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Hi, I'm Cindy Locher, and I am a Clinical Hypnotherapist practicing in Apple Valley, Minnesota.
I'm a graduate of the Hypnosis Motivation Institute and Center for Behavioral Sciences in Los Angeles, the first accredited college of clinical hypnotherapy in the nation. I'm also a member of the American Hypnosis Association and I practice in the Twin Cities area serving Lakeville, Apple Valley, Eagan, Bloomington, Farmington and surrounding communities. I have people driving to see me from as far away as Marshall, Minnesota, and I do hypnosis work with people on the phone in other states.
Who am I and how did I get here?
Well, for starters, I'm a second-generation hypnotist. My Dad was a Social Worker and learned hypnosis as a therapeutic modality for his client work with juvenile delinquents, in the State of Michigan correctional system. So I was exposed to hypnosis from a young age. At the age of five, Dad used some hypnosis techniques to get me back into a dentist's chair, after a traumatic event with a cruel dentist. To this day, I go into a pleasant trance state in the dentist's chair! I have even had cavities filled with no novacaine--just hypnosis!
In the early '90's, my Dad helped me to lose weight using hypnosis. Check out more about that on the Hypnosis Weight Loss page.
In the late '90's I lost both of my parents to lung cancer. They were both cigarette smokers. I know, I know--he was a hypnotist and he smoked?!? Yes, please understand my folks were born in 1928 and 1930, and smoked for decades before anyone really knew and accepted that smoking was such a severe health risk.
In any case, I am now on a mission. I want to help as many smokers quit as possible. I have to think that God and my parents are smiling down on me, because as of this writing, 100% of the people who have gone all the way through my smoking cessation program have quit!
My approach is completely client-centered. This is custom, private hypnotherapy, tailored to your needs, your belief system, and is therefore highly effective. When appropriate, I record sessions for you to listen to at home. This provides reinforcement of the suggestions.
I work with an exclusive clientele--could that be you?
As you can see on the About Hypnosis page, I don't work with everyone who calls me. Motivation is key to success with hypnosis. If hypnosis is right for you, and you are motivated and ready to make positive changes in your life, then call me. I interview everyone in a half-hour consultation prior to scheduling sessions. I want results for my clients, and that means that I won't simply schedule anyone who calls and take their money and hope that hypnosis works for them. I have turned people away because they simply weren't ready to make a change in their lives. If you aren't ready to make a change, then no program will work for you, whether that's weight loss, or smoking cessation, or whatever.
My previous background is as an educator, a Human Resources manager, a career coach, and a corporate trainer. I rediscovered my roots in hypnosis when working with my career coaching clients who needed help in visualizing their ideal future. I took professional training to be a hypnotherapist and have not looked back! I know I am now doing what I have been called to do.
I'm also a Charter Associate Member of the International Positive Psychology Association, because I really believe that your attitude and your beliefs create your world. The mission of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA) is to promote the science and practice of positive psychology and to facilitate communication and collaboration among researchers and practitioners around the world who are interested in positive psychology. Visit IPPA on the web at www.ippanetwork.org.
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My clinic, Total Mind Body Connection, Inc. is located in Apple Valley, MN. Office hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Sessions are by advance appointment only. Call me at 763/218-3231 or contact me by email at cindylocher@hotmail.com.
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