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READY TO LEARN MORE? Back to Top BOOK YOUR FREE EVALUATION Discover how Hypnotherapy can help you Your free evaluation will be a 15 minute phone call or Zoom video call that gives us a chance to discuss your goals and how I can help you with hypnotherapy. Choose either the phone or Zoom option below and then select a date/time on the calendar. Phone Call Zoom Call Phone Instructions: After you choose a date and time, you'll receive confirmation by email. On the date/time of your appointment, Gary will call you at the number you provide during the booking process. ​ Zoom Instructions: After you choose a date and time, you'll receive an e-mail with a Zoom link tfor the video call. On the date/time of the appointment, click the link and you'll go to the Zoom call.

LEARN ABOUT PRIVATE SESSIONS BOOK A FREE EVALUATION TARGET THE LIFE YOU WANT HYPNOTHERAPY AUDIO This recording is designed to activate powerful unconscious resources that can help you reach a personal goal, overcome an issue or improve performance in a certain area. Along the way, it also encourages your body and mind to heal any physical or emotional issues that might be holding you back. Carefully crafted suggestions and symbolic exercises are integrated with music created specifically to enhance the process. Pick a specific goal, issue or area to work with each time you listen. You may want to do multiple sessions on some areas. As you enjoy a wonderfully relaxing, refreshing, and revitalizing experience, you’ll be developing resources and building mental skills you can use for a lifetime. As you're guided through the simple steps, you'll be invited to create a “symbol” which might be visual, or it may take some other form like a phrase or a physical sensation. This symbol will represent the best possible outcome of an important goal or issue. Later in the process you'll invite your unconscious to experiment with the symbol and what it represents. As the days and weeks unfold, enjoy the insights and solutions that seem to “pop into your mind” and turbo-charged progress toward your goal. <<Back to Products

HOW CAN HYPNOSIS HELP? BOOK A FREE EVALUATION HYPNOSIS RESEARCH MOVING INTO THE MAINSTREAM Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy are being used more and more in hospitals, dental offices, major sports franchises, business coaching programs and many more areas. As the followup data comes in, patients, doctors, hospitals, educators, coaches, corporations and insurance companies are realizing the value and efficacy of this non-invasive, cost effective modality. Here are some studies indicating the effectiveness of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy. Hypnotherapy is more effective than nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation: Results of a randomized controlled trial http://www.complementarytherapiesinmedicine.com/article/S0965-2299(13)00210-0/fulltext Big tobacco fuels nicotine replacement addiction, UCSF study shows http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Big-tobacco-fuels-addiction-with-nicotine-11882030.php​ Hypnosis to Manage Stress Related to Medical Procedures: A Meta-Analysis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2739386/ Boosting Human Learning by Hypnosis https://academic.oup.com/cercor/article/23/4/801/343536/Boosting-Human-Learning-by-Hypnosis The Effectiveness of Adjunctive Hypnosis with Surgical Patients: A Meta-Analysis http://journals.lww.com/anesthesia-analgesia/Fulltext/2002/06000/The_Effectiveness_of_Adjunctive_Hypnosis_with.52.aspx Clinical Hypnosis in the Treatment of Post-Menopausal Hot Flashes: A Randomized Controlled Trial https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3556367/ Guided imagery to improve functional outcomes post-anterior cruciate ligament repair: randomized-controlled pilot trial. ​www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21564307 ​ Hypnotherapy and IBS https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022040397 ​

GET STARTED NOW BOOK A FREE EVALUATION BE YOUR IDEAL WEIGHT GET STARTED NOW BOOK A FREE EVALUATION RESET YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD Hypnotherapy can help you reset your relationship to food and reach your ideal weight without struggling or feeling deprived. Perhaps you've tried to lose weight in the past and found it difficult. You're not alone. Maybe you've struggled with special diets or other complicated weight loss processes like weighed portions and calorie counting. While these things can be very useful at times, they're difficult to keep up long-term. It's much easier to reach and maintain your desired weight if healthy eating becomes a natural, automatic behavior. ​ A program of targeted hypnosis, coaching and cognitive skill-building can help you interrupt habitual patterns of binging or eating unhealthy foods and allow you to create new, healthy patterns. Along the way, underlying factors that may have been driving your food problem can be discovered and released, clearing the way for results that are truly long-lasting and life-changing. SMART GOALS BREAK BAD HABITS MINDSET TOOLS Your body is constantly giving you feedback about what you're eating. Our hypnotherapy sessions will help you take advantage of this incredible resource and let it guide you. You'll discover that the diet that makes you feel great and keeps you in vibrant health is the same diet that allows you to maintain your ideal weight easily. We understand intuitively what foods are good for us, but we can get pulled off track by many things including advertising, food industry tactics, and family or cultural influences. ​ We'll also address the emotional connections you have with various foods. These can be powerful drivers for your eating habits. Our hypnosis sessions will help you make the changes that allow you to reach your goal quickly and to maintain it without feeling deprived. In fact, you'll feel inspired as you regain control over this area of your life. Who knows what other positive impact it might have? ​ Of course, if you have special medical considerations you should consult with your physician or nutritionist to tailor a specific diet for your condition. But whether you design your diet by yourself, or work with a physician or nutritionist, our hypnotherapy sessions will help you stick to your plan while you have an amazing voyage of self-discovery and reach your goals sooner than you thought possible. You'll feel inspired as you regain control over this area of your life. GET STARTED NOW BOOK A FREE EVALUATION BOOK NOW "My life has really improved since going to Gary. Without getting into specifics, it has really changed my life and I'm forever grateful. I like that you see immediate changes and I'm a very practical person so I like that it's changes that people notice right away. He's very caring but most importantly effective." - Nhieu W. << Back to Services

INTERESTED IN PRIVATE SESSIONS? BOOK A FREE EVALUATION THERAPEUTIC LANGAUGE FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ON-SITE OR ONLINE Therapeutic Langauge for Medical Professionals Effective therapeutic communication is a form of hypnotic language. As a medical professional, you are viewed as an authority figure by your patients and as such you are in a position to deliver suggestions that can have a powerful therapeutic effect. ​ Effective languaging can lead to better outcomes, greater patient satisfaction, and increased referrals. ​ Classes conducted on-site or online. The format is entertaining and engaging and participants will come away with skills and knowledge they can use immediately. Contact Gary to discuss and arrange times. CONTACT GARY

GET STARTED NOW BOOK A FREE EVALUATION HOW IT WORKS EASY STEPS TO GET STARTED WITH HYPNOTHERAPY First, book a free evaluation Please book a free evaluation before you book your first hypnotherapy session. The evaluation can be done either by phone or Zoom video call. This gives me an opportunity to learn about your situation, answer your questions and make some recommendations. Then, book your first hypnotherapy session Hypnotherapy sessions are by appointment only. Booking is done on the Book a Session page . Choose either in-person or online sessions and you'll see available times on the calendar. Choose the date and time that works best for you. You’ll also see the rates and pay in advance for your session. How many sessions? Clients who come for help with a specific issue like getting rid of a fear, changing a habit, preparing for an exam, etc. typically see me for 3-4 weekly hypnosis sessions and get a great result. Once clients experience the benefits of hypnotherapy, they may discover other areas where it could be helpful, so the door is always open for more hypnotherapy sessions if desired. Another way for us to work is ongoing coaching and hypnotherapy. This is common for sports, entrepreneurs, performing artists and general personal development. For this work we may spread our hypnotic sessions over a longer period of time and have an ongoing relationship. ​ Each session will start with a brief discussion and then proceed into the hypnotherapy change work. We'll be making changes and addressing your concerns right from the start. About Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy ​ Hypnosis has a long and interesting history. Studies have shown it to be a safe and effective process that has many applications. Today it's being used in a wide variety of settings including medicine, sports, business, personal development, performing arts, psychology, sales and more. Hypnosis allows us to access aspects of our mental processes that run below our level of conscious awareness. Why is that important? Because many studies indicate that most of our emotional responses and primary behavior patterns are driven by unconscious processes. Along with unconscious protective responses we also have an amazing ability to instantly recognize and remember patterns in our environment and to learn complex behaviors and skills to the point they become automatic. Examples of automatic behaviors and skills include things like walking, driving, job skills and spoken language. Examples of automatic responses include things like "gut feelings", sense of direction, fears, panic, anxiety, excitement, attraction, and blushing. Once the behavior or response is encoded it may run automatically whenever the triggering pattern is recognized. ​ Overall, this works really well for us. It puts many things on autopilot so we can go about our business. But sometimes error creeps into the system and we end up with unwanted responses and behaviors. Examples of this include things like phobias, bad habits, anxiety etc. How does that happen? Anytime we're feeling a strong emotion, or receive a shock we may associate whatever's in the environment with that feeling or take in whatever suggestion is offered, especially if it's given by an authority figure like a parent, doctor or teacher.. We can also receive unwanted "training" of our unconscious via ads, peer pressure, social media, movies, family members and parents. Unwanted automatic behaviors and responses can be hard to stop using conscious methods like willpower or by simply talking about it. But when we use hypnosis, we can get to the root of the problem and change things easily. Hypnotherapy allows us to guide and retrain your unconscious processes so they serve you better. So how exactly does hypnotic work accomplish that? By communicating with the unconscious using its natural mode of communication. Through emotions, physical sensations, symbols, powerful words and a sense of involuntary or automatic behavior. Our work will leverage these elements through a variety of exercises and techniques to get the results you want. Our work will also bring certain things into your conscious awareness that will really help you. This is where Cognitive Skill Building comes in. You'll learn mindset tools you can use in certain situations to get the results you want. ​ Some of our work will be very interactive with a lot of conversation, while other techniques will be more like “classic” hypnosis. In certain cases I may ask you to bring your tennis racket, golf club or musical instrument to the session. We may even have a session at a golf course, auditorium, airport or other location where you've experienced a problem. When a set of sessions is completed, you'll enjoy the benefits of our work and also leave with a set of skills that will empower you far into the future. Is the information disclosed in the appointments confidential? Yes, absolutely. Your privacy will always be respected. Any reviews and testimonials shared have been done so with the permission of the clients who wanted to share their positive experiences to encourage others. Can you make me quit smoking? I don’t make people do things. I simply provide the opportunity and the means for my clients to make the changes they want to make. Do you give any kind of guarantee? I can guarantee that you will receive the highest quality care and service, and the highest level of professionalism on my part. I will do my very best to get you the results you want. You will be treated with respect and benefit from the most effective techniques the field has to offer. Enter your answer here If this description sounds good, I encourage you to book a free evaluation. The evaluation is a 15 min. phone call or Zoom session where you can share what's going on and we can decide together whether Hypnotherapy is a good fit for you. There's no obligation to book a session on the call. I look forward to speaking with you! -Gary BUSINESSES AND GROUPS PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR LEARN MORE

LEARN MORE CONTACT GARY THERAPEUTIC LANGUAGE FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL PROFESSIONALS Learn language patterns that can increase treatment effectiveness, lead to greater patient satisfaction and generate more referrals. Doctors, dentists, office staff and other medical professionals can increase their effectiveness and patient satisfaction through the skillful use of therapeutic language. As a medical professional, you are viewed as an authority figure by your patients and as such you are in a position to deliver suggestions that can have a powerful effect. The language you use with your patients has a tremendous impact. Every day is busy in the medical world and after repeating the same materials many times over, office staff and even doctors often take it for granted that patients will understand the good intentions behind their words. Unfortunately these brief exchanges are sometimes misinterpreted and may have an effect that actually makes your job harder and more stressful and your work less effective. Research shows that the mindset of a patient can have a huge impact on the outcome of any medical treatment. More and more medical professionals are becoming aware of the tremendous benefits good therapeutic communication provides. It can provide more patient comfort, less need for supplementary medications, and a feeling of empowerment and participation. It can also have a major positive impact on outcome and recovery time which leads to greater patient satisfaction, more referrals and fewer problems. The mindset of a patient can have a huge impact on the outcome of any medical treatment. Here's how I can help you develop powerful therapeutic language skills: Options for a Medical Office 1. Introduction to Therapeutic Language Concepts Therapeutic Communication Concepts is a 60-90 min. online or onsite introductory class for medical staff conducted at lunch break or another available time. The format is entertaining and engaging and participants will come away with skills and knowledge they can use immediately. Contact Gary to discuss and arrange times. 2. Therapeutic Language Intensive Workshop Therapeutic Communication Intensive is a 3.5 hr online or onsite intensive workshop on therapeutic communication for medical staff. Time and location will be as arranged by the medical practice. The class can be done online or in-person. The class combines break out practice of each hypnotic language pattern in an entertaining and engaging format. This is a more in-depth training that allows the skills to be drilled and internalized. Participants will come away with skills and knowledge they can use immediately. This is soft-skills technology that works. << Back to Services LEARN MORE PROGRAMS FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL PROFESSIONALS

GET STARTED NOW BOOK A FREE EVALUATION TARGET A GOAL LEVERAGE THE POWER OF HYPNOSIS Sometimes we reach a point in our lives, where we know deep down that something has to change. We either need to up our game if we want to advance on our current path or choose a different path that suits us more. You may be experiencing a lack of fullfillment at work, or have dreams that you'd love to realize but you can't seem to get started. Maybe you have a skill you're really good at, but seem to have reached a plateau. Maybe you just feel plain stuck and you're not sure why. ​ Guess what? You have a secret superpower. It's your unconscious, your "deeper mind." The neurological processes that run in the background 24/7 below your conscious awareness. Most of the time when you make a decision, you have a gut feeling about it, right? That's the deeper mind bringing something to your conscious awareness. The more we pay attention to these messages, the more we can leverage them. These are clues and opportunities you can use to reach your goal. DISCOVER YOUR PATH UNCONSCIOUS RESOURCES ACT WITH CONFIDENCE Your brain is constantly receiving sensory input, making connections and making calculations. Conscious awareness has a limited capacity for simultaneous processing, so the brain filters out things deemed by past experience to be impossible, inconsistent with your belief system or not essential to your survival and well-being. An enormous amount of information remains outside of conscious awareness by default all the time. It's a survival mechanism and it works. ​ This narrowing of awareness makes it possible for us to adapt to the fast pace of modern life, but it also makes it easy to get stuck with limited possibilities. Especially problematic for our personal development are limiting beliefs that filter out possibilities before we can truly consider them. ​ I can help you break through the limiting and outdated beliefs that may be holding you back. Hypnosis can stimulate awareness of new possibilities, while coaching and cognitive skill-building will help you put them into action. All of this will give you a feeling of regaining control, of being back in the drivers seat with a tremendous sense of confidence and empowerment. Our hypnotherapy sessions will help you move in a clear direction with a clear destination. Every day bringing you closer to your goal while you enjoy the process more than you thought possible. Guess what? You have a secret superpower...your deeper mind. GET STARTED NOW BOOK A FREE EVALUATION BOOK NOW We worked together a few years ago, the hypnosis I believed helped me quit smoking and graduate college. Hopefully you can help me with weight loss and stress relief. Thank you, ​ -Kevin S << Back to Services

GET STARTED NOW BOOK A FREE EVALUATION HYPNOTHERAPY SERVICES RESOLVE AN ISSUE, IMPROVE PERFORMANCE Private hypnotherapy sessions customized to your needs and your schedule. Confidential, safe, convenient and extremely effective. Click on the squares below to learn about areas where Hypnotherapy and related techniques consistently get great results. If you have a question about an area that's not listed, please get in touch . RELAX FOR DENTAL & MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS PEAK PERFORMANCE FOR SPORTS GET RID OF IRRATIONAL ANXIETY & FEARS PERFORMING ARTS MAGIC BE YOUR IDEAL WEIGHT TARGET A GOAL CONFIDENT PRESENTING AND SALES BOOST YOUR EXAM PERFORMANCE STRESS RELIEF STOP SMOKING HYPNO-COACHING FOR KIDS AND TEENS ONGOING COACHING AND SUPPORT BUSINESSES AND GROUPS PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR LEARN MORE

READY TO LEARN MORE? Back to Top BOOK A FREE ZOOM EVALUATION Discover how Hypnotherapy can help you Please choose a date and time for your free 15 min. Zoom Evaluation. ​ After you confirm this meeting with Gary Schwantes, you will be emailed with details and provided with a Zoom link for the video call.

GET STARTED NOW BOOK A FREE EVALUATION ABOUT GARY Hi, I'm Gary Schwantes and I'm a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Since 2010, I've been using Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, Coaching and Cognitive Skill Building techniques to help my clients improve their performance and free themselves from unwanted emotional responses and unwanted behaviors. I've trained with the best in the field and I'm constantly learning, improving and refining my work. I do online or in person hypnotherapy sessions with individuals as well as groups. My approach to hypnosis is practical and solution-oriented, utilizing powerful techniques that deliver great results. I use language that's easy to understand and you'll always be treated with respect. You’ll be an active participant in the hypnotic process and empowered with the tools you need to continue the positive transformation long after our hypnotherapy sessions are over. Not only have I helped numerous clients with hypnotherapy, but I have personally benefitted from these techniques as well. They are incredibly valuable and effective and I can’t imagine life without them. ​ People have sought my services to help them achieve goals, to overcome performance anxiety as a musician, to prepare for and recover from major surgery, to change habits, for relief of chronic pain, to prepare for exams, to prepare for difficult life challenges, to get rid of disabling fear and anxiety, to overcome grief and loss, to get in the “flow” state for presentations and to improve performance in many areas. I have helped my clients in all of these areas and more. ​ What area of your life would you like to improve? Find out how hypnotherapy can benefit you by booking a free evaluation or reaching out by phone, e-mail or text. I look forward to speaking with you! GARY SCHWANTES MFA, CCH CHt Clinical Hypnotherapist NLP Master Practioner California Teaching Credential TRAINING Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Palo Alto School of Hypnotherapy CCH 3211 ​Professional Hypnotherapy Diploma, Jacquin Hypnosis Academy Trance and Deep Changework Certification, Stephen Gilligan, Bill O'Hanlon, Tim Hallbom, NLP Institute of California (NLPCA) Psychological Illusion Model, Jorgen Rasmussen Impromtu Hypnosis, James Brown ​Mindscaping, Mike Mandel NLP Practitioner/Master Practitioner Certification-NLP Institute of California (NLPCA) Arrow Technique Certification, Jacquin Hypnosis Academy F.A.S.T. techniques training, Karl Smith, Kevin Laye Hypnosis Skills Training, James Tripp​ Mirroring Hands Certification, Richard Hill, Ernest L. Rossi The Bengston Energy Healing Method®, Bill Bengston Ericksonian Hypnotherapy for Pain Control, John Parke, HCH Institute Working with Cancer Patients and Caregivers, Don Mottin, National Guild of Hypnotists Stop Smoking Certification, Don Mottin, National Guild of Hypnotists Weight Loss Certification, Don Mottin, National Guild of Hypnotists Extensive Teaching experience, K-Adult, Reading Comprehension and Music California Teaching Credential, Music, K-Adult, San Francisco State University MFA, Music, Mills College, Oakland, CA Certified Member, National Guild of Hypnotists Certified Member Jacquin Professional Hypnotherapy Association

SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS LEARN MORE GET STARTED NOW BOOK A FREE EVALUATION RELAX FOR DENTAL & MEDICAL APPTS THE HEALING MINDSET You can achieve the best possible outcome from your dental appointments, surgery and other medical procedures through the use of hypnotherapy, targeted imagination and powerful mindset tools. If you have a medical procedure coming up like surgery, childbirth, dental work, MRI, blood draw, etc., our hypnotherapy sessions can help you prepare so that you get the best possible outcome. The body and mind are really one system and research shows that the mindset of a patient can have a huge impact on the outcome of any medical treatment. More and more medical professionals are becoming aware of the tremendous benefits hypnotherapy can offer patients, including less need for supplementary medications, more patient comfort, and a feeling of empowerment and participation experienced by the patient. And very importantly, studies have shown that hypnotherapy can have a major positive impact on outcome and recovery time. SPEEDY RECOVERY POSITIVE FOCUS HEALING MINDSET Many people experience unnecessary fears, doubts, and stress regarding medical procedures. This can lead to a situation where "part" of you wants to do the procedure and knows it will be helpful while another "part" of you resists the process. This type of conflict can make the procedure more difficult and can slow your recovery. The negative feelings may be based on a past experience, something you heard, or even well intentioned but unhelpful statements made by healthcare professionals. ​ Hypnosis will allow you to have a much easier procedure and a quicker recovery. Many studies have shown that hypnotherapy is an extremely effective enhancement for many medical treatments. We welcome the opportunity to work with your doctor to allow you to have the best possible outcome. The mindset of a patient can have a huge impact on the outcome of any medical treatment. GET STARTED NOW BOOK A FREE EVALUATION BOOK NOW Gary was my life saver. After seeing him, blood drawing was a piece of cake. I never knew I would put on a smile after sitting on that chair. I was able to walk in and out that lab within 5 minutes. I highly recommend Gary. - Chloris W. Gary is a fantastic hypnotherapist...I did reach my goal of complete natural birth without any interventions.... Highly recommended to have the session down with Gary! ​ - Kun L. << Back to Services