Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis now available in Atlantic Canada

I'm really excited to report that I have received training and certification in Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis for weight management. The course was taught by Sheila Granger who made the trip from the UK to New York to introduce her technique to Hypnotherapists from the US and Canada. This technique was developed in England and is just starting to catch on in the US.


I am the only Hypnotherapist this side of Montreal trained and certified in Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis.

Gastric Band Hypnosis has recently gotten a lot of attention in the US media including ABC's Good Morning America and The View. Click on the link below to see an ABC segment on Gastric Band Hypnosis.

Here is the link to the ABC show.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/gastric-mind-band-weight-loss-hypnosis-11743607?&clipId=11743607&cid=embedded

I plan to launch the Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis program in November 2010 after I have completed trials with a group of volunteers.

Contact me if you would like to know more.

Ray MacDonald

902-497-2332

halifaxhypnosis@aol.com

www.halifaxhypnosis.ca

Virtual Gastric Band Hypnotherapy

Gastric Band Hypnosis is directed at people with serious weight issues committed to doing whatever it takes to shed significant pounds.

60% of Canadians are overweight, with a high percentage classed as obese and suffering type II diabetes. If you fall into either, or both, of these categories then you know the health risks you live with each day, and this may just be the program for you.

This therapy uses hypnosis, NLP and powerful imagery, along with behavioral modifications, to convince your unconscious mind that you’ve had Gastric Band surgery.

Sheila Granger, a U.K. Clinical Hypnotherapist, developed her own Virtual Gastric Band technique. Over 2 trials, Granger has quoted a 95 percent rate of success with those who have used her weight loss technique.

Virtual Gastric Band Hypnotherapy uses the power of clinical hypnosis to convince the human mind that a gastric band has been fitted into the stomach. This leads to is a feeling of fullness that will happen much faster than in the past while consuming food. This is exactly what happens when gastric band surgery is done for real.

Advantages of virtual gastric band hypnosis are:

• it’s much much less expensive than the real surgery

• doesn’t involve an invasive surgical procedure

• there are no risks connected to having a general anesthetic as none is administered

• there is no danger of post operative complications

• the Virtual Gastric Band can be adjusted or even removed at a later time

As described earlier the “surgery” is performed only in the subconscious where your desire to eat (and over consume) lives. This technique, as previously mentioned, is non-surgical in nature and uses the power inherent in hypnosis to train both the mind as well as the body to take in a lesser amount of food at each sitting. It works by conveying a message to the brain that the stomach is satiated and does not require any more food.

If “adjustments” need to be made to the virtual gastric band then they can be done relatively easily. Best of all, there is no pain and no recovery time required. There is also no ongoing medical treatment required and the therapy can be done privately, comfortably and best of all – rapidly!

According to Granger, the majority of her clients have benefited from the virtual gastric band treatment. She pioneered this therapy in the United Kingdom as a component of her weight loss hypnotherapy program. Granger visited New York in mid-October 2010 to teach her techniques with other Hypnotherapists from across North America.

Halifax Hypnosis is the only hypnotherapy practice in Eastern Canada to offer this Virtual Gastric Band Hypnotherapy technique.

The process consists of 4 hypnosis sessions typically spaced 1 week or 10 days apart as well as training in self hypnosis using CDs for use at home.

There is a 3, 6, 9 and 12 month followup schedule and “adjustment” hypnosis sessions when and if required.