Smoking cessation is the most common issue we work with, and in the popular imagination, hypnotherapy is often linked to smoking cessation. So how does it work? 1. You were born a non-smoker In eight years, we’ve only had two clients dispute this idea, and both of them had mothers who smoked in the womb….
At some point in our lives, most of us will experience an extended period of sleeplessness or an insufficiency of restful sleep. Prolonged periods of difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep are often caused by stress, anxiety, illness or a combination of the three. It is believed that there are five basic stages of sleep….
A very Happy New Year from everyone here at The Morpheus Clinic for Hypnosis, and we hope you had a wonderful holiday season. As a new year begins, many of us take the opportunity to look our lives and take stock of what has changed in the past year: different occupations and hobbies, additions to…
Everyone has stress in their lives, work and school being the most common. Sometimes, we form negative habits to help alleviate these day-to-day struggles. Eustress, a form of stress that can be motivating (such as the stress of an impending exam causing one to study hard the week before), can be useful. It can push…
People have varying degrees of suggestibility: highly suggestible people can be hypnotized more easily than less suggestible people. A common misconception is that highly suggestible people are weak-minded, and people of lower suggestibility are “too smart” to be hypnotized. In fact, everyone enters into hypnosis in their day-to-day life without even realizing it. Have you…
Part of what leads to success with hypnosis is having a clear idea of what you want to achieve. While “quitting smoking” or “losing weight” seem at first to be straightforward and quantifiable goals, the truth is that the paths to achieving such goals are rarely so simple. The best way to set yourself up…
In the past few weeks, millions of people watched Team Canada win 25 medals at the Sochi Winter Olympics. The Olympics have always been a huge platform to showcase some of the world’s most talented athletes. However, one has to wonder how these athletes can perform so well under so much pressure and attention. Yes,…
February can be a particularly trying month. Valentine’s Day is coming up, and with the allure of chocolate and restaurant “specials,” those weight loss New Year’s resolutions can become increasingly difficult to maintain. According to the University of Scranton Journal of Clinical Psychology, the top New Years resolution for 2014 is weight loss. No matter…
This month’s newsletter includes information from part of our hypnosis training program along with data from the two articles listed in the sidebar. If you are interested in learning to become a hypnotist, we are offering a new program starting January 2014. Hypnosis can be used to treat pain in multiple ways. First, it can be…
There are two general types of inductions used in hypnosis: authoritative inductions and permissive inductions. Authoritative inductions are what people usually think of when they think of hypnotherapy or hypnosis, especially stage hypnosis. The hypnotist uses statements like, “you are relaxed,” “you feel good,” or “your eyelids are growing heavy.” Some people respond to this…