Comments for Hypnotherapy & NLP Tel: 086 1038892 http://zitastanley.com Zita Stanley - As seen on RTE Hypnotherapy & NLP Clinics in Limerick and Laois Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:07:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on Top Tips for Assertiveness with Children by Heather Buckley http://zitastanley.com/top-tips-for/top-tips-for-assertiveness-with-children/comment-page-1/#comment-3296 Heather Buckley Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:07:12 +0000 http://zitastanley.com/top-tips-for/top-tips-for-assertiveness-with-children/#comment-3296 As a training provider we are seeing more and more parents enrolling thier teenage daughters on <a href="http://www.siliconbeachtraining.co.uk/business-skills-training/assertiveness-confidence-building/" rel="nofollow">assertiveness training courses.</a> Much of our behaviour is a result of how we are treated when we are young. Girls are more often taught the importance of compliance from a young age. Many are taught that the displeasure of others should be avoided at all costs. This means in later life that many women find being assertive contrary to their learned set of values. It is important, especially for women learn the importance and real value of their own feelings and opinions. The displeasure of others, especially of the dominant or bullying type is not the end of the world. Ignoring ones own needs can be much more damaging in the long term. Remember it is not your responsibility to make everyone else OK. You should treat others with the respect that you would like to be shown yourself, but ultimately if it is reasonable to say no or make a request, then if this leads to the displeasure of others it is their problem not yours. Never be afraid to speak up for yourself. Breathe deeply when confronted with aggression from others and stand firm Don't let others control your emotions and use them against you. Constantly remind yourself of the benefits of being assertive Heather Buckley <a href="http://www.assertiveness-training.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">assertiveness resource</a> As a training provider we are seeing more and more parents enrolling thier teenage daughters on assertiveness training courses.

Much of our behaviour is a result of how we are treated when we are young. Girls are more often taught the importance of compliance from a young age. Many are taught that the displeasure of others should be avoided at all costs. This means in later life that many women find being assertive contrary to their learned set of values.

It is important, especially for women learn the importance and real value of their own feelings and opinions. The displeasure of others, especially of the dominant or bullying type is not the end of the world. Ignoring ones own needs can be much more damaging in the long term. Remember it is not your responsibility to make everyone else OK. You should treat others with the respect that you would like to be shown yourself, but ultimately if it is reasonable to say no or make a request, then if this leads to the displeasure of others it is their problem not yours.

Never be afraid to speak up for yourself.

Breathe deeply when confronted with aggression from others and stand firm

Don’t let others control your emotions and use them against you.

Constantly remind yourself of the benefits of being assertive

Heather Buckley

assertiveness resource

]]> Comment on Become confident with hypnosis by Tim Brunson DCH http://zitastanley.com/confidence/become-confident-with-hypnosis/comment-page-1/#comment-3100 Tim Brunson DCH Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:25:11 +0000 http://zitastanley.com/?p=319#comment-3100 Zita, I've looked at several Blog posts today. Most of them are not "contributing". This one does. Please consider submitting posting an article with us. Tim Brunson DCH http://www.hypnosisresearchinstitute.org Zita,
I’ve looked at several Blog posts today. Most of them are not “contributing”. This one does. Please consider submitting posting an article with us.
Tim Brunson DCH
http://www.hypnosisresearchinstitute.org

]]> Comment on Self Help and Hypnosis by Jeff Zens http://zitastanley.com/uncategorized/self-help-and-hypnosis/comment-page-1/#comment-2241 Jeff Zens Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:22:51 +0000 http://zitastanley.com/?p=108#comment-2241 This is an excellent post! Understanding the inner source of your anxiety and tension is the most important step in removing it. The use of hypnotherapy is a great way to achieve those results. It looks like you are doing an excellent job of helping others overcome their fears and become stronger people. Keep up the good work! This is an excellent post! Understanding the inner source of your anxiety and tension is the most important step in removing it. The use of hypnotherapy is a great way to achieve those results. It looks like you are doing an excellent job of helping others overcome their fears and become stronger people.

Keep up the good work!

]]> Comment on Self Help with Hypnosis by Richard L Erickson PhD HHCP LPHT http://zitastanley.com/confidence/self-help-with-hypnosis/comment-page-1/#comment-2240 Richard L Erickson PhD HHCP LPHT Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:19:39 +0000 http://zitastanley.com/?p=107#comment-2240 In today’s ever increasing stressful socioeconomic environment the advantages of Medical hypnosis are being accepted by main stream medicine as a viable adjunct to conventional pharmacotherapy or other medical protocol. Unfortunately, persistent myths, half-truths, and suspicions still surround hypnosis, which compel most people to continue to seek prescription medications or alternative procedures rather than hypnotherapy for certain problems like weight gain, smoking, nail biting, bed wetting, thumb sucking, test-taking, sports enhancement, certain addictions, pain issues, phobias, and disorders. The troubling aspects of these Medications and procedures; they mainly concentrate only on the "effect(s)” of an issue,” while often having multiple side effects that may be excessive or even potentially fatal. By contrast, Medical hypnotherapy safely helps decrease or even eliminates effect(s), while simultaneously assaulting the "cause" of the issue. It therefore, is important to understand, as the therapist helps the patient redirect or even eliminate negative habits, emotions, or perceptions, and/or raise pain threshold, self-esteem, and confidence issues, the patient is not treated with hypnosis but rather through hypnosis. Although, over-the-counter books on hypnosis may be informative as to the scientific nature of the hypnotic phenomenon, and many Store bought CD's or internet sites can offer general repetitive response guided imagery, these methods usually have low efficacy long-term. Choosing the right qualified hypnotherapist with proper training, credentials, rapport, and past efficacy is therefore very important. One-on-one personalized sessions are most desirable over groups, in correcting conditioned habitual responses or medical conditions, as each patient has different and sometime multiple past and present sensitizing events. As public awareness to the increased efficacy of Medical hypnosis is confirmed by scientific study the validity of medical hypnosis will benefit our stressful society. In today’s ever increasing stressful socioeconomic environment the advantages of Medical hypnosis are being accepted by main stream medicine as a viable adjunct to conventional pharmacotherapy or other medical protocol.
Unfortunately, persistent myths, half-truths, and suspicions still surround hypnosis, which compel most people to continue to seek prescription medications or alternative procedures rather than hypnotherapy for certain problems like weight gain, smoking, nail biting, bed wetting, thumb sucking, test-taking, sports enhancement, certain addictions, pain issues, phobias, and disorders.
The troubling aspects of these Medications and procedures; they mainly concentrate only on the “effect(s)” of an issue,” while often having multiple side effects that may be excessive or even potentially fatal.
By contrast, Medical hypnotherapy safely helps decrease or even eliminates effect(s), while simultaneously assaulting the “cause” of the issue. It therefore, is important to understand, as the therapist helps the patient redirect or even eliminate negative habits, emotions, or perceptions, and/or raise pain threshold, self-esteem, and confidence issues, the patient is not treated with hypnosis but rather through hypnosis.
Although, over-the-counter books on hypnosis may be informative as to the scientific nature of the hypnotic phenomenon, and many Store bought CD’s or internet sites can offer general repetitive response guided imagery, these methods usually have low efficacy long-term.
Choosing the right qualified hypnotherapist with proper training, credentials, rapport, and past efficacy is therefore very important. One-on-one personalized sessions are most desirable over groups, in correcting conditioned habitual responses or medical conditions, as each patient has different and sometime multiple past and present sensitizing events.
As public awareness to the increased efficacy of Medical hypnosis is confirmed by scientific study the validity of medical hypnosis will benefit our stressful society.

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