Published in Florida News Daily 11/17/08
In-Joy with Dawn Grant
By DAVID THEUS
Professional athletes, corporate executives, and even you and me sometime struggle with our demons of self doubt. Whether it’s the uncertainty of the current economy, or the grip of our worst fears that cause us to lose confidence, help is on its way.
Born a U.S. Navy brat, Dawn Grant traveled the country with her family following her father from one base to another, finally settling in Massachusetts. A graduate of Westfield State University just outside of Springfield, MA, Grant left Massachusetts with a degree in psychology, headed for Florida to escape the cold.
After arriving in Amelia Island, close to relatives and friends, she began working as a Children’s Case Management worker trying to fulfill her desire to make a profound impact on the life’s of others. Several years later, burned out from the bureaucracy - coupled with the feelings of not making an impact, Grant went on a personal journey, searching for her own spirituality and direction for her ideal career.
After reading a text a close friend suggested entitled "Many Lives, Many Masters by: Brian Weiss, M.D. Grant became intrigued. Weiss, a traditional psychotherapist - in his practice, was astonished and skeptical when one of his patients began recalling past-life traumas that seemed to hold the key to her recurring nightmares and anxiety attacks. His skepticism was eroded, however, when she began to channel messages from "the space between lives," which contained remarkable revelations about Dr. Weiss's family and his dead son. Using past-life therapy, he was able to cure the patient and embark on a new, more meaningful phase of his own career. (source: brianweiss.com)
It was then that Grant knew she would use hypnosis in her future work to help people. Now Dawn was the first to admit her uncertainty about calling herself a "hypnotist". Typically, when one thinks of a hypnotist, they picture an entertainer making people do things upon command they would not normally do. This was to be totally different.
After many hours of training in intense and more in depth techniques, Grant became a Board Certified Hypnotist, recognized by the National Board of Hypnosis Education and Certification and accredited by the National Guild of Hypnotist as a Certified Hypnotherapist. Grant is also trained and certified as a Certified Forensic Hypnotist and as a HypnoBirthing Childbirth Educator.
Her new career has turned out to be a series of progressions. Starting with helping clients to stop smoking and deal with their weight loss hurdles, one thing led to another. Helping clients change poor habits like nail biting and overcoming fears of heights, flying, and even lizards and snakes occupied the first few years of her now seven plus years experience. It was her one client who happened to be a high school level baseball player that opened yet another chapter to her career.
Hypnosis is a tool that helps people to relax, it’s during this heightened state of relaxation where positive suggestions are offered to help change a particular habit or reinforce a positive trait or attribute that person might possess. It is this skill Dawn feels is her greatest gift to her clients, albeit a detriment to her ability to bill for her long term services. Dawn equips her clients with techniques that allow them to recognize when they are off task, as it were, and begin to give themselves positive reinforcing suggestions. Therefore empowering them to overcome that particular obstacle and remain positive and focused.
Since this revelation in her practice, she has gone on to work closely with dozens of professional athletes the likes of Laura Diaz, Will MacKenzie, Cameron Beckman, Ted Purdy, and even PGA Tour Champion Vijay Singh, helping him to overcome his battles with his putting and become the "best putter in the world."
"It’s always been my desire to have a profound effect on the people I work with. It’s through this, what I call Mental Training, I’m able to empower my clients to succeed at whatever challenge they face." Dawn Grant
For more information and how to contact Dawn Grant for Mental Training, or to book her for a public or corporate motivational speaking engagement, go to her website at: www.dawngrant.com. Workshops and even private sessions over the phone are available as well.
I think hypnosis is a very effective method to change your habits, it has helped me to quit smoking
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