Whole Mind Process

A New Way of Working Hypnotically With Yourself

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Sessions can be done in person or by phone, with follow-up work via email/IM.

Astrology is the best system I've found for describing your soul mission, accurately assessing your challenges in this lifetime, and discovering the inner resources that enable you to achieve the life you want. But translating self-knowledge into self-realization can be a trickier matter. It's one thing to understand our problems intellectally. But unless we align our conscious thoughts with our unconscious, generative Self, progress is often painfully slow and haphazard. As a certified hypnotherapist and accomplished creator, I can help you overcome the energetic blocks, self-limiting beliefs and negative thought patterns holding you back from creating the life you want.

The Whole Mind process is not a one-size-fits-all formula. Rather, it is rooted in the shamanic/sacred warrior wisdom tradition that recognizes that both the cognitive mind and the "mind that is in the body" must be working in harmony in order for a freer and more powerful Self to emerge. In practice, Whole Mind Process utilizes techniques of Ericksonian "permissive" hypnosis and energy practices drawn from the martial arts, creative arts, and shamanic traditions.

Traditional hypnosis seeks to temporarily bypass the conscious mind and its self-negating thought patterns ("the problem") so that the hypnotist can reprogram the client's subconscious mind with better patterns ("the solution"). While this approach occasionally works wonders, it is based on a paradigm in which the hypnotist is seen as the powerful authority and the client's unconscious is treated as a robot that must be reprogrammed and brought back in line with the conscious mind's preoccupations.

The Ericksonian practice of generative trance takes a different approach, one that respects the autonomy and creative genius of the unconscious mind. As recent research shows that the unconscious controls 95-99 percent of our daily activity, it makes sense to respect the power and wisdom of the unconscious, rather than trying to overpower or control it. Dr. Stephen Gilligan, founder of self-relations psychotherapy and a leading student of Milton H. Erickson, points out that the psyche, like the body, possesses an immune system. Generative trance work recognizes that solutions that are generated with the input of both the conscious and unconscious minds will tend to take root and grow, whereas over time the unconscious will ultimately reject solutions that are externally imposed without its permission.

Whole Mind Process uses your unique psychological and energetic make-up to develop new creative pathways through life. In this approach, problems are seen as spirit trying to wake up and come forth into the world, rather than negative parts of the self that need to be repressed, cut out, or destroyed. Through the process of exploring your unconscious and its goals and desires, together we learn to speak its language. When we can utilize your own unique patterns of language, feeling, and imagery to communicate with your unconscious, we can generate new thought and behavior patterns that resonate with you on all levels.

While clients occasionally reach deep levels of trance using this method, the emphasis is on utilizing our natural ability to go into a light trance as a way of expanding the concept of self so that all parts of the psyche are involved in creating a transformative new way of living in the world.

Fees: $100 for the initial session, $75 for each additional one-hour session. While miracles do happen in an hour, Whole Mind Process is designed to enable you to build a personal transformational tool kit that you can use to create the life you were born to live. I recommend an initial commitment of three to five sessions, and we can work out a discounted rate for multiple sessions. Call me at 646-247-8508 to schedule your session today.

Inner Guide Meditation

1. You need to buy and read the book, The Inner Guide Meditation
2. You need to not be abusing alcohol or marijuana, both of which can block you from meeting and/or working with your true Guide.

I'll chart the archetypes in your chart for you and show you which ones naturally tend to get along, and which have tense relationships that need your intervention. Once you meet your Guide (usually within the first few minutes of our first session together), you can use this list as a map to working through your issues on your own. Most of my clients seem to like to do about three sessions together to really get the feel of the process and will then work productively on their own with the occasional check-in session. Of course, I'll be there to support you when doubts or questions come up!