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Case Conference with John McCarthy on 3/5/2007

HMI Instructor: John McCarthy
Production Date: 3/5/2007

Case 1: THE SWISH-PATTERN. @2min09sec. Client: Male. Issue: Diet coke addiction. Mr. John McCarthy describes the NLP “Swish-Pattern” technique for unwanted emotional states and habits. John defines submodalities, shares how to build a Swish-Pattern, and Mr. McCarthy explains how the Swish-Pattern works.

Case 2: CHUNKING-DOWN CLIENT PROBLEMS. @19min00sec. Client: 48yr Female; bipolar. Issue: Stress-reduction; stressed about “everything.” Mr. John McCarthy discusses psychiatric disorders and practicing hypnosis, and John suggests getting specific about what client is stressed about. John reviews how suggestions pass into the subconscious mind, and Mr. McCarthy shares the metaphysical idea of “perception is projection.”

Case 3: CODEPENDENCY & BOUNDARIES. @36min29sec. Client: 30yr Male. Issue: Self-confidence, releasing frustration, doesn’t handle rejection well- may be pursuing intern romantically! John discusses the boundaries of Hypnotherapist/Client, and Mr. McCarthy shares how to maintain professionalism when a client is attracted to their therapist. John outlines Dr. Kappas’ hypnotherapeutic “philosophy,” discusses co-dependency, and he suggests explaining E&P. Listen to a powerful metaphor for doing efficient therapy.

Case Conference with Lisa Machenberg on 3/1/2007

HMI Instructor: Lisa Machenberg, C.Ht.
Production Date: 3/1/2007

Case 1: HYPNO-DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS. @1min.44sec. Question: Mrs. Lisa Machenberg reviews hypno-diagnostic tools Corrective Therapy and Paris Window. Lisa suggests a book about therapy, and Mrs. Machenberg discusses the relativity of therapeutic methodologies.

Case 2: ALLOWING CLIENTS TO BE THEMSELVES. @13min.19sec. Client: Male; has trouble articulating his thoughts and feelings. Issue: “Life isn’t working.” Intern is uncomfortable because client does not talk much. Mrs. Machenberg defines transference and counter-transference. Lisa advises the intern on how to communicate with this client, and she suggests a hypnotic process.

Case 3: PROJECTIVE IDENTIFICATION. @19min.43sec. Question: Projective Identification. Intern is irritated by a hypnotherapy practice partner. Mrs. Lisa Machenberg discusses this situation as a wonderful opportunity for the intern to realize truths about herself and life.

Case 4: BOUNDARIES FOR PROSPERITY. @27min.00sec. Client: 56yr. Female. Issue: Boundaries with her clients. Lisa provides cognitive strategies and hypnotic suggestions for attracting prosperity and remedying masochistic repetition.

Case 5: HYPNOSIS FOR RELEASING THE PAST. @36min.25sec. Client: Female. Issue: Forgiveness; letting-go; gratitude. Mrs. Lisa Machenberg suggests Stages of Loss, and Lisa shares hypnotic techniques for releasing negative emotions and increasing gratitude. Following is a discussion about a client who never met his father and the Stages of Loss.

Case 6: TECHNIQUES FOR PTSD. @47min.43sec. Issue: PTSD. Mrs. Lisa Machenberg explains a Dream Therapy technique and a technique from cognitive-behavioral therapy, and Lisa provides suggestions for managing PTSD.

Case Conference with Tanya Nord on 2/27/2007

HMI Instructor: Tanya Nord, C.Ht.
Production Date: 2/27/2007

Case 1: ALCOHOL RECOVERY & HYPNOSIS. @2min.06sec. Client: 42yr Male; physical suggestible. Issue: Alcohol recovery. Client wasn’t convinced he was in hypnosis. Tanya reviews the pre-induction speech, suggests a hypnosis convincer, and suggests increasing the client’s motivation and confidence to abstain from alcohol.

Case 2: ALLERGIES & HYPNOSIS. @16min.35sec. Client: 47yr Female; canceled twice due to severe allergy attacks. Issue: Stop craving sugar; and now allergies. Mrs. Tanya Nord suggests a hypnotic process for allergy relief including Therapeutic Imagery, and Tanya explains the Body Syndrome.

Case 3: SCOPE OF PRACTICE: ADD, ANGER. @25min.37sec. Client: 11yr Male; ADD. Issue: Bullying. Mrs. Tanya Nord advises the intern to refer client out.

Case 4: 6-WEEK SMOKING-CESSATION. @27min.17sec. Client: 35yr Female. Issue: Smoking-cessation; and she lives with a heavy smoker. Mrs. Nord reviews the 6-week smoking-cessation, and Tanya recommends she discuss quitting with her house-mate/boyfriend.

Case 5: REFERRING TO AN M.F.T. & REPORTING ABUSE. @35min06sec Client: 45yr Female; abusive marriage. Issue: Wants to feel better. Mrs. Tanya Nord recommends referring her and husband to an M. F. T. Tanya discusses confidentiality and when to report abuse.

Case 6: RECONCILING MOTHER & SON. @45min.06sec client: male; he and wife moved home with his mother because she has cancer. Issue: His mother talks to him like a child; she triggers negative responses in him. Tanya suggests Inner Child work and desensitization.

Case Conference with Marc Gravelle on 2/22/2007

HMI Instructor: Marc Gravelle
Production Date: 2/22/2007

Case 1: CIRCLE THERAPY FOR JEALOUSY. @2min.02sec. Client: 72yr Male; Emotional Sexual. Issue: Stop drinking alcohol; trust issues with wife. Mr. Marc Gravelle explains the three reasons people drink alcohol, and Marc discusses the benefits of “living in the present moment.” Mr. Gravelle defines the relationship between “resentment” and “control,” and Marc reviews Circle Therapy for releasing “jealousy” including hypnotic suggestions.

Case 2: HYPNOTIC SUGGESTION FOR REPLACING ANXIETY. @24min.59sec. Client: 36yr Female. Physical Suggestible, Sexual. Caregiver to mentally ill mother and brother. Issue: Stress. Mr. Marc Gravelle explains how to remedy stress by replacing anxiety with relaxation, and he shares a powerful hypnotic suggestion. Marc recommends a useful book about “patience.”

Case 3: HYPNOTIC SUGGESTION FOR TOXIC WORRY. @43min.59sec. Client: Female. Issue: Stress. Mr. Gravelle explains how to remedy “toxic worry” with a hypnotic suggestion, and Marc defines several body syndromes including diarrhea!

Case Conference with Lisa Machenberg on 2/21/2007

HMI Instructor: Lisa Machenberg, C.Ht.
Production Date: 2/21/2007

Case 1: HYPNOSIS FOR SUGAR ADDICTION. @1min.35sec. Client: 47yr Female. Issue: Overcome sugar addiction. Mrs. Lisa Machenberg shares how to use hypnosis to duplicate the dopamine rush of sugar, and Lisa explains the relationship between “adverse childhood events” and obesity. Mrs. Machenberg advises the intern to elicit the client’s “feelings” caused by sugar, and Lisa demonstrates how to anchor those feelings.

Case 2: THE CURE FOR LOW SELF-ESTEEM. @18min.46sec. Client: 52yr Female; 4 years sober; feels unworthy and guilty. Issue: Self-esteem. Mrs. Lisa Machenberg insists that client get a referral, and Lisa provides the “cure” for low self-esteem. Lisa discusses neuro-chemistry and habitual behavior, and Mrs. Machenberg suggests Narrative Therapy.

Case 3: SUCCESSFUL SMOKING CESSATION METHOD. @30mn.55sec. Client: Male. Issue: Smoking cessation. Mrs. Lisa Machenberg shares a successful way for smoking cessation including the “Three Ds.” Lisa defines smoking as “trigger-response” behavior and the necessity of rubber bands for success.

Case 4: LATENESS, ADD, & HYPER-FOCUS. @41min.05sec. Client: 22yr male. Issue: Chronic lateness. Lisa defines “two types of late people,” and Mrs. Machenberg suggests eliciting client’s feelings when he is late. Mrs. Lisa Machenberg defines lateness as a behavior that fulfills a specific need in the client, and Lisa identifies the motivation behind procrastination. Also Lisa discusses ADD, ADHD, and Hyper-Focus, and Mrs. Machenberg suggests a special hypnotic induction for this client.

Case Conference with Tanya Nord on 2/6/2007

HMI Instructor: Tanya Nord, C.Ht.
Production Date: 2/6/2007

Case 1: CHILD HYPNOTHERAPY. 10yr. f. Issue: pulls hair; weight-loss. Mrs. Tanya Nord discusses the ethical and legal requirements to work with this client including psychological referral. Tanya shares the questions to ask to gather necessary information.

Case 2: HYPNOSIS FOR SMOKING-CESSATION. 72yr. f. Issue: Wants to quit smoking after recent stroke. Tanya Nord outlines an effective smoking-cessation plan including aversion techniques. Mrs. Nord defines “habits” and how to overcome them through “conscious choice”.

Case 3: CANCER & HYPNOSIS. 46yr f. phone client in Bolivia. Issue: Healing, well-being during cancer treatment. Mrs. Tanya Nord provides hypnotic suggestions to prepare for chemo. Listen for an interesting discussion about hypnosis , cancer, and laws and ethics.

Case 4: HEAVY/LIGHT & PLANK EXERCISE. Male. Issue: Wants proof that he is actually hypnotized. Tanya explains “Heavy/Light,” and she shares a unique exercise.

Case 5: HYPNO-DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS & DATING. 35yr. f. Issue: Has never had a relationship and has just started dating. Mrs. Tanya Nord suggests several Hypno-Diagnostic Tools to uncover what the client really desires.

Case 6: HYPNOSIS FOR PHOBIA OF BRIDGES. 35yr f. Issue: Phobia of bridges. Mrs. Nord suggests gathering information, and Tanya shares several hints regarding “Desensitization

Case Conference with Joe Leeway on 2/20/2007

HMI Instructor: Joe Leeway, C.Ht.
Production Date: 2/20/2007

Case 1: RESOURCES & NEGATIVE EMOTIONS. @1min.30sec. Client: 32yr male; musician. Issue: Lacks confidence around people but is confident performing as a musician; had a troubled childhood. Mr. Joe Leeway discusses “state” and the problem of being at “effect” in life, and Joe suggests gathering resources, releasing the Four Negative Emotions, and “Parts Integration” for reframing “resistance.”

Case 2: ADDICTION & WEIGHT-LOSS. @15min24sec. Three Clients: 1. Male; Cocaine addict. 2. Male; sex addict. 3. Female; weight-loss. Mr. Leeway explains clients as a metaphorical reflection of therapist. Joe suggests asking “HOW” an addict “does” addiction, “taking” cocaine addict into his future, dealing with emotions, and getting client goal-oriented. Joe suggests identifying triggers, using a "Swish-Pattern," and finding resources in the sex-addicts' own history. Joe suggests “ecology,” uncovering secondary-gain, and moving from the “blame-frame” to the “outcome-frame” for the weight-loss client.

Case 3: PSYCHIC ABILITY & CREATIVITY. @29min.20sec. Client: Female; psychic. Issue: Client is experiencing a “psychic block.” Joe suggests crucial questions to ask to “get inside” client’s world and discovering how she was psychic and how she is blocked, and Mr. Leeway shares exercises for developing psychic ability. Also Joe discusses creativity and increasing it with hypnosis.

Case 4: HYPNOSIS FOR THE DEAF.@39min.10sec. Client: 12yr male; born deaf. Issue: Will only eat food with ketchup. Mother wants him to stop eating everything with ketchup; he wants mom to stop smoking. He does not eat ketchup when away from mother. Mr. Joe Leeway discusses hypnotizing deaf clients, and Joe shares a temporal, double-bind suggestion for this client. Joe defines “trance” and how it can be induced in all people whether deaf, blind, etc.

Case Conference with John McCarthy on 2/9/2007

HMI Instructor: John McCarthy
Production Date: 2/9/2007

Case 1: JOHN McCARTHY ON MIGRAINES. @1min.20sec. Client: Issue: Migraine Headaches- not tension but neurological. Mr. John McCarthy discusses how each client presents a new opportunity to learn and that therapists always attract the right clients for themselves. Mr. McCarthy shares preventive information on migraines by training clients to develop awareness of warning signs. What is a migraine symbolic of, a metaphor for something in client’s life, secondary purposes for clients, sex can alleviate migraines.

Case 2: JOHN McCARTHY ON STUTTERING. @12min.14sec. Client: 38yr. Female; emotional. Issue: Stuttering; believes it has something to do with a childhood friend that stuttered; also stutters. Mr. McCarthy suggests finding what initially triggered the stuttering 10 years ago, identifying the situations that trigger it now, and “inferred” hypnotic suggestions for stuttering. John suggests the Swish-Pattern and desensitization.

Case 3: JOHN McCARTHY ON MIND/BODY HEALING. @21min.54sec. Client: late 50’s Female. Issue: After stroke she believes her face “droops” and that she must have surgery. John McCarthy discusses the power of the mind to affect the body, the mind’s ability to regenerate neural-networks, and the benefits of hypnosis for mind/body healing. John tells the infamous story of Dr. Ernest Rossi’s cancer patient and the miraculous healing potential of belief. Mr. McCarthy also shares “The Secret to Booking Clients.

Case 4: JOHN McCARTHY ON MOTIVATION & THE GREY ZONE. @42min.19sec. Client: 52yr. Female; victim of incest; marriage is not working. Issue: Procrastination. Mr. John McCarthy suggests starting symptomatically, reinforcing her values, and finally looking into the events that contributed to her loss of motivation. John explains the paradox of staying stuck in negative situations, the “Grey Zone,” and the motivation to change, improve, and be happy.

Case Conference with Elaine Perliss on 2/8/2007

HMI Instructor: Elaine Perliss, C.Ht., NLP
Production Date: 2/8/2007

Case 1: BODY-SYNDROME: HEADACHES. Female. Issue: Resistance; headaches. Mrs. Elaine Perliss suggests several techniques to discover why the client is “resisting,” and Elaine shares information on “Body Syndromes”.

Case 2: FIRST SESSION & DESENSITIZATION: PANIC. Female. Issue: Vertigo, panic when outside. Mrs. Perliss outlines what to do in the first session with this client, and she suggests several techniques including “Corrective Therapy.” Elaine suggests initiating the “venting process” especially through dreams, and Mrs. Perliss summarizes “Systematic Desensitization.”

Case 3: CONTROL-ROOM & STAIRCASE: FIBROIDS. 46yr F. Issue: Fibroids- does not want surgery. Mrs. Elaine Perliss suggests stress-control techniques including the “Control-Room.” Elaine thoroughly explains how to do “Control-Room” and “Staircase.”

Case 4: HYPNOTHERAPY FOR O.C.D. Emotional male. Issue: OCD; anxiety. Mrs. Elaine Perliss suggests anchoring, shares information on emotionals, and discusses fight/flight response. Elaine emphasizes “empowering clients”.

Case 5: GOLF & PROZAC. Male. Issue: Golf + He is not taking his prescribed Prozac. He is an “Olympic caliber athlete.” Mrs. Perliss discusses the ethics of anti-depressants and hypnotherapy. She emphasizes including the client’s psychiatrist in his treatment.

Case 6: CHILD HYPNOSIS FOR ACTING. 13yr M. Issue: Parents want their son, the client, to be a “great actor" but are concerned about his commitment. Mrs. Elaine Perliss asks hard questions and sets the intern in a successful direction.

Case 7: WEIGHT-LOSS HYPNOTHERAPY. Emotional female. Issue: Weight-loss; she says she cannot “visualize or imagine.” Mrs. Perliss identifies what the client’s focus is on and using hypnosis to redirect her focus. Elaine suggests “Mental Bank” and discusses the difficulties of weight-loss therapy.

Case 8: “7 SPIRITUAL LAWS OF SUCCESS”. Mr. Mark Gravelle makes a surprise appearance to promote his workshop “7 Spiritual Laws of Success.” Both Mark and Elaine discuss how these laws are immediately applicable to hypnotherapy.

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Case Conference with Tanya Nord on 2/7/2007

HMI Instructor: Tanya Nord, C.Ht.
Production Date: 2/7/2007

Case 1: HYPNOTIC SUGGESTIONS FOR PHYSICAL LAWYER. Physical Female. Issue: “Calmness and clarity” for upcoming deposition (phone client). Mrs. Tanya Nord provides effective hypnotic suggestions for physical suggestibility including “desensitization” and a special anchor.

Case 2: E&P STRATEGIES FOR REJECTED PHYSICAL. 60yr f. Physical. Issue: Recently “dumped” by boyfriend of 3 years. Tanya suggests explaining E&P to this client, and Mrs. Nord discusses the use of “Circle Therapy” for rejected physicals. Mrs. Tanya Nord also describes several characteristics of emotional sexuality.

Case 3: INNER CHILD WORK AND SUGAR REPLACEMENT. mid 40’s f. Physical. Issue: Wants to give up sugar. Tanya discusses blood-sugar and suggests a powerful symbolic and physiological replacement for sugar. Mrs. Nord also suggests “Inner Child” work and “building the client up”. Listen for Tanya’s great discussion of “Inner Child” work.

Case 4: HYPNOSIS FOR EMOTIONAL ALCOHOLIC. 54yr m. Emotional. Issue: Alcoholic. Tanya discusses the importance of alcoholic clients attending 12 Step Meetings in conjunction with hypnotherapy. Mrs. Nord shares how to give effective hypnotic suggestions to emotionals by appealing to logic.