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Thanks so much to each of you who are following this conversation. Thank you for all the suggestions and comments, and additional questions. Here are a few thoughts on topics you have raised.

Dear Wendy,
Thanks for your questions about the sexually abused woman and her new baby. It is very common, in fact predictable, that childhood sexual abuse memories and intrusive thoughts will plague people who have not fully released their sexual abuse on the very deepest levels during and after giving birth to new babies. You mentioned that you did three or four sessions with her; however, they did not sound like our typical Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy release sessions. She needs to do the deeper age regression work regardless of whether they put her on anti-depressants or not.
While people are in their Internships and PTI groups, I often hear the comment, Oh no, not my sexual abuse again! I am so tired of that. Arent I finished with that issue yet?
Sexual abuse is a very traumatic abuse of the Soul, and must continue to be healed on the deepest of levels. This fear that your client has is a perfect place to start her next session. Have her go to the most recent time she felt the fear that she would hurt or kill her baby. The baby she is afraid will be hurt is a terrified part of herself that she is projecting onto this baby.  She needs to get this from her own awareness through the Heart-Centered therapy, so dont tell her but instead allow her to realize it through her work. In the session, when you are healing her inner child after her age regressions, have her connect with her baby (in the form of a second teddy bear), and assure both children that she will keep them safe.
It sounds to me like there is a lot more to this story than sexual abuse; perhaps she was unwanted and there was a contemplated or actual abortion attempt. The womb may have felt toxic or threatening to her. So it is great that you did the womb cleansing and the Ro-han and the discussion about hormones. They are good tools, but they do not get to the source of her terror. Also, group therapy at the hospital will not get her there. 
Again, we want to let her own subconscious mind go back to the source of the fear of killing the baby and resolve the conflict. So you need to do the deeper work with her and if there is a PTI group that she could attend, that would be the best! So refrain from focusing on the anti-depressants right now and just encourage her to come weekly to do this work. This baby is an opportunity for her to heal her issues on a very deep level and I hope she will take it. She is lucky she has you and all the great resources you have to offer her.
Let me know what happens.
Dear Dennis,
Thank you so much for joining in the blogosphere with us. I will speak to your first comment about your office space and releasing emotions. I have found it essential that I, as the therapist, feel completely at ease with the clients outward expression of feelings. That includes being emotionally at ease as well as physically. I have worked in spaces where I felt like you did as far as being concerned about disturbing the neighbors, etc. I found myself becoming more and more tense about the work and that actually does inhibit the client’s expression, of course.
So it is essential that your space is conducive to full expression of sounds and emotions in order for the client to feel relaxed and to achieve the emotional catharsis so necessary to real healing. Remember resistance to anything is fear; whether it is your fear or the clients, it still causes them to resist!
Regarding advertisement, I do feel that a separate web site for your promotion of the hypnotherapy is a very good idea. Why? Because I know this will draw people to you who are looking for what you have and then you dont have to waste valuable therapy time educating them on the benefits of hypnotherapy and trying to convince them to do it.
There are more and more people worldwide who know the benefits of hypnotherapy and are out there searching for someone just like you, in Denmark or anywhere else. So setting this up on a web site will be beneficial to you as well as to the clients who are really needing help.
Good luck!
Dear Maureen,
Thank you so much for finding us in the blogosphere. I have treated one major case of epilepsy with hypnotherapy with great results. She no longer has seizures and can drive without danger. However, her epilepsy was caused from an accident during her twenties and was not from childhood.
In terms of using hypnosis with an individual diagnosed with epilepsy, one useful suggestion is to use an “active-alert” induction rather than the customary “passive-relaxation” hypnotic induction. A relaxation-based induction may exacerbate certain disturbing somatic experiences. Find a previously learned skilled activity for the client to focus on during the induction which will permit the experience of a highly focused but relaxed state conducive to therapeutic interaction. An example in the literature is the playing of the computer game Tetris (American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 44:2, October 2001). This approach to induction bears similarity to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s principle of flow, in that it involves a dissociated engagement in a subjectively meaningful, skill-based activity. The article is available on the Resources page for members of the Heart-Centered Therapies Association: search for “The Use of a Skill-Based Activity in Therapeutic Induction” by W. E. Winter. Or just click here.
There may well be physical causes of emotional symptoms. Recent studies reported depression in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (Tebartz van Elst et al., Biological Psychiatry, 46:1614-23, 1999). Epilepsy is mentioned as one source of stress that leads to dissociation (Harvard Mental Health Letter, January 2005). Bessel A. Van Der Kolk found apparent similarities between some aspects of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, PTSD, and some long term sequelae of childhood trauma (Anxiety Research, U.K., 1992, volume 4, pp. 199-212).
Let me know how your work with this client progresses.
Thank you for your interest, your comments and questions, and let’s keep the conversation going.

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Ginkgo biloba includes active ingredients of Ginkgo such as flavone glycosides, bioflavins, sitosterol, lactones and anthocyanin. One of the most important active ingredients, ginkgolide, has been clinically shown to be an effective heart tonic, helping to maintain a healthy regular heart beat. (Koltai M, Tosaki A, Hosford D, Braquet P. Ginkgolide B protects isolated hearts against arrhythmias induced by ischemia but not reperfusion. Eur J Pharmacol 1989;May 19;164(2):293-302). Studies also indicate that Ginkgo biloba can support the healthy viscosity of blood. (Santos RF, Galdurz JC, Barbieri A, Castiglioni ML, Ytaya LY, Bueno OF. Cognitive performance, SPECT, and blood viscosity in elderly non-demented people using Ginkgo biloba Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de So Paulo-Escola Paulista de Medicina, Brazil. PMID: 12905098). Recent studies have demonstrated this herbs ability to support cardiac health. (He M, Zhang XM, Yuan HQ. Clinical study on treatment of pulmonary interstitial fibrosis with ginkgo extract Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing. 25(3):222-4. PMID: 15842142) (Schneider B. Ginkgo biloba extract in peripheral arterial diseases. Meta-analysis of controlled clinical studies. Arzneimittelforschung 1992;Apr; 42(4): 428-36.) Further studies have highlighted Ginkgo biloba as a natural antioxidant with regards to cardiac health (Shen J-G, Zhou D-Y. Efficiency of Ginkgo biloba extract (EGb 761) in antioxidant protection against myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury. Biochem Mol Biol Int 1995;35:125-134). (Akiba S, Kawauchi T, Oka T, Hashizume T, Sato T. Inhibitory effect of the leaf extract of ginkgo biloba L. on oxidative stress-induced platelet aggregation. Biochem Mol Biol Int 1998;Dec;46(6):1243-8). Ginkgo biloba has also been studied for its circulatory tonic benefits. (Pittler MH, Ernst E. Ginkgo biloba extract for the treatment of intermittent claudication: a meta-analysis of randomized trials. Am J Med. 2000;108:276281). (Jung F, Mrowietz C, Kiesewetter H, et al. Effect of Ginkgo biloba on fluidity of blood and peripheral micro-circulation in volunteers. Arzneimittelforschung. 1990;40:589593) (Schweizer J, Hautmann C. Comparison of two dosages of Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761 in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease Fontaines Stage IIb. A randomized, double-blind, multicentric clinical trial. Arzneimittelforschung. 1999,49:900904). (Muir AH, Robb R, McLaren M, et al. The use of Ginkgo biloba in Raynauds disease: a double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Vasc Med. 2002;7:265-7).

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In fact, giving birth to a child is the dream of every woman, but there are a number of women who are unable to give birth because of some physical problems like infertility. But now, the scientists of medical science have discovered and formulated a medication, canadian Clomid, which stimulates the release of hormones which are necessary for ovulation to occur.
Clomid in brief
Canadian Clomid, generically known as Clomiphene is available through prescription in 50mg, round. Patients buy Clomid to arouse ovulation when her ovaries can produce a follicle but hormonal stimulation is deficient. In medical terminology, Clomid is chemically a synthetic estrogen with both agonist and antagonist properties. In fix objective tissues, it can block the capability of estrogen to attach with its matching receptor. Its clinical use is to resist the negative feedback of estrogens on the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis, which enhances the release of LH and FSH.
Intake guidelines of Clomid
You are advised to buy and use Clomid as per your doctors guidelines. Moreover, when you buy Clomid, you must check the label on the medicine for exact dosing instructions. However, this medication may be taken with or without food. If you want good results of this medication, then properly timed sexual intercourse is important because ovulation usually occurs 5 to 10 days after a dose of Clomid.
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eating disorder treatment program that will help them to see why it is they are causing harm to themselves and why they need to act this way and develop a treatment plan that will start the recovery process.
Anorexia and Bulimia are disorders that are well hidden by the people suffering through them.  Eventually people who suffer from these disorders will show extreme physical signs. Although people will comment on their excessive thinness they will still view themselves as overweight and continue to either starve themselves or binge and purge their food. The need to be thin is so important they are constantly devising ways to further achieve their goal. Each disorder has their own devastating effects on the body and without Bulimia or Anorexia treatment will continue their self destruction until they die from the side effects of their disorder.
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Hey! I am 22 years old and in november of last year I was prescribed levaquin for a UTI that was very mild. I took 2 pills for two days as my doctor instructed me to. The first day was totally fine, but when I took the second pill, that entire day seemed different. I was having heart palpitations that were rather far apart. You know One here and there. Well that night I layed down to go to sleep and began experiencing major panic and more intense heart palpitaions. I do not have a history of either one. In fact I was completely healthy before this antibiotic. I had a panic attack so bad, my face and ears were burning and it felt as though someone were trying to suffocate me with a pillow. I ended up in the ER and all they can tell me was that I was more than likely having an anxiety attack. For days this went on and eventually I began having out of body experiences along with severe depression. I hadnt slept for days and if I tried, I would get this electric shock feeling  that woke me up in flight or fight mode as soon as I was drifting off to sleep, so I guess I was never actually asleep. I was so desparate for sleep I ended up being prescribed ambien. It did nothing for me. I also had to be put on Lexapro for depression which I think helped a bit, but when I went in to get it. I was crying and absolutely devistated for no reason. Once again I was desparate. I Knew that day I took that second dose of levaquin that this quinolone was doing this to me. It was the only thing I had been taking. Plus I looked it up online as soon as I felt these noticable feelings. Im almost 8 months in and nearly recovered other than my knees aching and tmj that develpoed from clenching in my sleep. I do have a very important question though. I may be pregnant and want to know if this would harm the baby? I am 99% recovered. I dont have too much pain in my knees and jaw as much, but even if they snapped into pieces I would be happy as long as the mental torture never returns.

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For years, people have believed that cholesterol is the major cause of heart disease. But as more and more people are diagnosed with heart diseases, efforts to expose the cholesterol lie have been taken. Dr. Dwight Lundell is one the experts who have looked deeper into the cholesterol lie and he has found a real cure for heart disease.

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