The Transparent Hypnotist

Photograph by lorenzo cuppini // busy.

Today it is Jasmine tea and I hope it clears the muddle in my head before the end of this post. I had the brilliant notion of reading some local ghosts legends last night before bed, not to mention several worries about Gustav. That made sleep a bit evasive, but here I am, just me and the cat and a cup of tea.

Since it is Monday again, let’s review the last week in the hypno world.

The Good

Maybe you are one of those folks who can carry your pain well, so you blow off the notion of hypnosis for pain relief. But - in this budget conscious world - what if hypnosis is cheaper than sedation? Ready to look again, my friends? As reported by naturalnews.com, hypnosis is more cost effective in this area. The article cites a Harvard Medical School cost analysis study.

I know there are a ton of “Mom” bloggers out there and people documenting their pregnancies - you all need to look into hypnobirthing techniques. There is a positive story on gazettenet about it and Rose Quintilian’s classes that she teaches for said audience. She is located in Gaithersburg, MD.

Congrats to Sharon O’Connor of Atlantic Complementary Medical Solutions in Hampton, VA on the great article in seacoastonline.com.

Fitsugar.com has started a discussion on hypnosis. The comments are the interesting thing. Hypnotists, gosh, we still have a long way to go…sigh. They could use some intelligent words over there on the subject, so check it out.

I’m-not-sure-where-this-goes (or maybe it should just be its own section)

For the past several weeks Positive Changes, a hypnosis franchise in Connecticut has been making news. There was first a watchdog report about them faking their credentials. Then a bunch of folks rallied with letters to the editor. These were about their positive experiences with Positive Changes. Then two governmental investigations began and I suppose with all the mounting pressure, the two Connect franchises are shutting down. George Gombossy, the original watchdog that started this whole thing has been back at it. He has discovered that up to the last minute the company was still signing up new clients for their long-term weight loss program (even with the doors shutting the next day). The owner also apparently encouraged the hypnotists that worked for him to finish out the sessions for their clients (probably without paying them), along with giving them recording equipment to create CD for the clients. Ugly (or wait…there’s the section) (courant.com).

However, according to wtnh.com, these two franchises are planning to reopen at a new location.

Interestingly enough, timing wise, this franchise showed up on nuwire.com listed in an article by Cali Zimmerman called Franchises for the Eccentric Entrepreneur. You too can own your own hypnosis franchise, by doing the following:

Potential franchisees must complete and submit an application, then attend a mandatory two-week training session at Positive Changes’ corporate headquarters in Dublin, OH. Three or more days of on-site training are also required once the location is up and running.

This entry was posted on Monday, September 1st, 2008 at 8:17 am and is filed under In the News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.