Marriage Counseling Hypnotherapy

							                                     Marriage Counseling



Michael Etts, LMSW, NBCCH
    29 Glen Cove Ave, Ste 209

      Glen Cove, NY 11542

         516-474-4874                       Hypnotherapy



                                   Quit      Weight
                                  Smoking     Loss    Pain   Anxiety
Web www.AdaptiveTherapy.com
Email adaptivetherapy@gmail.com
Who I am                                        Alternative medicine’s                               Weight Loss – a meta-study concluded “hyp-
                                                                                                     nosis substantially enhanced treatment out-
Hi, my name is Michael
                                                growing popularity                                   come” and “clients to whom hypnotic induc-
Etts. I am a NYS licensed                                                                            tions had been administered continued to
                                                 From the Chicago Tribune, “MDs bone up              lose weight after treatment ended” and “ab-
social worker who pro-
                                                  on once-scorned remedies” (12/14/2007)             solutely no weight regain after hypnosis even
vides marriage counsel-
                                                 “Today it’s a staple of integrative medicine        at 2-year follow-up. Such perfectly horizontal
ing and individual coun-
                                                […] About 75 percent of medical schools              lines are generally not even found in studies
seling. I am also certified
                                                now have some CAM courses in the cur-                of bariatric surgery” (Journal of Consulting &
by two hypnosis organi-
                                                riculum […] including the Mayo Clinic plus           Clinical Psychology, June 1996, 64(3), p. 653).
zations and provide hypnosis for pain man-
                                                Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Duke and Yale
agement, weight loss, smoking cessation,
                                                Universities.” [Brent Bauer, director of the
stress reduction, anxiety and depression.
                                                Complementary and Integrative Medicine
                                                Program at the Mayo Clinic]

How I work                                      Clinical studies                                      Client Testimonial
Guided by the large body of clinical evidence   Pain – Pain Review (2001, 8(4), pp. 47-73)            “After one thirty minute session, I stopped
which reflects that the subconscious is a       states “There is sufficient evidence, of suf-         smoking immediately. Mike’s post-hypnotic
strong determinant of behavior and physical     ficient quality, for a number of high-quality         suggestions were very effective as the one
health, I utilize hypnosis and hypnotherapy     review studies to have concluded that hyp-            time that I did try a cigar, I became ill with
as a front line treatment. In conjunction, I    nosis has demonstrable efficacy in the treat-         nausea and headache. It has now been one
employ a variety of wellness approaches,        ment of pain”                                         month since my therapy and I have not
such as mindfulness, breath retraining, med-    From the Mayo Clinic Health Letter (April             smoked another cigar. I would highly rec-
itation, NLP and cognitive restructuring.       2007) – [Hypnosis] “relieves severe, acute pain       ommend hypnotherapy with Michael Etts
                                                associated with childbirth, burn wounds, sur-         for cessation of smoking.”
                                                gical procedures or dental pain.” Vol 25(4), p. 7.                       Francis J. Browne, M.D.

                                                IBS – “hypnotherapy remains an extremely
Who I work with                                 effective treatment for irritable bowel syn-
                                                drome” (American Journal of Gastroenterol-
I work with all age groups.                     ogy 2002, 97(4), pp. 954-961).