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…December
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UPCOMING TOPICS
& PRESENTERS
December –
December 1, 2009 -
January
2010 – Sandi Graves – “Pump Up Your Practice… Now!”
February
2010 – To Be Announced
November 3, 2009
Minutes from the November 3,
2009 ASPH Meeting.
The meeting was called to
order by Robert O’Connor at 7:05. After introduction of the officers, members
present introduced themselves. Robert mentioned that ASPH is now over 40 years
old, and that hypnotherapy is becoming more accessible every year.
The most important item of
business for this meeting was Nomination of ASPH Officers for the year of 2010.
Nominations were as follows:
Treasurer – Sylvia Shelton
Secretary – Tim Paulson
Vice President – Sandy Graves
President – Robert O’Connor
Since only one person was
nominated for each position, Robert moved to forgo the process of an official
vote, and simply install the nominees for the 2010 term which begins on January
1, 2010. The move was seconded, and those nominated persons were duly elected.
Robert then introduced Lindsay Brady, CHt. the speaker for the evening. An Emeritus member of ASPH, Lindsay served for more than 15 years as an officer on the board of the Arizona Society for Professional Hypnosis, including five terms as President. He has been one of the leaders of the organization for over 25 years. Robert pointed out that he was involved during some very difficult times in ASPH, when the organization was barely surviving, and it was due to his leadership at that time that we still have a group with these monthly meetings.
As a professional hypnotist since 1970 and one of the most recognized contributors to the promotion of hypnosis and hypnotherapy, Lindsay has conducted sessions with more than 27,000 clients in a clinical setting and has “hypnotized” thousands more during demonstrations, stage-show performances and lectures.
Recognized as a leading
clinical hypnotherapist, Lindsay's reputation and high success rate have attracted
clients throughout the
Lindsay has been practicing
hypnosis for 39 years, and at one time or another has embraced every different
approach to hypnotherapy. His presentation centered on an approach to
hypnotherapy which looks specifically at how “perception” plays a significant
role in our behavior; perception is the means by which the mind, brain and body
communicate with each other. As he explained, perceptions are instructions to
your brain that cause a specific behavior without your need to do anything
further. The mind will instruct our brain to do any behavior we want. Lindsay’s
own description re-evaluates the term “hypnotism”
to what he considers a more active term, “perceptionism.”
He demonstrated the theory
that the mind doesn’t care what you “say,” only what you “perceive.” He had
attendees hold a pendulum over a target on a sheet of paper. He demonstrated
that by simply hearing a command without consciously moving the hand, the
individual could cause the pendulum to swing either side-to-side,
front-to-back, or even in a circle. Lindsay stated that the individual just
needs to see the end result; perception will create the behavior to accomplish
it now. Further, the mind cannot
perceive of something in the future, so working with a client and giving a
suggestion such as, “You’re going to lose weight,” or “You are going to quit
smoking” is of no use. Statements must be made in the present moment. The mind
must be able to perceive NOW.
Lindsay discussed the way in
which our emotions are felt physically in our body and can be identified by
asking a client, “Where in your body do you feel this?” Our perceptions will
respond the same, whether the issue is real or not real. If the brain knows the
difference between tired and not tired, for example, then it also knows how to
get rid of the unwanted emotion. At any time, it can act and feel the way it
chooses. If the brain can manipulate the cells and muscles to move the
pendulum, then it can also manipulate the cells in your body to conquer cancer.
Lindsay believes that we
don’t need to bring a client through old issues, to dredge up a painful past in
order to achieve healing. He stressed that by changing how they perceive
themselves, the new behavior takes over and they automatically begin to behave
according to the new perception. One of the most important things to remember
is that every time we learn a new concept, we are creating a new neural
pathway. Every time we access that new neural pathway, i.e., when we practice
the new behavior, we are strengthening it. By going into the past and reliving
old memories, we are just adding strength to those old pathways we are
attempting to release.
After his talk Lindsay opened
the floor to questions, and a lively discussion followed, with various members
asking questions of his techniques and asking for more clarification of this
definition of hypnosis. Lindsay said he enjoys the banter with his colleagues,
and is very open to hearing different points of view.
At the conclusion of the
meeting, Robert reminded members that the next meeting, December 1, the ASPH annual
holiday dinner party, begins at 6:00PM, one hour earlier than our usual meeting
time.
Robert call for adjournment,
and the meeting was closed at 8:50.
After the meeting, Lindsay’s
exciting new book, As the Pendulum
Swings: If It Isn’t Hypnosis… Then What Is It? was available for purchase.
The book, which normally sells for $19, was offered that night for just $15,
and Lindsay generously donated half of that amount to ASPH.
Respectfully submitted,
Tim Paulson, CHt.
ASPH Secretary
ASPH 2010 OFFICERS
President: Robert O’Connor
-- rjocstar@juno.com
Vice-President: Sandy Graves – sandi@arizonafamilyhypnosis.com
Secretary: Tim Paulson – asph@live.com
Treasurer: Sylvia
Shelton - sushelton@hotmail.com
Statutory Agent and
Parliamentarian: Carol Adler – info@caroladler.com
The ASPH Website
www.hypnosisaz.com is the domain
for Arizona Society for Professional Hypnosis.
Attention All Practicing Hypnotherapists:
If
you wish to have your contact information listed on the ASPH website followed
by a brief paragraph, 300 words maximum, kindly send this written information (MS
Word Document) to Tim Paulson, ASPH Secretary, by email at asph@live.com as soon as possible.
Thank
you!
" Notes from the Statutory Agent:
Carol Adler: "
We look forward to seeing you at our monthly
meetings. If you have any questions about ASPH, please don’t hesitate to
contact us 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 us by email and we will send
them as MS Word attachments.
A reminder … The cut-off date to add
event information to the monthly newsletter is the 14th 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 that date via email
to asph@live.com.
Visitors and guests are welcome to attend two meetings free of
charge, after which they are invited to join ASPH. They also have the option of
paying a $5.00 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 Hypnotists are submitted for Members only.
If you wish to become a member, please contact:
Treasurer – Sylvia Shelton – sushelton@hotmail.com
Sylvia will send you the ASPH Application Form and Fee
Sheet.
This information is also available on the ASPH website, www.hypnosisaz.com
Please see our website at www.hypnosisaz.com or contact Secretary Tim Paulson, asph@live.com for copies of the
Constitution, By-Laws and Code of Ethics.
Carol
Adler
Lindsay
Brady
Mort
Berkowitz
David
Harrod
Kathy
Balland
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and day) Asph@live.com, so we can celebrate with you!! J
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If you would like to discuss
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Rebekah Costello hypno-sister@hotmail.com 602 316-8561
Sandi Graves sandi@arizonafamilyhypnosis.com
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Some Links
to Professional Association Websites
The
International Hypnosis Research Institute
International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy
Association
International
Association of Counselors & Therapists
International Hypnosis Federation
International Association for Regression Research
& Therapies Inc.
American Hypnosis
Association - AHA
Transpersonal Hypnotherapy Institute
Association to Advance Ethical Hypnosis (AAEH)
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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?
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our secretary at asph@live.com to be
included in our next newsletter.