With the last few years’ worth of fear permeating the consciousness of humanity, all sorts of life-draining behaviors have come to the surface. One of the most potentially harmful of these is hoarding. Almost everyone has heard of friends or friends who have this problem, or may even have family members who suffer from hoarding disorder ..read more

Health is crucial, but it can be elusive for many. So many of our clients come in complaining about their inability to overcome unhealthy behaviors and habits. From smoking and overeating to dangerous sexual behavior and street drug use, people often struggle to win the battle against urges to engage in behaviors that are risky and harmful ..read more

 Human beings are infinitely complex, and as therapists, we have the privilege of working with the wonders of the inner world of our clients. While this is rewarding, addressing our clients’ idiosyncrasies can get very tricky, especially if we don’t consider all there is within a person’s innermost experiences ..read more

Hypnotherapy is a cutting-edge method of helping patients and clients transform and move past their obstacles. You might have heard about it through your colleagues, or perhaps you read about it in a journal or online.Hypnotherapists are capable of helping clients heal from a variety of issues ..read more

The founders of The Wellness Institute, Diane Zimberoff and David Hartman tell students that they began their work because they were called to heal the healers. The stress that therapists are exposed to as a result of holding space for their patients as they go through their recovery does take its toll. Even without that, though, there are many reasons why therapists, as healers, need to do their own healing ..read more

 Our clients arrive for their first sessions, burdened with their symptoms. They willingly slap on such self-descriptive labels as “depresion,” “anxiety,” and “neurosis,” and they sincerely wish to receive help, and relief ..read more

 Hypnosis and hypnotherapy are not always widely accepted as empirically provable modalities of treatment, but over time, it has become impossible for the scientifically-minded among us to deny how powerful it is. An article written recently for Time notes how effective hypnotherapy is for relieving pain and anxiety. It also acknowledges that it can help people stop smoking, lose weight, and sleep better. In addition, self-hypnosis is a tool many people use to manage stress and reduce strain so that it has less of a negative impact on their mental and physical health ..read more

the power of groups in training and healing ..read more

Veterans and Hypnotherapy: a road to recovery for those who have given so much ..read more

 Words can get therapists into a lot of trouble these days. A client can be insulted or alienated by your implying there is something about them that you don’t quite understand or accept, simply by the language you use. It can be like walking a tightrope without a safety net ..read more