Alan B. Densky, CH's Hypnosis Article Library

Stay Motivated With Weight Loss Hypnosis

Whether it is cold, wintry days, or summer rains, for most of us, the prospect of braving the elements to get to the gym or go for a run does not sound too appealing. Lucky for us, there are some hypnotic techniques that can rapidly and magically create tons of motivation. Read on and learn about them!

Facial Tics and Facial Twitches Hypnosis

Banish Facial Tics With NLP

As many as one in four children suffer from the embarrassing annoyance of facial tics, and tics can perpetuate into adulthood. The exact cause is often unknown, but research has demonstrated a strong link between stressors and an increase in severity of symptoms. This article explores the methods of treatment available, with their strengths and weaknesses.

Facial Tics and How to Obliterate Them
Young children frequently develop muscle spasms of the face or extremities that are repetitive and troublesome. Some examples include eye blinking, squinting, and nose wrinkling. NLP is a newer, alternative treatment designed to help sufferers gain freedom by eliminating the experience of stress during times or situations that would normally produce anxiety and a compulsion to twitch.

Facial Tics: Manifestation And Treatment 

Facial tics are impulsive, apparently reflex muscle contractions of entire muscle groups in the face and neck region. Tics are often described as being involuntary but research and reports from sufferers indicates they are indeed voluntary motions that can be controlled by the sufferer.

Facial Tics And Facial Twitch: How To Eliminate Them With Hypnosis

Facial tics are brief, repetitive, sporadic spasms of facial muscles. Methods that use hypnosis and NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) have been designed particularly for the purpose of treating facial tics. They can help you reduce them over time.

General Articles On Hypnosis

Different Types Of Hypnosis

There are many different forms of hypnosis and NLP. This treatise will help to clarify the differences.

Hypnosis & NLP Formula For Success

Have you ever tried to eliminate a negative behavior, only to fail? It doesn't matter whether it was losing weight, quitting smoking, biting your nails, or just what it was. You just couldn't get yourself to do it. Fortunately there is hope if you learn what to do when your self-help program fails.

Hypnosis - The Truth Finally Revealed

Does hypnosis ever fail?  Once it starts working, will it keep working? Who make the best candidates? There are a lot of misconceptions about hypnosis.  This article will give you the straight scoop.

Hypnosis, Who It Will Work For, And Why It Will Work For Them? 

There are many different forms of hypnosis.  Most hypnosis tapes are based on "Traditional Hypnosis," which relies on direct post-hypnotic suggestions.  But Traditional Hypnosis has a very poor track record.  This article explores the forms of hypnosis that do work well, and explains why they do. 

Lose Weight, Quit Smoking, Make A Personal Change. The Secret Formula That Guarantees Success!

Are you trying to lose weight or quit smoking?  As hard as it may be to believe, people can be highly motivated to stay fat, or to keep smoking, and they don't even know it.  But there is a Secret Formula that can bring successful change! 

Preconditioning For The Hypnotic State

There are many tests that traditional hypnotists have designed to help them access and precondition a candidate for hypnosis.  Ericksonian hypnotists and NLP Practitioners do not typically use them.  But they are interesting, and they can be fun for the average person to experiment with. 

The History Of Modern Hypnosis - This Will Amuse You!

Modern hypnotherapy began with Franz Anton Mesmer, 1734-1815. Mesmer invented a system called Animal Magnetism or Mesmerism. A system of healing based on a belief that a disturbance of equilibrium of an invisible universal fluid which is spread throughout the body causes disease in humans. His magnetic re-adjustment of this fluid served to cure diseases. 

The Strange Phenomena Of Hypnosis

There are many strange phenomena of hypnosis. Some of these are muscle catalepsy, positive and negative hallucinations, amnesia and anesthesia. These strange phenomena, that may be produced while a subject is in a hypnotic state, are directly related to the depth of hypnosis.

The Unconscious Mind - A Simplified Explanation

The subconscious mind, or the unconscious as Dr. Milton Erickson liked to call it, is the most powerful computer in the world.  It motivates and controls our behaviors.  And like a computer, it does not reason.  What goes in is what comes out. This article uses very simple analogies to help you understand how it works. 

Insomnia & Sleep Disturbances Hypnosis

Beat Insomnia: How to Get a Good Night's Sleep
If you're feeling out of sorts because you didn't get enough sleep last night, you aren't alone. At least one in four adults in the United States suffers from insomnia. Hypnosis and NLP can help people begin to overcome insomnia within a few short sessions. It's possible to obtain high quality hypnosis and NLP CD's that can work just as well as an office visit with a therapist, and maybe even better. Get ready for a good night's sleep.

How to Overcome Insomnia in 8 Quick Steps

Insomnia is one of the more common symptoms of stress and depression. While clients come to my office with a wide range of symptoms to eliminate, most of them have a sleep disturbance in addition to the symptom they have come to eliminate. Whether you have had a hard time falling asleep, or you fall asleep promptly and then awaken later and are unable to fall asleep again, you have insomnia.

Hypnosis Insomnia Treatment

Twenty million Americans suffer from insomnia. The harder they try to fall asleep, the more wide-awake they become. Many resort to alcohol or pills, but find that with both of these methods, the cure is much worse than the disease, and the cure doesn't even give them the restful sleep that they seek in the first place. The mind actually causes the stress and expectation of wakefulness that creates a sleep disturbance. The good news is: What the mind causes, the mind can cure.  

Who Needs Sleep Anyway? How to Cure Insomnia
Between five and ten percent of the American population suffers from some type of sleeping disorder. Insomnia is one of the more common sleep disorders where one finds it difficult to fall asleep, or stay asleep, or both. There is a broad range of "cures," available, find out which one will work best for you.

Memory: Concentration, Retention, Recall, Test Anxiety Hypnosis

How To Improve Your Ability To Learn And Eliminate Test Anxiety
If you are a student who is trying to get better grades, there are a number of tricks that can help you to increase your ability to focus your concentration, retain the materials that you study, and recall it when during a test without suffering from mental blocks or test anxiety. This article lists out many of these tips and tricks for your use.

Hypnotic Memory Enhancement
Today it's common to hear even young people say things like, "I'm having a senior moment." Regardless of your age, in our hectic world it is often very difficult to focus your concentration, retain information, or recall it when needed. This article explores how to accomplish those goals as well as how to eliminate test anxiety.

Increase Concentration and Recall - Overcome Test Anxiety
Many bright children get school grades that just don't seem to reflect their intelligence. Often, test anxiety is a primary source of poor grades. Hypnosis to improve memory and recall has been a successful method for helping parents assist their children to overcome test anxiety. Highly analytical students will usually benefit much more from advanced techniques such as Ericksonian hypnosis or even Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) for test anxiety. 

Mind Tricks To Improve Your Memory

In today's fast paced society, we are constantly learning new information and we need better memories to remember it all. Students need better memories for studying and taking exams. People need better memories to be successful in their careers, and we all need better memories to remember important dates and facts. 

Nail Biting Hypnosis

Break The Nail Biting Habit With Hypnosis & NLP

Nail biting, is related to skin picking and hair pulling. Skin picking, hair pulling, and nail biting are labeled as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders. This article explores how hypnotherapy can reduce or completely eliminate this disorder.

Hypnosis As The Leading Nail Biting Solution

Nail biting shares many similarities to smoking. It is a physical, ritualistic habit. Either may be caused by the mechanics of a simple physical routine, or maybe symptomatic of deeper psychological problems. And in either case the habit itself can be very effectively stopped with hypnosis.

Nail Biting: Let Hypnosis Lend a Hand for Quitting

Stopping the compulsion to bite your nails can be a daunting proposition. In the first place, nail biters are generally unaware that they are biting their nails until after they have been chewing on them. And even if the biter is aware that he/she is about to bite, he/she feels a powerful compulsion to do so in order to receive the modicum of stress relief and pleasure the habit can offer. But do not despair, relief is available.

Pain Control, Headache & Migraine Relief Hypnosis

Exchange Headache and Migraine Pain for "Peace of Mind!"
Nearly everyone gets headaches. Tension headaches are the most common, cluster headache is the second type, and Migraine headaches are the third type of primary headache. Hypnosis and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) are alternative therapies that have proven extremely effective at providing rapid relief.

Hypnosis As A Treatment for Pain Relief
Pain can be defined as an unpleasant sensation that can range from mild, localized discomfort to agony. This sensation can negatively affect work, home, and social relationships. Many treatments are available, including narcotic and non-narcotic pain medications, guided imagery and distraction techniques, NLP, and hypnosis.

Headache And Migraine Relief Through Hypnosis CD's

Headaches are the most common disorder of the nervous system. Headaches are commonly treated with drugs which have side effects. This article explores the use of hypnotherapy as a natural method for eliminating headache and migraine attacks.

Hypnotic Pain Management

Think of all of the times pain has kept you from engaging in activities that you enjoy, perhaps playing tennis, running, fishing and even sitting can be impossible when you're in pain. Have you gained anything from missing out on memories?  

Phobia Relief Hypnosis

Aerophobia - Cure Fear Of Flying With Hypnosis & NLP

If you have ever been afraid of flying on an airplane, you are not alone. The fear of flying, known as aerophobia, is one of the most common phobias that people can experience. Overcoming such a phobia used to take years of therapy, but now there are hypnotherapy and NLP techniques to treat phobias for faster, life-changing results.

Acrophobia, The Fear Of Heights: Curing With Hypnosis & NLP

The fear of heights, also known as acrophobia, is one of the most common phobias in the world. While many of us feel afraid of heights from time to time, it can be devastating to people who suffer from it constantly. Fortunately, there are a number of excellent techniques for treating this phobia, including hypnotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming.

Agoraphobia Hypnosis & NLP Treatments

Agoraphobia is truly one of the most debilitating of all phobias. It stems from a deep fear of unfamiliar or potentially uncomfortable situations, and can escalate to the point where a sufferer becomes confined to their home. People who find themselves scared to step outside the door can rapidly regain their confidence and freedom by using certain forms of hypnotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. 

Arachnophobia  - How To Overcome An Irrational Fear Of Spiders
A phobia is an irrational fear that is seemingly beyond one's control. The fear of spiders is called Arachnophobia, and this is the number one most common phobia. consulting hypnotists and NLP Practitioners have devised techniques that can almost seem magical in their ability to extinguish phobias.

Brontophobia - Treating The Fear Of Thunder And Lightning
Millions of men, women, and children around the world are afraid of thunder and lightning, a common fear known as brontophobia. Despite its frequency in children, brontophobia can develop at any time in life. For many people, hypnosis is an ideal treatment option, which provides rapid and permanent results.

Carcinophobia and Hypnosis 
The fear of cancer, carcinophobia, is one of the top ten most common phobias, and it's not hard to imagine why. Proven hypnotherapy techniques can help sufferers reclaim their happiness and well-being. 

Claustrophobia And Hypnosis

Claustrophobia is a fear of enclosed or confined spaces. It is an extremely common phobia that affects men and women of all ages. It affects people in a variety of different situations, and when triggered, it can make a person feel scared and humiliated. To overcome this phobia, hypnotherapy techniques provide amazing results to people who are sick and tired of being held back by their fears. 

Emetophobia and Hypnosis 
Many people suffer from emetophobia, yet this fear is rarely mentioned or discussed. Simply put, this phobia is a fear of vomit. Although emetophobics typically cope by avoiding the source of their fear, it can be rapidly cured using techniques such as Ericksonian hypnotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. 

How To Escape The Grip Of A Social Phobia
Social phobia is a common anxiety disorder in which a person is afraid of being in a social setting. A person with social phobia suffers from debilitating anxiety that impacts their personal and daily life. Ericksonian hypnotherapy and NLP are excellent tools to help one build confidence and overcome social anxiety and live life to the fullest. 

Magical Phobia Treatments

According to the National Institute of Health, approximately 40 million adults in the United States suffer from anxiety disorders and phobias. Suffering with a phobia greatly reduces the quality of life. But keep the faith, effective help is available.

Necrophobia And Hypnosis - Curing The Fear Of Death

One of the most common fears is Necrophobia, the fear of death. While some people experience the phobia all the time, in others, it is only triggered by specific events or sights. The fear of death can be successfully treated even at levels of high severity. Traditional techniques combined with hypnosis can accelerate the treatment process.

Phobias - What They Are And How To Get Rid Of Them

A phobia is defined as an irrational fear that causes uncomfortable feelings of panic. People experience phobias to normal everyday activities and locations, and these phobias greatly reduce their quality of life. Learn how a person can go about eliminating the panicky feelings that are triggered by these irrational fears so they can lead a more fulfilling life.  

Social Phobias - Taking Charge Of Your Own Recovery With Self Hypnosis

Many people feel uncomfortable or experience minor anxieties when thrust into a new situation or a crowd of unfamiliar people. However, for roughly ten percent of Americans, anxiety that occurs in social situations can become severe enough to be disabling. 

Relationship Issues Hypnosis

Am I Too Fat To Be Loved?

Thanks to skimpy clothing styles and anorexic magazine models being touted as the way that people are supposed to look, in our culture, being overweight can be the kiss of death to singles trying to find a mate, as well as to couples who are trying to put the spark back into their love lives.

Can't Get A Second Date - Could Smoking Be An Issue?

If you have found that, over and over again, you aren't getting a second date or having trouble starting a relationship, perhaps you are ready to quit smoking. Although people decide to quit smoking for a variety of reasons, if you quit smoking because of concerns with romantic relationships, you are far from alone.  

Don't Ruin Romance with Nail Biting

Lots of people have problems with nail biting, picking at scabs, or pulling at their hair. Unfortunately these habits can be the kiss of death to your dating life. Hypnosis and NLP provide powerful tools for eliminating this type of obsessive-compulsive behavior.

Have Your Relationships Been Destroyed By Facial Tics

Picture a romantic scene. Dinner by candlelight, and you are gazing into the eyes of that special someone. Suddenly your eyes start blinking rapidly, and you begin clearing your throat. Or, to your horror, you start grunting. The facial tic that has beset you since childhood rises again to claim your future. You worry that the love of your life will never even look at you again, or worse, pity you.

How Headaches and Migraines Can Destroy a Relationship

We've all heard and laughed at the line, "Not tonight, Honey. I have a headache." For those who suffer from migraines or other chronic headache pain, though, this phrase takes on an entirely new meaning. It's hard to do or think anything at all when the pain of a migraine is racking your skull.

How To Build Self-Confidence And Meet Your Mate

Have you ever met someone that you were just dying to ask out? You thought this person was absolutely perfect in every way. When this person smiled at you, your heart just soared. But you were scared to death to ask him or her for a date, and so you never did.

How To Talk Yourself out of a Depression Before you Talk Yourself out of a Relationship

Everyone has a bad day now and then, but if you start having bad days all the time, people get tired of trying to cheer you up and they move on to other relationships that are more fulfilling and less depressing. If you have finally found that person you've spent your life dreaming about, you want to learn how to get control over your moods and stop being depressed before that special someone decides to stop seeing you!

Is Your Relationship in Danger Because of Stress

Excessive stress can damage personal relationships as well as business relationships. People who are coping with high levels of anxiety are often irritable from lack of sleep, and have a lower tolerance for a family member's little faults. Persons who are under high levels of stress may find it much more difficult to control their tempers or say things tactfully.

Its OK to Trust-Overcoming a Fear of Intimacy

Cold silences. Angry outbursts. Heart wrenching dread that he (or she) is cheating on you. Suddenly everything starts going wrong, and a relationship that seemed so promising is suddenly on the brink of disaster. You can't imagine how things could break down so rapidly.

Self-Confidence Hypnosis

Self Confidence Can Change Your Life

Self-confidence is the ability to believe in oneself and one's strengths and capabilities. Frequently, people who do not know how to gain self-confidence seek treatment. NLP is uniquely simple and yet incredibly effective for this purpose.

Self-Confidence Empowers Me

People often struggle trying to find ways to improve their self-confidence, but usually have little success with traditional methods. Hypnosis offers an alternative that goes right to the heart of the matter.

Self Confidence Is An Attitude That Can Be Yours
Self-confidence is an attitude that can be critical to a person's success in life. Without self-confidence, many people find themselves unable to accomplish their goals. There are a number of therapies that can help people to rapidly build confidence to improve their quality of life.

Self-Confidence.  What Is It?  How Do I Get It?

Self-confidence is an attitude which allows individuals to have positive, yet realistic views of themselves and their situations.  Self-Confidence is a learned trait which anyone can acquire. Self-confidence hypnosis could be your answer.

Build Self Confidence Through Hypnosis and NLP

Self-confident individuals usually have a better knowledge of what they can achieve and are more likely to succeed in what they attempt. They are also more likely to accept and understand their mistakes.  

Quit Smoking Hypnosis

COPD: Treating Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a chronic health problem that develops because of injury to lung tissue. Asthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema are all forms of COPD. Patients with COPD must stop smoking if they wish to make their life livable. This article discusses the best ways to accomplish that goal.

Effects Of Smoking And The Easy Way To Quit

Cigarette smoking causes far too many diseases to list. The most commonly known are: Cancer; emphysema; heart disease; and lung diseases. Most smokers say that they want to quit smoking, but most find it difficult or impossible to do so. There is hope, and this article outlines many of the options that smokers have for overcoming the smoking habit.

How to Get Motivated To Quit Smoking Using NLP & Hypnosis Motivation

This article explores how we can make ourselves feel highly motivated to quit smoking by utilizing different forms of NLP and hypnosis motivation.

How To Stop Smoking Using Hypnosis

If you are someone who is trying to quit smoking, you know how hard it is to overcome this harmful addiction. But there is effective help available. Stop smoking self-hypnosis programs make it easy to quit smoking forever because they break the smoking addiction in a process that helps eliminate cravings and the desire to smoke. 

Neuro-VISION Quit Smoking Video Hypnosis -- The Nuts & Bolts

You've tried to quit smoking, but found that it was impossible because the cravings and urges were too strong.  So you got nervous and started eating for ten people. So now you're wondering: Do these videos actually work, and if so, how?  This is a step-by-step approach for both technical and non-technically oriented people that will clearly explain how this cutting edge technology works for smoke cessation without withdrawal, tension, urges, cravings or weight gain.

Passive Smoking And Its Effects On People Around You

Smokers often rationalize their habit by assuming they are only hurting themselves. However, smoking also affects the health of the people around you. Friends, children, family, co-workers, and even people who just happen to be nearby may suffer health problems from passive smoking. Anyone can learn how to use self-hypnosis to stop smoking from a well-designed program, and stop smoking hypnotherapy has a high rate of success because it makes the process of quitting smoking much easier.

Side Effects Of Smoking Making You Nervous? - Try Stop Smoking Hypnosis! 

Side effects of smoking got you worried? This article reveals what you can do to kick the cigarette habit without having to suffer from withdrawal.

Stop Smoking: I'd Love To, Tell Me How

Conventional stop smoking programs offer, on average, only a 22 percent success rate for smoking cessation. Stop smoking NLP and Ericksonian hypnosis offer success rate of up to 70 percent.

Stop Smoking Hypnosis - Does It Work?

Quit smoking hypnosis is perhaps the second most popular use of hypnosis today. There have been a lot of successes, but there have also been a lot of failures. Is it better to go to a consulting hypnotist, or will hypnosis CD's be more effective? This article explores the key reasons behind the successes and the failures so that you can choose what will work best for you, as an individual.

Stop Smoking Hypnosis CDs - Do They Work?

The average person tries to quit smoking between four to six times before they are successful. The majority of those who quit smoking gain a great deal of weight. Hypnosis CDs offer a powerful alternative that allows smokers to quit without having to suffer from withdrawal or weight gain.

Ways To Quit Smoking - Separate The Hype From The Facts
States across the country have banned smokers from public areas. Smokers are searching for the fastest and easiest way to quit smoking. There's lots of hype selling many different ways to quit smoking. This article will separate the hype from the facts.

Self-Help - Self-Development Hypnosis

Building A Personal Development Plan

What personal issue troubles you the most? Are you easily stressed? Do you struggle with an addictive personality? All too often, personal development efforts fail because the individual tries to base his or her mode of change on conscious logic, when the problems are really seated at the unconscious level of mind. Learn about the powerful methods one can employ to trigger rapid personal development.

Smokeless Chewing Tobacco Addiction Quit Hypnosis

How To Break Your Addiction To Smokeless Tobacco

The addiction to smokeless tobacco is easily as dangerous and debilitating as the addiction to smoking cigarettes. In fact, many believe that it is even more insidious. This article explores how proven methods can help you to easily break the addiction.

How To Kick The Smokeless Tobacco Addiction

Whatever you call it "chewing, dipping or spitting", it is every bit as dangerous as smoking. Using specific and strategic self-hypnosis and NLP methods makes the decision to quit dipping very easy and painless by avoiding withdrawal symptoms, cravings and weight gain.

Smokeless Tobacco: A Curse On Our Youth

Smokeless tobacco is a deadly form of nicotine addiction that results in high rates of oral cancer. NLP and Ericksonian hypnosis are much more effective than traditional tobacco cessation programs.

Smokeless Tobacco - How To Break The Addiction
An average of 9.3% of all students in the United States in grades 9-12 use smokeless tobacco. Quitting smokeless tobacco is widely thought to be much more difficult than kicking the smoking habit. By far the largest part of the addiction to smokeless is the psychological addiction. However, new techniques in hypnotherapy for smokeless are enabling the addicted to kick the habit without having to suffer from withdrawal or weight gain.

Stress & Anxiety Management Hypnosis

Anxiety And Stress: Natural Methods To Eliminate Them And Relax

Many surveys indicate that most adults perceive themselves to be under a great deal of stress. Authorities in the field estimate that 75 - 90 percent of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress related problems. Hypnosis and NLP are natural tools that can be used to eliminate stress at the source.

Anxiety: Its Causes And Cures

Many people use the terms "stress" and "anxiety" interchangeably, but they are actually two separate conditions. For sufferers of long-term untreated anxiety, there may be negative health consequences that have yet to be explored fully. It is very important to control our negative emotional responses in order to stay healthy. Hypnosis and NLP have proven to be the modalities of choice offering rapid relief without any of the negative side effects of drugs.