Life happens. My goal is not just to get you through your latest crisis but to give you tools you can use again and again for the rest of your life.

Being the eye of the storm

When an instrument is out of tune, it doesn’t sound good. When we’re out of tune, we don’t respond as well in the face of ever-changing life circumstances. We may react spontaneously or emotionally, causing damage to ourselves or our relationships. In our work together, we practice techniques that make you the eye of the storm … calm and centered. So when the stuff hits the fan, you’re ready to respond rather than react.

What is The Tuning Effect?

As some of you know from experience, The Hypnosis Counseling Center has been using a terrific new relaxation technique called The Tuning Effect with great results. It combines trancework with eye movement and breathwork, enabling us to become more centered, grounded and balanced when facing life’s challenges.

The clients who have learned and are using The Tuning Effect are enjoying a more peaceful and happier life. It’s wonderful sharing this tool with them. The Tuning Effect can be taught individually and is now being presented at selected locations in group seminars as well.

Learn how to be the calm and centered eye of the storm.

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Barry Wolfson
Director, Hypnosis Counseling Center

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Call now, so I can help you today.
908-996-3311

Barry Wolfson
Director, Hypnosis Counseling Center

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908-996-3311

Barry Wolfson
Director, Hypnosis Counseling Center

Although I’ve worked w/ many individual clients on this, I will be partnering w/ PBSN for the 1st time.

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Use the power of your mind to open yourself up to new beginnings (or relationships). As 2012 begins, learn the tools that you can use to enhance self confidence and self esteem as you navigate the singles world. This workshop will help you to release the past and build a strong foundation which will allow relationships to flourish.

Should be fun.

On the other hand, it’s also not justification to “throw up your hands and give up,” he says. “Feel a little guilty and then get back to it.”

Wolfson, owner of Hypnosis Counseling Center, with offices in Flemington and Frenchtown, has spent more than a quarter century helping people keep their resolutions.

The most popular resolutions seek loss — of weight or nicotine addictions. He usually suggests two or three hypnosis sessions for people seeking a weight loss of less than 25 pounds. For more than that, he’s found that at least four sessions over two months is better.

Sometimes resolutions seek relief from bad habits, such as nail biting, other times someone may resolve to improve an aspect of her life.

“Fortunately hypnosis is now more mainstream. More males are coming to me than ever before,” says Wolfson.

While considered unconventional to some, hypnosis is a medically-approved practice that has proven effective in helping patients make positive behavioral changes. Barry Wolfson, MS, is Director of the Hypnosis Counseling Center, which he founded over 25 years ago in Bloomfield and which he has since expanded to offices in Flemington and Frenchtown as well as a planned site in Princeton. A trained hypnotherapist with a Masters Degree in Counseling from Upsala College, Wolfson has brought his methodology to more than 25 adult schools around the state as well as corporate offices, college campuses, and hospitals. Below he explains how the renowned approach of hypnosis – first used in the 1840’s – can help people attain their personal or professional goals or realize their New Year’s resolutions.

NA: Do you find that a lot of people seek out hypnosis in January?
Wolfson: Absolutely. Many of us choose the New Year to make a new start, and we do it by making New Year’s resolutions. The fact is, however, almost none of us keep them. It’s not that we don’t want to make the changes, because we’re usually very sincere. It’s that we try to tough it out alone using sheer willpower, when many of our resolutions involve long term habits that are difficult to change without help. That’s where hypnosis comes in. Hypnosis is a very effective tool which can help people realize their year’s resolution(s). So every New Year’s for the last 26 years, as predictable as the new year itself, my phone starts to ring very frequently.

NA: What is hypnosis?
Wolfson: Hypnosis is an ”alpha” state of mind, which is a dreamlike state similar to yoga and meditation. Hypnosis helps you leverage your strongest personal asset – your mind – to achieve lasting and positive behavioral changes. Once in a relaxed hypnotic state, you’ll open yourself to affirmative, therapeutic suggestions and begin your own journey toward positive change and personal freedom.

NA: What types of conditions or behaviors can hypnosis effectively address?
Wolfson: At the Hypnosis Counseling Center, we’ve successfully addressed patient issues involving weight loss, smoking cessation, self-esteem, stress reduction, fears and phobias, public speaking, anxiety and panic attacks, test-taking, insomnia, sports improvement, migraines, and confidence building, among others.

NA: How would a typical session work?
Wolfson: Hypnosis sessions begin with a soothing breathing exercise. Through gentle suggestions, we then lead patients into a state of complete relaxation and deep meditation. The conscious mind steps back as the subconscious mind becomes open to suggestions for change. In this state of deep relaxation, your mind concentrates on one specific behavioral change, ignoring all outside distractions. I use my voice to put clients into a very relaxed state where I can then plant positive suggestions for change. At the same time, I make my clients customized audio CDs to listen to on a daily basis to help reinforce these positive messages.

NA: Do people have pre-conceived notions about hypnosis that you have to dispel?
Wolfson: Definitely. Contrary to popular belief, when hypnotized, you’re not asleep and you’re not unconscious – you’re able to talk, hear, move, and think. In hypnosis, you’re simply in a deep state of relaxation – similar to what you experience prior to falling asleep – where your mind is more open to positive suggestions for change. You can come out of this relaxed state at any time by simply opening your eyes. Many people also question the legitimacy of hypnosis, but the truth is it’s a scientific and medically approved methodology that’s been backed by the American Medical Association as an accepted and recommended medical procedure since 1958.

NA: What are the key messages you want readers to take away about hypnosis?
Jones: Through hypnosis, people can, for example, stop smoking without anxiety, weight gain, or mood swings, or lose weight and maintain it for life without drugs, fad diets, dangerous herbs, expensive meal plans, or special foods. The hypnotic state is attainable by almost all people — the only tools you need are your own mind and the desire to succeed. Hypnosis is safe, medically approved, and, best of all, it
works.
The Hypnosis Counseling Center has offices in Bloomfield, Flemington, and Frenchtown. For more information, call (908) 996-3311, visit www.hypnosisnj.com, or e-mail Director Barry Wolfson at barry@hypnosisnj.com.

http://www.naturalawakeningsnj.com/NCNJ/January-2012/Achieving-New-Years-Resolutions-Through-Hypnosis/

These classes are limited to 10 people. First come, first served. Both of these special events will sell out. To register, call 908-996-3311.

There will be a special weight loss class in Frenchtown on Friday night Dec 9th from 7:00-8:30pm. This class will focus on stress eating during the holidays as well as the benefits of hypnosis in developing a new healthy lifestyle. It will also feature nutritionist and health coach Kristin Tomlinson.

These classes are limited to 10 people. First come, first served.
Both of these special events will sell out. To register, call 908-996-3311.

I live in a old stone house near the Delaware River that was an inn during colonial days. In fact, Martha Washington stayed here and there is even a 3 seater outhouse between the house and my garden. This time of year, I often think about the struggles our forefathers and foremothers (?) had just to survive.

Therefore, not only am I grateful for the fabulous family, friends and clients like yourself I get to share in my days with, but things I sometimes take for granted. Lightbulbs, electricity, cars instead of horses for transportation, not having to milk the cows, heat not dependent on dry wood and of course indoor plumbing.

For those of you seeing me for weight loss, smaller portions of mashed potatoes, stuffing and gravy and a few bites of pie. More turkey, veggies and salad. Remember, Thanksgiving is about sharing time and laughter with those you love, not about loosening your belt several notches and falling asleep on the coats in the bedroom.

Enjoy and be grateful and thankful. I certainly am.

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