Hypnosis is a powerful tool for changing the way a person responds to environmental cues and emotional triggers that lead to consuming alcohol. When you address environment cues and emotional triggers using hypnosis it helps the person to stop drinking alcohol. How does hypnosis work? The idea that drinking is a learned behavior helps us […]
Hypnosis for Depression and Alcohol Dependence
When working with a client do you begin with the depression first or the consumption of alcohol first? I was reading an online article today about how clinicians don’t know how to treat both depression and alcohol dependence. I thought, “Really?” Most of the clients we see at The Flow Center are drinking because they […]
Alcohol Addiction Is Treatable, Not Incurable.
Hypnosis is effective for treatment of alcoholism when you view the addiction “as a need that is attempting to be meant through the use or overuse of alcohol.” This link is an article from Huffington Post focusing on the issue of alcoholism and how it effects the Native American community. And how the current system […]
Hypnosis Improves The Relaspe Rate For Alcohol Abstinence.
Why is The National Relapse Rate for Alcoholics is 80%? Because the majority of today’s treatment programs tell their patients that 80% of them will relapse. That type of negative communication is very flawed. With advances in neuroscience, the majority of alcoholism treatment programs still teach concepts and ideas that work against the way a […]
Why Do People Think They Can’t Stop Drinking Alcohol?
When you ask someone that drinks too much alcohol why they can’t stop you may hear this, “My dad drank every day after work, growing up my mom always had a drink in her hand, it’s in my DNA or I’m Irish, we Irish drink a lot.” That line of thinking (called identification or association) […]
Alcoholics have AA, ‘Almost Alcoholics’ need help too but don’t know where to turn.
People drink alcohol because they are sad, angry, or alone. That is both a good reason and a bad reason. Drinking alcohol when experiencing these feelings is an attempt at solving a problem. Then it becomes a habit, perhaps a daily habit and then there is a feeling of dependency. This category of drinkers is […]
Alcohol and Aging: Not a Great Happy Hour Mixer
Aging and retirement are an important transition in life but without support it can be difficult and many retirees turn to alcohol to cope. A 2008 survey by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism found that 40% of men and women over 65 drank alcohol on a regular basis. This growing segment of […]
Self Esteem: The Highs and The Lows of It.
High Self Esteem. Life is great. Low Self Esteem. Life Sucks. Did you know your view of your current situation and the prospects for the future are filtered thru your own self-designed lenses which either see the world as wonderful or awful, great or sucking. Those lenses were crafted during your early developmental years through […]
The Alcohol Treatment Alternative
If you want to know How To Quit Drinking and are tired of traditional Outpatient Alcohol Treatment in Dallas Click on link to view short video, it’s 1 minute and 20 seconds. The Alcohol Treatment Alternative I’m Valerie Grimes and I personally resolved my alcohol consumption using hypnosis (read my story) and I would love […]
Hypnosis for Alcohol Dependency Works, Ask Cliff.
“I originally came to Valerie for help with either reducing or eliminating alcohol consumption to a point where it was aligned with an otherwise active, healthy, and positive lifestyle. Not only were we able to accomplish this, her sessions and recordings have provided motivation, stress management, increased focus and general balance in all aspects of […]