each pulled away, being afraid of injuring his tender skin by hugging him. At eighteen months old, the age of highest separation anxiety, he was too young to handle this “rejection.” Reexperiencing this allowed him to make rapid progress on many rejection-related issues in his current life, and released him from the burden of lack of self- confidence, as he began to fulfill his potential. . it has been deeply satisfying to have a new tool which seems so safe and effective. The clarity and usefulness of his altered state within the first “hypnotic” session is in marked contrast to my experience using conventional hypnosis with similar goals. Usually such quality work during hypnosis occurs after more than ten sessions, if ever, and then not as easily. A final example also points out the powerful entrainment effects of Hemi-Sync. Beth was a bright, hard-driving, middle manager who was being severely hampered at her job by budgetary and political pressures. She had been in therapy two months and was using Wave I at home. Beth came to a session very angry and distressed. She wanted to enter a meditative state and get answers to questions, but she was too upset. So we talked of all the work pressures and feelings that she was having. Ten minutes before the end of the session, I suggested that she could simply take a breath, close her eyes, relax, go to Focus 12, and get high-quality answers to her concerns. | then fed her five
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questions which were relevant to the meaning of her situation. Beth obtained immediate answers which she and I both felt were profound and perfectly on target. This gave her a sense of a quantum leap in control and expanded her definition of self. Therapeutic alliance was deepened. She saw how she could employ the same technique during the agonizing parts of her business day and left with renewed purpose and confidence. Asa therapist, it has been deeply satisfying to havea new tool which seems so safe and effective. It has helped me be a better therapist. My confidence and enjoyment in my work have increased. Neither clients nor therapists enjoy wallowing in the negativity of the discovery phase of therapy, and often feel little bit lostas to how to implement changes rapidly and effectively once desired changes are targeted. Hemi-Sync tapes can help many shorten the unpleasant and uncertain phases of therapy, leaving more time and resources for growth, for discovery and celebration of one’s worth, and for increas- ing one’s contribution to the world. Hemi-Sync is truly a twenty- first-century tool. It allows a smooth integration of technology with compassion and clinical skill. Because Hemi-Sync requires no belief system other than “we are more than our physical bodies,” it can be incorporated into most schools of therapy, be it ego-analytic, existential, humanistic, or behavioral, enhancing rather than straining the modality. It answers
the need for rapid results while enhancing the humanity of the client and the therapist. Dr. Gallenberger invites discussions with other professionals con- cerning using Hemi-Sync in clinical settings, and would be more than happy to share his experience with the technology. He can be reached at The Open Center, 713 Oakland Street, Hendersonville, NC 28739. Phone (704) 692-6947. HEMI-SYNC SURF IN PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY by John R. Smith, Jr., DMD John Smith is a pediatric dentist in private practice in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He has been a member of the Professional Division since 1988, and uses Hemi-Sync to support both his staffand patients. Here, Dr. Smith briefly presents the cases of three patients who listened to the Hemi-Sync Suri tape during dental treatment. A Hemi-Syne Synthesizer model 202 has been hooked up to the audio equipment in our office since 1986. With few exceptions, it has been tuned to the mode for enhancing focused, cognitive attention. The intent has been to augment the staff's attention levels as much as possible. However, this is not the mode I would choose for a child receiving dental care. I felt it more prudent for the staff to remain focused during the day. Evaluation of any effects is virtually impos- --- PAGE 7 (OCR) --- Spring 1991 sible primarily due to the volatile nature of pediatric dentistry. Thave had occasion to use the Surf tape with a selected few patients and can describe their first impressions as well as some of my own.