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Understanding Hypnosis

A beginner's guide to best practices

Awe
8 Ways of Achieving Perspective

Ran D. Anbar M.D. on September 7, 2024

Learning to achieve and maintain perspective can help people cope better with life challenges.

Learning to achieve and maintain perspective can help people cope better with life challenges.

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Therapy
6 Metaphors for Healing

Ran D. Anbar M.D. on August 17, 2024

The use of metaphors can help patients become more comfortable with the therapeutic process and can therefore make therapy more effective.

The use of metaphors can help patients become more comfortable with the therapeutic process and can therefore make therapy more effective.

Fear
How to Treat Fear of Needles

Ran D. Anbar M.D. on July 20, 2024

Therapy directed at the source of fears is often helpful, including through the use of hypnosis and interactions with the subconscious.

Therapy directed at the source of fears is often helpful, including through the use of hypnosis and interactions with the subconscious.

Unconscious
Subconscious Thoughts About Life and Beyond

Ran D. Anbar M.D. on June 30, 2024

Each of us has the ability to access information from our subconscious through quieting our conscious minds and listening to the voice from within.

Each of us has the ability to access information from our subconscious through quieting our conscious minds and listening to the voice from within.

Dopamine
Affecting the Psychology of Baseball Players

Ran D. Anbar M.D. on June 22, 2024

A Personal Perspective: Paying attention to the psychology of players is an essential part of achieving optimal success in sports.

A Personal Perspective: Paying attention to the psychology of players is an essential part of achieving optimal success in sports.

Memory
Can Memory Be Trusted?

Ran D. Anbar M.D. on June 15, 2024

A Personal Perspective: Without clear video evidence, why can no one be certain whether a memory accurately represents what has occurred?

A Personal Perspective: Without clear video evidence, why can no one be certain whether a memory accurately represents what has occurred?

Family Dynamics
Counseling the World Family

Ran D. Anbar M.D. on June 1, 2024

How can we improve our interactions with each other and contribute to more peaceful and successful resolutions to the many conflicts we face today?

How can we improve our interactions with each other and contribute to more peaceful and successful resolutions to the many conflicts we face today?

Career
5 Factors in Finding Passion in Your Career

Ran D. Anbar M.D. on May 25, 2024

Keys to finding one’s passion include patience, willingness to explore many new experiences, and engaging in activities that allow you to joyfully express your life values.

Keys to finding one’s passion include patience, willingness to explore many new experiences, and engaging in activities that allow you to joyfully express your life values.

Hypnosis
How Positive Input Can Change Lives

Ran D. Anbar M.D. on May 4, 2024

A Personal Perspective: We can work on using positivity to help others better appreciate themselves and grow closer to their full potential.

A Personal Perspective: We can work on using positivity to help others better appreciate themselves and grow closer to their full potential.

Unconscious
Contemplating Our Role in the Universe

Ran D. Anbar M.D. on April 27, 2024

Interactions with the subconscious through hypnosis provide glimpses of some thinking patterns underlying spiritual thoughts.

Interactions with the subconscious through hypnosis provide glimpses of some thinking patterns underlying spiritual thoughts.