Transform and Grow Hypnosis, Samuel Lurie MEd, CHt

11/13/2017

A doctor and psychiatrist who has lived with chronic pain his whole life explains how hypnotherapy has been the one reliable form of relief. He even wrote a book about it.

In the midst of a growing opioid crisis a new book provides an alternative to dealing with chronic pain: Hypnotherapy

08/25/2015

Test subjects taking part in an 8-week program of mindfulness meditation showed results that astonished even the most experienced neuroscientists at Harvard University.  The study was led by a Harvard-affiliated team of researchers based at Massachusetts General Hospital, and the team’s MRI scans do…

08/25/2015

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01/18/2015

This is a disturbing article about exposure therapy at the VA for trauma. It just doesn't make sense and seems unethical. Hypnotherapy, on the other hand, can help transform the emotional impact of actual events, not by simply wearing ourselves out emotionally, but by creating safety with which to explore an event in a new way, having it lose it's power through this transformation. This is what can provide healing. I wish the VA would offer hypnotherapy!

I was a veteran who needed therapy. What I got was another kind of battle.

06/24/2013

I've used hypnosis to help people with fertility, childbirth, and being a calmer parent *after* birth! Mainstream is much more vocal about hypnosis in the UK.

Kate Middleton, like any mom-to-be, probably has some fears and concerns about childbirth. And th...

06/18/2013

"We have known for a long time that hypnosis works, that it is not placebo."

Firefighters in eastern France have turned to an unconventional method to soothe accident victims, launching a pilot project to try hypnosis to ease the distres

01/04/2013

Happy World Hypnosis Day! In celebration, I am off on a healing retreat, but I wanted to share with you this great clip of Lucille Ball getting hypnotized by Pat Collins, a famous stage hypnotist in the 60s and 70s. I don't really like stage shows, but I LOVE LUCY! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mefJpWG3XfQ

A personal favorite of mine. Lucy gets hypnotized. From the episode "Lucy and Pat Collins." I apologize for the low quality.

11/15/2012

I actually *became* a hypnotherapist because I had such success using hypnosis to stop smoking. You can too. Celebrate the Great American Smoke-out on Nov. 15 by breathing in fresh clean air and exhaling the pride of success!

Nov. 15 marks this year's Great American Smokeout, when organizations across the country encourage smokers to quit the habit. Yahoo asked former smokers to offer to advice to those trying to stop smoking.

09/16/2012

ER doc using hypnosis techniques to re-focus attention, minimize pain, and create more comfort!

A six-year-old smashes into a door and gets a head wound; but an extraordinary emergency room doctor stitches her up without her even noticing.

09/11/2012

First day back in my NEW office! Excited to be working with such wonderful people. I am now at 1233 Shelburne Road, S. Burlington, East o'Lake Building, Suite 120.

09/08/2012

Very saddened to learn of the loss of Jeffrey H. Cohen, director of the New York Hypnosis Center and a wonderful colleague and friend. With appreciation and gratitude for all he did, and love to his family and circle at this sudden passing.

08/07/2012

It's really been hard taking a leave of absence for the summer so I could be doing my clinical graduate program at Smith College School of Social Work. Out ten week intensive semester is almost over, and I am SOOO happy that I get to take a break this weekend and attend the National Guild of Hypnotists Convention!! I've even been able to practice a few sessions to prepare for my workshop. I need some hypno energy bad and can't wait!!