Lynton Friedman is not a medical doctor and when clients choose Sanlyn Wellness to lose weight, the two therapies incorporated to reach their goals are Psychotherapy and Hypnotherapy.  It is recommended that depending on the amount of weight loss and health concerns, that they check in with their doctor during the process.

"Lynton Friedman of Sanlyn Wellness has had a high success rate of clients shedding pounds and feeling better about themselves. It has been discovered with many years of counselling that individuals were focused on instantaneous gratification and have had to dispel this myth to them when it comes to shedding down the weight. Depending on how much weight is required to be taken off, the weight loss program can range from 6-15 sessions. Some clients have enjoyed the way therapies have been administered and stayed longer working on other issues that are beyond the realm of weight loss."

The important factor to remember that has created success with our clients was that weight had to be systematically reduced.  Usually 1.5-2.5 lbs were suggested through hypnotic suggestions to be lost on a weekly basis until the weight loss goal number had been reached. The client was made aware that the ultimate goal was the reduction of weight, however the process could be lengthy and in order not to get despondent, Lynton Friedman found that by allowing the clients to see small changes such as a pair of jeans becoming looser or a lessening of the impulse for a certain type of food, that the process was on track and the realistic goals were within reach.

Hypnotherapy was reinforced over a number of weeks with various different suggestions implemented into the subconscious mind, so as to change the habits that had been formed over many years.  Lynton has been well trained in inquiry and figuring out trigger points which contributed to the overall goal of losing weight.  Weight loss is multi faceted and underlying emotional factors such as perfectionism and self esteem play a huge role in negative processing.  Hypnotherapeutic suggestions were also used in conjunction with the goal setting numbers to produce a double whammy effect on the subconscious mind.

Psychotherapy has also highly effective in learning about the personalities of the clients that have come to see Lynton Friedman of Sanlyn Wellness.  Emotional eating was prevalent in many individuals that were taken through inquiry in the initial sessions.  Using talk therapy Lynton was able to see that with some clients that there was a correlations when they were lacking sweet interpersonal relationships, sugar became their substitute sweetness and when they were feeling bitter about life they chose to find salty potato chips as compensation.  Using this information, suggestions were incorporated into scripts to shift this processing.  Lynton Friedman is also able to do regressive Hypnotherapy and zoom into the first time they felt these feelings and change the mindset to a more positive outlook.  This has tended to reduce the level or desire for the food and certain flavour that is being craved.

If this resonates with you, call Sanlyn Wellness and Lynton Friedman would be glad to support you in getting you to feel better about how you see and view yourself.  Let us help you shed those beliefs and extra pounds.

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"Sanlyn Wellness has had success with clients because of empathy and listening very carefully to what is occurring in the clients lives. The role of Lynton Friedman is to guide the clients, by allowing them to piece back together the puzzle of negative emotions they feel in a more positive healthy manner."

Psychotherapy has been particularly useful in this arena because often times clients are so wound up that they do not have time to feel or breathe.  One way Lynton helped clients was by getting them to connect to their feelings through some Body Psychotherapy techniques.  These can be explored more fully in sessions at the Centre.  Breathing exercises are also taught to allow the clients to bring themselves back into homeostasis and these have been shown to help improve clarity.  With some of the fog lifted, personal space and boundary techniques were reinforced with the clients allowing for a less reactive response to people around them.  This in turn tends to help reduce pain in the body which can be a natural reaction to the body being out of balance.  Clients are also taught to take some time to themselves so they can actually feel the changes taking place.

Hypnotherapy is another phenomenal tool to use when clients have been stressed.  General relaxation and anchoring techniques were used to create stress reduction success for the clients that Lynton had seen.  Teaching the mind to switch off could be difficult.  Hypnotherapy is effective in reducing thoughts and in fact some clients have actually over the years wanted to stay in the Hypnosis process because it is the first time in a while that they had actually chosen to quiet down their mind to a peep.  Lynton Friedman would naturally bring them back into waking awareness.  Nobody can indefinitely stay in a hypnotic state.  Hypnosis has also been beneficial in allowing the clients to find trigger emotions that were sometimes causing psychosomatic pain in the body.  Sanlyn Wellness has used a number of Hypnotherapy techniques to reduce the pain to in order to find some of the repressed emotions that may be bringing about the stress and anxiety which comes with pain in the body, mind and spirit.

Lynton Friedman and his extensive experience has shown using both the modalities mentioned above in this article to have been the most effective way to keep the stress levels at bay. Sanlyn Wellness does keep in mind that some people may be adverse to Hypnosis and Lynton has been good at educating the effects of using this technique to reinforce the positivity.

If you are interested in becoming less stressed and are looking for a therapist with experience to teach you how to make your life simpler and less reactive.  Call today or email to find out more about whether these techniques can work for you.

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"With any type of Hypnotherapy process, the quieting of the mind chatter is a strong barometer for the success of the program. Every client that comes to Sanlyn Wellness has a differing degree of how strong their conscious mind is and how receptive their subconscious mind can be to suggestions for habit change. Without giving away specific details, examples are provided in this context that are generic as to protect the confidentiality of the clients."

Sanlyn Wellness has had clients eliminate smoking 25 cigarettes a day in as little as 1 session by closely listening to their reasons for wanting to end their smoking habit.  Some of the reasons were health related, while others were new relationships or the birth of a child etc.  Compassion and listening by Lynton were instrumental in allowing clients to feel safe and secure.  This made it easier for specific suggestions to be implemented, which had been discussed during the initial inquiry phase of the session.  There were however times where the conscious mind had deep and intense defenses in place that made it more difficult to stop smoking after 1 session.  There were some clients that had taken up to 4 sessions to quit smoking only 7-8 cigarettes a day because as mentioned above the defenses were stronger and the need to control situations were more focused in the forefront.  This is where Psychotherapy is used to figure out why the defenses are being resistant to change.  Lynton Friedman is well trained in both modalities and the combination of the techniques usually leads to a good result for the clients.  Reinforcement is also key to success of the suggestions sinking into the core subconscious part of the brain.

Lynton Friedman looks at the ROI, this is the rate of return on the investment.  With a high success rate at Sanlyn Wellness and not a huge amount being spent through the program, you are going to be saving a lot of money and improving your health over the long run.  To provide an example of this, let us use a client who smokes 25 cigarettes a day at $10.00/pack.  Take 7 days of the week and you are looking at $70.00 per week.  Take the $70.00 and times it by 4 and you are spending $280.00 a month.  Take $280.00 and times it by 12 and you have $3360.00 a year.  Take $3360.00 and times it by 12 years and you have $40,320.00 to spend on vacations, renovations for the house or to put into a retirement plan to name a few things.

Call us to find out more about the smoking cessation program and we would be glad to answer your questions.

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The style of therapy that Lynton Friedman used in Relationship Counselling was an approach of effective listening and being an impartial mediator to the situations being presented in the sessions.  One of the key success strategies was to have the two parties make direct eye contact with one another and talk to each other while observations were made with the intention of bridging the gaps of the issues that were presented.  Another variable that was brought clearly into awareness was the concept of invaders within relationships.  These concepts can be discussed more in detail within sessions at the Centre.

"Couples Counselling at Sanlyn Wellness is slightly different from individual counselling as the empathic approach is too soft. More directive therapy is essential for the success of keeping the relationship together. All avenues are explored to see if there are solutions to bring resolution or a spark back into the relationship or marriage. The success rate of being able to keep the relationship moving forward in a healthy manner has been high. "

One example of a success story was Lyntons first ever Couples Counselling session at the early stages of his therapeutic career. Due to confidentiality, the story and details will be so sparse so as to keep the identities from being discovered.  To sum the relationship in one sentence, the wife was at her wits end with her husband and was ready to walk out of the relationship.  As this was at the beginning of my practice, I was in my late 20’s and the clients were almost double my age.  I clearly remember the husband saying to me in a stern voice, “How are you going to help us, you have no life experience and are so younger than we have been married”.  I composed myself and responded with “All I ask of you is to sit in here for one session, if I am not what you are looking for, feel free to seek out another counsellor”.  I am excited to say that working together  with both of them and then individually for a short time, that that couple is still together and in a healthier relationship than they had ever been.

Communication and the language of love are vital for Couples Counselling.  From past experiences with this type of therapy, knowing what your partner is looking for in the form of love is so important for growth.  Another success that has been effective in allowing couples to reconcile is the concepts of Independence and Interdependence in the relationship.

If you are struggling to find balance with your partner, feeling overwhelmed of under-appreciated in your relationship, give Sanlyn Wellness a call or email us to set up an appointment.

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