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I had my first experience with
hypnosis back in 1991. In
January of that year I decided that I wanted
to stop smoking, and
picked May 1st as the target date. I had been
smoking
since I was 14, so this was a momentous decision.
Well, a few days later I was
looking through the
catalog for Lake Washington Technical College, and
lo-and-behold, a hypnotist was scheduled to do a
stop-smoking session there
on May 1st.
This was my date! Was this
a signal from the universe?
I had my doubts. After all, I had been an
architect and a homebuilder.
I was a practical,
no-nonsense sort of guy, and I
didn't believe in that
"woo-woo" stuff. I thought hypnosis was
all about beads and incense and weird music
I decided to give it a shot,
and signed up.
At 6:55 p.m. on the night of May 1st, I
stood outside the
building having a cigarette ... and it tasted good!
Five minutes later I went into the
classroom. I was
disappointed. I thought hypnosis would feel weird;
like I was
hallucinating, or had been drugged, or some other
out-of-body experience.
Instead, I felt the same as
always. I could hear every
sound in the room. I could hear people
coughing and wheezing.
I could hear the hypnotist shuffling papers. I
could hear the
air conditioner. I could hear doors opening and
closing.
I could hear people walking down the corridors.
I could hear
the instructor in the next room.
I figured that I had wasted my time.
Boy, was I wrong. I have not had a
cigarette since that day!
And it was easy. At
first I thought it was easy
simply because I had decided
to quit smoking. I thought
it had been easy because I had good
willpower,
and that it had nothing to do with hypnosis.
But now I understand
just how powerless willpower
can be when it comes to addictions. Now I
understand that
hypnosis made the entire process much
easier.
Now, I'm a believer.
I hope you will experience similar
success.
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Education &
Training
ü
Member
of the National Guild of Hypnotists
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Member of the Charles Tebbetts (Washington)
Chapter of the National Guild of Hypnotists.
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Member
of MENSA.
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Trained with nationally acclaimed hypnotherapist
Mary Lee LaBay.
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Also trained with long-time hypnotherapist and
educator
Michael Gershman.
ü Certified
with the National Guild of Hypnotists
and registered with the State of Washington.
ü Conducts
weight-control and smoking cessation
clinics in conjunction with Overlake Hospital and
several local parks departments.
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