Not feeling “grounded” often walks hand in hand with stress, and may be a signal for a need to connect with yourself and achieve balance. In its extreme, not being grounded is most familiar for those with histories of trauma which can lead to “dissociation.”

Recently it has become more commonplace to have clients come into my office and state that they have a sex addiction. Often when asked how this was diagnosed they respond that their spouse or other family member told them or they read a book and self-diagnosed. Sometimes when examined more closely, the client does not have a sexual problem at all, just a higher than average sex drive well as living in a sex negative environment.

As a psychotherapist I know how important it is to develop compassion through practicing acceptance of oneself and others. Nothing else can bring a more profound sense of inner peace.  When it comes to others, though, sometimes this acceptance is better from a distance.

Using every day conversations to subtly communicate with the subconscious is what the art of conversational hypnosis is all about. The person who is able to learn conversational hypnosis can control the actions and thoughts of people around them by using only the power of suggestion.

On the evening of the 6th anniversary of 9/11 I watched the heart wrenching television images of children of those whose lives were tragically taken on that ill fated morning in 2001. These images stirred me to write about the topic of survivor guilt that is never too far from my heart as a psychotherapist and an American Jew.

Before you read this article, try to imagine being in the situation described and honestly try to evaluate what you would do.

Our lives are intricately intertwined with our feelings. This implies that the sufferer has no control over their lives and they are dominated. If you're not the victim, it's very easy to ask how anyone can let themselves be abused.

One of the keys to try and learn self hypnosis is to understand that theory of mind. Basically our mind is divided up into two distinct portions, the subconscious and the conscious mind. Separating these two portions is what's known as the 'critical mind'.

When people tell you to "just get over it!" they never tell you how to accomplish that. Therefore, most people just push whatever it is below the surface where it still smolders. An amazing technique called EFT will help you "get over it" permanently.

Covert hypnosis is the ability to subtly communicate with someone whilst planting subconscious suggestions during the course of the conversation. Commonly known as 'conversational hypnosis', this form of communication technique is widely used by politicians, salesmen, charismatic leaders, advertisers and just about anyone that seems to hold sway over others.

Self Hypnosis is a subject which evokes a million responses from a million different people. Some feel overawed by it, yet others are plain scared of it; some others seem skeptical about it, and yet others are what we know as believers?

Complete recovery is a 2-stage process- recovery from addictions and traumatic histories, and recovery of fulfillment, wisdom, serenity, and emotional, spiritual and sexual wholeness.