December 17, 2013

Using Gestalt Therapy & NLP with CBT for Deep Change

Fritz and Laura Perls started the first Gestalt Institute in their Manhattan apartment, and Fritz Perls began traveling throughout the United States in order to conduct Gestalt workshops and training.

In 1960 Fritz Perls left New York and moved to Los Angeles, where he started to offer workshops at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, in 1963. Perls became interested in Zen during this period, and incorporated the idea of brief awakenings into his practice. He also traveled to Japan, where he stayed in a Zen monastery. Eventually, he settled at Esalen and even built a house on the grounds.

  • The core of the Gestalt Therapy process is enhanced awareness of sensation, perception, physiological feelings, emotion and behavior, in the present moment.
  • Relationships are emphasized, along with contact between ones true self, the environment you are presently in, and the connections with others in our lives.

THE GESTALT PRAYER

I do my thing and you do your thing.
I am not in this world to live up to your expectations,
And you are not in this world to live up to mine.
You are you, and I am I,
and if by chance we find each other, it’s beautiful.
If not, it can’t be helped.
(Fritz Perls, “Gestalt Therapy”, 1969)

Richard Bandler, John Grinder, Robert Dilts and others studied with Fritz Perls for several years in the late 60’s and early 70’s. As Richard Bandler and John Grinder developed Neuro Linguistic Programing (NLP) in the early 70’s they modeled many of their systems upon Perls work as well as the therapeutic work of Virginia Satir and Milton Ericksen (The father of Hypnotherapy). Bandler and Grinder also drew upon the theories of Dilt’s, Gregory Bateson, Alfred Korzybski and Noam Chomsky, particularly transformational grammar, as well as ideas and techniques from the teachings of Carlos Castaneda.

Combining the Transformational Skills & Tools from NLP, the Awareness achieved through Gestalt Therapy, and the “will to meaning” gained through Victor Frankl’s Logo-Therapy and other Humanistic & Existential approaches to therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) that has proven to be so effective with changing behavior and overcoming addiction, one can bring about huge shifts in awareness and mental processes that support deep and lasting changes in behavior and life.

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December 13, 2013

Oxytocin

Oxytocin

Oxytocin is a safe and potent supplement based on the naturally occurring hormone Oxytocin. It has far reaching benefits for the body and mind, including the ability to enhance emotional connection and experiences. Oxytocin for men assists emotional bonding as well as balanced moods. Oxytocin can give a sense of well-being and relaxation to both women and men, lowering anxiety and elevating moods.

The hormone Oxytocin is probably best known for its role in childbirth and breastfeeding, although research has established that Oxytocin can help forge deep connections with our partners, our children, our friends and even our pets.

Oxytocin however, is more than merely a male or female hormone. It plays many roles for men, and in women is an essential hormone released throughout their lives in certain conditions and scenarios linked with love, affection, and peace.

A naturally occurring hormone in our body

Oxytocin is produced by the hypothalamus – the almond sized region of the brain located close to the brain stem that links the nervous system to the endocrine system via the pituitary gland. It’s released either via the pituitary gland straight into the bloodstream or to other parts of the brain and the spinal cord.

In childbirth, Oxytocin plays a vital role in triggering and regulating uterine contractions. If the contractions aren’t substantial enough, in a lot of cases Oxytocin is administered to help stimulate these contractions. Not only does this have a physical effect, but Oxytocin is a known as a ‘bonding hormone’ – ensuring that the mother starts to care for her young the moment after giving birth. The emotional and maternal reaction is heightened by the hormone, and the effects establish a bond between mother and baby.

Oxytocin also features in breast feeding. By helping the mother to relax, it allows milk to flow to feed her baby. Through this, scientists and doctors started to take note, as the relaxing and wellbeing effects became apparent.

Research also revealed that Oxytocin plays a huge role in the non-procreative aspects of sex. Both women and men release the Oxytocin hormone during lovemaking – and not only during orgasm. It also appears to be responsible for causing orgasms in the first place.

Some effects of Oxytocin

Connectedness and intimacy can cause a chain reaction within the body, including the release of endorphins and testosterone, which results in both biological and psychological arousal.

Oxytocin’s further health and wellbeing benefits

Using Oxytocin can also help regulate sleep patterns, and have a calming effect. Research is ongoing but observation seems to cite Oxytocin’s health giving benefits lying in its ability to counteract stress and the effects of the stress hormone cortisol. Nearly every disease and condition is aggravated by stress; anything that can help counteract the stress is therefore useful.

Oxytocin has a clear physical and emotional power. Not only does the hormone increase connectedness and belonging in men and women, it has the natural ability to generate meaningful bonds, calm and in turn increase personal wellbeing.

Oxytocin can be used to balance the brain during recovery and assists in reconnecting to self and others.

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December 12, 2013

Balance Health Systems Healing Location

Southern Utah is a land of unsurpassed beauty. Gorgeous! It is evident in the snow-capped mountains; in the towering fins of ruddy sandstone cut by erosion into bridges, arches, and strange “hoodoos” of stone; in dramatic faults where the earth twists, contrasting with gentle, rolling hummocks of “slickrock.”  It doesn’t really matter which scenic drive you take (but don’t miss Utah’s All-American Road – Scenic Highway 12); it doesn’t matter from which St. George golf course you tee off, which backcountry guide you charter, which spa you escape to – it will be one scenic eyeful after another.  For mountain biking, river rafting, hiking, and four-wheeling, there are plenty of towns to be your home base. For soaring ribbons of stone and hikes through history: Arches National Park. For massive buttes and mesas, remote and forbidding dreamscapes: Canyonlands National Park. For geologic amphitheaters with spires all aglow in pink luminescent earth tones: Bryce Canyon National Park. For quaint historic fruit orchards framed by a fortress of red rock: Capitol Reef National Park. For looming Wingate sandstone walls guarding a pastoral Virgin River landscape: Zion National Park… Monument Valley! Lake Powell! Southern Utah is a dreamscape. Southern Utah An ancient spirit inhabits Southern Utah. You feel it in the remnants of Puebloan cultures; the Anasazi and Fremont peoples who lived out their lives in southern Utah from about AD 1 to 1300. Rock art and writings, the ruins of habitation sites, and sacred places are scattered across the area.
“The area surrounding our Health Recovery Campus is
truly a sacred healing ground and you will feel it.” 
Kevin Brough
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October 10, 2013

Physical Health Leads the WAY

Balance Health Systems believes as physical health is restored, mental processes shift, emotions are released, and self-reclamation occurs. Patients acquire a new awareness and can take the right actions & gain empowering new behavior patterns. Better life strategies get better results, which motivates the permanent adoption of a healthier lifestyle. This supports a balanced life and continued long-term improvement of health, autonomy, growth, and contribution. Meaning and light returns.

The BHS Progressive Social Detoxification, is a medically managed alternate titration from drugs or alcohol along with nourishment & rejuvenation protocols that are customized specifically to your needs. Our system will change brain and body chemistry, restoring cellular and system balance, reclaiming and resetting a healthy homeostasis.

Recovery Support Programs are integrated medical care packages that include evidence-based traditional and complementary treatments to support healing from common co-occurring health conditions such as:

Mood Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, ADHD, PTSD, Memory Issues, Chronic Health Problems, Auto Immune Disorders, Chronic Pain, Headaches, Insomnia and much more.

Neural Re-patterning Programs™ are a scientific approach to Neuro-Electro-Chemical Brain and Body Balance & Health. These Programs combine multiple treatment approaches proven to have positive powerful life-changing behavioral results.

Our focus not only addresses the brain, but also helps restore the mind and body to their most natural, balanced, relaxed, and resourceful state. Body work including massage, acupuncture, and other modalities combined with infrared sauna, photo-tonic therapy, and hyperbaric chamber treatments accelerate the healing transition.

Call today and you can talk to an intervention and recovery specialist within minutes.

If you feel like you need support right away, please call now 435-574-9120

• Private and confidential

All communications with your intervention coach are held in strictest confidence

• A welcoming environment

Beautiful, comfortable & homey facility creates a pleasant therapeutic environment

• Convenient location

We’re 10 minutes from the St. George Airport and 1 hour and 20 minutes from the McCaran   International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada

Live Alive!

October 10, 2013

Balance Your Health

DETOX, REJUVENATE, THEN TAKE YOUR

HEALTH AND FITNESS TO THE NEXT LEVEL!

Whether you’re struggling with addiction or other chronic health conditions, or just can’t shake the feeling that there should be more to life, the Balance Health Systems Programs at the Institute of Balanced Health can help. We provide a caring environment in which you can identify and explore those issues that may be getting in the way of a more rewarding home life and career, or of more fulfilling relationships. The goal is to help provide you with the insights and tools you need to move beyond old, limiting beliefs and behaviors.

As physical health is restored, mental processes shift, emotions are released, and self-reclamation occurs. Patients acquire a new awareness and can take the right actions & gain empowering new behavior patterns. Better life strategies get better results, which motivates the permanent adoption of a healthier lifestyle. This supports a balanced life and continued long-term improvement of health, autonomy, growth, and contribution. Meaning and light returns.

“Live Alive“


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