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You’re ready to give up the expensive, life-robbing habit of smoking. You’ve tried to go “cold turkey” by yourself, you’ve tried the patch, you’ve tried herbs, and nothing has worked. You NEED the power of hypnosis to help you quit! My methods work! Quit smoking permanently with hypnosis. Hundreds and hundreds of people have quit smoking successfully and PERMANENTLY with my ONE SESSION Stop Smoking program, and happily refer their family, friends and co-workers to me. Come to my Center City Philadelphia office in and find out what everyone’s talking about!

Just last week, a former client called me and said, “I smoked for 29 years, and yours is the only program that allowed me to quit smoking permanently, with no cravings! Thank you!”.

Why is hypnosis such a powerful tool for quitting smoking? Hypnosis is a relaxed, natural state between complete alertness and sleep. This state allows you to access and use the tremendous power of your subconscious mind. It is in the subconscious mind that powerful positive changes can be made: old, negative habits can be quickly gotten rid of, while new, positive habits and ways of thinking can replace them. The habit of cigarette smoking is perfectly suited to hypnosis. See our Frequently Asked Questions blog entry, which has more information about what hypnosis is and how it works. Or, you can listen to my What is Hypnosis? podcast (an audio file). I also highly recommend you listen to my podcast on the Conscious and Subconscious Minds, which will help you understand why hypnosis is especially helpful for quitting smoking.

Using my hypnosis techniques, you become a NONsmoker and REMAIN a NONsmoker. You will leave your Stop Smoking session feeling relaxed, happy and completely comfortable with the positive change you have made. You will be confident in your ability to stay smoke-free.

I approach smoking cessation from multiple angles:

(1) I reinforce your decision to quit, by working with YOUR reasons for quitting smoking. This is a private session, so I can focus on your issues, the reasons you’ve had trouble quitting, etc.

(2) I change your self-image from someone who smokes to someone who wouldn’t think of smoking.

(3) I give you the tools and techniques you need for any urges and cravings you MAY experience in the first few days or weeks after your session. (Remember, lots of my clients quit smoking with NO cravings. It’s as if someone simply turned off a switch! Do NOT assume you will have cravings or be irritable.)

(4) I free you of the smoking habit and I help you build the right new habits to replace it.

(5) I unify your logical, conscious mind and your emotional, subconscious mind so that they are in agreement. No longer will your subconscious mind send you urges to smoke, because it will agree with your conscious decision that smoking is over and done with for you.

My smoking cessation program consists of a single session, approximately one-and-a-half to two hours long. During the session, you will participate in various “waking hypnosis” exercises designed to unite your conscious and subconscious minds so that all parts of you are in agreement: smoking is over and done with. At the end of the session, I also do a guided hypnosis, which will reinforce all the work done during the session and which will leave you feeling very relaxed and calm. The vast majority of people (over 98%!) find that the single session is all they need to quit smoking and remain free of the smoking habit. I also give you an extremely effective and simple way to reinforce your decision to quit smoking once you leave the session.

Join the many others who have quit smoking with my program. Give yourself the gift of a healthy, longer, smoke-free life!

Give me a call at 856.694.0377 today. You won’t find a friendlier, more caring or more understanding hypnotherapist anywhere!

And when you call, I’ll tell you exactly how much the program costs. There are no hidden costs, no add-ons. I keep my Stop Smoking fee LOW, so that I can help as many people as possible. No gimmicks! Other hypnotists may offer a “free” consultation that turns into a high-pressure sales presentation for a pricey “package”. But not with me! One low price — that’s it! And you’ll know the cost as soon as you call me at 856.694.0377.

Gift certificates are available for our smoking cessation program.

Call The Sernekos Group - Hypnosis at 856.694.0377 for more information or to schedule an appointment. (Office is in Center City Philadelphia.)

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This podcast explains the conscious and subconscious minds as they are used in hypnosis. The differences between the conscious and subconscious are highlighted, as well as the ways in which they work together. During hypnosis, the hypnotherapist speaks to the client’s subconscious, for reasons that this podcast makes clear. Important characteristics of the subconscious mind are covered, so that the listener has a good idea of how hypnosis approaches the subconscious in order to create long-lasting change. Enjoy!

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This podcast answers some common questions about hypnosis, including how it works and what it’s used for. Enjoy!

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Hypnosis is a powerful tool that allows you to lose weight easily and naturally. Most people go “on a diet” which provides some sort of plan or a list of “dos and don’ts”. They lose weight, only to gain it right back. Why? Because diets don’t change the root cause of their overeating! Diets don’t work!

Additionally, most diets force people into an unnatural eating pattern that leaves them feeling deprived. They continue to crave the foods they love. So once they go “off the diet,” the weight returns quickly as they fall back into old, comfortable eating habits. Does this sound familiar to you?

Hypnosis works with your mind as well as your body. It gets to the underlying cause of your overeating and works to gently and effectively reprogram your thinking so that you no longer want to overeat. Don’t fight your cravings - eliminate your cravings with hypnosis!

An article in the Journal of Clinical Psychology studied two groups of overweight people. Only one group used hypnosis. The article noted that at the 8-month and 2-year follow-ups, “the hypnosis clients showed significant additional weight loss, while those [who did not undergo hypnosis] exhibited little further change. More of the subjects who used hypnosis also achieved and maintained their personal weight goals.” Isn’t that what it’s all about - achieving and maintaining your personal weight goal?

Forget about going on and off diets! No more yo-yo dieting! No more guilt about “cheating” on your diet. You can still enjoy the foods you love.

You want to make the kinds of lifestyle changes that will keep you fit and trim for life!

That’s why working one-on-one with a certified hypnotherapist is extremely important. When you work individually with a hypnotherapist, he or she will custom tailor each session, allowing you to make permanent changes.

The most effective form of weight-loss hypnosis is one-on-one counseling. Maybe you’ve gone to a large group hypnosis session and left with your old habits and cravings still haunting you. With 50 people in a room, each one of them will have 50 different reasons why they overeat, 50 different irresistible “trigger foods,” 50 different life histories. One generic hypnosis session will never work for an entire group!

Even worse, many group hypnosis sessions are led by a salesman whose job is to sell you expensive vitamins, supplements or herbs.

The certified hypnotherapists at The Sernekos Group work with clients individually in comfortable, private sessions to determine their specific needs and what will work best for them. The hypnotherapist becomes the personal motivator, coach and cheerleader for each client, focusing on how to best achieve and maintain each client’s weight loss goal.

And the certified hypnotherapists at The Sernekos Group don’t need to sell you expensive vitamins, supplements or herbs! They understand how to unlock the unlimited power of your mind to reach your weight loss goal. It’s that simple!

Clients of The Sernekos Group typically return for their second session absolutely amazed at the changes they have already made. Junk foods that once seemed irresistible suddenly have no appeal. Bad habits like late-night eating disappear. Motivation to exercise becomes easy and natural. They feel healthier. They feel better about themselves. They feel good!

The best news is that by the time clients finish The Sernekos Group’s weight-loss hypnosis program, they have made permanent changes that keep them at their goal weight.

You deserve to be trim, fit and healthy. Reach your weight goal at last!

Call The Sernekos Group - Hypnosis at 856.694.0377 for more information or to schedule an appointment.

What is hypnosis? Hypnosis is a relaxed, natural state between complete alertness and sleep. This state allows you to access and use the tremendous power of your subconscious mind.

How do I know I can be hypnotized? As long as you can close your eyes and use your imagination to let the hypnotherapist’s words guide you toward relaxation, you can enjoy all the benefits of hypnosis.

How does hypnosis work? During hypnosis, you will become very relaxed, while the hypnotherapist makes positive suggestions that will be heard and absorbed by your subconscious mind. Your conscious mind will temporarily take a break from its usual state of complete alertness, although you will not lose control (see question below). If you have ever driven somewhere and not remembered how you got there, or if you practice some form of exercise and have gone into “the zone”, then you have experienced self -hypnosis. The experience of hypnosis with a hypnotherapist is similar to those dreamy, relaxed experiences.

What will happen during hypnosis? The hypnosis session typically follows this pattern: There is a period of induction, when you close your eyes, relax, and listen to the soothing voice of the hypnotherapist. Then there is a period of deepening, when the therapist chooses words and images that will make you even more relaxed and calm. Following the period of deepening, the therapist will make positive suggestions for your subconscious to absorb and act on. Finally, the hypnotherapist will use a series of words and images to bring you back to full awareness. You may find that time seems to move at a different pace than it does when you are fully conscious, but you will always be in control and aware.

Will I remain in control? Absolutely! Hypnosis cannot force you to do anything you do not want to do, nor can it make you give up control of your actions. During hypnosis, your conscious mind is always present. If there is an emergency, or something else that requires your immediate attention, your conscious mind will instantly return to its usual state of alertness.

This process is similar to the way you can be dreamily driving, and suddenly come back to complete alertness when another car moves too close to yours.

Will I cluck like a chicken or bark like a dog? No! Most likely you have seen a hypnosis stage show, which is done for entertainment purposes. A hypnosis stage show is completely different from one-on-one hypnosis therapy. During one-on-one hypnosis, you will never be asked to do anything embarrassing like barking like dog. It would serve no purpose.

Do I need to go very deeply into trance? For most types of hypnosis, relaxation is all that is necessary. You simply close your eyes and relax as the hypnotherapist speaks, and your subconscious will be listening. Even if your conscious mind wanders, your subconscious is still listening and absorbing what the hypnotherapist is saying. If you have ever fallen asleep in front of the TV and began dreaming about what was on the TV, you have experienced your subconscious working even while your conscious mind was asleep.

How will I feel after hypnosis? People leave a hypnosis session feeling very relaxed, calm and peaceful. They typically find they have a great deal of resolve to carry out the type of change for which they sought out hypnosis.

Will I remember the hypnosis session? Yes, you will remember everything that occurred during the session. The hypnotherapist does not attempt to induce amnesia.

Will my discussions with the hypnotherapist be treated confidentially? Absolutely. Your discussions with the hypnotherapist will be treated as a confidential matter. No information about you or your treatment will be given to a third party (including your spouse and other relatives), unless you specifically direct such information to be given.

Can hypnosis replace conventional medical treatment? No. Hypnosis is a complementary technique, to be used in conjunction with medical treatment.

Call The Sernekos Group - Hypnosis at 856.694.0377 for more information or to schedule an appointment.

Do you suffer from chronic pain?

Hypnosis is a powerful tool in any total pain management strategy. It uses the amazing power of your own mind to help you regain control over your life. Hypnosis is a very effective complement to any existing medical pain management methods you may be using. We don’t work against doctors - we work WITH them to increase your comfort and help you feel well again.**

We take a multi-pronged approach to chronic pain management:

Don’t suffer with chronic pain needlessly! Let our pain-control hypnosis program put YOU back in control. Get back into life!

**Hypnosis is not a substitute for treatment by a medical practitioner. If you have chronic pain and you have not sought medical help, we urge you to see your doctor. If you are under the care of a physician, please discuss your hypnosis sessions with him or her.

Call The Sernekos Group - Hypnosis at 856.694.0377 for more information or to schedule an appointment.

Lose Weight and Look Fantastic Walking Down the Aisle

Congratulations on your engagement! What a wonderful time of your life this is!

All brides are beautiful, aren’t they? But you want to look STUNNING in your wedding gown! You want to be slender and in the best shape of your life for Your Big Day. You want to look like a fairytale bride! You want to float down the aisle looking like an awesome vision of beauty. In years to come, you want to look at the photos and videos of your wedding day with joy, knowing how gorgeous you looked. And on your honeymoon, you want to look hot and sexy!

Lose that weight before The Big Day! Walk down the aisle feeling so confident, knowing you look your absolute best! That breath-taking wedding gown you’ve been dreaming about will look fantastic on the new, slim and trim you.

Hypnosis is the perfect way to lose weight before your wedding day. Hypnosis is a powerful tool that allows you to lose weight easily and naturally. It effectively eliminates cravings and the urge to eat more than you should. It also will take away the stress of planning the perfect wedding. Stress leads to overeating and weight gain!

You deserve to be the most gorgeous bride in the world on your wedding day!

Our program uses no drugs, no herbs and no supplements. Our hypnosis skills and the power of your own mind are all you need! We know what it takes to create weight-loss success. You will benefit from our years of experience.

Our program consists of six individual, private, comfortable sessions designed to get YOU in the best shape of your life. Each session is tailored to your needs.

Our program is great for the groom, wedding party and family, too!

Call The Sernekos Group - Hypnosis at 856.694.0377 for more information or to schedule an appointment.

If you are scheduled for breast surgery (biopsy, lumpectomy or mastectomy) or you are undergoing treatment for breast cancer, hypnosis can help you. Using hypnotherapy in combination with your medical treatment will make you feel more empowered and in control of your care. The Sernekos Group uses hypnosis, as well as other complementary techniques, to help breast surgery and breast cancer patients maximize their wellness. Each session is tailored to the needs of the individual client. Hypnosis can help with the following issues:

Pre-Surgical Preparation

Studies have shown that people who prepare for surgery using hypnosis generally have fewer complications, heal faster and have less post-operative pain. Hypnosis will help you feel calm, relaxed and positive before, during and after surgery.

For pre-surgical preparation, two sessions are usually required. During the first session, you will be interviewed to determine your needs. You will also experience a full hypnosis session, during which the hypnotherapist will make positive suggestions regarding your surgery and its outcome. The second session will also include a full hypnosis session along with instructions on how to effectively manage pre-surgery stress.

You will also be given a CD to play before and immediately after surgery (and during surgery, if your surgeon permits). The CD will contain soothing music, relaxing imagery and positive suggestions to reassure you that your surgery will go smoothly and that your body will heal quickly.

Follow-Up Treatment If Cancer Is Detected

If you require follow-up radiation and/or chemotherapy, hypnosis can teach you how to feel more relaxed and manage your stress. A growing body of evidence suggests that the more you can reduce your stress level, the more resources your body has to fight the cancer.

In addition to relaxation, self-hypnosis and stress management techniques, you will be taught how to use mental imagery to encourage your immune system to work together with your medical therapies in order to maximize your treatment’s benifits.

Hypnosis can also help you feel good about your body again. If your therapies create side effects, including nausea, hypnosis can help you deal with those side effects.

Call The Sernekos Group - Hypnosis at 856.694.0377 for more information or to schedule an appointment.

You’ve done so much to make sure your son or daughter gets a great score on the SAT: prep courses, private tutors, etc.

Now it’s time to give your student a REAL competitive edge! Higher SAT scores mean the difference between getting into a first-choice school and having to settle for a less-desirable school.

Hypnosis has long been used to boost test performance and confidence and eliminate test-taking anxiety. Using our proven hypnosis and excellence modeling techniques , your son or daughter will learn the mental skills and attitudes needed for peak SAT performance . With our unique methods, each student learns to naturally and easily tap into his or her unlimited potential . We teach the secrets top athletes, CEOs and other peak performers use to achieve their goals .

After just one private session, students feel confident, relaxed and ready to excel on test day . During the session, your son or daughter will also receive a CD to listen to in the weeks preceding the SAT. The CD will reinforce and strengthen the work done during the session.

This program will help the nervous or anxious student, as well the confident student who simply wants to have an edge over other SAT test-takers.

Give your son or daughter every possible advantage while taking the SAT!

*Students under the age of 18 will require written permission from a parent or guardian in order to undergo hypnosis.

Call The Sernekos Group - Hypnosis at 856.694.0377 for more information or to schedule an appointment.

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