You can listen to the replay of Dr. Francis interview author Marc Carlin on her radio show along with 16 other authors.  

Hypnosis is often overlooked and footnoted in the medical literature, but that is quickly changing.  Here’s a recent news report from Fox News profiling how effective hypnosis can be when used for medical purposes.

You can call and arrange an evaluation with Marc Carlin, The NYC Hypnotist and author of the book, Sheila Granger’s Virtual Gastric Band Workbook, The Solution To The Worldwide Obesity Epidemic, and find out whether hypnosis is right for you.
The Hypnosis Center
220 E. 54th Street
New York, NY 10022
212 223-1832

Here’s a little bit about IBS because so many people have asked, “what is IBS?” IBS is a disorder who’s symptoms are abdominal pain, discomfort, and changing bowel habits. These changes can include chronic or recurrent diarrhea, constipation, or both. They can manifest as mixed or in alternate responses. It’s a very common disorder, affecting between 10-15 % of the population in the US.

One of the most effective methods to treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or IBS is the use of hypnotism, or hypnotherapy. Using hypnosis and mental imagery clients have reported sustainable and repeated relief from the symptoms of this disorder. In fact, the NHS, which is the governing body overseeing the health care system in the UK, has been referring their citizens to hypnotherapy as a means to treat this problem.

If you would like some further information on how you can help treat your IBS with hypnosis you can call me at 212 223-1832. All medical issues do require a doctors referral.

Here’s a question that has come up recently because of the Nuclear problems that Japan has experienced since they were hit with an earthquake followed by a Tsunami.

Here’s what Nicole has asked, “How do I get rid of this fear I have of being poisoned by radiation? I’ve been feeling like this since I watched the problems that Japan is going through. I have this underlying sense of doom and hopelessness, and it is affecting how I relate to other people and even my motivation level.”

Well Nicole, that is a great question. While we don’t get many people come in for fear of radiation poisoning, we do deal with people experiencing fear that is making their life unpleasant. And there are some simple methods you can use to overcome that feeling of dread that you are currently aware of.

Our minds can focus on only one or two things at any one time. We can flip between maybe 7 to 9 different thoughts and feelings but we generally focus on just one or two items at any one time. What many of us don’t understand is that we are the ones in control of our thoughts. So one method of feeling better is to change the focus of your thoughts. For example, if you are becoming nervous or upset over the notion that the radioactive problem in Japan can affect you, the first thing you should do is determine whether that fear is real or not. If you do feel that it is real, then take whatever precautions you feel are appropriate to protect yourself. If after taking precautions you still feel that sense of dread, then you need to train your mind to think other thoughts.

Here’s the thing about our feelings. Our feelings are signals from our inner mind sending the message that we need to do something for protection. Fear is definitely based upon the need for protection. So if you have done everything you can possibly do to protect yourself, there is no need to continue to allow that signal to “sound”. In this case you actively begin to get rid of the thought of Japan’s problems which is bringing up this now unnecessary feeling. And a way to accomplish this is to train your mind to think of something more helpful. Even to remember a pleasant experience you once had can help to remove any fearful thoughts.

Anytime your mind drifts back to that fearful thought you can actively do something to replace the thought. One thing that works nicely is to just have a key word that will stop any thought from coming up and then you can slip into your mind a thought you would like to be thinking. For example, when the unpleasant thought comes up, you can say the word, “STOP” and then slip in the thought of spending the day at a pleasant event, maybe a picnic, the beach, a pool, or any place where you felt safe and secure. Each time you do that, and it might take repeated effort on your part, you are training your mind to bring up the thoughts that are most helpful for you.

There are many other ways to change your thoughts and your emotional responses and when you use hypnotic techniques you can make this process happen much quicker and start to feel better going about your normal everyday business.

To find out more about using hypnosis to deal with fear, even the fear of a nuclear meltdown in Japan, give me a call at 212 223-1832.

His thoughts on weight loss lead you to believe that what you think about food will change how you respond to the food that you eat. And that’s why using hypnosis can be so powerful an ally to help you get rid of the extra weight.

This Virtual Gastric Band program is the best weight loss program I have ever come across. And this is confirmed by almost all of the people who have been through the program.

You can benefit immensely when you stop overeating and you get rid of the mindset that diets put you on. Diets fail because they train you to always be thinking about food. When you change your relationship with food and start to see food as fuel for you body, your body naturally follows along. That’s what these people have been experiencing from the Virtual Gastric Band.

You can get gastric band hypnosis done right. Here in NYC we are responsible for training other hypnotists and therapists in how to do this process Worldwide. Sheila Granger’s program has proven to be successful in 2 test trials where she got a 95% successful result.

The emotion jumps right out of the image and you can actually feel the love that the subjects are feeling. The subjects of the pictures are not actors or models, they are real people that were hypnotized to re experience love. Hypnotists, Marc Carlin, (me), Joel Elfin hypnotized these everyday people to feel the love that they have felt at other times of their lives. Zack then went ahead and photographed them.

Here are some of the photos:

http://thetrueloveproject.com/truelove.html

Check it out and tell me whether you can feel their love jump off the page at you!

I have been using Sheila Granger’s hypnosis gastric band program with clients and having great success. Sheila has reported a 95% success rate with her 2 trial results and I have seen similar results with most of my clients losing weight as well.

I can tell you that it’s real for the people that are losing weight. And this program that I use is based upon Sheila Granger’s study that had a 95% success rate over in England. She worked with 25 people in her original study and 24 of them lost weight.

She has been working in a surgery in England since this past summer, and the doctor, who does gastric band surgery, wanted Sheila to work with some of his patients who didn’t qualify for the surgery. So once again Sheila took on a group of volunteers to go through her program. This time it was 13 people who participated in the study she conducted in the Doctor’s own office. This group was a horror show as Sheila describes it. They didn’t believe in hypnosis, they were entirely skeptical and Sheila was afraid that all of her good work and her reputation would be damaged when she realized what she had let herself in for, agreeing to work with this doctor’s patients. When she went to the doctor with her concerns, the doctor told her that these patients were hard core over-eaters, and if she got even a 20% success rate, he would be thoroughly impressed.

Well when she concluded her study, once again out of 13 volunteers, 12 of them lost weight, proving that a high success rate in groups was not a one time occurrence.

If you would like to find out more about how lapband hypnosis can help you,assist you in losing weight you can visit lap band hypnosis and get more info, or call my office at 212 223-1832.

If you are a hypnotist or hypnotherapist, or even a psychologist, social worker, doctor or nurse and would like to learn how you can help people by becoming a virtual gastric band practitioner, you can visit the virtual gastric band seminar in Las Vegas website.

You can view the segment of CBS TV on Marc Carlin and the use of what CBS calls Lapband Hypnosis here:

Marc Carlin uses the virtual gastric band method developed by Sheila Granger in the UK. Marc Carlin introduced Sheila’s gastric band hypnosis method to the United States in October of 2010, when 24 hypnotists from all over North America came to NYC to be trained in the process of using Sheila’s method. Sheila Granger was the guest speaker at the training.

There will be more trainings for new facilitators of this method in the coming year. It is our goal to help more and more overweight and obese Americans to reverse this growing problem. If you would like to become a facilitator of this program you can visit the Virtual Gastric Band Training website to get more information about the upcoming seminar class for Sheila Granger’s Virtual Gastric Band taking place in Las Vegas in January of 2011.

You can call Marc Carlin at 212 223-1832, to find out more about the Virtual Gastric Band process in New York. Or visit his site at Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis.

If you are looking for a trained practitioner in your area you can visit the Virtual Gastric Band Directory to find a practitioner near you.

First off I want to tell you that it is impossible to fail at going into trance, unless you have a very low IQ.  One that is less than 70 on the IQ scale.  And because you are reading this article, this assures that you have the ability to experience and benefit from hypnotic trance.

So maybe you are asking, how did someone come to see me and have a failed session?  Were they someone who had a less than 70 IQ?  Was I less than effective in my work?  So you’re probably asking, what could possibly have happened to cause this person to have a failed session?

In answer to your questions, no this person was not an idiot with an IQ of less than 70.  No I was not less than my stellar self using the tools that I am quite accomplished at to help facilitate the normal human to change.  I have to be quite frank with you, you might never find out why this particular person failed at being a good hypnotic participant.  But I am sure that I can give you enough insights into why they failed that this information will help you to make sure that you will have a successful session.

Hypnosis is a dance of sorts.  There must be a leader and a follower.  Imagine what it would be like if there were two people on the dance floor who both wanted to lead.  Now imagine there being two dancers on the floor who both wanted to follow.  No good, right?  Not really a satisfying dance for either of them.  Now imagine what it would be like if there started off being one leader and one follower, and after a while, one of the dancers decided to change roles and the other refused.  Still not a good picture right?

Well that was what happened during this failed session.  The subject who came to see me to be guided into hypnosis, achieved a great level of hypnotic trance.  Their trance was verified covertly by me in a number of ways on a few different occasions.  And then this hypnotic trance state was verified by the subject as they followed along perfectly.  We hypnotists call this a convincer, which is usually interpreted that way by the subject.  This time, the subject for some reason refused to accept that the convincer really took place.

There are a lot of myths and misconceptions about hypnosis by most people.  During the course of my sessions, prior to hypnotizing my clients, I work diligently and thoroughly to dispel any and all of these myths and misconceptions that might be held by my subjects.  But sometimes people refuse to let go of what they expect hypnosis to be.  And if you expect for some reason that hypnosis will mean that you will be unconscious, and that you will not have any thoughts in your mind at all, then no matter what I tell you about your trance you will not accept it.

So here’s the big lesson for you.  You must find a hypnotist that you want to trust.  You must be willing to trust their expertise and ability prior to allowing them to guide you into your trance state.  You will get better at going into trance because your skill does improve each time you experience trance.  You should know that you will have thoughts.  You might at first have many outside thoughts, perhaps even thoughts about if what you are experiencing is really hypnosis.  Do not entertain these thoughts or give them any weight.  They are not real, they are just that other part of your mind refusing to relax.  The good news is that hypnosis isn’t really about relaxation.  You can go into hypnosis without the need to relax but relaxation does help.  Over time you can learn to let go and go more quickly into hypnosis.

And sometimes you must just rely upon the hypnotists expertise as to whether you have achieved hypnosis or not and then when you begin to follow the suggestions during the session and continue to follow the guidelines outlined to you by your hypnotist after the session then you can notice the change and verify your results.

But if you think you weren’t hypnotized and here’s the real problem, you decide not to follow through on the instructions provided to you by the hypnotist on how to behave after the session, then you just chose to waste your time and money.