increased considerably. | am more relaxed, less anxious, and sleep through the night now, waking refreshed. My confidence and self-es- teem have grown tremendously as a result of this last year. | am well ‘on my way to completing my radio broadcasting work at college, and am looking forward to employment next summer. P.L-M.; With Sally's help, I discovered what real sightedness skills are all about. A video presentation of this case study was delivered at the Professional Seminar at The Monroe Institute, July 1990. The video- tape runs approximately 64 minutes and is available for purchase through Natural Learning Systems, 5745 SOM Center Road, Cleve- land, OH 44139-2330. (216) 349-1148. é HEMI-SYNC APPLICATIONS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY by Joseph Gallenberger, PhD Joseph Gallenberger is a clinical psychologist with eighteen years of experience as a psychotherapist in numerous settings. For the past eight years he has offered services such as insight psychotherapy, marital counseling, relaxation training, and trauma recovery to his private outpatient clients, He is experienced in training and supervis- --- PAGE 5 (OCR) --- Spring 1991 ing other therapists, and is a certified Monroe Institute GATEWAY OUTREACH Trainer. He and his wife, Charlene Gallenberger, PAD, are the directors of The Open Center in Hendersonville, North Carolina, where the GATE- WAY OUTREACH programs are offered. The Open Center also plans to offer group programs that blend Hemi-Sync technology and clinical
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instruction on issues such as sleep improvement, marriage enrich- ment, and adjustment to multiple sclerosis. Recently, clients and tl surance companies have pressed for briefer treatment. This presents me with a challenge, as I want therapy to be a learning experience for the individual and not just an exercise in temporary symptom relief. Thave addressed the challenge of providing rapid treatment while increasing the client’s self-understanding by using The Monroe Institute Hemi-Sync tapes. This article gives a few examples of how this method has worked over the last three years. Names and circum- stances have been modified to guard confidentiality. Ann was referred for hypnosis. It was essential that she have a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) test as soon as possible to check for a brain tumor. She had already failed to complete the test three times, even with calming medications. The MRI involves the person remaining motionless inside a very cramped tube for hours as the machine noisily takes pictures of the brain. Many people who have no difficulty with small spaces have intense anxiety reactions in the MRI. It is not desirable to anesthetize the person for the procedure because it interferes with their being monitored well while in the tube. The MRI team reported that, in their experience, no one who was even moderately claustrophobic had ever completed the test. ‘When Ann was a child, her father had held her head underwater,
in the toilet, as punishment. Her mother was extremely anxious and critical. Ann had also been trapped in two fires. During a school fire, she had hidden in a locker. She could not get out and was not found until the locker was filled with smoke. In the second fire she had been unable to leave a skyscraper for hours, until a fire below was con- tained. As a result of these and other experiences, Ann had been extremely claustrophobic for thirty years. She had not been able to enter an elevator, or to fly in an airplane. Ann was motivated for change but naturally frightened about the MRI and the possible results of the test. She was pessimistic about ever tolerating a space as small as an elevator for five minutes, even with other people there to comfort her. The thought of remaining motionless and alone for hours in the coffin-like MRI filled her with dread. We met for twelve one-hour sessions in three weeks. She was immediately given the H-PLUS tapes Relax, Let Go, and Off-Loading, and the MIND FOOD tapes Energy Walk and Morning Exercise. She practiced with them diligently. After a week, we began to use the H- PLUS tape format to enter a relaxed, light hypnotic state during alternating sessions. Here we explored in more detail the origins of her fear of being trapped, and used imagery to rehearse successful completion of the MRI test. The images of being surrounded by protective white light, and of mentally expanding the space seemed particularly useful.