Multiple chemical sensitivities hypnotically resolved

A Resource Guide for Doctors, Nurses, and Technologists
Assisting people in making good decisions
Rapid rapport and quick hypnotic technique

By Elvira Lang, MD and Eleanor Laser, PhD Published 2009

Arthur Shapiro Award winning book also available at Amazon.

Dr. Laser's book "Patient Sedation Without Medication" is a practical and insightful handbook for incorporating hypnosis into everyday patient scenarios. Her workshop takes the information even further. She gives clinicians valuable tools to provide better patient care. Dr. Laser's workshop is informative, fun and thought provoking. I loved her creativity with implementation of live visits and movies, great scripts and so much more. She challenges healthcare providers to think outside the box.

– Lynette Bear, CRNA

Colonoscopy

Communications skills to allay fear and anxiety and hypnosis for the procedure.

“I attended the Patient Sedation without Medication Seminar and it was wonderful! Eleanor is a great speaker and I picked up a ton of new ideas to use at our Endoscopy Center. The next week she came to our Center and talked to the entire staff and administration. She is very inspiring and we are beginning to use her techniques not only with staff members but also patients! I am so glad I had this opportunity and got to meet Elly in person!”

— Karen Smith, RN Director
Central Illinois Endoscopy Center
Peoria, IL

Dear Elly:

This paper outlines an undeniably fascinating treatment case. Congratulations on achieving every clinician's dream of being published in a respected, peer reviewed, journal.

There are so many takeaways for me, here are my top three:

Erickson's utilization theory: As it states in your article, "using a person’s own attitudes, thinking, feeling, and behavior." Building on that, we recall that Erickson went beyond Freud, based upon lived experience, to arrive at the core belief that solutions to human problems lie within the person, in the unconscious mind. Taken together, this theory goes well beyond the one-dimensional concept of empathy that we all learn from Rogers and Kohut. Indeed, it does "a 180" on empathy as I know it; and, it evolves to a construct which I can now actually hold, dissect, and discuss with clients as we work towards it in our alliance.
Water, Scuba, Purified Air!: I can picture, based on our experience together, how you elicited the metaphor from the client, sifted through, and ultimately harnessed the power of the tangible. I am awe struck by your laser focus and ability to cut through the forest and see the tree.
Anchoring: You made this incredibly powerful tool seem such an easy and sensible task. I continue to use my anchor point today and cannot tell you how grateful I am for your help in locating.

Elly, you are truly an inspiration. I hold you in the highest esteem and regard. To have a career that is half as successful as the one you have would be a dream come true for a clinician such as myself. I hope you have an opportunity to present on this case at conventions in the coming years.

As a final note, Elly, thank you for providing me with such incredible guidance over the years. You have, and continue to be, the most brilliant and incredible mentor an Early Career Psychologist could have.

Warmest Regards,
Tommy