After posting my article  Negative mantras that “take you down” on the golf course. I received a question about the difference between negative mantras and simple annoying thoughts.  The best way to understand the difference is to think about the feelings you have. For instance feeling annoyed because of playing badly on one hole, and

I was writing a short story to submit to NPR and decided it would be fun to see what type of stories my readers would come up with. We are accepting original life stories, about overcoming obstacles in your life.  Or if you would prefer just finish the story below and click here to send

Learn to “see” things in a different way Hi, I’m Tish and you will be seeing regular posts from me.  I am a Hypnotherapist at the Anxiety Control Center and I have been helping people get relief from such issues as anxiety, panic, anger and health related stress issues for over 12 years.  I welcome

Today Lisa will be talking about trance. Before we get to her post it is important to know that there are two types of hypnosis.  Classical and Ericksonian.   Lisa’s post will discuss how she will be using Classical hypnosis and trance, and who would benefit from this type of hypnosis.  Although other therapists at the

Continuation for yesterdays post on creating the state of mind your desire. I welcome your feedback and questions, and will write more on specific issues you send in.  To contact me with your questions click here. Want to begin your journey now,  sign in at the box at the top right  of this page and

Continuation for yesterdays post on creating the state of mind your desire. I welcome your feedback and questions, and will write more on specific issues you send in.  To contact me with your questions click here. Want to begin your journey now,  sign in at the box at the top right  of this page and

Today I will start the first of 5 posts about ways of creating an optimal state of mind, for learning, growing and moving through problems.  I will be using the game of golf as one example of where people find negative “mantras” interfering with the enjoyment of the game.  But negative mantras can get in

Our newest hypno-counselor Lisa Kilburg RPh,CCP,CH. is doing a series of posts about hypnosis, trance and hypno-counseling.  We hope you enjoy her answers and that you’ll write in with questions of your own. She will have openings in her schedule for new clients in September.  Please send your questions to our email by clicking here. 

Our newest hypno-counselor Lisa Kilburg will be doing a series of posts about hypnosis, trance and hypno-counseling.  We hope you enjoy her answers and that you’ll write in with questions of your own. She will have openings in her schedule for new clients in September.  Please send your questions to our email at, anxietycontrol@comcast.net.  Questions

Continued from yesterday’s post: If you haven’t read yesterday’s post you can find it under “Can Pain be used to stop negative thoughts? part 1” Continued. . .  Here is what happened.  First he did a great job explaining how pain and pleasure can be used to break a habit.  So of course I was