Tragedy results from leading a ceremony without spiritual protection

James Arthur Ray’s sweat lodge tragedy in Arizona last month resulted from a man out of integrity leading a ceremony without proper spiritual protection.

Working with abused women and children

Sue is using the Heart-Centered therapy without a “formal induction” and receiving powerful results with the mothers of abused children.

My 40 year-old client’s wise adult is 15

This is a method for working with developmentally arrested ego parts and helping them to internally mature.

Blessings in Disguise

How can you reach your highest goals and manifest fulfillment in your life? To take a risk like this, it takes courage, clarity and a working Master Mind group. The time is right and the time is NOW!

Putting out the Clarion Call

At the outset of 2009, a new year with great promise, I would like to frame the opportunities available to us as answering the call to live our destiny and fulfill our purpose.
Joseph Campbell suggested that one fundamental story underlies all inspirational myths throughout history and across cultures, the Journey of the Archetypal Hero. [...]

Complex PTSD and Body Memories

From: Cornelia Swart, Silverton, South Africa
Sent: December 04, 2008
I have a patient who suffered sexual abuse at the age of 9. I started with the Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy and when I took her back to the most recent time she felt angry (presenting problem at work). She described the incident but was unable to release the [...]

Treating Shock and Intrusive Memories in PTSD

One way to work with a client on intrusive traumatic memories is as follows:
“I am going to teach you a technique so that you can turn down intrusive memories when you want to.”
First, hypnotize your client using a standard induction. Now give the client the throttle (a joy stick or something similar to it). Place it in [...]

Vision Quest

We have twenty people going out on a Vision Quest near Sedona, Arizona from October 3 through 7.  They are committed to spend four days and nights alone in the desert with no food or water or any of the distractions we usually use to avoid what is sometimes called the “dark night of the soul.” [...]

Complex PTSD

I have recently had two people who have told me that they did the Six-Day certification training and went home to begin using the hypnotherapy with their clients. One question that comes up is who should I use the Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy with? And what about people who don’t want to go so deep or who are [...]

Thoughts on Fear of becoming Violent, on Catharsis, and on Epilepsy

Thanks so much to each of you who are following this conversation. Thank you for all the suggestions and comments, and additional questions. Here are a few thoughts on topics you have raised.

Dear Wendy,
Thanks for your questions about the sexually abused woman and her new baby. It is very common, in fact predictable, that childhood [...]