Train to become a hypnotherapist in 2012!

Learn how to hypnotize yourself or become a hypnotherapist in 2012!

Have you always wanted to learn how to hypnotize people?  Or, do you want to become a certified hypnotherapist?  At Hypnosis Institute International School, we offer comprehensive hands-on hypnosis training in a learn-by-doing format.  With our expert instructor, Jane Ann Covington, you will discover the answers to these questions:  What is hypnosis?  How does it work?  You will also learn the history of hypnosis, proven self hypnosis techniques, effective hypnotic suggestions, induction techniques, how to access your subconscious mind, the mind-body-spirit connection, and so much more!  And that’s just in the first weekend!

Whether you would like to learn how to hypnotize yourself, or if you are looking for a hypnosis course to learn clinical hypnotherapy and become a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, our training will change your life.  Are you ready to start on the path to helping others with hypnotherapy?  Training begins January 20, 2012.  Class sizes are limited; register today to save your place!

Available hypnosis courses include Self Hypnosis (no prerequisite), Professional Hypnotist, Master Hypnotist, Certified Hypnotherapist, and Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist.

For more information on our upcoming training, please contact us to request a brochure, and a free 30-minute strategy session with our instructor, Jane Ann Covington.

We look forward to helping you find your full potential highest self and start helping others through hypnosis and hypnotherapy!

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Testimonial – Change your thoughts, change your world.

“Jane Ann helped me tremendously.   I came to her with my life long issues and marriage problems, including post-traumatic depression from the loss of my grand-father when I was a child.  My parents got divorced, and I was devastated and had cultural shock when we relocated  to the U.S. from Asia when I was a teenager.

For years, I carried feelings of deep anger, despair, low self esteem, anxiety, and thoughts of suicide, plus my marriage of eight years was falling apart, in addition to all this…I had my three year old daughter to take care of.

Before I saw Jane Ann, I was unable to think clearly; my ability to work was deteriorating.  I was increasingly withdrawn from my social circles and family.  All the problems I had were increasingly intensifying and my life was turning for the worst as time went by.

I came to see Jane Ann Covington at the Hypnosis Institute International School when all other conventional treatments had failed to help me.  Using and switching through different psychologists and anti-depressant medications was not effective for me. On the other hand, Jane Ann was very understanding, with vast insight in problem solving and counseling. I allowed my self to trust her and participate in her techniques and with her personalized for me self hypnosis recordings and interactive self visualization.  In just a few visits, I was able to come out with a different perspective for my inner issues and marriage problems.

Jane Ann gave me new knowledge, showed me how to think outside the box that ultimately helped solve my own problems and deep fears that had for years seemed impossible to do.  I am now happily divorced and stay on good terms with my ex-spouse. We are helping each other raise our little girl cooperatively and lovingly.

I also over came the problems that I had mentioned earlier; taking control of my own life and living in healthy ways.  My experience with Jane Ann was wonderful, she’s both professional and kind.  Thanks to Jane Ann, I am confident to say that I’m capable to over come any obstacles in my life, I feel truly blessed from my learning experience with her. Instead of being self critical, I can now be good to my self, my family and everyone around me.  Best wishes always.”

~T. P., Orange Park, FL

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January 2012 Training Dates

Become a hypnotherapist in 2012!

We are excited to announce the next dates for our Self-Hypnosis for Life, Professional Hypnotist, Master Hypnotist I, Master Hypnotist II, Certified Hypnotherapist, and Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist trainings!

Self-Hypnosis for Life – January 20-22, 2012 (25 hours)

Professional Hypnotist – January 20-22 & 27-29, 2012 (50 hours)

Master Hypnotist I – February 10-12 & 24-26, 2012 (50 hours)
Master Hypnotist II – March 9-11 & 16-18, 2012 (50 hours)

Certified Hypnotherapist – March 30-April 1 & April 13-15, 2012 (50 hours)

Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist – 100 experiential hours

For more complete information on instructor Jane Ann Covington or our training program, please click on any of the links above.

Remember, class size is limited to ensure that all students receive personalized hands-on instruction.  Don’t wait – registration closes January 13, 2012!

Ready to sign up?  Click here to request a registration form & brochure!

Still have questions?  Email us to request a free 30-minute evaluation with Jane Ann!

Call us today at (404) 442-8700 to schedule an evaluation, or request a brochure!

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Preoperative Guided Imagery Improves Cardiac Surgery Outcomes

Preoperative guided imagery improves cardiac surgery outcomes.  Effect of guided imagery on length of stay, pain and anxiety in cardiac surgery patients.  “Cardiac surgery patients who listened to a pre-op guided imagery surgical tape had significantly less pain, anxiety and two days shorter hospital stay.”

-Tusek, D.L., Cwynar, R., and Cosgrove, D.M., Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, Journal of Cardiovascular Management 10; 2: 22-8 1999

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Hypnosis for Burns

Hypnosis for burns.  The Use of Hypnosis in the Treatment of Burn Patients.  “Hypnosis has a part to play in nearly every aspect of burn care, from the initial visit through tubbing and grafting, and finally to rehabilitation.  Early hypnosis attenuates the inflammatory response to the injury, limiting the usual progression of the burn from first degree to second degree, or from second to third.  Procedural pain can be controlled.  Guilt or anger about the accident need to be alleviated, caloric intake can be increased, and active participation in physical therapy can be enhanced.”

Dabney M. Edwin, Tulane University, LA, USA, International Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis, Online ISBN: 9780470846407; DOI = 10.  1002/0470846402.ch19

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ABC News: Hypnosis Helps Woman Lose 95lbs

As Americans gain girth, and yo-yo dieting or diet pills rarely have lasting effects, many are at a loss when it comes to losing weight.

The latest data from the National Center for Health Statistics show that 30 percent of U.S. adults 20 years of age and older — more than 60 million people — are obese. And kids are following suit, with the number of overweight young people tripling since 1980.

Being overweight or obese increases the risk of many diseases and health conditions, such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

Hypnosis is an age-old technique designed to speak to your subconscious mind and alter your behavior. Known to work well to quit smoking, can it re-program your eating habits?

 

Tried-and-True Weight Loss

Judy Lederman has struggled with her weight all her life, and said hypnosis helped her lose 95 pounds.

 

“I’ve tried every diet known to man,” she said.

 

Not wanting to deal with another diet, she went to a hypnotist. At the time, Lederman weighed 224 pounds.

 

Initially, she was skeptical. Not so, when she saw the results.

Her hypnotist, Rosemarie Schulman, uses a two-part process. First, she gets the patient to understand his or her behavior. And then, through a relaxed state of mind, she suggests they alter their habits.

 

“When they are completely relaxed and open to suggestion,” said Schulman, “then you go into saying things like, ‘The sugar cravings you have in the afternoon no longer interest you. The wonderful smell of fresh fruit, and taste, now interest you and make you feel very strong.’ ”

Three years since Lederman’s first session, she now weighs 129 pounds and still works with her hypnotist to maintain her healthy lifestyle.

“I used to go out of my way to find the best bakery or the best cakes or pastries,” Lederman said. “At this point, I would go anywhere to find the best hypnotist, the best gym. My whole way of thinking has turned on that. And the pastries, they can just sit in the bakery.”

Read the rest on the ABC News Web site

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Mayo Clinic Reviews & Summarizes Prior Hypnosis Studies

A review study of over a hundred clinical studies of hypnosis for medical procedures documents that hypnosis is beneficial for allergy, anesthesia for pain, anesthesia for surgery, warts, dermatitis, irritable bowel syndrome, peptic ulcers, abdominal surgery, healing from injury or surgery, hemophilia, hypertension, headaches, childbirth, asthma, smoking cessation, fibromyalgia, impotence, and urinary incontinence.

“Many important trials reviewed here have helped to establish the role of hypnosis in contemporary medicine.  These trials have established the utility and efficacy of hypnosis for several medical conditions, either alone or as part of the treatment regimen,” writes Stewart, JH, Department of Internal Medicine and Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2005; 80: 511-524.

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How Can Hypnosis Help Overweight Adults, Teens and Children?

The most significant and fundamental part of any weight issue is in the emotional basis for the out-of control feeding frenzy behavior that comes after negative feelings, coupled with low self-esteem – all in an attempt to feel better (get it: comfort food?).  Being overweight is rarely all about bad eating habits or addictions to food.  As I have noticed over my many years of working with individuals:  All addictions are an attempt to give to ourselves.  The point is:  There’s nothing wrong with giving to yourself, you just need to find healthier and more effective ways to do it.

The reality is that feeling better is the least of their problems.  Addictions are an unconscious behavior (driven by the subconscious mind).  In the end, those negative emotions that are felt and negative self talk that is so rampant are as a result of how they think of themselves, how others think of them, leaving them in a clinically depressive and anxious state that takes them back to those bad habits in order to feel better again–all in an attempt to give to themselves a better feeling.

See the cycle? If you are overweight, you most likely know the cycle and see the painful results in the mirror or when you’re out trying to buy something to wear that looks flattering on you.  It is so hard to accomplish this goal and is often never achieved.

Hypnosis, on the other hand, is the one process that can help reprogram your mind, emotions and behavior to feel better and behave in ways that will change your body by changing your mind.  Hypnosis is not magic or an instant fix, unlike what is shown on TV or in the movies, but it can help easily and quickly change years of those old habits.

Yet, if change is possible, as hypnosis research strongly indicates, the retraining of the mind and emotions being the key, and must be reinforced for long-term success!  Desire, participation and time are what I’m talking about – together with an effective
certified clinical hypnotherapist – can be the key to open up and create a new you, a healthier you, a happier person who can find the size he/she was meant to be.

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You Think Smoking Relaxes You? Try Hypnosis!

What’s the Problem? There are at least 4,000 ingredients in every cigarette. Around 500 of them are known to be toxic and/or poisonous causing vast, often devastating stress to your body and brain.

With all those ingredients and toxins, your immune system is constantly called upon to work hard to help you survive.  In time, your immune system becomes overloaded and stress, illness, and eventually death occurs.  This does not really sound relaxing, does it?

Do you really think your body wants you to smoke with all those toxins and poisons ingested?  When you really think about it, it even sounds crazy that your body would crave nicotine (which is one of the poisons and is used as an insecticide), acetone (nail polish remover), ammonia, lead, butane, carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide (rat poison), and hundreds more.

When you really think about it, it’s more of a habit that typically began as a teen.  You decided to smoke and you forced yourself to do it…telling yourself all the while that it was a good thing (like your friends told you it was).

Smokers like to smoke, but our society is getting smarter. Most people realize that smoking is a danger to their health, their environment, their longevity and long term quality of life.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, 400,000 premature deaths per year occur due to this habitual pattern.  And, a smoker’s life expectancy is 14 years less on average when compared to non-smokers.

Tobacco use is the single largest cause of preventable death in the United States.  Yet, cigarettes are heavily marketed in the U.S. and the tobacco industry spends more than $37 million marketing dollars per day on average.  Why?  Because they are in it for the money; no doubt about that.

Habits, any habits, can be changed if we want to or if we know it’s possible to.  Many people quit smoking every day and more and more research studies are proving that hypnosis is the most effective method out there.  Just like when you decided to smoke, you trained and forced yourself to smoke.  If you learned that, you can learn to be a non-smoker again.  After all, it is your natural nature to be a non-smoker.

When done well, hypnosis is a concentrated form of learning.  Our program is organized to help retrain your mind, and therefore your behavior, easily, without stress or withdrawals.  After all, why would the body be addicted to poison?

Of course, to some this sounds crazy because society has been hypnotized into believing that smoking is an addiction that has more to do with the body than the mind.  Your mind is your most powerful tool.  Just like it helped train you to be a smoker; it can help you become a non-smoker with the support of effective hypnosis and hypnotherapy.

Remember, Breathe………oxygen is a natural relaxant and an energizer at the same time.  It isn’t called the breath of life for nothing.  Every time you smoke, you deprive your body and brain of 50% of the oxygen it needs to function on.  Becoming a non-smoker is a very good idea.  If you want to know more about how that can happen for you easily, just call and ask.

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How to End Obsessive Behaviors

©2010 Jane Ann Covington

In our life, anyone can learn to be obsessed with something or someone. Most people with these symptoms had family members with similar patterns and they were passed down to the next generation (not by genetic encoding, but by example).
Definition of obsess: (verb) preoccupy or fill the mind of (someone or something) continually, intrusively, and to a troubling extent seemingly powerless to resist.
What doesn’t work: If I just figure it out, then I can control it. Why this strategy isn’t a strategy that works is that the patterns are in the subconscious and the “figure it out” is in the conscious mind. The subconscious mind always wins the battle in the end by replaying that old unhelpful obsession or addiction, until the underlying causes or unconscious beliefs are changed (by hypnosis and hypnotherapy).
Bad habits can become Obsessions, and when taken to the extreme, can eventually be classified as OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). This pattern is similar to an addiction to something or someone. The underlying cause(s) of these seemingly out of control patterns tends to be an immature perspective, neediness, out of control emotions or anxiety, brought on by perfectionism coupled with a lack of self-esteem or an overindulgence in self-esteem.
All addictions are an attempt to give to our self. There’s nothing wrong with giving to ourselves or making ourselves feel safe, secure, and comfortable. However, we need to find appropriate ways to accomplish this in order to remain healthy, balanced, and appropriately in control of ourselves.

The key to get out of this seemingly never-ending cycle is two fold:
1) To address these bad habits/patterns in the consciousness mind through education about your mind (which hardly anyone has ever been taught how their mind actually works and how to work it to your benefit), and then practice using this understanding appropriately
2) Confront and reeducate the subconscious mind with masterful hypnosis and hypnotherapy to clear unhelpful beliefs and patterns; becoming open to reinforce new beliefs, patterns, and strategies.
Coming at the problem from these two angles, helps develop effective skills that dissolve the old unhelpful patterns, in order to regain control of your mind, behaviors, freedom and your life.
Some areas that must be addressed include: 1) make a plan/strategy (broken down to doable, manageable processes) to take back control; 2) set limits; 3) develop skills to redirect your mind to healthy, helpful thoughts and behaviors.
Finally, as we first mentioned, we can’t always make changes ourselves. Just understanding why we do something doesn’t usually make it go away. Successful people ask for help. We’re here to help! Our success rate using my personally developed methodology process is 95%.
Call to schedule a FREE 20 minute confidential strategy consultation session in person or by phone today.

Hypnosis Institute International http://www.HypnosisInstitute.com
& Center for Developing Mastery, Inc. email: info@HypnosisInstitute.com
309 East Paces Ferry Rd NE, Suite 404 (404) 442-8700 or (800) 927-9618
Atlanta, GA 30305 Fax: (404) 841-2121

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