10th Malaysia Festival of the Mind

I just attended the 10th Malaysia Festival of the Mind at KTAR Setapak.

I had some great conversations and met some very nice people. 

Yea, it is an interesting and fruitful event.

Quite many exhibitors talk about how our unconscious mind works.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who talk about it:)

What is the unconscious mind?

Your brain is just like an iceberg.

The part that's visible (above the surface) is your conscious mind,

and the part that's hidden (below the surface) is your unconscious mind.

"The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water." 

By Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis.

I also believe that your behavior is driven by your unconscious mind (emotional factors) rather than your own conscious mind (cognitive factors).

Clinical hypnotherapy works on your unconscious mind level.

Skillful clinical hypnotherapist able to deal with your emotional factors and then create a life you desire.

For example:

We all consciously know smoking is bad for us, but why people still smoke?

The part of you that won't let you stop smoking is your unconscious mind.

The secret to change is to reprogram your unconscious mind. 

I can create a bridge between the conscious mind and unconscious mind so that positive suggestions can be communicated to your unconscious mind.

Clinical Hypnotherapy induces a natural state of mind (alpha and sometimes theta brainwave).

Alpha brainwaves serve as a bridge between the conscious mind (beta brainwave state) and the unconscious mind (theta brainwave state).

I am trained in biofeedback technology, thus I can read your brainwave state during your hypnotherapy session. 

This cutting edge technology offers a totally safe and non-invasive way to help you.

Contact me for more information.

Dyslexia 失读症 - 跳动的符号

Dyslexia is a learning disorder characterized by difficulty reading. Also called specific reading disability, dyslexia is a common learning disability in children. Dyslexia occurs in children with normal vision and intelligence. Sometimes, dyslexia goes undiagnosed for years and isn't recognized until adulthood.

Emotional support and opportunities for achievement in activities that don't involve reading are important for children with dyslexia. If your child has dyslexia:

• Be supportive. Trouble learning to read may affect your child's self-esteem. Be sure to express your love and support. Encourage your child by praising his or her talents and strengths.
• Talk to your child. Explain to your child what dyslexia is and that it's not a failure on his or her part. The better your child understands this, the better he or she will be able to cope with having a learning disability.
• Take steps to help your child learn at home. Provide a clean, quiet, organized place for your child to study, and designate a study time. Also, make sure your child gets enough rest and eats regular, healthy meals.
• Stay in contact with your child's teachers. Talk with teachers frequently to make sure your child is able to stay on track. Be sure he or she gets extra time for tests that require reading, if needed. Ask your child's teacher if it would help your child to record the day's lessons to play back later.
• Join a support group. This can help you stay in contact with parents who face similar learning disabilities in their children. Support groups can provide useful information and emotional support. Check with your doctor or your child's reading specialist to find out if there are any support groups in your area. Or, search on the Internet for dyslexia or reading disability support groups.

All the above information is retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dyslexia/basics/coping-support/con-20021904

• Biofeedback. This can help you to train your kid's brainwave pattern. At my heatlhcare centre, we can help you to improve your kid's performance. Welcome to drop me an email at [email protected] and discuss your case with me privately.

最近其中一位经诊断患有失读症（Dyslexia）的孩子的情形让我觉得很心痛。

他的情形是属于视觉知觉上的混淆。

她身边的师长亲戚和朋友都不了解他的问题，所以一直被人误会她懒惰读书和有行为偏差问题。

虽然才刚开始疗程不久，但我很期待可以帮到她改善问题！

她很乖很听话的，但她所面对的问题让她读书变得好累好疲倦。

想必不少人都有尝试过在昏暗的环境下去阅读细小的文字吧？

是不是很辛苦呢？

想一想如果你常常被人误会，但没人了解你的苦楚的同时还一直说你在找理由逃避责任。

那种感觉很委屈，很糟糕吧？

如果长期在这样的条件下成长，你的情绪和行为也会受到影响的对不？

所以除了家人的支持和针对脑部的Biofeedback训练，

孩子情绪上的处理也是非常重要的一环。

New Treatment (Biofeedback and Clinical Hypnosis) Capitalizes on Autism’s Unique Characteristics

An innovative method to treat children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder attempts to turn their symptoms into strengths.

Dr. Laurence Sugarman, a pediatrician and researcher at Rochester Institute of Technology has developed a treatment method that teaches affected children how to control their psychophysiology and behavior using computerized biofeedback and clinical hypnosis.

The methods are tied to learning to self-regulate the autonomic nervous system —including the fight or flight mechanism — that, for many people with autism, is an engine idling on high.

“Teaching kids with autism spectrum disorder skills in turning down their fight or flight response and turning up the opposite may fundamentally allow them to be more socially engaging, decrease some of the need for cognitive rigidity and repetitive behaviors and, more importantly, allow them to feel better,” said Sugarman.

Sugarman’s model is presented in an article, “Symptoms as Solutions: Hypnosis and Biofeedback for Autonomic Regulation in Autism Spectrum Disorder” published in the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis.

The model underlies three ongoing projects at the center involving different age groups: teaching coping skills to students with anxiety or autism; developing a computer-based role-playing game using autonomous biofeedback for teenagers; and creating a new service and research program for family members with autism.

The latter, called the Parent Effectiveness Program, began this fall and will repeat in the spring. The study trains parents of young children diagnosed with autism and measures results of their training on the behaviors of their affected children.

Sugarman developed his method in response to the rise in autism spectrum disorders over the last 30 years. Instead of trying to change the symptoms associated with autism, his approach recognizes the symptoms as an effort to self-regulate inner turmoil.

The treatment integrates autonomic biofeedback and clinical hypnosis into his therapy. Sensors attached to his patients measure respiration, perspiration, heart rate and variation, and blood flow/circulation.

Children with autism learn to correlate the signals and visual representations displayed on the computer screen (the “Dynamic Feedback Signal Set”) with their emotions.

During therapy sessions, the children practice changing their feedback response and learn to manipulate their own internal wiring.

Sugarman uses clinical hypnosis to generalize and internalize feedback techniques —discerning situations and controlling their responses — into their daily lives.

“Hypnosis is a 250-year-old Western study of how social influence and internal physiology can be changed,” he said. “Mindfulness is a slice of this.”

“We think we can make a big difference for young people with autism spectrum disorder,” Sugarman said. “The need is there.”

Source: Rochester Institute of Technology

All retrieved from http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/11/26/new-treatment-approach-capitalizes-on-autisms-unique-characteristics/62535.html