Innisfree School of Hypnosis

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Thank you for considering Innisfree School of Hypnosis Education & Clinic to help you make a change in your life. I don’t know if you know a lot about hypnosis or a little but I thought you’d like to know how Innisfree does it.

First of all I like to feel Innisfree offers an intelligent and informed approach to hypnosis. Both myself and the Innisfree hypnotists certified by Innisfree, have studied far longer than the 6 x 3-day weekends that you’ve seen advertised in various hypnosis schools. Everybody working for Innisfree has either a college or university background first, before studying the Innisfree certification program.

They also are of mature age – having had life experiences that help them understand your life experiences. They also continually upgrade their abilities through further study – and they are mentored by me while they are working with you.

Secondly I’d like you to know the truth about how hypnosis works. It certainly does! But anybody who tells you to just lie back, become unconscious and you’ll never have your issue again is at best poorly trained and at worst unscrupulous. And because hypnosis by non-medical practitioners is not regulated in Ontario anybody of any background, intelligence, hypnosis school or ability can call themselves a consulting hypnotist. You need to check the person’s credentials and background very carefully .

The truth about being hypnotized is that anybody can do it to another person. We do it to ourselves daily when we daydream, imagine or get ‘lost’ in something. It’s an attribute we are all born with. For some reason we haven’t been encouraged to use this attribute to help ourselves although the efficacy of hypnosis has been proven over and over again – and medically so. Call up Pub Med on line and type in hypnosis and an issue and you’ll find medical trials all over the world.

But how does it work? Well at Innisfree we believe in the findings of John Sarno M.D. [The Divided Mind], and Norman Doidge M.D. [The Brain that Changes itself]. Both these doctors have found wonderful results in conditions that the status quo says are unchangeable – fibromyalgia, Irritable Bowel syndrome, paralysis, stroke etc. And they both say this is done by ‘retraining’ your brain through repetitive practice. They say that this is supported by the determined thinking to do so. Stop concentrating on the old way and start concentrating on a new way. And that’s how hypnosis works too – and probably in a more relaxed and interesting fashion.

At Innisfree you relax into a daydreamy state, still well aware of what is going on around you, and then through the skill of the Innisfree Consulting hypnotist you are guided to the areas that need to be changed in order to free you to move on with your life. This could be revisiting your childhood, examining a dream, imagining you are part of a story. There are many techniques the Innisfree Hypnotist knows. And hypnosis works fast. We at Innisfree never go over 8 sessions. Often you are finished in 4. And we give you enough time to do the work. Our sessions are usually 2 hours long or longer and have a flat rate of $200 per session. A sliding scale exists for those who are financially challenged. If you are working, upon conclusion of the sessions you will be given a tuition receipt for tax purposes. Because Innisfree is an authorized school no GST or HST is charged.

Now about hypnosis working. This is the partnership part. Your subconscious will not support you unless you are working at making the change consciously. That’s why you can go into hypnosis, receive some suggestions that work for awhile but then you go back to your old ways. But at Innisfree you are making a new brain pattern, as Doidge would say, so between sessions practice and thinking differently is required. This is done by listening to CDs and keeping in contact with the therapist. You will also be taught things to do for yourself. It is expected that the old way may put up a fight for awhile as it feels you are eliminating it. But this will quickly subside as you refuse to capitulate. It takes 150% determination to do this though – and not wanting to combat doubt and the manipulations of the ‘old way’ is often the reason people stop hypnosis in the midst of the program.

The most important factor from Innisfree is that we teach you to hypnotize yourself so you leave us with tools for anything that comes up in your life. We like to think we also give you a great deal of information and suggestions for books to read that support our way of doing hypnosis.

Of course besides clinical hypnosis described above Innisfree also offers Transpersonal Hypnosis. You’ve likely heard about past life exploration etc. The training for this work is grounded on studies by Helen Wambach PhD and several other scientists. If this is of interest for you we use it but only with your permission.

So I hope I’ve given you a little info about how Innisfree will do hypnosis with and for you. If you are interested in booking some sessions, and feel ready to be a 150% partner in the process please contact me and we’ll set up your first appointment – the Initial consult. This can take 3 hours. There is much to talk about, back and forth, hypnosis to do, and your change to begin.

Feir Johnson B.A., DCH.
Director of
Innisfree school of Hypnosis education & Clinic

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What Issues Can Hypnosis Help With?

• Aids
• Allergies
• Arthritis
• Asthma
• Breast Cancer
• Childhood Issues
• Chronic Pain
• Chron's Disease
• Colitis
• Dreams
• Emotional Eating
• Energy Attachments
• IBS
• Infertility
• Heart Issues
• Herpes
• Learning
• Life-long Issues
• Menopause
• Migraines
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Palliative Care
• Past Lives
• Pregnancy
• Public Performances
• Psychotherapy
• Smoking
• Sports Performance
• Strokes
• Stuttering
• Surgery

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