Hypnosis Healing Centre
Southvale Plaza Medical Centre
2660 Southvale Crescent, Suite 220
Ottawa, Ontario K1B 4W5
Tel: (613) 521-4417
Web: http://hypnosishealingcentre.ca

The Hypnosis Healing Centre in Ottawa is committed to facilitating healing through cognitive, transpersonal and heart-centered hypnosis, age regression, hyperempiria, minfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR and ACT), self-hypnosis, meditation, progressive relaxation, guided and integrative imagery techniques. In addition, the Centre offers Hypno-Birthing (Mongan Method), Emotional Freedom Techniques and Neuro-Linguistic Programming.

It is our belief that healing occurs when the person actively participates in the process. Therefore, it is crucial that our clients take full responsibility for their well-being and be fully involved in making/allowing the change(s) happen. Hypnosis, while seemingly a passive modality, requires open-mindedness, participation, cooperation, strong motivation, imagination, appreciation of Self and determination. Many of these requirements can be accomplished through self-hypnosis, if the mind is open to change.

Hypnosis is often associated with the placebo effect, given the beneficial presence of suggestions. Scientific studies indicate that, in some situations, placebo can relieve physical and emotional symptoms just as fast (if not faster) and effective as drugs. It has the ability to re-activate the immune system and re-wire the brain. As Dr. R. Becker* eloquently put it: "If the placebo effect could be patented and bottled, it would make million of dollars for the pharmaceutical company that owned it". Miraculously, the placebo effect resides in each and every one of us. All we need is to become aware of it. However, despite the association between the two interventions, hypnosis is not placebo. Hypnosis contains specific cognitive sequences that help us reframe or re-program our thinking and perceptions of the reality that placebo does not have. These sequences are based on scientific theories, philolosphy and evidence-based practice.

The Hypnosis Healing Centre is issue-resolution focused. Our interventions are short-term (between 2 and 6 sessions) and there is the expectation from our clients to work with us, instead of just us working for them. To help them, we give our clients copies of the audiorecording of the hypnosis sessions, so that they can learn the modalities we use and work on their own. To maintain a climate of mutual trust and transparency, we video record all sessions.