Welcome to KR Hypnotherapy
Transforming Lives Through Hypnosis
Change begins with a breath.
Welcome to KR Hypnotherapy
Transforming Lives Through Hypnosis
Change begins with a breath.
Our Therapy
Depressed & Anxious Feelings
Depressed feelings, fear, and anxious feelings are some of the most common and uncomfortable emotions that we can experience at some point in our lives. Any symptoms you have that are being treated by a physician, we need a referral from your doctor. Once prescribed, we can assist you in recovering your motivation, perspective, and joy that you once had in your life.
Recovering From Past Challenging Events
Many individuals can experience symptoms associated with painful and traumatic circumstances. Anxious feelings, fear, and hopelessness are a few emotions that can linger post traumatic events. Through hypnotherapy, we can help you overcome these symptoms and guide you through the process of grief and healing.
Fears and Phobias
Most fears and phobias develop during childhood. Our subconscious mind replays the first event causing our fears.
Once the source of these fears is realized,
the fear can be released and transformed. Hypnotherapy sessions allow the subconscious mind to see a more positive outlook and a new approach to day-to-day living.
Disclaimer
The following describes the Disclaimer for our www.KRHypnotherapy.com website.
While hypnosis has many beneficial effects, hypnosis is not a substitute for appropriate medical attention. Statements and products offered on this website are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure nor prevent any disease or illness. When dealing with physical and/or mental illness or disease, always consult a qualified physician or therapist.
Never listen to hypnosis recordings while driving a car or operating machinery. When listening to hypnosis recordings, choose an environment that is quiet and safe.
There’s no guarantee of specific results and results can vary. The only one who can possibly guarantee your success is you.
Kat Rich, Ramona Murphy and KR Hypnotherapy make no claims to how soon changes can occur, permanency or—in the case of weight-loss—how much weight can be lost in a given time. (That would be highly unethical.) As always, individual results vary.
Services provided by Kat Rich or Ramona Murphy are not intended to take the place of professional counseling or medical or psychological care and should not be used as a substitute for professional diagnosis and treatment.
The instructions and the information provided by Kat Rich and Ramona Murphy are, and are intended to be, educational in nature, providing information, instruction, support and encouragement.
Kat Rich and Ramona Murphy are certified interpersonal hypnotherapists. Kat Rich nor Ramona are not a licensed physician nor licensed mental health professional nor a psychologist. Kat Rich and Ramona Murphy do not hold themselves out to provide any form of health care or psychotherapy.
The services Kat Rich and Ramona Murphy render are held out to the public as non-therapeutic hypnotism, defined as the use of hypnosis to inculcate positive thinking and the capacity for self-hypnosis.
Kat Rich and Ramona Murphy do not represent their services as any form of medical, behavioral or mental health care, and despite research to the contrary, by law they may make no health benefit claims for their services.
Please consult your health care provider before making any health care decisions or for guidance about a specific medical condition.
If you are under medical or psychological care, obtain a signed, written referral from your provider(s).
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Issues We Can Help With...Are You Ready For A Change?
Issues We Can Help With...Are You Ready For A Change?
Issues We Can Help With...Are You Ready For A Change?
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- Academic Performance*
- Addictions*
- Advice from Higher Self*
- Allergies*
- Anger Management*
- Anxious Feelings*
- Assertiveness*
- Attitude Adjustments*
- Bed Wetting*
- Career Success*
- Childhood Trauma*
- Chronic Pain*
- Communication Enhancement*
- Concentration*
- Coping with Death or Loss (Grief)*
- Depressive Feelings*
- Guilt*
- Exam Preparation*
- Exercise, Working Out*
- Fears and Phobias*
- Fibromyalgia*
- Finding Lost Objects*
- Food Allergies*
- Insomnia*
- Interview Nerves (Confidence)*
- Forgetfulness*
- Forgiveness*
- Goal Achievement*
- Habit Control*
- Helplessness*
- Hopelessness*
- Improve Sales*
- Inhibition*
- Irritability*
- Lack of Focus*
- Limiting Beliefs*
- Memory Enhancement*
- Motivation*
- Nail Biting*
- Negative Feelings*
- Obsessions*
- Obesessive-Compulsive Behaviors*
- Organization*
- Pain Management*
- Past Life Regression*
- Perfectionism*
- Performance Anxiety**
- Pre-Surgery*
- Post-Surgery*
- Procrastination*
- Public Speaking*
- Reactions to Traumatic Events*
- Relationship Strategies*
- Relaxation*
- Self-Criticism*
- Self-Defeating Behaviors*
- Self-Expression*
- Sexual Dysfunction*
- Sexuality*
- Shyness*
- Sleep Disorders/Issues*
- Sports Performance*
- Stage Fright*
- Stress Relief*
- Study Habits*
- Tardiness*
- Therapeutic Imagery*
- Uncovering memories that are normally inaccessible*
- Weight Loss*
*Disclaimer: Results may vary from person to person
Thoughts From the Green Chair
Issues We Can Help With...Are You Ready For A Change?
Issues We Can Help With...Are You Ready For A Change?
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A Brief History of Hypnotherapy
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A Brief History of Hypnotherapy
A Brief History of Hypnotherapy
CANCELLATION POLICY: Because available session appointments are limited, we have a strict no-show, cancellation and reschedule policy. Forty-eight (48) hours in advance of session/appointment, clients will receive a reminder. If you need to cancel or reschedule your session, please do so prior to 24 hours before your appointment. Sessions cancelled within 24 hours or less result in a fee of $150.00. Complimentary consults cancelled within 24 hours of the scheduled appointment results in a fee of $75.00. Even though they are classified as complimentary, our time was expressly scheduled for you.
PLEASE NOTE: FOUR CAUTIONARY POINTS -
(1) If you are currently taking ANY Benzodiazepine medications (e.g., Xanax®, Valium® or Diastat®, Librium®, Ativan®, Klonopin®, Tranxene®, Halcion®, Serax®, Dalmane®, Restoril®, Paxipam®, ProSom®, or their corresponding European names), this class of drug prevents one's ability to enter into hypnotic trance to the depth necessary for a successful hypnotherapeutic outcome. With the guidance of your prescribing physician, it will be necessary for you to be free of the influence of these medications in your body before beginning hypnotherapy sessions. If you are a habitual user, even as clinically prescribed, do not stop taking any Benzodiazepine medication abruptly! Very serious and potentially life-threatening withdrawal reactions can result! Similarly ,we will not see someone who is under the influence of any controlled substance (legal or illegal), currently addicted to opiates, opioids or alcohol, or experiencing any withdrawal symptoms from these substances. A client's nervous system will need to have been detoxified before a session can commence.
(2) If hypnotherapy is being sought for the alleviation of physical pain, we require a written note from your
physician that indicates it is safe to proceed. A prescription pad note is acceptable. (Masking pain of undiagnosed medical conditions with hypnosis can have grave consequences).
(3) Please do not wear contact lenses during hypnosis as occasional lachrymation (tearing) can cause irritation. It is suggested that eye glasses be worn instead, or removal of contacts prior to session.
(4) Avoid drinking caffeinated beverages (coffee, tea, energy drinks, soda) shortly before arriving for a session.
A Brief History of Hypnotherapy
A Brief History of Hypnotherapy
A Brief History of Hypnotherapy
The use of hypnosis has been documented throughout history. Hypnosis derived from the Greek word "ypnos" or "hypnos," meaning sleep representative of the Trance State. Although Trance State is not sleeping as clients can speak and move, brain waves have been documented to be different while in hypnosis.
Therapeutic powers of Egyptian medicine before 1552 BCE noted in the Ebers Papyrus resembling hypnotic procedure. Similar treatments have been indicated as being utilized by King Pyrrhus of Egypt, Emperor Vespasian, Francis I of France and other French kings up to Charles X.
Franz Anton Mesmer is noted for his use of magnetism in the 1700's and investigated by Benjamin Franklin in France.
A resurgence of interest in the use of hypnosis occurred during the 1800's with Jean-Martin Charcot who introduced suggestions, and James Baird, a Scottish surgeon, coined the term "hypnotism" in his unpublished Practical noon the Curative Agency of Neuro-Hypnotism (1842) as an abbreviation for "neuro-hypnotism," meaning "sleep of the nerves." The popularity of hypnotism waned after 1850 with a resurgence in the 1880's by Jean-Martin Charcot, whose work would later influence William James in the United States and Sigmund Freud early in the 20th century.
Several scriptures allude to hypnosis in the Bible (Genesis 2:21, 1 Samuel 26:12, Job 4:13, 33:15, Acts 10:10). However, it was not until 1956 that Pope Pius XII gave his approval of hypnosis for use in diagnosis and treatment. The American Medical Association approved a report on the medical uses of hypnosis in 1958. Two years later, the American Psychological Association endorsed hypnosis as a branch of psychology. The American Cancer Society recommends hypnosis, as does The National Institute of Health. The use of hypnotherapy occurs in many healthcare facilities around the world, including The Mayo Clinic and Johns Hopkins.
The U.S. (Department of Labor) Directory of Occupational Titles (D.O.T. 079.157.010) supplies the following definition:
"Hypnotherapist – Induces hypnotic state in client to increase motivation or alter behavior pattern through hypnosis. Consults with client to determine the nature of problem. Prepares client to enter hypnotic states by explaining how hypnosis works and what client will experience. Tests subject to determine degrees of physical and emotional suggestibility. Induces hypnotic state in client using individualized methods and techniques of hypnosis based on interpretation of test results and analysis of client's problem. May train client in self-hypnosis conditioning.
Hypnosis: Quotes and Myths
Hypnosis: Quotes and Myths
Hypnosis: Quotes and Myths
Hypnosis is a natural state of mind with special identifying characteristics:
1. An extraordinary quality of relaxation.
2. An emotionalized desire to satisfy the suggested behavior: The person feels like doing what the hypnotist suggests, provided that what is suggested does not generate conflict with his belief system.
3. The organism becomes self-regulating and produces normalization of the central nervous system.
4. Heightened and selective sensitivity to stimuli perceived by the five senses and four basic perceptions.
5. Immediate softening of psychic defenses.
~Gil Boyne
DISPELLING MYTHS
Myth #1:
A hypnotist is a person gifted with special, mystical or unusual powers.
Fact:
A hypnotist is a human being without unusual or mystical powers. A well-trained hypnotist understands that the person hypnotizes himself. He uses the effective delivery of suggestions to facilitate an altered state of mind and teaches his client to bring about or self-induce the hypnotic state.
Myth #2:
A person may not be easily awakened and may remain in the hypnotic state for a long time or get “stuck” in this state.
Fact:
No one has remained indefinitely in a hypnotic state. The state can be terminated at will. It is as simple as opening the eyes. You cannot get stuck in hypnosis and not “wake up.”
Myth #3:
Hypnosis affects a cure in just one or two sessions. It is a panacea.
Fact:
In many instances one or two sessions of hypnosis may enable a person to break a habit. However, in the majority of cases it requires a number of sessions before a favorable result is obtained. – it is not a panacea (it cannot cure all human problems; and it cannot do it instantly.)
Myth #4:
Many people cannot be hypnotized.
Fact:
90% of all people can be hypnotized
Myth #5:
Only the gullible or weak-minded can be hypnotized.
Fact:
You cannot hypnotize a feeble-minded person. It takes imagination and a willingness to cooperate-a willingness to accept suggestions. The more intelligent and imaginative the person the easier it is to hypnotize him. People who are gullible are easily deceived or duped. The truth is the more creative and intelligent a person is the easier it is to induce hypnosis. The more analytical and controlling a person is, the harder it is to induce hypnosis.
The best subject is a person who has a definite reason or motivation for wanting to be hypnotized.
Myth #6:
When in hypnosis you are out of control.
Fact:
You cannot be hypnotized against your will. You have to “want” to be hypnotized in order for it to happen.
To be hypnotized
1. You must want to be hypnotized
2. You must have confidence in the hypnotist
3. You must be willing to accept suggestion
4. You must be free from fear
5. You must be free from the need to be in control
“Remove fear-the biggest block of all-and you’ll be able to hypnotize one hundred people out of a hundred.” – Dave Elman
Myth #7:
A person could be made to do anything or say anything, and is under the hypnotist’s control. They could be made to commit a crime or go against their moral principles.
Fact:
In hypnosis a person will not go against his or her moral principles. He will not commit an anti-social act. He has the power to select only the suggestions he is willing to accept. He will reject any improper suggestions. He will never commit a crime or an illegal act.
You cannot be given a suggestion or posthypnotic suggestion to go against your moral principles.
Myth #8:
Hypnosis is sleep, an unconscious state and when hypnotized a person is not aware of his surroundings.
Fact:
In hypnosis awareness is increased. If he falls asleep he is not in hypnosis. In hypnosis you are aware of everything that is going on around you. Hypnosis might resemble sleep, yet it is not sleep, and is in fact a state of expanded awareness. You are fully aware of what is being said to you when in hypnosis and can reject any suggestion that is given to you at any time.
The ego never totally dissociates when in hypnosis. The ego is present when in hypnosis and therefore you would never act outside of your code of ethics.
The senses are generally enhanced (hyper-acuity) when a person is in the hypnotic state. He hears any sounds in the general area and is quite aware of what is going on. Quite often he is more aware and not less aware.
“We are not here to put people to sleep, We are here to assist in waking them up.”
Myth #9:
A person must be deeply hypnotized to be helped.
Fact:
You do not need to be in a deep state of hypnosis to benefit from it. Beneficial results can come from taking suggestions while in a light trance.
Myth #10:
Hypnosis is unnatural and artificial.
Fact:
Hypnosis is a natural, yet altered state of mind.
Myth #11:
Hypnosis is merely relaxation and is nothing more.
Fact:
You can be relaxed and yet not be hypnotized – and you can be hypnotized and not be relaxed. Relaxation is only one aspect of one kind of trance.
Myth #12:
Hypnosis is catalepsy and a person cannot move when in that state.
Fact:
Catalepsy can occur in or out of trance and is not hypnosis in and of itself. The apparently “catatonic” state known as the hypnotic coma is not an unconscious or cataleptic state, but is such a state of profound relaxation that the person does not want to move, think or speak. However, he is fully conscious and can terminate that state anytime he would want to.
Myth #13:
The eyes must be closed for hypnosis to be present.
Fact:
Closing the eyes does not imply hypnosis. The eyes can actually be opened in a hypnotic state.
Myth #14:
Hypnosis is brainwashing.
Fact:
Brainwashing – The American Heritage Dictionary defines brainwashing as “Intensive, forcible indoctrination, usually political or religious, aimed at destroying a person's basic convictions and attitudes and replacing them with an alternative set of fixed beliefs.” Brainwashing involves an altered state where some form of deprivation is present. A hypnotist cannot make someone do something that they would not do normally and empowers his client to access this state himself and to make his own positive changes.
Myth #15:
Hypnosis is a surrender of one’s will to the hypnotist. It is one “stronger soul” having power over a “weaker soul,” where the hypnotic subject is under the power of the hypnotist.
Fact:
A hypnotist does not have power over another person. Modern hypnosis uses the word “in” when describing hypnosis, in that a person is “in” a hypnotic state. Modern hypnosis does not use the word “under” as if the hypnotic subject is “under” the power of the hypnotist. This old model has been found untrue. In modern hypnotherapy both the hypnotist and his client are seen as equals where the hypnotist facilitates the process, but does not control it. Also avoid using the phrase “down into hypnosis” for the same reason.
Clients resolve their issues from their own inner resources – i.e. from their own subconscious mind.
The hypnotherapist is a “facilitator.”
Myth #16:
Hypnosis is truth serum. A person could be made to say anything, reveal secrets or say embarrassing things.
Fact:
You can lie in hypnosis. You can edit and withhold information in hypnosis. You do not have to reveal secrets. When hypnotized, you will not do anything against your will. You can reject any suggestion that is given to you. A client will never divulge or do anything that he or she would not say or do in a regular waking state.
Myth #17:
Hypnosis is anti-religious.
Fact:
There are no religious connotations associated with hypnosis.
Myth #18:
When hypnotized repressed memories of trauma always emerge.
Fact:
Hypnosis can be used to uncover repressed memories, but the hypnotic state itself does not, by default, bring them to the surface. A client will never see something that he or she is not ready to see and such memories will only come up if the client and/or the hypnotist intend to bring them up.
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