In Milwaukie Hypnosis service dissolves myths concerning craft Accredited Hypnotist’s director Hal Leonard. Photo by Duffy Coffman. By Kelly Laughlin Of The Print We all have a mental picture > of the hypnotist: he enters the room dressed in a dark robe, his head wrapped in a turban. He has large, dilated eyes, and the power to put everyone in the room, including his pet | poodle, into a deep trance. The dog begins speaking Fren ch, and everyone else barks. According to Hal Leonard, ¿director of Accredited Hyp notists of the Pacific Northwest, located on McLoughlin Boulevard in Milwaukie, the above is not only a myth, but “It gives our business a bad name,” he said. As the only accredited hyp notherapy service in the state, Accredited Hypnotists does business of its own at the .Milwaukie office, and provides referrals to 26 other similar establishments in the Portland- Vancouver area. Accredited Hypnotists professes to rise above the sometimes obscure, sometimes bizarre state of the art, by describing and practicing the profession in clear and un- “mystifying terms. Said Leonard, “Our association was formed so the profession would reach a higher lever of sophistication.” With a 96 to 98 percent suc cess rate in correcting weight problems, insomnia, smoking, memory problems, speech im pediments, fingernail biting, thumb sucking, bed wetting, and a host of other un desirables, Accredited Hyp notists must be doing something right. The training students of hypnotism receive through Ac credited Hypnotists is rigorous. To become a technician, the student must work under an accredited therapist for 100 hours, and log another 500 hours to begin working "in dependently. Students must also be able to demonstrate their ability. Said hyp notherapist Bill Dorrenbacher, “all the study in the world won’t do you any good unless you can put someone under.” About 90 percent of Ac credited Hypnotists’ clients come through word of mouth referral, according to hyp notherapist Glenn Lamaster. “A lot of them come from our competition,” he said. The competition? “They’re the game show hypnotists,” said a beginning hypnotism student, Darlene Stover. “The ones who put people on stage and make them look stupid.” Or, said Lamaster, “they read a ‘nice’ $2 book and think they have all the answers.” Unlike their competition, the Accredited Hypnotists said their responsibility is to guide clients over specific problems. Wednesday, February 27, 1980 SN: OL0055 “They feed us the necessary ingredients about their problem, and we help them in getting over it,” said Lamark. The hypnotherapists dispell the fallacies concerning hyp notism in its most sensational form. Ironically, “game show” hypnotism, however ineffec tive, has existed parallel to trusted or accredited forms of hypnosis, and continues to receive more publicity and public attention than its coun terpart. “Someday, we hope it will die completely,” said Lamark. Hypnotherapist Dorren bacher said it is impossible to hypnotize someone without the person’s desire to be put under the power of suggestion. “All hypnotism is self-hypnotism,” he said. The client “must be willing—if our suggestions are to be accepted, translated in to the subconscious, and acted upon. If he or she rejects it, there will be no reaction.” (This reporter, who sat beside a hypnotism student, gathered from the remark that Lamark made—“Don’t look at her too closely, she’s pretty good at it”—that she could have really put me under.) Of course, the hypnotists do their work only for a price. The hypnotherapists at the Ac credited Hypnotists organization contend that their rates are negotiable, depending on the financial status of the prospective client, “but the base rate is $50 an hour,” said Leonard. The time it takes to correct a problem varies as much as the number of clients, and their eventual remedies. The five practicing hyp notherapists at the Milwaukie office admit that their word has little prospect for success unless “there is 100 percent motivation from the client,” said Lamaster. Dorrenbacher commented, “We only take clients to the spot where they want to go, and this is because we know what they’re in here for.” There’s no “stock formula” for treatment. According to the therapists, it all depends on the individual. And sometimes,, they said, the client is turned Guest lecturers keep workshop fresh, vital If guest lecturers help to keep the Carolyn Taylor/Carol Petersen Wellness Workshop fresh and vital, ..their third an nual presentation on Saturday should be another resounding success. According to Petersen, this year’s workshop will feature nutritionist Jane Abbott, biofeedback lecturer Ruth Kir chner, masseuse Virginia Lissitz, and Middle Eastern dance instructors Jeani McLena and Joanna Pratt, in a well-organized program em phasizing the holistic approach to physical and mental well being. Petersen also credits the audiences at prior workshops with “keeping it fresh.” Past Wellness Workshops, termed “special events,” have in variably drawn the largest par ticipation of any Focus on Women activity. “This year we’re' doing something that we have not done previously,” said Peter sen. “We’re allotting a longer time for each of the topics, but the people are going to have to pick which ones they want to see.” The workshop, which will be held in the College Community Center Mall, will cost $15 and last from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in cluding a “nutritious lunch,” served in the cafeteria. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Attendance at the Wellness Workshop qualifies participants for one unit of College credit. over to another therapist, if a personality conflict arises. “We are not here for a clash of wills,” said Dorrenbacher. “We just want to get the job done.” The hypnotherapists have no far-fetched definition for hypnosis. 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