When we look to make lasting change in our lives, we often overlook the most resourceful place to find change: within ourselves. It seems like the most obvious and easiest place to start, but in our day and age, there seems to be a pill for everything.

Canada is the most medicated nation per capita in the world. Unfortunately many people experience many negative side effects of therapeutic drugs which are often worse than the illnesses that the drugs are supposed to cure (Whitaker, 2002). Research suggests that over 100,000 deaths result from adverse side effects of therapeutic drugs, making adverse drug reactions the fourth to sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. (Lazarou, Pomeranz, & Corey, 1998).

When conventional methods fail and having exhausted all their options, people turn to hypnosis and come full circle back to themselves for the solutions.

Dr. Milton Erickson (1901 - 1980), considered to be the father of modern-day hypnosis, believed all his patients have full resources to create their own solutions. Over the course of his sixty-year practice he helped over 30 000 patients discover their own cures through hypnosis.

Hypnosis & hypnotherapy has been shown to be effective for habit change, weight loss and general self-improvement. Some of the things hypnosis has been effective with are:

• Quit smoking (Smoking Cessation).
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• Lose Weight or Gain Weight.
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• Stop Nail Biting More.
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• Overcome Irrational Fears and Phobias (spiders, bugs, snakes, flying, writing tests, public speaking, etc.).
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• Reduce or eliminate anxiety or panic attacks.
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• Increase self-esteem and confidence.
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• Overcome sadness, hopeless and general depression.
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• Improve concentration & memory.
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• Get better grades in school.
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• Peak performance in career and sports.
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• Anger management.
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• Increase life-satisfaction.
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• Overcome sexual problems.
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• Quit drinking and drugs.
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• Improve interpersonal relationships.
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• Increase mind-body-spiritual awareness.
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• Pain management.
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• Hypnobirthing or natural birthing.
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• Psychogenic problems.
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• Stress management.
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The type of problems hypnosis & hypnotherapy can address is not limited the above issues. As a matter fact, as long as the problem is not organic in nature, hypnosis and hypnotherapy is likely to help.

Hypnosis and hypnotherapy can help you discover and utilize all your resources to make lasting, profound improvements in your life. You can discover the power of suggestion to open doors to better health, well-being and opportunities. With hypnosis and hypnotherapy, you'll be on your success path on the first session.

Everyone has already experienced hypnosis and not even know it. According to Grinder and Bandler: "you already know a great deal about hypnosis under other names, or under no name at all". Hypnosis is quite a common trance state that we all zip in and out of every 90 minutes or so. Anyone who's day-dreamed or been in a TV-trance or an elevator trance has been in hypnosis.

Hypnosis and hypnotherapy can be experienced by anyone who can understand the spoken language and can follow instructions. Hypnosis and hypnotherapy has helped children as young as three years of age overcome common childhood problems. Young or old, hypnosis can be utilized by all people to better themselves.