. However, Mesmer himself never hypnotised anyone but believed he healed by channelling a kind of supernatural “magnetism” into his patients’ bodies which seemed capable of inducing an “emotional crisis.” His theory and practices were adopted and modified by many followers. After Mesmer moved to France, his methods became the object of several investigations by scientific committees which pronounced against his theory of animal magnetism, concluding instead that the effects were due to belief and imagination.
Armand-Marie-Jacques de Chastenet, Marquis de Puységur (1751 – 1825)Mesmer’s follower, the Marquis de Puységur, began attempts to induce a state called “artificial somnambulism” in his patients instead of emotional crises. Although he still conceived of this as a kind of supernatural process, the induction of sleep-like state prefigured the later methods of hypnotism.
John Elliotson (1791 – 1868)
By far the most influential English Mesmerist, Elliotson, a professor of medicine at the University of London, was also an aggressive opponent of Braid and hypnotism. Elliotson founded and edited the Mesmeric journal The Zoist became embroiled in fierce debate with Thomas Wakely, editor of the Lancet, who accused him of being a charlatan after a series of experiments using his main demonstration subjects, the Okey sisters, failed to support his claims regarding animal magnetism.
James Braid (1795 – 1860)
Braid was a passionate critic of Mesmerism which he saw as a pseudoscientific and supernatural theory. He modified the techniques of the Mesmerists and coined the terms “hypnotism” and “hypnotic therapeutics” to describe his approach, which worked through focused attention and suggestion rather than postulating any mysterious force such as animal magnetism. Braid is therefore normally considered to be the pioneer of hypnotism as opposed to Mesmerism.
Ambroise-Auguste Liébeault (1823 – 1904)
Liébeault emphasised the psychological power of suggestion and combined elements of Braid’s hypnotism with later Mesmerism. He founded the influential NancySchool of hypnotism along with Bernheim.
Jean-Martin Charcot (1825 – 1893)Charcot, sometimes referred to as the father of modern neurology, focused on the notion of hypnotism as a physiological state found in pathological conditions (hysteria). His ideas were more influenced by Mesmerism and Braid’s early writings than by the later Braid. His “ParisSchool” became embroiled in a fierce debate with the Nancy School of Bernheim, which Bernheim ultimately won. Charcot’s views on hypnotism have been widely dismissed as incorrect.
Hippolyte Bernheim (1840 – 1919)
Bernheim became a follower of Liébeault whose methods he adopted and developed in several books. Bernheim added great credibility to the psychological model of hypnotism and revived interest in Braid’s legacy in contrast to Mesmerism.
Ivan P. Pavlov (1849 – 1936)
The Nobel Prize winning physiologist, Pavlov’s experiments on conditioned reflexes in animals concluded with a theory of human psychopathology and psychotherapy, based on a physiological model of hypnotism. Pavlov’s views were not particularly influential in the West but, along with the hypnotherapy taught by Bekhterev, became the basis of Soviet psychotherapy for several decades.
Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939)
Freud briefly attended lectures by both Charcot and Bernheim and translated some of Bernheim’s writings on hypnotism from French into German. His first book Studies on Hysteria (1895), co-authored with Josef Breuer, popularised the concept of hypnotic regression therapy, although Freud subsequently abandoned hypnotism in favour of his own “psychoanalytic” method.
Emile Coué (1857 – 1926)
Coué worked briefly as an assistant in Liébeault’s hypnotic clinic before gradually developing his own contrasting theory of “Conscious Autosuggestion.” After Liébeault’s death, he announced the founding of the NewNancySchool which placed greater emphasis upon self-help by training clients in the use of autosuggestion, he abandoned any claim to induce a sleep-like state or trance. Coué became something of a celebrity and toured Europe and America giving seminars on his self-help method.
Pierre Janet (1859 – 1947)
Janet was a French psychiatrist and philosopher of mind who trained with Charcot. He is held in high regard today as a pioneer of psychotherapy. Janet coined the term “subconscious” and emphasised the concept of psychological dissociation. His method of psychotherapy centred on the use of hypnotism and his views greatly influenced later psychotherapists.
Clark L. Hull (1884 – 1952) Hull was president of the American Psychological Association and one of the most influential figures in behavioural psychology. Early in his career, his research team carried out a systematic programme of laboratory research on hypnotism published in Hypnosis & Suggestibility (1933) which is widely-regarded as the first major scientific text on hypnosis. His work inspired subsequent psychological researchers to investigate hypnosis.
Milton Erickson (1901 – 1980)
Erickson is generally considered by practising hypnotherapists to be the most influential hypnotist of the 20th century, although his impact upon scientific research on hypnosis has been less significant. He is credited with developing the use of “indirect” suggestion in hypnotherapy to a much greater extent than earlier authors and thereby founding a distinct (“Ericksonian”) tradition within the field of hypnotherapy.
Ernest Hilgard (1904 – 2001)
Hilgard was an eminent psychologist, professor at StanfordUniversity, who developed the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scales along with his colleague Weitzenhoffer. Hilgard developed the “neo-dissociationist” theory of hypnosis and was an authority on hypnotic pain control.
André Weitzenhoffer (1921 – 2004)
Weitzenhoffer worked on hypnosis research with Ernest Hilgard and published many studies and the influential textbook The Practice of Hypnotism. Weitzenhoffer considered Bernheim to be the true father of modern hypnotherapy and was a critic of Ericksonian and cognitive-behavioural approaches to hypnotism.
Theodore Sarbin (1911 – 2005)
Sarbin, known as “Mr. Role Theory”, developed one of the earliest hypnotic susceptibility scales (the Friedlander-Sarbin Scale) and carried out scientific research on hypnosis from the 1930s. He was one of the earliest pioneer of the nonstate theory of hypnosis which he interpreted using the social psychological concept of role-taking. Sarbin’s research on hypnosis greatly inspired later “cognitive-behavioural” theories of hypnosis.
Martin T. Orne (1927 – 2000)
Professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, Orne’s influential research on social “demand characteristics” and hypnosis drew upon elements of both state and nonstate perspective on hypnosis. Orne was a pioneer of research into false memory and warned against the risk of hypnosis distorting recall, especially when used in police investigations. He was for several decades editor of the most important journal in the field, The International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis.
Theodore X. Barber (1927 – 2005)
Barber was one of the most prolific researchers in the field of hypnosis. He developed a nonstate approach, influenced by Sarbin, called the “cognitive-behavioural” theory of hypnosis. Barber and his colleagues produced a large body of scientific evidence in favour of their view that hypnosis was not a “special state” or trance but rather the result of ordinary psychological processes involving cognition and behaviour such as imagination, motivation, and expectation.
Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP)
In the 1970s, a controversial theory of inter-personal influence and self-help called neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) was developed by Richard Bandler, John Grinder, and their associates. Bandler and Grinder claimed that their theory and practice modelled the skills of various individuals including Milton Erickson, although this has been disputed by authorities such as Weitzenhoffer. NLP itself is not usually considered a branch of hypnotism, although many hypnotherapists employ NLP. However, NLP has failed to find much support in the research literature following a series of systematic reviews in the 1980s which cast doubt on some of its central claims and controversy still surrounds certain aspects of the approach.
Nicholas P. Spanos (1942 – 1994)
Spanos was another prolific researcher who carried on the nonstate tradition of Sarbin and Barber and developed methods of “hypnotic skills training” which aimed to increase subjects’ responsiveness to hypnotism by training them according to established socio-cognitive principles, such as role-modelling and trial-and-error learning, etc. His protocol, developed at CarletonUniversity where he was a professor of psychology, is known as the Carleton Skills Training Programme (CSTP).
