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WELCOME! MEET DR. WINSLOW THE SCIENCE OF HYPNOSIS OUR FACILITIES WHAT IS HRV GROUP AND PRIVATE SESSIONS Group Sessions Open Groups Private Groups Corporate Groups Individual Private Sessions STRESS & APPREHENSION FEARS SMOKING CESSATION DIAL DOWN PAIN SLEEP ISSUES ESTABLISHING WANTED BEHAVIORS Improve Your Self Confidence Artistic And Athletic Performance Cognitive Skills Enjoy Life SURGICAL SUPPORT CANCER SUPPORT FERTILITY CAREFREE CHILDBIRTH DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WEIGHT LOSS AND VIRTUAL GASTRIC BAND EXAM AND STUDY SKILLS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PRICING, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES Pricing Appointment Cancellation Policy
Important Contact Information Winslow Wellness Centers, LLC 1089 3rd Ave. SW Suite 110 Carmel, IN 46032 Phone: (317) 373-1315 Fax: (317) 564-0603 Email: info@WinslowWellness.com www.WinslowWellness.com By Appointment Only Proud Member Of:
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Welcome! Winslow Wellness Centers is committed to our mission of helping clients achieve their best selves and live fulfilling, joyful, healthy lives. We believe in the unique value and potential of every individual while recognizing everyone has struggles and areas in which they want to improve. We strive to provide the highest quality experience in a supportive, comfortable environment and ensure our clients are well-informed participants in their treatment. Our client-centered approach to health and wellness puts your needs first. It is our belief that each of us has the ability to tap into our inner resources to instruct our body to heal itself. We do this by guiding our clients into a state called hypnosis and teaching them techniques that will allow them to use their natural ability to change the way they think, feel, and behave. It’s not magic, rather it’s a very human gift we all posses. Please spend time with this booklet and on our website: WinslowWellness.com. We invite you to ask questions and to let us know how we can help so you will always have the absolute best experience possible. Warm Regards, Dr. Skye Winslow ND, CMS-CHt, FIBH, CNHP, HC, PT
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Meet Dr. Winslow Health and wellness are a huge priority to me. When you visit my office, you’ll see a number of certificates and diplomas from the various schools and programs I’ve attended over the years. All were wonderful and informative, but there is only one modality that helped me personally heal and progress my own health: hypnosis. That’s why I’m so passionate! In 2012, I was headed back into the workforce after raising three amazing children. However, it wasn’t long before I recognized something wasn’t quite right. After a battery of tests my doctor discovered a benign brain tumor on my balance nerve. The amazing surgeons at Vanderbilt successfully removed the tumor during an extraordinary 10-hour operation. Unfortunately, I suffered many post-op complications with nasty names such as meningitis, diabetes, spinal fluid leakage, hypothyroidism, and Cushing’s Syndrome. After four months of using life-saving steroids, I gained over 100 pounds! I also experienced profound dizziness and vertigo every day. In order to heal, I went back to school. Through hypnosis, I rewired my brain and changed my life. I no longer require a walker to stay balanced. I know hypnosis works, because it works for me 24/7. I believe it can help you, too.
Dr. Skye Winslow is a state and nationally Board Certified Medical Support Hypnotist (CMS-CHt). She is a graduate of the prestigious Hypnotherapy Academy of America. The Academy’s 500-hour classroom training program is one of the nation’s most demanding hypnotherapy schools. In fact, recent graduates have been hired by the United States Veterans Association. Dr. Winslow is a Fellow of the International Board of Hypnotherapy (FIBH).
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The Science of Hypnosis For some, hypnosis is associated with loss of control or stage tricks. But doctors like David Spiegel of Stanford University School of Medicine know it to be a serious science that taps into the brain’s ability to heal both medical and psychiatric conditions.
“In hypnosis, you’re so absorbed that you’re not worrying about anything else,” Spiegel explained. The Stanford scientists also saw an increase in connections between two other areas of the brain—the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the insula. Spiegel described this as a brainbody connection that helps the brain process and control what’s going on in the body.
The bottom line: hypnosis is not sleep, nor is it a relaxed state. It is, however, a scientifically proven state of mind that has helped many people create real and lasting changes within themselves.
At Penn State, psychology professor William Ray agrees, “We have done a variety of EEG studies, one of which suggests that hypnosis removes the emotional experience of pain while allowing the sensory sensation to remain. Thus, you notice you were touched but not that it hurt.” Today, there are more than 12,000 hypnosis articles published in medical and psychology journals. And, scientists have noticed a decrease in functional connectivity that likely represents a disconnect between someone’s actions and their awareness of their actions. “When you’re really engaged in something, you don’t really think about doing it—you just do it,” Spiegel said. During hypnosis, this kind of disassociation between action and reflection allows the person to engage in activities either suggested by a clinician or self-suggested without devoting mental resources to being self-conscious about the activity. Hypnotherapy is a therapy offered by these leading institutions:
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Our Facilities Winslow Wellness Centers is committed to providing you with the highest quality of care in a relaxing, professional environment where you can rest and unwind. Our light, airy, modern office is furnished with luxurious electric recliners, each outfitted with a computer, patented HRV monitoring equipment, and high-quality stereo audio.
DURING YOUR VISIT, YOU WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED WITH FRESH PILLOWS AND CLEAN BLANKETS TO MAXIMIZE YOUR COMFORT.
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What is HRV?
HRV stands for Heart Rate Variability—it is the variation in the beat-to-beat intervals of your heart. The 1994 Framingham Heart Study identified increased Heart Rate Variability (HRV) as the only common factor that was found in all healthy individuals.
HRV evaluates the balancing act between the sympathetic nervous system (fight and flight) and the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest). An imbalance in HRV is the #1 risk factor for sudden cardiac death. While your HRV can offer valuable medical information, we use it to show you how your thoughts and breathing patterns affect your body. It’s one of the most scientifically sound tools to help you visually see what’s going on with you now, and if needed, to show you how to improve your body’s dynamics. Additionally, if you are under the care of a physician who is interested in your HRV charts, we can record the data and with your approval, send the information to your health care provider.
OUR OFFICE IS EQUIPPED WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART HRV EQUIPMENT TO GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE INTO THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF YOUR BODY. THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE TO UTILIZE THIS VALUABLE TOOL.
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Group and Private Sessions Group Sessions
Open Groups
If you are unsure about the type of session to book, we recommend you enroll in Open Group or Private Group sessions to begin your journey. This allows you to learn self-hypnosis techniques at a lower cost while addressing your issue.
Offered on a first-come-first-served basis, Open Groups allow you to address your issue for a very affordable rate. See our website calendar for a list of all Open Group topics being offered. Topics are continually changing, so check the website often! Group topics include: stress reduction, comfortable childbirth, smoking cessation, weight management, performance enhancement, test taking, developing a business savvy mind, chronic pain management, digestive disorders, fertility concerns, and more. You can also suggest a topic!
Group Sessions are perfect for those who wish to work on non-highly charged emotional issues, apprehensions and fears, breaking many types of unwanted habits and creating positive changes. Just put in your ear buds (or use ours) and as soon as you enter hypnosis, you will not be aware of anyone else in the room. Groups Sessions fees can be found on page 22.
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Course descriptions on the website include the total number of group sessions required to complete the course. Please read the course description and payment policy thoroughly. Open Groups are available to clients 18 years of age and older.
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Private Groups
Individual Private Sessions
Unique to our practice, private group sessions at Winslow Wellness Centers allow a minimum of three or more family, friends, or coworkers to choose a topic and a time for group hypnosis sessions.
If you feel after three or four Group Classes that your issue persists, or if you want to address more highly-charged and/or deeply emotional issues, or certain fears and apprehensions, then you may want to sign up for a private session to speed your healing.
Perfect for:
• Families working through illness or grief • Friends who want to lose weight or quit smoking together • Teammates who want to unify their thoughts and emotions • Performers who want to get in the zone • Students who want to overcome test taking or performance anxiety with their friends or siblings
Of course, every member of the group receives a free audio recording of all the sessions. It’s just like Open Group, except you know everyone!
Corporate Groups Corporate clients can book our center and offer a differentiated benefit for their employees. The company chooses the date, time, topic, and participants. Topics can include: smoking cessation, weight management, public speaking, managing stress and performance anxiety, improving sales, enhancing productivity, achieving work/ life balance, and more. See the topic list on our website or suggest one of your own.
In private sessions, clients work one-on-one with Dr. Winslow who is able to fully customize your experience. Both group and individual clients can expect to receive homework assignments that may include:
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Listening to your recordings Journaling Required reading Quiet meditation Practicing self hypnosis and breathing techniques
People who do their homework tend to spend the least amount of time in sessions, thereby saving themselves both time and money. Most people find the results they seek in four to six sessions. However, if it is very emotional, it can take up to ten sessions. Of course, our goal is to assist you in the quickest time possible. In fact, we make that our promise to you. Private sessions are 60 to 90 minutes in length. We offer free phone consultations and discounted packages for greater savings. Please read our policies and procedures prior to scheduling, and take time to review the Client’s Bill of Rights on our website.
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Stress & Apprehension One of the primary causes of health concerns, both physical and mental, is not managing properly with the negative emotions that we experience on a daily basis. Here are some alarming facts about stress and health:
• The American Institute of Stress notes that 75 to 90 percent of visits to primary care physicians are for stress-related complaints. (Rosch 1991). • A Harvard study reveals people who live in a state of high anxiety are four and a half times more likely to suffer sudden cardiac death than non-anxious individuals. (Kawachi et al. 1994). • An international study shows that people who are unable to effectively manage their stress have a 40 percent high death rate than their non-stressed counterparts. (Eysenck 1988). • In 2002, people in the U.S. bought nearly $17.2 billion dollars worth of antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs, and $1.1 BILLION in the same year on just two of three major prescription sleeping pills.
Negative emotions in themselves aren’t bad or wrong. Our emotions can tell us a lot of useful things, although we may not fully understand what our feelings are trying to tell us. But when emotions have nowhere to go, the emotional energy compounds and eventually vents in the form of judgment, projection, or blame.
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An accumulation of unresolved negative emotions can manifest in stress, which switches on brain circuits and hormones that prepare our body to protect itself in dangerous situations. We call this the “fight or flight” response. Stress often starts with a physical sensation. First, you feel the tension, irritation, or worry in both your mind and body. In time, it escalates into stronger emotions of frustration, apprehension, or anger, leaving you mentally and physically overloaded and exhausted. But you can learn to manage your feelings and emotions. You may have been living under the misguided belief that showing emotion is akin to showing weakness, but showing one’s feelings in an appropriate way is a very human and thoughtful thing to do. Trying to live with apprehension, fear, and turmoil creates disharmony in your body and, in time, hurts you in many ways. In fact, we can literally show you how it’s affecting your body, and your health!
It doesn’t help that society discourages us from acknowledging our feelings and emotions. To many, it’s just better to squish them down and hide them, which sometimes results in harsh expressions of unkindness to ourselves or others. At Winslow Wellness, our HRV monitoring equipment offers a glimpse into your autonomic nervous system. You’ll actually see how your thoughts create either a positive or negative response in your body. And, we’ll teach you some simple ways to change your behavior so your body can once again find its balance. It is possible to live a life filled with joy and hope. Let us show you how.
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Fears Fears often develop during childhood and can become aggravated during adulthood. People often carry their fears around for decades, unaware of the fact that most can easily be eliminated via hypnosis.
Symptoms
Other Fears
When you have a fear, you feel as though you have no control over your feelings in spite of knowing on a conscious level that your fear may be, in fact, somewhat irrational. The most common indication of this type of fear is a feeling of terror when exposed to the situation or thing which triggers the fear. Symptoms can include: accelerated heart beat, nausea, dizziness, shortness of breath, chest pain, hot/cold flashes, numbness or tingling sensation, trembling, choking, fear of fainting, or losing control of oneself. Some people may even experience a panic attack.
Some people experience a different type of fear. It can be generated as an emotional response to a real or perceived threat and can cause a behavior change, such as running, hiding, or freezing. Fear can be learned by experiencing or watching a frightening event. A short list of these types of fears are:
There are generally four types of these very common fears: • Natural environment: fear of heights, storms, water, darkness, etc. • Animals: fear of snakes, cockroaches, spiders, frogs, dogs, cats, etc. • Blood-injection-injury: fear of injections, blood, vomit, etc. • Situational: fear of flying, dentists, driving, tunnels, bridges, and social situations such as speaking in public, dating, and so on.
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of being late of failure of missing out of thunder after a burglary of terrorism of success of fainting of change of wearing a CPAP mask
If you are unable to travel to our office, just let us know the situation and we will try to accommodate you. Don’t be a victim of your mind any longer — contact us today.
Happily, most of these fears can be “removed” quite easily in private sessions.
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Smoking Cessation It’s a curious thing that no matter how much a smoker consciously knows that smoking will likely shorten their life and increase their chance of incurring a whole host of smoking related disorders, they still feel powerless to stop. It doesn’t matter if they know and even agree that smoking may eventually cause them harm, they still can’t seem to find the “willpower” to quit. Of course, willpower alone can work, but the danger is that sooner or later the part of you that wants to smoke snaps back and rebels against the part of you that is trying not to. The force of habit is so strong for most smokers that they feel overwhelmed by the compulsive drive to reach for another cigarette, no matter their good intentions.
THE REASON FOR THIS IS PATTERN MATCHING. When you experience anything, your brain tries to make sense of the new stimulus by matching it to something similar from your past to give you the right emotional or behavioral response.
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OVER TIME, WHEN NEW PATTERNS ARE ESTABLISHED THE BEHAVIOR BECOMES PART OF OUR ROUTINE… ALSO KNOWN AS A HABIT. THIS IS THE WAY HUMANS ARE PROGRAMMED TO LEARN.
So if, for example, we see a door, we know we can operate it without having to relearn how it works. But pattern matching can go wrong. An example of a faulty pattern match is an addiction. Because of the way our brain learns, one pattern can be mismatched to any other pattern even though there’s no logical connection. Like smoking a cigarette after eating a meal, or smoking when you become sad, lonely, or even irritated. Our smoking cessation program works to help you break pattern matching by working with your subconscious mind. We help you retrain your brain to feel as though you are discarding the habit just as you would an old coat that’s worn out. Smoking will be seen as irrelevant and unfamiliar, even alien, and eventually stopping becomes inevitable.
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Dial Down Pain Chronic pain is non-cancer pain that persists beyond normal healing time or for longer than three months. Unrelieved chronic pain can cause considerable suffering, physical limitations, and emotional distress.
Chronic pain results when pain is imprinted into the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord), causing you to experience pain long past the healing of your original injury. Physicians face enormous challenges in their attempt to treat patients experiencing chronic pain because while it is very real, its intensity and complexity is unique to each individual. In addition, how one reacts to painful stimuli varies on the basis of age, gender, ethnicity, prior experiences with pain, and a host of other psychosocial factors that many medical doctors are not typically trained to manage. The concept of neuroplasticity helps us to understand that people experiencing chronic pain are truly suffering, that their pain is not simply “all in their head.”
At Winslow Wellness, we begin by teaching you how pain is perceived in the body. Then, we give you the skills to “dial down” your pain while dialing up comfort. Stop suffering. Give us a call today and let us help you live life to the fullest again.
Science has proven self hypnosis can help many sufferers of chronic and acute pain. It is remarkable how it can have a dramatic impact on pain with patients who do not seem to respond to other approaches. Interest in hypnosis for pain management has increased with recent evidence that hypnosis can reduce pain (and costs) associated with medical procedures, and there are now an adequate number of controlled studies of hypnosis to draw meaningful conclusions from the literature regarding chronic pain. Hypnosis has been applied to a variety of chronic-pain conditions including those from cancer, lower back problems, arthritis, sickle cell disease, temporomandibular conditions, fibromyalgia, physical disability, and mixed etiologies. Hypnosis may also have other benefits for chronic pain patients such as reduced anxiety, improved sleep, and enhanced quality of life. WinslowWellness.com
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Sleep Issues
Sleep. Are you getting enough? For many people, acquiring seven or eight hours of quality sleep is just a dream. Of course, no one wants to lay awake all night, so why do we?
It is always best to begin your quest for sleep with a qualified professional who can help diagnose any underlying medical conditions that could be causing the issue. Once your healthcare provider gives the approval, hypnosis may be the best choice to learn how to calm your mind so you are no longer bothered with racing thoughts or feelings of discomfort. We can teach you breathing techniques and help you create a pattern of restful calm that will soon become your new bedtime habit.
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Issues that can be addressed include: TEETH GRINDING RESTLESS LEGS TROUBLE WITH A CPAP MACHINE SLEEPING AWAY FROM HOME LEARN TO IGNORE SNORING NIGHT TERRORS SLEEP WALKING
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Establishing Wanted Behaviors Neuroplasticity may seem like a new exciting scientific discovery, but it’s actually a biological process that hypnotists have been utilizing for decades to help their clients rewire their brains so they can become who they want to be. Hypnosis helps you change the way you think about yourself and the world. Here are some benefits you can gain from hypnosis:
Improve Your Self Confidence
Cognitive Skills
Often it’s not our looks or abilities that are holding us back from getting what we want, but the way we think about ourselves. If you are single and want to find a partner, hypnosis can help by retraining your brain to improve your body image, flirt with confidence, and attract desirable partners. If you want to advance your career or start your own business, we can help you organize your thinking, imagine your potential, and bring your ideas to fruition.
Changing the way you think can bring you success and satisfaction in a number of ways. You can become more solution focused, learn from your mistakes, improve your objectivity, better deal with disappointments, and tame your inner critic. Enhance your creative problem solving, critical thinking skills, and positive thinking.
Artistic and Athletic Performance Hypnosis can help you improve in all kinds of performances by helping you banish performance jitters, find and get into your optimal mental zone, and build mental stamina and resilience. You can get better at music, dancing, and even acting by sharpening your mental abilities and boosting your confidence. Improve your golf swing, tennis serve, pitching accuracy, or martial arts skills. Develop the motivation and drive to train for a marathon. Whatever your performance goals, retraining your brain can help you.
Enjoy Life Say yes to life! Be more spontaneous, have more fun. Hypnosis can help you to laugh more, live your values, love yourself, find the real you, be your ideal self, achieve personal growth, be more romantic, and more.
Everyone has something about themselves or their life that they’d like to improve. We can help you achieve all kinds of goals so that you can live your best life and be everything you wish to be. Visit WinslowWellness.com to see a list of hundreds of topics!
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Surgical Support The thought of being hospitalized for even a minor procedure can cause extreme stress and anxiety in people. However, for hundreds of years, hypnosis has earned a place in and out of the operating room. It’s clinically proven helpful in managing stress, relieving nausea, and even reducing or removing acute and chronic pain.
In fact, recent studies prove the use of hypnosis prior to surgery can lessen the amount of blood loss during surgery, maintain vital signs, reduce post surgical complications, and even speed the healing of bones and tissue. Journal of the National Cancer Institute (Vol. 99, No. 17) Here’s how our perioperative services can help you before, during, and after surgery.
Recovery A customized recording helps your body overcome anesthesia’s effects by instructing your body to eliminate with ease and reduce nausea, and we instruct your immune system to begin healing while keeping surgical swelling in check. Put the power of your mind to work for you!
Prior to surgery Lower your stress by exploring your fears and concerns. You’ll learn how to “talk” to your body so you can deeply relax and, in turn, instruct your body to heal by visualizing a positive outcome and swift recovery.
Surgery We work with your doctor to create a recording of powerful suggestions to keep your vital signs where they should be. You won’t hear any negative surgical discussions that might imprint on your memory causing a slower recovery; rather, we offer suggestions to help your body heal quickly with little to no pain.
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Hypnosis can help you: • Feel calmer before surgery • Have less pain after surgery • Use less pain medication • Recover faster • Strengthen your immune system • Save money on medical bills
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Cancer Support Hypnosis is used at several levels of cancer care. First, it is useful as a means of managing the symptoms of the disease itself: pain and symptoms associated with specific or organ systems, and nonspecific symptoms such as fatigue, malaise, irritability, and sleeplessness. Second, hypnosis may be helpful in the management of the side effects of cancer treatments. This is very important because the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation—such as nausea and vomiting—are often so debilitating that they may cause the patient to drop out of therapy. Third, cancer patients are faced with major emotional adjustments. Hypnosis can help you manage your thoughts as you envision a bright future.
OUR GROUP CLASSES OFFER AFFORDABLE CARE IN A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT. CONSIDER HELPING THE WHOLE FAMILY VIA PRIVATE GROUP SESSIONS.
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Fertility Research has shown fertility can be affected by mind–body therapies such as hypnosis. Dr. Ernest Rossi specializes in psychobiology, the relationship between mind and physical body states. He has done extensive research that suggests human genes must be in a state of readiness for conception to take place, and that hypnotic-type suggestions can activate specific genes.
Lowers Stress to Make Conception Possible
In one study, Dr. Peter Quinn, a pioneer in the field, used hypnosis with a group of women between the ages of 26 and 42 who had durations of infertility lasting from 2-12 years. 65% of the women went on to have a successful full-term pregnancy. The positive results from these studies suggest that the sub-conscious mind may be an overlooked factor in the treatment of fertility. Hypnosis for fertility doubles the success of IVF treatment. Researchers in Soroka University in Israel found that 28% of women in a group that were hypnotized became pregnant, compared to 14% of those who were not hypnotized. Women using mind/body techniques such as hypnosis have a 42%–55% conception rate compared to the 20% with in vitro fertilization.
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The neurochemical barrage that is associated with the “fight or flight” response in all human bodies, and which can be triggered by a threat to self-esteem or dignity, translates in the body as contraction of the muscles, an acceleration of the cardiovascular system, and the release of “emergency” hormones throughout the body. The body is on alarm, energy is directed toward the areas needed for actual “fight” or “flight” such as the arms and legs, and away from areas the brain considers less important. Unfortunately, the reproductive system is the most expendable. Once a chronic imbalance of the autonomic nervous system is created, only the regular and consistent practice of relaxation can restore the parasympathetic nervous system. Self hypnosis provides an effective means of establishing that restoration and helps women to establish the level of safety essential for reproduction to occur.
Self hypnosis provides an effective means of establishing that restoration and helps women to establish the level of safety essential for reproduction to occur.
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Carefree Childbirth Birth is a universal human experience; it is the only way to begin a life. But why is it so closely associated with pain and danger in Western societies when it can be accomplished in a hut without running water in less affluent societies?
MANY WOMEN HAVE INTERNALIZED A MESSAGE THAT CHILDBIRTH IS PAINFUL AND UNPLEASANT; HYPNOSIS CAN HELP YOU RETRAIN YOUR BRAIN TO BELIEVE WHAT WOMEN ALL AROUND THE WORLD BELIEVE—THAT CHILDBIRTH IS REWARDING, SATISFYING, AND CAN EVEN BE QUITE COMFORTABLE!
The answer is simple: in Western cultures we are taught that birth is a terrible ordeal. The truth of the matter, however, is quite different. Birthing can be a comfortable and even pleasant experience for both mother and baby. In our eight-week Carefree Childbirth course, you’ll visually see how your every thought has an affect on your body, and we’ll show you how to train your thoughts so they benefit both you and your baby. From headaches to leg cramps to heartburn we’ll show you proven methods to dial down discomfort.
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Digestive Disorders Bowel disorders affects 10 to 20 percent of adults at some point in their lives. Once called “spastic colon,” it’s actually a combination of symptoms that may include constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating, fatigue, and headaches that can be worsened by certain foods, stress, and irritants. Hypnosis has been proven very effective at reducing the symptoms of IBS and other bowel disorders in high-quality academic research. Several clinical trials based on the work of Dr. Olafur S. Palsson and others at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have demonstrated the benefits of a scripted program for long-lasting improvement of bowel symptoms—particularly for patients who’ve been unresponsive to medical treatment. While there’s no guarantee of success, clinical trials have shown response rates of 73% to 94%, with benefits maintained at 6-, 10-, or 12-month follow-ups.
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WITH DIGESTIVE DISORDERS, THERE IS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE BODY. INSTEAD, IT RESULTS FROM NERVOUS INTERFERENCE WITH THE NORMAL FUNCTIONING OF THE LOWER DIGESTIVE TRACT. SYMPTOMS ARE VARIABLE AND CHANGE OVER TIME.
My eight-session program is based on the methods validated by this research.
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Weight Loss and Virtual Gastric Band Winslow Wellness Centers offers two options for weight management.
Letting Go and Loving You This eight-week group weight management program will help you retrain your brain to accept new wanted ideas and behaviors such as: eating only healthy foods, quenching your thirst with clean pure water, imaging your ideal body while providing you with the courage to let go of unwanted negative ideas, and to accept your physical change. You’ll learn how to increase your metabolism, become mentally fit, and to be your best self. In addition to a group fellowship in our comfortable office, you’ll receive handouts and audio recordings as you whittle yourself down to a “you” you’ll be proud of.
Virtual Gastric Band Imagine losing weight without calorie counting, dietary restrictions, discipline, or deprivation. It’s all possible with Virtual Gastric Band, a hypnosis procedure that convinces the brain that the stomach is full after a certain level of intake. Virtual Gastric Band is a non-surgical technique that uses the power of hypnosis to retrain you to be satisfied on smaller amounts of food. This procedure changes the way you think about food and gives very safe, predictable results.
This remarkable program was pioneered in England with a 95% success rate in two double blind, medically supervised studies. This process happens over the course of four weeks, plus the required Hypnosis 101 class prior to beginning.
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Exam & Study Skills Self-hypnosis can improve your academic performance in a number of ways. You can learn to boost your motivation to study and remember what you read. Hypnosis can help you learn faster, overcome reading problems, calm test taking nerves, and pay more attention in class.
Fear, apprehension, and worry don’t have to be your default modes when it comes to learning and test taking. In fact, you can actually retrain your brain to enjoy test taking, and even look forward to exams! Our seven-session Exam & Study Skills Program guides you step by step.
Session One – Test drive hypnosis in our $25 prerequisite class. We’ll use patented technology to show you how your thoughts and emotions affect your body, then teach you how to retrain your brain so you are always in control. You’ll learn the science behind hypnosis, and discover your body’s preferred learning style. One hour.
Session Two – This class is all about relaxing in order to concentrate. Your mind will learn to focus when you command it to so you can easily receive and remember information. One hour.
Session Three – Time to absorb the information you’re learning. Your mind will feel thirsty for knowledge as you hone your skills to absorb vast amounts of information at will. One Hour.
Session Four - Time to refine your thinking. Your subconscious mind will possess a finesse and refinement for learning. Now it becomes natural and easy to draw conclusions while crosschecking to ensure accuracy. One-hour.
Session Five - Recall. You’ll instruct your subconscious mind to become a long-term memory bank that will automatically make connections between new material and old knowledge. One-hour.
Session Six - Alert or Relaxed, which is it? You’ll learn to relax your body even with your eyes open. No one will know when you’re accessing the inner resources of your mind. Here’s the session that proves you’re the boss of your brain! One-hour.
Session Seven - Time to teach your body to totally relax when you sit for a test with anchoring. Anchoring is also a fantastic skill that can be used when giving a speech, and to enhance sports performance. Imagine, after a mere eight weeks, you are now truly in charge of your mind, memory, and motivation. WinslowWellness.com
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Business Development
It’s no secret, in order to succeed in today’s professional market you must be able to present yourself well, problem solve, and continually morph to fit the situation. In fact, a recent study produced by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce determined the following skills are the most important to employers:
• Ability and willingness to learn new skills (84%) • Critical thinking and problem solving (82%) • Collaboration and team work (74%) • Interpersonal communication (72%) • Ability to analyze and synthesize information (69%)
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Hypnosis can help you train your brain to accept new challenges, address concerns without fear, and to improve your attitude and memory. Here’s a short list of topics we can address in a group environment that will help you both save money and succeed in your quest for business success:
• Business networking with confidence • Coming up with winning ideas • Public speaking with confidence • Motivation and Inspiration • Building belief in yourself • Creating a laser-focused mind • Promoting your business • Charging what you’re worth • Remembering names • Motivation at work • Achieving your potential • Dealing with failure • Acting on your ideas
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Pricing
Prerequisite Class Offered at a reduced price of $25, these fun and informative 60-minute classes will help you to gain a better understanding of the science behind hypnosis. During class we’ll test your ability to enter hypnosis, determine your body’s favorite learning method, visually show you how your thoughts affect your body, and answer your questions. If you choose to sign up for any package plan, this fee will be applied to the cost of your program. Your choices are: • Hypnosis 101: Great for those who are not working through any pain issues. • Hypnosis for Pain Management: Shows you how your body perceives pain and the various ways hypnosis can help you “dial down” the pain so you can be comfortable.
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Group Class Fees Groups are designed for multiple sessions and offer a big financial savings. If you choose to pay weekly, the fee is just $69 per session. If you pay the full fee in advance, each session drops to $59. You can determine the cost by multiplying the fee by the number of recommended sessions found on the website calendar description. Our fee includes a free audio recording of the session, which is shared with you via DropBox. IMPORTANT: Since you are booking the chair for a specific time and date at a lower price, you will not receive a refund should you miss a session or arrive late. If the class is scheduled to begin at 9AM – the doors will close and lock at 9AM. There is no grace period, so an “on time arrival” is 10 minutes early. Group sessions are sequential, so be sure to check your calendar to ensure you can attend all the sessions before you pay. This policy is firm.
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Private Session Fees
Appointment Cancellation Policy
Clients managing emotional trauma, fears, and private concerns who may not want to discuss in a group environment are best treated in private sessions where the hypnotist can work one-onone with you for 60 to 90 minutes. We offer package discounts since it takes most people four to six sessions to accomplish their goal. However, for some, it can take as many as ten sessions. If you choose to buy a four session package and pay weekly, the fee is $150 per session. If you choose to pay in advance (4 session minimum) the fee drops to $135 per session. If additional sessions are required, your discounted fee is extended. The single session fee is $200. If you buy a package plan but withdraw early, we will prorate the refund based on our single session fee.
Winslow Wellness Centers is committed to providing all of our clients with exceptional care. When a client cancels without giving enough notice, they prevent another client from being seen.
While we do not require Private Session clients attend the Prerequisite Class, we strongly suggest that you do in order learn about hypnosis and self-hypnosis techniques. If after attending the prerequisite you choose to purchase any package plan, we will apply the $25 fee to your purchase. If you choose to forgo the prerequisite class, Dr. Winslow offers free phone consultations and will be able to give you an idea if she feels she will be able to help you and if so, how many sessions may be required. Please be sure to read our Client Bill of Rights located on the website: WinslowWellness.com.
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Private Session Clients are asked to call us at (317) 373-1315 by 2:00 p.m. ET two days prior to your scheduled appointment to notify us of any changes or cancellations. To cancel a Monday appointment, please call our office by 2:00 p.m. ET on Thursday. If prior notification is not given, you will be charged the full fee for the missed appointment. If you request, we will send a reminder email or text three days prior to your session. If you cancel two times for any reason, we reserve the right to withhold future service.
chair for a specific type of therapy for a specific period of time. Sessions are taught sequentially so no refunds are offered for any missed group session or if you arrive late. If a class is scheduled to begin at 10AM, doors will close and lock at 10AM. There is no “grace period�. We strongly suggest you arrive 10 minutes prior to your scheduled start time to get comfortable and, if HRV equipment is being used, wired up for the session. If you miss a session, you will still receive the recording via DropBox.
Payment We accept all major credit cards and Venmo.
Substitutions We do not allow substitutions if a client cannot attend all his/her sessions.
Homework Homework is an important part of brain retraining. People who do their homework experience better, and usually faster, results thereby saving both time and money. Homework can include: listening to your recordings every day, journaling, quiet meditation, breathing exercises, etc. WinslowWellness.com
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DropBox
Perfumes
All recordings will be emailed to you via DropBox.
Our practice works with people dealing with serious medical issues. Often these folks develop a keen sensitivity to scents so we try to keep them comfortable by providing a very low scent environment. We appreciate your efforts to keep everyone comfortable by not applying heavy scents prior to entering the office. Thank you.
Manners and Boundaries Please be gracious, tolerant, and supportive of yourself and your classmates. You are personally responsible for maintaining your own boundaries and are required to respect the boundaries of others.
Cell Phones and Recording Devices
Guests & Care Givers
No computer, iPad, recording equipment, or any electronic device may be used during sessions. Cell phones should be turned off and stored.
Private session clients over the age of 18 can choose to allow a guest to remain in the therapy room. No caregivers or guests may attend Group Sessions without prior approval.
Ear Buds Suggested
Children
Quite often people in hypnosis will snore, giving the appearance they are asleep. This is due to the soft palate at the back of the throat relaxing. To keep this potential distraction to a minimum Winslow Wellness has invested in top-flight audio equipment that is wired into each recliner. For your comfort, we strongly suggest that you bring you own ear buds. If you forget your ear buds, you may purchase a pair for $1.
Our office serves ages eight and up. If the client is under the age of 18, a parent must be present during the session unless they have signed a release form for their child who is over the age of 14. Winslow Wellness reserves the right to videotape sessions when a parent is not present. This is for the protection of the child and the hypnotist.
Office Computers
Our office is paperless. All intake forms must be completed online prior to attending your first session. If you are under the care of a physician, we will need to fax a form to your doctor prior to working with you. Please call our office so we can start the process early. You can read Dr. Winslow’s scope of practice on the website: WinslowWellness.com If you ever have any questions, comments, or concerns, please let us know at: info@WinslowWellness.com.
Every recliner is outfitted with a computer. These computers are available to all of our clients, so do not input personal identifiable data. We suggest you create a separate account and non-identifiable login when utilizing the HRV equipment. The computers are wiped clean between each session and all information is deleted at the end of each day.
Room Temperature Many people find that their body temperature lowers when they are in hypnosis. We suggest you layer your clothing so you will be comfortable. In addition, we offer clean blankets and pillows for your convenience. If you have a fragrance allergy, or prefer to bring your own pillow and blanket, we invite you to do so.
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Intake Forms and Physician Permissions
Security Cameras For the safety of our clients and our staff the office is monitored with security cameras that record live to the cloud. If you have any concerns about being recorded, please discuss your concerns with Dr. Winslow.
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Hypnosis Has Proven Helpful For All of These Issues ‌
Acute Pain Asthma Bruxism (Teeth or Jaw Grinding) Cancer Survivorship Cardio Vascular Problems Chronic Pain Colitis Diabetes Fibromyalgia Functional Bowel Problems General Vitality Headaches Hypertension Impotency Irritable Bowel Syndrome Medication Side Effects Nausea Osteoarthritis Pain Management Post-Surgical Healing Premature Ejaculation Pre-Surgical Emotional Preparation Rheumatoid Arthritis Sexual Problems Sleeplessness Skin Problems Tinnitus Abandonment Aggression Anger Assertiveness Attitude Adjustment Bereavement Career Issues Communication Concentration/Focus Confidence De-Cluttering Exercise Motivation Fatigue
Fears Forgiveness Frustration Irrational thoughts Irritability Jealousy Melancholy Memory Issues Motivation Nail Biting Negative Attitude Nightmares Panic Passive-Aggression Perfectionism Performance Personality Procrastination Public Speaking Regression Rejection Relationship Issues Relaxation Sadness Self-Blame Self-Confidence Self-Control Self-Defeating Self-Esteem Self-Image Shame Situational Stress Social Withdrawal Stage Fright Study Habits Stuttering Test Preparation Worry Worthlessness
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