Depression is characterized by you having five
or more of the symptoms noted below, nearly every day in the same 2-week
period, as a change from your routine function (as long as one of the
symptoms is either depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure.)
- Depressed or sad mood
- Loss of Interest in things you once enjoyed
- Change in appetite or weight (either a loss or increase)
- Inability to sleep or sleeping too much
- Restlessness and nervousness or slowing of speech and body movements
observable by others
- Constant fatigue or loss of energy
- Frequent feelings of worthlessness or guilt
- Difficulty concentrating or making decisions
- Frequent thoughts of death or suicide
A Cognitive-behavioral Therapy Approach
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is widely accepted as an effective,
evidence and empiricism-based treatment for many disorders including
depression and anxiety.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy encourages people with depression
and anxiety to learn the skills to identify, challenge and self correct
their negative views.
Clinical Hypnosis
Hypnosis is a person's choice to explore an internally-focused
awareness facilitated by a therapist. It is a relaxed, hyper-suggestible
state that allows you to consider new strategies outside of routine
strategies which may have become less effective or obsolete. It is
a tool to magnify a clinical approach; and it is a way for people to
amplify their own capacities for change by magnifying personal resources.
It is empowering.
"If the imagination doesn't create a new direction, the
will doesn't have anywhere to go but around and around." -
Dr. Michael Yapko
Pain management*
Clinical studies have demonstrated the positive effect
of hypnosis on pain reduction. The three most common pain-related
benefits are:
- Pain reduction
- An increased
sense of control over pain
- Acquisition of a new option or tool
for pain management
Removing Barriers to Language Acquisition
Everyone can learn to draw, but not everyone will be an
artist. Everyone can learn to speak another language,
some will just be more eloquent. In partnership
with an experienced French
language instructor, hypnosis
is used to reduce anxiety and barriers related to learning
a new language.
* All pain management cases must include the cooperation of your
doctor. Hypnosis for pain management benefits some not all.
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