Listed below are just some of the concerns
hypnosis can help you deal with:

In addition, the New York Hypnosis Center is dedicated to helping you achieve personal growth through self-discovery.

Lose weight permanently. Typically conventional weight loss programs engage the part of the conscious mind usually referred to as will power. Whether these programs involve calorie restriction, exercise, drugs, or depriving oneself, they all seem to fail to address the root cause of why a person is overweight.
       It is through hypnosis that the client is able to reach an understanding of why the weight is there in the first place. Learn what purpose the extra weight is serving and how that understanding of your issues and needs might be met in a less destructive and perhaps more holistic way. The hypnotists at NYHC have a number of methods at their disposal that would be helpful in achieving a permanent change in your relationship with food.
      In addition to the emotional, habitual and cultural drivers behind inappropriate eating patterns, the NYHC would be remiss if the physiological aspect to weight gain were not addressed. To learn more please consult the Glyconutrients page on this site.
 

Stop smoking. There are countless smoking programs available to the smoker, most of which focus on will power. Some of these stop-smoking programs include substitute products like pills, chewing gums, self-help tapes and books. These are just a few designed to help you overcome your dependency on cigarettes. Hypnosis' focus is much more than an attempt to strengthen your ability to resist, but rather, it is designed to help eliminate the desire. Instead of giving up something that part of you might still enjoy (a sacrifice), the individual's goal is to be rid of something that he/she no longer wants.
       It is important to determine just what personal need smoking satisfies. There are some smokers who look upon their cigarettes as a friend. They see a companion that has been with them for a long time and may derive some sensual gratification from the rituals of their smoking habit. Hypnosis helps you to discover some of these root causes and replace the desire to fulfill them with other choices. Because hypnosis also helps you address the physical dependency you may be experiencing, your withdrawal process will be more comfortable.
 

Free yourself from anger. Anger is an emotional reaction to people, events, or situations in your environment. Sometimes, though, anger can stem from deeper causes, being merely triggered by what is happening in the present. Most of us have "flown off the handle" a few times in our life, but anger becomes a serious problem when it occurs frequently, severely, and in what might appear to be a disproportionate response to the perceived cause.
       Hypnosis provides a means of determining the true causes of your anger. It enables you to access the subconscious to quickly and easily review significant events of your past to help you pinpoint and resolve any forgotten hurts that may still be contributing factors. Using a number of different strategies, the hypnotist can help you plant the seeds of change that are so important in helping you gain the understanding you need to be in control of your reactions to life's challenges.
 

Manage stress. From a clinical standpoint stress is the body's response to outside stimuli that we experience every day. Negative emotions and feelings like hate, guilt,anger,resentment, jealousy, fear, and sadness, just to name a few, initiate a cascade of chemicals that if left unchecked will become destructive to the body. A wide range of degenerative illnesses can be seen as having their roots in the stress we create.
       This pent-up unmanaged stress has staggering effects on our physical and emotional well being. A recent report by the U.S. Surgeon General states: "There are indications that stress can be related to cardio-vascular disease, gastrointestinal disorders, and mental illness." Hans Sleeve MD, the world-recognized authority on stress, believes: "Stress plays some role in the development of every disease".
       No one can control all the events that take place in the world around us. It is our futile attempt that brings on the negative emotions, feelings, and the stress that can be so detrimental. What we can control, and what hypnosis is so effective at helping us control, is how we choose to perceive and process these events.
       We have a choice to see what life brings us as either a problem or a challenge, something to fear or something to overcome. We have the choice to see ourselves as victims or as those given the opportunity to grow.
       Hypnosis is highly regarded for helping people manage stress, and, at The New York Hypnotherapy Center, we feel a responsibility to teach our clients this self-empowering technique. By using Non-directive Interactive Transpersonal Hypnosis, our clients are provided with this self-empowering choice.
 

Improve sleep. Individuals vary in the amount of sleep they need and in the quality of the sleep they experience. Some people experience difficulty falling asleep, while others have frequent awakenings during the night with some difficulty falling back to sleep. And still others might find themselves waking up much too early in the morning still feeling as if they could use more sleep. Poor sleeping habits may cause further problems during the day, such as tiredness, a lack of energy, difficulty concentrating, and irritability.
       Often problems with sleeping are due to the conscious mind's preoccupation with fears, worries, stress, anger, and emotional conflicts. The mind sometimes has a hard time letting go of its conscious processing, a necessary step to getting a good night's sleep. It might be of great value to discover and relieve the many causes of your minds preoccupation. Hypnotherpists at the NYHC will also teach you self-hypnosis and show you how to relax your body and empty your mind allowing sleep to come easily and naturally.
 

Self-Esteem. Self-Esteem has been defined as the positive feeling you have about yourself when you are living in accordance with your ideals and when your life's goals are consistent with and derived from the pursuit of those ideals. Different from self-confidence, self-esteem happens as a result of staying true to yourself and liking who you are and who you are becoming. If we are here in this life experience to learn, to grow and to evolve, then being pleased with the process is how we might define self-esteem. Our lives are filled with experiences that help shape and define us, and, as we evolve, it serves us to change our focus and alter our pursuits as our perceptions change. It is a very personal and truthful attunement, and it helps determine how we treat others and ourselves. Hypnosis is an extremely effective tool to use in this exploration.
 

Enhance memory. The technique to improve your memory is a skill that anyone can learn and can benefit from. Your mind is like an organic computer with an incredible capacity to accept and absorb new information, new ideas, and new concepts. It's just that we only use a very small fraction of the mind's true potential. Have you noticed that your mind, your brain, your organic computer doesn't come with a owners manual? You are left on your own to discover and teach yourself how to expand its powerful potential.
       When you develop your memory to its full potential, you can enjoy better grades, greater success in business and easier concentration during daily activity. Everything that is ever said to you or that has happened to you is stored in your subconscious like a filing cabinet. Recalling the information is simply a matter of using your conscious mind to sort through and find the right material. You know its there because you put it there. The problem is that your conscious mind, with all the daily stresses and environmental issues is often preoccupied and can get in the way of retrieving the information you need. Through hypnosis you can teach your mind to relax and be more receptive to finding what is there. In short, hypnosis is a powerful way to tap into your minds potential and enhance your memory.
 

Increase self-confidence. Self-confidence is an attitude, which allows individuals to have positive yet realistic views of themselves and their situation. Self-confident people trust their own abilities and have a general sense of control in their lives. Even when some of their expectations are not met, they continue to be positive, accept and believe in themselves.
       Hypnosis helps you discover the reasons why you may not feel as self-confident as you would like. Often people who are not self-confident depend excessively on the approval of others in order to feel good about themselves. Still others are stuck in a mode of self-doubt, generally expecting they will not be successful. Hypnosis allows you to uncover your own personal issues and replace the ones that are not helpful with an understanding and a belief system that empowers you.
 

Improve exam performance. Exam performance is dependent on your state of mind as well as your ability to retain the subject matter. Not only must you remember the specific details that you read or that you were taught, you also must be enough at ease to have the mental focus and clarity necessary for that task. Often students find themselves beginning the exam with an overwhelming fear of failure, so that they forget everything they studied.
       Through hypnosis you can learn new skills to help you retain what you learn in class, making the process of reviewing for tests easier and less stressful. Hypnosis can help you to develop your attentiveness when you first hear something you want to remember, and can then help you to retrieve that information from the memory bank of your unconscious mind. Knowing that the information is already in you can be a first step in reducing the panic that comes with exams. Through various relaxation techniques and memory-enhancing methods, you can ensure that important details won't slip away from you when you need them the most. .
 

Increase ease in public speaking. Stage fright begins for a variety of reasons: a traumatic speaking experience; too much pressure to succeed; fear of becoming panicked in front of others; fear of being humiliated; over-demanding parents who instill an unconscious fear of failing; being unprepared; a forgotten or repressed memory.
       Hypnosis can help you identify a specific event or events that caused the original fear, confront the fear, desensitize it, release it and discover positive ways to speak in public with more ease.
 

Enhance creativity. Creativity can be defined in so many different ways and oftentimes those of us that question our creativity overlook its broadest implications. It is so much more than inventiveness. This is a skill that everyone has to some extent. Not everyone can be a great artist or a creative genius, but it makes sense to realize the potential we are given. Creativity can be helpful in finding new ways to approach old problems, dealing with people in new and constructive ways, and an important factor in creating success in all areas of life.
       Hypnosis can help you find ways to improve your ability to create and generate new ideas. By helping you deal with stress and other hidden obstacles to the creative process, hypnosis can help you get in touch with your skills, talents and abilities to problem-solve. Everyone is creative in one or more areas. How would it change your life to discover and own your creative strengths? By accessing your subconscious mind, by uncovering those obstacles or blocks to your creativity and utilizing the information gained, you can become the creative person you were born to be.
 

Overcome fears & worries. Fears & worries can be highly valuable when they serve a useful purpose, such as creating caution in obvious dangerous situations. But when the object or situation that is feared in reality can't harm you or the fear is out of proportion to the danger that is perceived, then intervention might prove helpful.
       Through hypnosis one can discover the true source of fears & worries. Sometimes, exposing the cause can itself diminish the apprehension associated with the feeling. In other cases, once the source is known, hypnotic suggestion can replace the disempowering thoughts and feelings with empowering ones.
 

Improve athletic ability. Every athlete can compete better by developing his or her "mental game." Many athletes look to the NYHC to help them "get in the zone." In some cases athletes can simply be unfocused or find themselves trying too hard. Other problems may include procrastination, confusion, unconscious blocks and self-sabotage.
       The hypnotists at the NYHC will begin with a thorough analysis of your problem areas and a careful evaluation of your goals. Helping you increase your self-esteem, confidence, and motivation is often an important part of the process. In addition, hypnosis is an effective method for discovering any underlying reason that may be in the way of your achieving excellence. By teaching you how to practice positive thinking, relaxation techniques, visualizations, and other skills, our hypnotists can help you master the mental aspects of your game.
 

Manage drinking problems. Sometimes drinking problems come from excessive and habitual social drinking. Sometimes stresses, pressures and problems that you are currently dealing with are the cause. And sometimes the underlying reasons are unresolved emotional issues coming from an earlier time in your life.
       Hypnosis can help people who might have a drinking problem come to terms with the cause of their habit. It is this understanding of what drives our behavior that becomes the foundation upon which meaningful positive change takes place. The hypnotist will guide the drinker through the opening up of new and positive modes of thought to replace beliefs and thought patterns that in the past might have failed to serve.