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Our amazing success is due to a hypnosis-based system which incorporates breakthroughs in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Time Line Therapy, Parts Therapy, Counselling and a host of other techniques. We have scoured the world in order to bring YOU the best in the latest mind technology! We are committed to your success.

"It was amazing...It's wonderful!"

Click below to hear what one of our latest non-smokers is saying about the secondary effects of hypnotherapy at Seaside Hypnosis Center^™

Tina T.
Victoria, B.C.
Canada

Our clients receive measurable, immediate benefits from our unique methods, even in the toughest of cases...

“…[Hypnosis] is used to bring the subconscious mind into alignment with the conscious mind to make positive suggestions. (W Vir Univ.) A hypnotic trance is not therapeutic in and of itself, but specific suggestions and images [made] to clients in a trance can profoundly alter their behavior. (Barrett: Jan 2001)

Seaside Hypnosis Center^™ has tested several modalities and methodologies over the years in order to determine a precise protocol than can be used to maximize the benefits of hypnotic inductions leading to permanent behavioural changes. This system was developed at our center and is uniquely proprietary to Seaside Hypnosis Center™.

Hypnotherapy is an excellent adjunct therapy to allopathic medical treatment and surgery. "In a small study last year, [Carol Ginandes, Ph.D., an instructor at Harvard Medical School] and a colleague took 18 women who were having breast reduction surgery and put each of them in one of three groups...One group received standard surgery care. Another group got the same care and also received psychological support. The third group underwent hypnosis before and after surgery in addition to standard care...Those who had undergone hypnosis healed faster, felt less discomfort, and had fewer complications. 'What's exciting about this research is that it provides promising evidence of using hypnosis to actually accelerate the physical healing process of the body..." (Gordon: Feb 2004)

Testimonial: "I had never experienced Hypnotherapy before and of course was a little skeptical at first. But, after a warm welcome into [the office,] I met a wonderful warm and caring [hypnotherapist] who immediately made me comfortable with my decision. I went in with no expectations. I was in a place in my life where I had lost a huge part of "me". I was feeling weak and unfocused as to what direction I wanted to take in my life. I saw an immediate change in all aspects of my life after my first session not to mention I slept more peacefully than I have in years! I finally was able to relax and be relieved of anxieties. I had 6 sessions and let me tell you, I couldn't recommend a better form of therapy. I have been for various types of therapy but this, hands down, was the best thing I could have done for myself..."

Janey K.
Victoria, B.C.
Canada

FACT: The American Medical Association approved the use of hypnosis back in 1958. (Gordon: Feb 2004)

We have become trusted members of the health community of Victoria and medical doctors often refer their patients to us in order to assist them in overcoming obstacles that are damaging to their health and well-being. We are very proud of this status in our community and strive to earn each and every doctors' trust, as well as that of every client, one session at a time.

Testimonial: "In my mid-forties, I began to suffer the affliction of a specific phobia that was both a nuisance and a concern, and for which my family doctor could offer neither remedy nor suggested therapy. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and heartily recommend the hypnosis therapy that I received...in my own personal experience, hypnosis therapy has its own distinctive and irreplaceable role to play in promoting good health."

Harry A.
Victoria, B.C.
Canada

' "...You may not want to pay for a stop-smoking program, but if you're a typical smoker, you're going to pay somebody,' Patricia Allison points out in her book Hooked But Not Helpless. ...'Eventually, you'll be paying hospitals and surgeons. Doesn't it make sense to invest a modest sum now to save thousands of dollars in the future? Money spent to stop smoking is an investment--one of the best you will ever make." ' (Parachin: Nov - Dec 2002)

FACT: "Smoking is believed to cause one-third of cancer deaths and one-fourth of fatal heart attacks in the United States. The American Lung Association estimates 350,000 Americans die each year from smoking-related diseases." (Parachin: Nov - Dec 2002)

A question we are often asked is, "how many sessions will I need in order to completely take care of my problem?" The truth is that the intensity or amount of treatment required is individual in nature and based mainly on the chronicity, complexity of the issue to be addressed clinically, and on client receptivity. In a nutshell, it all depends on the client and where they are physically and mentally in relation to what they want to change.

Testimonial: "I thought I would write you a note to tell you how great I feel. I am in control of my body now, instead of my body being in control. I don't have any aches or pains in my feet or hands, plus I lost 45 lbs and am still losing. I have lost all kinds of fat and I went from a size 20 to a size 14 just about into a size 12...I feel great. I feel better than I have felt in years. I know this is for a lifetime, not just a passing fad diet. I am not on a diet but I can control my eating habits."

Colleen K.
Tottenham, Ontario
Canada

"...Hypnotherapists use [hypnosis] for such conditions as chronic pain, irritable bowel syndrome, arthritis, insomnia, and migraine headaches--afflictions that modern medicine struggles to treat effectively. These types of disorders often have a strong mental component,...which plays into the strengths of hypnosis. 'It's exactly the patient who doesn't respond to medical therapy who is likely to respond to hypnotherapy.'

"Hypnotherapy's effectiveness lies in the complex connection between the mind and the body. It's well-understood today that illness can affect your emotional state and, conversely, that your emotional state can affect your physical state. Two examples: Stress, an emotional reaction, can make heart disease worse, and heart disease, a physical condition, can cause depression...Hypnosis carries this connection to the next logical step by using the power of the mind to bring about change in the body...For instance, researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute found that during a hypnotic state aimed at bringing about pain control, the prefrontal cortex of the brain (which controls concentration) directed other areas of the brain to reduce or eliminate their awareness of pain." (Gordon: Feb 2004)

Testimonial: "The art and science of hypnosis ---- it really works!

"Like many of the skeptically inclined out there, I first thought that hypnosis was simply an over-rated, sensationalized, New Age mode of alternative healing deemed real by placebo addicts. Being a scientist I found it a near impossibility to agree with the nature of hypnosis despite many claims that it actually worked. It was not a surprise to me then that the very notion of the "conscious" and the "subconscious" bothered me just as the possibility of UFO sightings bothered me. Maybe it was the fact that things not proven by science meant to me, that they couldn’t possibly exist outside of the mind; things that possibly existed were part of a very gray area that made me truly uncomfortable to place any belief structure on them.

"Maintaining this closed system of thinking eventually loses its hold on you, as it did me. As circumstances and fears unfolded in my life I found myself in a pretty stagnant situation. At times when science manages only to tell us about our brain, rather than actually address and fix what weighs us down, we are left to feel alone and unsure of what to do. Hypnosis is just one of those options that are meant to help at the level science can’t.

"But hypnosis has been shown to link both science and "the unknowns" of brain function. This is exciting news.

"I found Melani on one of my random trips down my apartment elevator. If it weren’t for her business advertisement and the word FREE session, I probably wouldn’t have given hypnosis a second thought. But because I was feeling like I was trapped in a void with no direction in sight, what was there to lose? I made the call and a friendly voice answered. My first appointment answered all my questions in the most fascinating way. Not only that but hypnosis DID in fact work on me despite my analytical barriers.

"I find Melani to be one of the most humbling, honest and sincere persons I have had the pleasure of meeting. Not very often does one get the chance to work with such a genuine and caring therapist. I felt accepted, and Melani made me feel like I could overcome anything. She explained hypnosis to me in a way so easy and so interesting; I found it hard not to learn more. Melani is more than a therapist is, she is a true friend and she injects enthusiasm and passion into the art and science of hypnosis like I’ve never seen.

"I guess the biggest thing is … I have changed in so many ways through hypnosis. It does work. It proves that the mind can be managed and re-taught, that it can overcome even the deepest of fears and trauma’s, that it isn’t just a means of hilarious entertainment or harsh revealing. Hypnosis bridges the gap between our need to change what harms us and our means to change those things in a safe environment.

"If ever I have applauded an alternative therapy that works so well, it would have to be hypnosis. I would encourage anyone from any mindset to simply give it a try. Most likely you will be more surprised than you ever thought you’d be."

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Colleen K.
Tottenham, Ontario
Canada

Testimonial: "The art and science of hypnosis ---- it really works!

Erin R.
Victoria, B.C.
Canada

Turkey approves sweeping smoking ban

Scottish Smoking Ban Leads to Huge Drop in Heart Attacks

Smoking Ban Begins in Italy

Colleen K. Tottenham, Ontario Canada

Testimonial: "The art and science of hypnosis ---- it really works!

Erin R. Victoria, B.C. Canada

Colleen K.
Tottenham, Ontario
Canada

Erin R.
Victoria, B.C.
Canada