Inverclyde Therapy Centre
The Drama Queen
When I first started to practice using hypnosis, I was looking for all the volunteers I could muster. I found a young woman in her late 20’s who was willing to let me test out some of the stuff I’d done while on my certificate course. We will call her Nadine (pseudonym) to preserve her identity. All I had to do was to go through a certain script that would get her to lift her arm up until it touched the end of her nose. A simple task you may say!
Well! I had done this many times before
in training with the LCCH. The person I was working with would slowly lift that
arm until eventually it did touch the end of their nose. The idea behind this
was that we could say that “And when it
touches the end of your nose, it will return to your lap and you will feel
completely relaxed.”
On all occasions, what I previously found was that the person acting as the client, simply touched their nose rather gently with the side of the forefinger of the hand lifted. This time it was different! Nadine was a dramatic type, beautiful, lovely hair, sophisticated in appearance. Her hand rose very slowly in a style that was simply subject to her and the personality she clearly had. When her hand came upwards, it turned around in, what to me was a Marilyn Munro style. The back of her hand then touched her nose in a way that made me wonder if she was ready to faint!
It was then that I realized that individual differences existed, not just in the Psychology I had formerly taught within College, but in all situations. It was a positive and early learning experience for me and my development within the world of Hypnotherapy.
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It Isn’t
Working
Still in the development stage of my training, I managed to find another volunteer for my escapades in hypnosis. Again, I found a young woman, in her mid-twenties, but this time, one with a very logical personality. She was a bit unsure about acting as the proverbial guinea pig to provide me with a bit of practice, but as we knew each other she reluctantly agreed.
Janie (pseudonym) did not want to sit in a big comfortable chair so we settled for a dining chair where I took her through a relaxation session. She moved through the REM (rapid eye movement) stage to looking very relaxed and comfortable, but then she stood up and said “No! I don’t think this is working for me.” As she did so, she was looking at me with lovely big blue eyes staring straight ahead. I simply said “OK, but could you close your eyes just for a minute”. She agreed to do this. You see, she was still hypnotized but was not aware of it. Her belief that it wouldn’t work for her had carried through to the session, but I knew that I had to waken her properly before she left the premises.
I have encountered clients since fully completing my training, who don’t believe that hypnosis has worked. With one male client I asked him what time he thought it was. He was surprised to find that he had indeed been in hypnosis for about 30 minutes, but I’m afraid he was the one who got away as, in spite of the time lapse, I did not manage to completely remove his doubts.
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They’re My
Demons
I was beginning to feel a bit ‘hooked’ by hypnosis as an adjunct to the therapy I was so interested in, so I decided to move on to the next stage of training. I chose a Hypnotherapy training centre in Fife where I studied with a small group of people. We were a mixed group, and for part of the training I worked with an interesting guy who had been with the Paras in the Army, and then on leaving that life, had taken up with the Police. He had graduated to the CID and he was intent on finding out just what info was in my head.
We used a visualization technique to move forward in time which involved four coloured boxes. It is stated that the colour choice of the client is significant and may reveal certain conflicts. To give you some insight into this, if the client picks a RED box, that may suggest the presence of subconscious dangers. If a BLUE box is chosen there may be issues surrounding low mood or lack of feeling. A GREEN box may evidence connections with jealousy, and the YELLOW box may suggest feelings of inadequacy.
The secrets were in the box so to speak
and David was intent on finding out my secrets.
“If you’re out there David, you will
remember that what’s in my head is staying there” Your CID training didn’t
get it out and neither did the hypnosis. We had a bit of a laugh about that
later and we did share one or two secrets within that session. But what I hope
you will realize from this is, that when I involve myself in a session with a
client, I don’t empty their head. I don’t extract all of their personal details,
and I cannot (and would not) force them to tell me anything that they want to
keep personal. And as David said “You can
certainly block girl.”
I hope this example helps some of you to shed some of your fears of hypnosis. It is true – you really are in control throughout the session, and you can rid yourself of negative memories, change your negative thoughts to positive ones, and so forth, without actually telling me the finer details. How many of us don’t have Demons from the past?
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Reiki
It’s a funny thing but I never saw myself as a healer. I thought “Healers” were people who were born with a “gift”. One that I could not learn - in the traditional sense of the word. But after I’d been involved with Hypnotherapy for a couple of years, I felt the need to develop along a “healing” route.
Initially I tried Reiki, having encountered a guy called Paul Pritchard online. I communicated with him via e-mail initially and found that he was a really nice guy who genuinely wanted to help people. He had a Psychology background just like myself and he had also studied Hypnotherapy, then moved onto various other things, including Reiki, which he was teaching using various methods. I decided to go for it – give it a try – see what would happen.
I remember the level 2 attunement in particular as I just experienced so many things. It was kind of like my head had actually opened up to receive the new energy, and if I’m honest, I found it just a bit scary! You see, I was still a bit skeptical about all this stuff. Hypnotherapy, I could put down to logic, having studied it first within my Psychology degree, and since, having read books that most people would only consider using for reference.
That is who I am. I need to fully test something out before I am prepared to use it on someone else. If my experience is a positive one, and I feel that the ‘Therapy” could be of value to others, then I am willing to carry through with whatever training is required, until I feel I am adequate enough to inflict it on others.
I completed the 3 levels of Reiki to Masters Level and I have used it for a few years now on those that come along to the Centre. At first, my experience was simply a hot energy flowing through my hands as soon as I asked for Reiki to be switched on – it was – as if someone just flicked a switch. I didn’t see auras at that time, I couldn’t sense an illness or a problem in a client, but they still enjoyed the relaxation and the calm music playing in the background.
Experience with a method does bring many changes though. Now I can “see” auras – very clearly in some cases. I have noticed a very clear blue in clients who are on medication from their GP/psychiatrist. This has made me question whether pills of any kind are actually helpful as a “cure.” Sometimes, when giving Reiki there is a “presence” near the client, and I need to decide whether I should tell them or not. After all, they are not at the Centre for a “reading.” It is always important to weigh up the individual client, since we are all at different stages in our spiritual development.
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Theta Healing
I then gravitated towards Theta following one depressing day when I felt that the only way forward was to try and find some course for further development. I came across an online video clip that had been put together by Jill Millar from Theta Miracles. She went through this scenario where you had to state something and see if you moved forward (Yes) or backwards (No). “Really!” – Well, no-one was looking so I thought I’d give it a go. There was nothing complex involved, all I had to do was to say “My name is Jean” and watch for the reaction. True to fate – I started to sway forward. Being the skeptic that I am, I needed to try it again. This time I had to say “My name is Jill” – At that point I started to sway backwards – “Hey, what’s happening here” – Is this a fluke or what?
After that I had a bit of a hunt through Jill’s webpage and found that she was doing a Demo in Glasgow in a couple of weeks. I phoned a friend (doesn’t everyone?), and “No” I didn’t think it would turn me into a millionaire, but I reckoned that being a medium, she would be a better judge than me of the reality of what was happening here. She also phoned a friend and the three of us trekked off to Glasgow to see what this was all about.
Jill took us through the paces and had us stand up – sit down – sway forward – sway backward. I looked around the room, which was full, and saw most people move in the same direction. “Is this down to some group reaction?” Sorry, but I can’t leave behind the Psychologist in me. Then I noticed there were one or two people who didn’t move with the crowd. Jill then had to do another “download.” I’m not going into the details here so you’ll need to come along for a session if you want to see this stuff in action.
True to life – once the next “download” had been completed, the strays in the group started to join us in their sway. Well, I suppose the rest is history. I bought the book by Vianna Stibal, read it, needed to keep going, so booked onto the training. What I now notice is that there is some overlap between Reiki and Theta as, let’s face it; there is only one energy source. You can call it what you like but as far as I’m concerned, as long as your aim is to help others (and yourself), then it really doesn’t matter what angle you work from or what title the “Healing” has.
It was Theta that enabled me to receive messages for others (and occasionally for myself). The same dilemma exists when I use Theta – Should all information gained be passed on? My feeling here is that it is very important to be professional at all times – to consider the client, and also not to attempt to analyze what is coming through. If a message is received the client will know what is being said even if I think it must be a load of rubbish. Angels with staff in hand, little cherubs flying overhead – the Psychologist in me sometimes questions whether I am psychotic, but if I am, then the world is moving in that direction, and the people I know who also have these experiences, have no interest in drugs of any kind – legal or illegal. I will allow you to come to your own decisions about my status of mental health!
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Lemurian Crystal Healing
Much of our knowledge of the Bible is based on Parables. Being interested in Hypnotherapy of the Milton Erikson tradition, I would liken parables to what we now tend to call Metaphors and metaphorical tales are used to aid movement in a client who is “stuck” in one way or another. Were Adam and Eve the first two living beings on this Earth, or were we given this information in a form we as humans could understand? That is, was this a metaphor to allow us to move on? There is no real way of answering such a question.
However, let us now look at the mystical beings called the Lemurians. Said to be around 7 feet tall, they apparently lived on this Earth for thousands of years. It is also said that they travelled the Globe, with some of their members starting up civilizations such as Atlanta. The Lemurians progressed as far as they could on this Earth and then there was a huge shift in the Tectonic Plates of this Earth and Lemuria sank in the Pacific. “So what does this have to do with crystal healing?” you may ask.
Well, the knowledge gained by these mystical beings, had to be preserved for their future return. Therefore, they programmed seed crystals with all of that important information, and these crystals are now being discovered, mainly in Brazil. They are usually clear crystals with unusual striations, dents and notches, that hold the information. These crystals are said to be able to help us return to a heart-based society.
“Is there any evidence to support this?” You may ask. Well, I’m not sure I can provide the type of information that science would require, but what I can share is my experience of Lemurian Crystal Healing, on a course that took place here at Inverclyde Therapy Centre.
We worked through various attunements where I clearly saw more than one of these ethereal beings – larger than life – very sophisticated in appearance – robed in a style I would describe as being regal or churchlike (of the highest denomination). I had clear visions of a Temple, of an Altar, of moving along a wonderful beach with pure white sand, of dolphins swimming as if in support of the Lemurian movement. The trainer who read “The New Lemuria” (which was channeled) was changed while speaking the words of the script. Her voice deepened considerably, but while I listened, and meditated, I knew that her voice was not deep enough. Following this exercise I approached her and told her that I had heard the voice of the Lemurian who had given this message. I told her that his voice was deeper, and sounded very sophisticated, but I knew that her vocal chords would not allow her to deepen any further.
Although my visualization skills had developed considerably since studying Hypnotherapy, and my Kinesthetic skills had also improved since doing Reiki and Theta, I had never before actually heard a voice like this before, which was clearly coming from somewhere beyond what we know here on this Earth. At this point you may be considering coming here to the Centre for a free Consultation just to allow yourself to check on the level of my psychosis!
The information I gained through this course did not come together with my studies in Psychology, which were scientifically supported. I then had to weigh up whether I really was losing the plot or whether I was missing out on a side of this life that I had previously not allowed myself to believe. All I can tell you is that others in the room also experienced some interesting imagery (though no-one told me about hearing a voice?).
Perhaps what you may be most interested in was the effects of the crystals as we worked together in pairs. As I received healing from one of the others, I swayed over to the right, back again, bit of a swirl, then back to the right – This says that I have a need for more masculine energy! I seem to have moved from being a rather tom-boy child to being too feminine, and now I am striving for a balance – after the couple of days training I more or less balanced out. I haven’t stopped wearing make-up or tonging my hair, but I will admit that I like to wear the trousers!
When it came to my turn of giving healing, my hand shook in a way I have never come across before. This went on for about ten minutes and eventually subsided. I decided that was when the healing was complete – like a sign to say - STOP. It was a powerful initiation into the field of Crystal Healing. This happened again the next day and I am still mesmerized by the experience.
The most fascinating aspect of the healing process for me while using the Lemurian Crystals, was the exercise to eliminate SELF-LIMITING BELIEFS. The crystal had to be pointed at the part that held that particular belief. The “Therapist” then worked at releasing that belief, which sometimes came up as a cough, or even just a shape within the body that had to go. If you’re having difficulty believing this, then just come to the Centre for a session. You will know when it is cleared – Amazing!
Whoops! Nearly forgot, there is one more wonderful aspect of the crystals. This one works by the “Therapist” placing the crystal at a point on one of your fingers, and placing the other hand on your left temple. If you think on a problem in your life it will just go – it just fades away – Don’t believe it? Well – why not come and give it a try? It worked with everyone in the room.
My scientific side is fading away and I have become a convert to those Lemurian Crystals. Or perhaps I have just reached an 8 on a 1 – 10 scale for madness. You decide!
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When I first started to look into EFT (emotional freedom technique) I was not greatly impressed. At first glance I wondered how it was possible for such a frantic looking method to help people relax, or to rid themselves of emotional blockages. I went along to a free demonstration and I was most definitely not impressed. So, what changed you may ask?
Well, it was another one of those fed up days when I needed to find out what was going to help me hold my interest in finding new and interesting ways of helping people. I landed on Gary Craig’s webpage where I watched a few of his videos where he used the EFT method. As you probably know Gary was the founder of EFT. Prior to EFT there was Roger Callahan who used TFT (thought field therapy), and although this was also a successful method, apparently the manual required was about 6 inches thick so Gary reckoned it needed a bit of refinement. Refine it he did, and he found the same success with the more limited method we now use to take clients through their paces.
Gary is now retired, having helped the most extreme cases using this simple method. I watched him work with a U.S. veteran from the Vietnam War who had tried numerous types of therapy, which had not worked for him. Gary worked through a session of EFT with him and the terrible emotions which had been there for many years, just seemed to ebb away. “Was that just a fluke” I questioned as I continued to watch other snippets from the many he had produced. “No” it certainly was not as I saw others who had been diagnosed with PTSD, which nothing had helped with, and there it was right before me – a very simple method, that just got to the root of it all.
Following this, I decided to hunt down some training in EFT, which I found. I trained with a small group of people and there was a lot of emotion released over the training period. It was overpowering, people were howling, letting go of stuff that had been with them for years – it just left them. It really isn’t something that is easily described, but the idea is to give your “blockage” or “problem” a number on a scale of 0-10. Ideally you are looking for something high up on that scale, like an 8 or 9, but there’s nothing wrong with working on the lesser things too. It’s just that at first, and to believe in the technique, you kind of want something that is going to really convert you to the method.
I actually volunteered to allow my “blockage” to be released by the tutor in front of the group. Strange! I’m not really the kind of person who volunteers to be the “guinea pig”. I much prefer watching in detail just what is happening. But there you have it, and I released something I thought I’d dealt with years ago. The memory is still there but I no longer have a problem with what happened. I started out with a rating of 9 and it disappeared altogether. There was a powerful release of emotion in one of the men in the group too, so don’t think this is just for the “weaker” sex. It has an all round effect on anyone at all. You just need to be prepared to give it a shot.
It’s really good for Kids too and they can learn to do this for themselves if something comes up that they don’t want to share. However, I do believe that initially it is best to seek out someone who is trained to get you over the worst of the problems you’ve been hanging onto for years in your life. I have used it with clients to help them remove feelings of hate, resentment, anger, inacceptance of things about themselves, and more.
The remarkable thing about EFT is the speed with which it helps clients to get to the root of it. Also, with this particular method, you don’t need to share details of your problem with the therapist. The way I work is to ask clients to put a title on their problem, as if it was a movie. I take them through it until the high rating (e.g. a 9) just fades away or moves down to a 1 or 2. The problem that was becomes negligible or vanishes completely.
Give me a ring if you want to give it a try. It is probably the most rapid method of clearing stuff that I have come across so far. Your memory will still be intact, but the emotion attached to it will just evaporate! Fascinating isn’t it?
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I first encountered Past Lives while training for my Hypnotherapy Diploma through in Fife. I didn’t realize this was part of the training, and to be absolutely honest, if I had known, I doubt I would have gone ahead with it.
So there I was in this small group of people with someone who was brought in as the “guinea pig” because he went into past life so easily. Let me be clear, this guy was no half-wit, he was a teacher, and he had a great deal of knowledge of various subject areas, and he had also trained in hypnotherapy.
One of the assistants on the course, Sue, took him into a past life. She then started off asking him questions, which he responded to quite clearly. She then asked the group present whether anyone would like to ask a question. I was in shock mode at that point and just listened to what others asked. He responded to every question while lying on the floor in the middle of the group.
I have to admit, when we first started doing past lives, I started to laugh, and laugh.....and just couldn’t stop. So much so that I had to excuse myself from the group, go out of the room and get myself a cup of tea. It took me a while to calm down from my hysteria, and before I could return, with an apology for my ridiculous behaviour. The trainers were OK with this though – they understood as it was not the first time someone had had such a reaction.
You see the process we were being taken through sounded very odd, but it was really to take us out of our logical minds, out of our bodies, and into the spiritual side – to move beyond what we know and are comfortable with. So I was really just being me – Little Miss Logic. And I have no desire to lose that logical part of me – it comes in very useful a lot of the time. No! – All I want to do is to expand my mind into the right brain, and the spiritual side of me. I’m fed up with reading that we only use 10% of our brains. I’ve been filling mine up for years with all sorts of stuff – I’m sure I must be using a bit more than that by now!
Well – It came my time to be taken into a past life. “Did I have one?” I really wasn’t sure! Then I found myself in a wonderful Cathedral in London. I stood there near the front of the church lighting a candle. My hair was very dark brown and it was neatly tied back. The dress I was wearing went down to my ankles and it was a wonderful deep blue satin, tied neatly at the waist. I remember being asked questions by those there on the course, but I didn’t answer many of them. They wanted to know why I was there. Well, the truth is I didn’t really know. As I saw it I was just living my life. When I came out of the Cathedral I walked past what I can only describe as the “Barras” – lots of stalls where people, clearly impoverished, were selling their wares. I didn’t live far away from this chaos, but I was clearly one of the fortunate middle classes of the day.
I stood back and watched my father leave the house – He was tall and slim with dark hair and was smartly dressed in a suit. My impression was that he didn’t care much for the poorer people around. In fact, I had a feeling that he had a total disregard for them. I know that I was not like him. I felt the need of these people and my heart went out to them. The inequality was clearly evident – unfair. I did not feel closeness to my father.
I returned to my home which I can describe as being part of a large Georgian building, white in exterior. There were three steps up to the front door and the small terrace area at the front was completed with black railings. As I entered the house, I turned right where I found myself in the Parlour. There were other Ladies sitting there. I don’t remember seeing my mother, just having an awareness that she was there in the background. There were another three people there sitting having afternoon tea. This was a privileged existence and I was very aware that I was fortunate indeed. Although I knew I was privileged, I did not get the sense that I was happy in this life. I was spiritual, enjoyed visiting the church, and I was well behaved in the sense that I did what was expected of me, but I did not get any sense of joy within my life.
I took a young woman into a past life on that same course and the information gained from her scared me. I could not put a date on the time period we were in but it seemed to be around the 12th century. When asked what she was wearing on her feet she said cloth – it was dirty - Some kind of rags that had been tied up by string as a kind of footwear. The gist of this life was that this young woman lived with her mother who was a servant in a large house with the Master. The Master did not appear to have a wife at that time, but as the servant’s daughter grew up, the master took an interest in her. Not as a potential wife or partner, but to produce the son that he wanted. Within this past life Shona (pseudonym) became pregnant (the result of a rape). When asked who the father of her child was, she said “The Master.” Shona became ill and feared she was going to die. Her mother had now moved onto the next life so there would be no-one to care for the child. Shona’s fear was not for herself, but for her son as she did not want the Master to have him. When Shona came round from her past life, she remembered most of what life was like within that life. She was not disturbed by the memories as she did not see that life as being her as she was now, in this life.
The young woman I worked with on that training was a Childrens Nurse, so perhaps there was a connection to that past life. Shona showed concern for her child in that past life. In this life, she had, as yet, no children of her own, but she clearly cared a great deal about children. She was studying Hypnotherapy as an addition to her training, to further help her to help those children who had been hospitalized. One of the interesting elements of this past life for me was that Shona did not actually know her name – within that life she was referred to simply as “Child.” She did not know the name of the Master – he was only known as “Master.” What Shona (or Child) was very clear about was that she was living in a large house in the North of Scotland.
There are many books available on past lives, but for me, I had to witness this for myself before even considering the possibility that I could have been here before. If you want to find out if problems in this life relate to something that has happened in a past life, then just get in touch. I cannot promise you a past life, but what I will say is that you will need to be open to the possibility before it is worthwhile you even considering taking this step. Initially I suggest a session of Relaxation first to help you become comfortable with the process of Hypnosis.
It is said that we come back to other lives to finish off things we didn’t do before, for new experiences, or to sort out unfinished business. Others say that we need to put right things that we did wrong in the past. There are no clear cut answers here so I will leave you to build up your own knowledge in this area and decide for yourself.
If you want to book in for a past life session, you will receive a transcript of information gained during the session.
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