Hypnosis

• National Guild of Hypnotists is one of two global professional certifying societies for professional hypnotists.
  
  
• The American Board of Hypnotherapy is the second of two global professional certifying societies for professional hypnotists.
  

Hypnosis-related Articles

• Scientific American article from July 2001 entitled "The Truth and Hype of Hypnosis - Though often denigrated as fakery or wishful thinking, hypnosis has been shown to be a real phenomenon with a variety of therapeutic uses -- especially in controlling pain."
  
  
• A correspondent from National Public Radio (NPR) reports on her experience at a stage hypnosis show and her surprisingly effective private session to help her sleep better.
  
  
• Chronic Indigestion study from December 2002 issue of Gastroenterology shows hypnosis more effective for immediate and long-term relief than standard medications. Another website lists a brief synopsis of various hypnosis-related IBS studies from 1984 to the present. Two related articles on Irritable Bowel Syndrome are also available from Newsweek/MSN, one about Hypnosis for IBS and another about Hypnosis for IBS and other issues.

Neuro Linguistic Programming

• Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) explains how the mind actually works in terms of our own self-programming using verbal and non-verbal communication and how that communication affects how we perceive ourselves and the world around us.
  
  
• The website of The National Federation of NeuroLinguistic Psychology (NFNLP)
  
  
• The website of The American Board of Neuro Linguistic Programming (ABNLP)
  
  
• More information on NLP.
  

Time Line Therapy®

• Time Line Therapy is an outgrowth of NLP that allows the release of all past negative emotions and allows you to start the process of projecting a successful future.

Huna

• Huna is the original art and science of healing and spiritual development of the Hawaiian people. Another site for Huna training in Hawaii is listed here
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