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Why Choose Mindfit Hypnosis

Why Choose Mind-Fit's hypnotherapy on CD? (a note from Andrew Dobson)

Hi, and thanks for taking the time to come to this section of my website. First of all let me say how pleased I am that you came to this page, that shows me that you are perhaps exactly the sort of person for whom I designed these sessions for. I designed and created these Hypnotherapy sessions because as a therapist trained for YEARS in psychology and behavior modification I know how powerful and effective Hypnosis and NLP are in creating change. Because of my interest in these forms of therapy for change I can not tell you how disappointed I have been with what can only be described as crap people will try and sell you.

And yes I do mean crap! And there is a lot of it. It does not seem to matter if the 'Hypnotherapist' has had years of psychological training or after doing a 2-3 week course in hypnosis, and now calls themselves a therapist. Often you can usually tell a crap session by looking at the quality of the website. (Not that I am a great web designer - but I learnt how to make a website that I think is not too bad! Some times however even professional looking websites can sell bad products.

I am not putting down people with only Hypnosis qualifications - some of them create some of the best products out there! However, as my interest is in methods of creating change in people - I have personally brought a lot of Self-help and therapy products and have listened to much more than I ever purchased, to get an idea of what is available.

To be honest I felt embarrassed at times that I called myself a Hypnotherapist. As a person with a sense of 'pride in my work' I can not believe that some of the products some people are charging for, allow them to sleep at night. AND what is worse is that some of the culprits are actually making a good living selling the crap they make! Ok, I have had my rant - and it may seem harsh - but there are those out there who have purchased some of the products I am talking about and right now are nodding their heads saying "Well he is ranting and harsh but right".

Here are some of the reasons I created these sessions ...

Shortfalls of other Products!	My Solution to these Shortfalls
The Therapists Voice: Some of the people making hypnosis sound like they gave up on life years ago. Hypnosis is a powerful method of change and there is ABSOLUTELY no reason why a Hypnotherapy session should sound like it is made by a monotone robot or a slow speaking person. A Hypnotic session should not bore someone into a trance!	I have a personality. I love life and I enjoy it. I do not normally speak 12 words a minute and so my Sessions have some personality. They have variation in speech, in tempo and in presentation. I do not use methods of inducing a trance that were used 50 years ago (slow monotone talking) - I unitize the advances that science has made.
The Music: Sometimes there is no music at all, sometimes a company will use the same music for all their sessions. Sometimes the therapist has no idea about what types of music are better suited for inducing a trance. There is nothing worse than a boring sounding person talking with no music.	I have chosen music personally. The music is produced at 60 beats per minute which creates a relaxation and super learning response in a listener. My induction music is designed with a descending arrangement to assist the sensation of deepening a level of trance. Most of my Hypnosis sessions have different music. I like variety - so I have found do my repeat customers
The Quality: I have heard sold on a CD what must have been recorded on a home tape recorder. With the advances of computers and home recording systems a great audio quality can be produced without the expense of a recording studio. There is no excuse for selling something recorded unedited full of mistakes and sounding terrible.	All my sessions have been recorded and edited, they flow, they sound great, they are clear and made to be recorded onto a CD. I pride myself in providing the best quality product I can make. Every track is filtered and manipulated in every way possible to provide you with the best modern technology can create. In fact as I get better skilled at production I have re-done complete sessions.
The Script: When Hypnotherapist are trained they are given a set of scripts that have had success in producing results. Often a therapist will never change the script - and a lot of the scripts are older than I am. There are many different approaches, changes and developments in behavior modification - it is a shame many Hypnotist's rely on what they were taught during their training and don't grow beyond that.	I write each script myself. Each is a combination of therapy methods and techniques that work!. My sessions do not simply put you into a trance and give you suggestions- they use developments in language structure (NLP) and behavior modification approaches. They also reflect my personality, and years of advanced training - which allows for congruence of flow and results.
Not using today's Science: There have been many advances in approaches or techniques that create or aid change. Some hypnosis products do not use these advances. They rely on trance and suggestion (this method is at least 30 years old) They assume everyone can visualize, or the sessions have no modifications to them at all. This is like using a 10 year old computer to run your business today.	As a computer geek, and loving my flat screen, my fast processors and wireless systems. I do not see any reason why a therapist should not learn and use the latest methods and techniques for creating change. Not only do I strive to provide up to date approaches to therapy I also like to use the advances in technical knowledge to add things like subliminals, binaural beats, 180 rotating sounds, music arrangements etc.
Stupid Claims: Too many Hypnotherapy or self help products make silly and stupid claims; e.g."you only use 10% of your brain" or "Subliminals recorded at 10,000 statements per min" or "Your subconscious records everything perfectly". These are myths not based in science. Try telling someone with a stroke that they still have 99% of there brain left and to use it! Or explain why people argue over things they seem to remember differently when they were both there with their subconscious mind recording the memory.	I am a scientist and a realist. If something seems too good to be true then it most likely is a sales pitch. I endeavor to use Hypnosis to create sessions that I know will work and get my customers results. I will not sell "Photography memory" or a "Attract money" session because these are abstract things that do not have a quantifiable result. Although Subliminal messages do not have overwhelming scientific support, I believe that in the right circumstances they will aid in a result. BUT I will not make unfounded claims that they always work or that you can unconsciously hear 1.2 million of them in a minute.
Physical Relaxation Induction: When hypnosis was first becoming popular the induction process involved tensing and relaxing muscle groups to relax the physical body and therefore get a hypnotic trance. This process can take 30 minutes in itself. This process is old, slow boring and annoying when you can put yourself into trance in 2 minutes and have to wait half an hour to get to the actual session	My induction is based on a conscious awareness shifting approach. This method can induce trance in a very short period of time and is supported by binaural beats and special music. The sessions very quickly move into the behavior changing element. However on the download page I do provide such a recording if you prefer this approach.

How MindFits Hypnosis Sessions Work

Mind-Fit has created what it believes to be some of the best hypnosis you can buy or that is available today. We induce a deep hypnotic trance without the need for a long winded gradual physical relaxation process. In addition these sessions are not mono-toned, slow and boring as so many hypnotist's work during their therapy. They are dynamic and fast, making them not only effective but interesting and enjoyable to use.

What makes these things work?

Hypnosis is a measured change in brainwave activity that allows for greater acceptance of any suggestions given which in this state (ever seen a stage show?). The brainwave activity of hypnosis generally is in the Alpha to Theta range. The brain activity is a series of small electrical charges, which are able to be measured on an EEG system. When in your normal waking state (beta) the EEG shows small electrical responses because the brain is firing off millions and millions of these charges at an almost totally random time. As you enter hypnosis the firing of these charges tend to become synchronized and so the EEG reading takes on a more uniformed look as the electrical activity fires off in a ordered form.

The idea of any hypnosis session then is to create this relaxed or hypnotic state of mind where the Brain is placed in a position where it accepts suggestions (to the Subconscious mind). Hypnotic MP3 sessions have used technology to ensure that this state of mind is created.

Stereo editing has allowed the induction to have overlaid suggestions and commands that tend to confuse the conscious mind. The stereo voices rotate and float around your hearing spectrum. The confusion is caused by an overloading of verbal stimulus. This feature aids the depth of hypnotic trance by by-passing the critical conscious mind and acting directly on the subconscious. When used in the behavior modification session, the techniques again allows for direct suggestions to by pass the critical conscious mind and be received directly into the subconscious mind.

Binaural beats have been encoded into the music. This system is used in light and sound machines that create altered states of mind for mediation and relaxation. The beats are simply tones that are played in each stereo channel. The tones are different frequencies, and the brain will generate the tone of the difference in the frequencies

The binaural beats is a process where tones are presented in both the left and right hearing channels. On the sessions this sounds like a pulsing distortion of the music. Our brain wave activity tends to mimic the tone frequency that is being heard at the time. When the difference in the two tones reflects a frequency that the human brain wave activity is able to operate in, the brain tends to produces that frequency in brain wave activity.

Therefore, the inclusion of Binaural beats means that we can guide the brain into a specific brain wave frequencies. The different brain wave frequencies reflect what mental state or activity a person is in at any one time. For example the brain wave frequency of someone awake is in the 'beta' frequency range, while light hypnosis is in the 'alpha' range, deep meditation is in the 'theta range'. The induction's have Binaural beats that will aid the listener into a deeper level of relaxation (and therefore hypnosis) and in the later stage of the session Binaural beats that will bring the listener once again to a wide awake mental state.

Musical Aid: Music that is played or written at 60 beat per minute has an effect on the brain in creating an increase in the Alpha brain wave activity. The Sessions have been recorded with music at this beat frequency

Subliminal Messages: Subliminal messages are messages that are encoded into the background of a sound track. They can not be heard and understood by the human ear (sometimes you will hear a muffle). However it is claimed that these messages are absorbed by the sub conscious mind and acted upon.. Scientifically there are not many studies that support the concept of subliminal influence, however many of the psychological studies used one off exposure to the messages. While visual subliminal flashes can influence later choice from a selection of options, science has little evidence that they work.

Why use Sublims if they don't work?

We don't know that Subliminal messages don't work. The human mind can pick out and learn from information that is not consciously observed. Almost all of the psychological studies for subliminal messages used one exposure, not repetitive exposure (which is how we learn). It is believed by those that create and use subliminal messages that they do work (although many do not know how or why they just include them assuming what they are doing will have a result. Mind-Fit applies the latest technology to its hypnotic sessions and Subliminal messages although not proven by our standards has stood the test of time and has too much personal and circumstantial evidence to be left out. The subliminal messages in Mind-Fit's Therapy are an added extra and are not required to get effects from the Hypnosis sessions. IN FACT, I would never rely on Subliminals alone to create much of a change in your beliefs or behavior

Short sessions:
The Hypnotic sessions have been made short for a few very important reasons.

You are Busy. Many hypnotic sessions that do not use the technology used by Mind-Fit will use an induction procedure called "progressive relaxation". This is a 20-30 minute process of tensing and relaxing all the muscles in the body to create relaxation. We have used the most effective and quickest methods - therefore the sessions do not have to be 'fluffed' up with excessive chatter.
Success comes from repetition. Because these sessions are for self use, the benefits of actually being with a therapist are lost. It therefore makes sense not to try to much actual therapy rather to work with the increased suggestibility of a person in hypnosis. Therefore the sessions are short and to the point because they are to be used over and over again.

When will I see results?

The Hypnotic effect varies from person to person. There are many reason for this - however hypnosis does work! Some people will see and feel results right away, for the people at the other extreme it may take up to 5 sessions. In actual therapy Mind-Fit's hypnotist Andrew Dobson seldom charges after the third session as he personally believes from experience that is all the time a good therapist needs to create results. However a personalized approach will be more effective with a competent therapist, and results for these hypnotic sessions may take longer. This is one of the reasons they are short and to the point, so that you as a customer can gain benefits from the sessions in minimal time.