Arizona Society For Professional Hypnosis

Next Meeting

Tuesday, April 6, 2009

7:00 p.m. SHARP

Topic: Women Dealing With Physical and Emotional Trauma
And How They Can Recover

Presenter: Debbie Peacock

Location:

HomeTown Buffet

1312 NORTH SCOTTSDALE RD, SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85257

(On the West Side of Scottsdale Road, just south of McDowell)

Please no dining during the meeting.

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Topic: Women Dealing With Physical and Emotional Trauma
And How They Can Recover

Presenter: Debbie Peacock

The April talk will concentrate on women and trauma … deep traumas such as rape, murder, kidnapping, attempted murder and child molestation. In cases of severe trauma, physical scars heal but emotional scars often remain and cause problems in many areas like family, personal and sexual relationships. Debbie will begin with a relaxation for the audience to reinforce the importance of relaxation therapy. She will also talk about the importance of the pre-talk and how really listening to the client can influence your choice of hypnosis techniques. She will discuss how anger, low self esteem, fear and sexual issues due to trauma from molestation and other violent experiences can be healed and the women can once again regain their personal power. One of Debbie’s clients will be participating in these demonstrations. We welcome her and thank her for her bravery. Questions are welcomed.

Deborah Peacock’s practice, “Debbie’s Place”, work mainly with women and woman's issues. She has focused her work for seventeen years teaching and counseling women and with women's groups. Debbie is a graduate of Arizona State University with a degree in Communications and trained in hypnosis about eight years ago. She is one of our own members at the Arizona Society For Professional Hypnotists as well as a member of the National Guild of Hypnotists and the Hypnotists Union. Debbie is also a Reiki Master.

Tuesday Meetings: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Free for Members)*

Certificates &C. E. U. Credit Hours Awarded for Attendance**

(2 credits per meeting attended)

TOPICS & PRESENTERS

We are still gathering presenters for our 2009/2010 calendar. If you have a topic you would like to present or can suggest someone who you would love to hear speak for our group, please email Debbie at asph@live.com.

May – TBA

June – TBA

July – Using the Media to Expand Your Practice – Presenter - Gibran Sepulveda

August – TBA

September – TBA

October – Hypnosis for Food Addictions – Presenter – Dr. Ilana Oren

November – Officer Nominations

December – Holiday Party Time!

March 2, 2009

President, Robert J. O’Connor called the meeting to order at 7 PM. Everyone introduced themselves and shared why they attended the meeting. Susan Poznanski informed us that one of our members, Rose McNicol, was ill. Robert also informed us that another member, Eileen Soland, could also use our support. We discussed the fact that we, as a group, should feel free to reach out to our members in need, and asked that we be informed of what we can do to support our members.

Greg Nielson, our vice president, was a speaker for the evening. His topic was The Care and Feeding of a Hypnosis Practice. Greg did a phenomenal power point presentation that walked us through beginning our practices, from getting our education through getting and bringing back our clients. He gave us a list of 10 things that decide the success of our practice:

Professionalism
Service
Advertising
Reputation
Enthusiasm
Customer Contact Lists
Competitiveness (price)
Satisfied Customer
Credibility
Enthusiasm (yes again – it counts twice)

Greg went on to discuss our marketing. One of the things he stressed the most was that we are NOT selling hypnosis, but the BENEFITS it provides. This is very important to remember when preparing our marketing materials.

This was a great presentation for the newbies and the seasoned practitioner. It gave us all some insight into newer marketing ideas and things we may have forgotten in doing business daily.

Greg also announced that at our recent Board meeting, we decided to produce some general brochures showing the benefits of hypnosis and directing the reader to the ASPH website for member referrals. These should be ready in the next couple of months. They will be a great way to get hypnosis in the forefront at health fairs, sporting events etc.

Following the presentation, members announced their upcoming events. The meeting was adjourned at 9 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Debbie Gent, ASPH Secretary

ASPH 2009 OFFICERS

President: Robert O’Connor -- rjocstar@juno.com

Vice-President: Greg Nielson – ezthinker@hotmail.com

Secretary: Debbie Gent – asph@live.com

Treasurer: Tracy Crouch - tcrouch36@cox.net

Statutory Agent and Parliamentarian: Carol Adler – dandelionbooks@cox.net

The ASPH Website

www.hypnosisaz.com is our website. If you are a professional practicing hypnotherapist, we welcome your contact information. Kindly email Secretary, Debbie Gent, asph@live.com and we will add your information to our list. Thank you!

Charges for our webmaster updating your information on the ASPH website are $5.00 ~

Please make your check payable to ASPH and bring to the meeting or mail to:

Tracy Crouch · 2805 W. Plum Hollow Dr · Phoenix, AZ 85086

" Notes from the Secretary – Debbie Gent: "

I look forward to seeing you at our monthly meetings. If you have any questions about ASPH, please don’t hesitate to contact me at asph@live.com.

Also, if you need copies of the ASPH By-Laws, Constitution and Code of Ethics or would like information on the Hypnosis Arizona State Regulations, kindly contact me by email and I will send them as MS Word attachments.

Just a reminder … The cut-off date to add event information to the monthly newsletter is the 14^th of the month following the last meeting, or at the mid-point of the month before the next meeting. Please submit your event information on or before then via email to me at ashp@live.com.

Visitors and guests are welcome to attend two meetings free of charge, after which they are invited to join ASPH or have the option of paying a five dollar fee for each month attended thereafter. Spouses and partners of members are considered part of the ASPH and have free meeting privileges.

** C.E.U Credits for National Guild of Hypnotist are submitted for Members only.

If you wish to become a member, please contact:

Treasurer – Tracy Crouch – tcrouch36@cox.net

2805 West Plum Hollow Drive, Anthem, AZ 85086 Tel: 602-348-0477

to receive the Application Form and Fee Sheet.

Please see our website at www.hypnosisaz.com or contact Secretary, Debbie Gent, asph@live.com, for copies of the Constitution, By-Laws and Code of Ethics.

Don Rice – April 9

Although many of you may have sent us your birthday dates in the past, we are now creating a new list. Be sure to add your birth date to the roster when you sign in or send us that information (your name and birthday month and day) Asph@live.com, so we can celebrate with you!! J

Member Newsletter Announcements should be approximately 1/4 page and ready to cut and paste into the newsletter. All newsletter announcements must be directly connected to enhancing hypnosis techniques and therapies or serve as a support to the business and profession of hypnosis and hypnotherapy.

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$$$ Dues Reminder – ASPH Dues for 2009 are due.

See invoice at the end of your newsletter. $$$

Member Benefits:

Great Education and CEU’s each month

Monthly Networking Opportunities

Annual Holiday Party

And …

Priceless Friendships and Camaraderie

If you’re not already a member, join us for 2009. You’ll be happy you did!

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Monthly Networking Meeting

If you would like to discuss building your practice, or any other hypnosis related topics over dinner, please
plan on arriving at the Home Town Buffet about 6:00pm. Join us in the NW corner of the dining room for a
relaxed, casual, and stimulating dinner conversation of subjects important to us all.

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Read any good articles about hypnosis in a magazine or on the web lately?
Think it’s one that others in our organization would find interesting?

Email a copy or link to the article to our secretary at asph@live.com to be included in our next newsletter.

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One of our old time members, Eileen Soland, is struggling with health issues. If you would like to contact Eileen she can be reached at 602-996-4122. She’d love to hear from you.

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NETWORKING

The following members are available to easily network among yourselves. If you would like to have your name, phone number and email address included in this list of ASPH members, please email me (asph@live.com ) your name, phone number and email address.

Carol Adler cadler@mindspring.com 480-897-4452

Sherry Bertram bertshr@yahoo.com 602-920-3281

Rebekah Costello hypno-sister@hotmail.com 602 316-8561

Debbie Gent debbie@shamanicconnection.com 602-896-0146

Phil Hamilton phil@trancepathways.com 602-330-6886

Alan Handelsman alanhand@aol.com 602-478-8346

Robert (Bob) LaBine, labine28@cox.net, 480-948-8673

Susan Poznanski smf85308@qwest.net 602-843-8835

Martha Reed martha@insightsforlife-coach.com 623 249-5888

Tina Sacchi, Tina@TinaSacchi.com, 623-261-6167

Cheryle Timbrook, Journeysinhypno@aol.com, 480-201-7723

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