Healthy Weight Management Disclaimer

Healthy Weight Management Disclaimer

This audio may contain relaxation and guided imagery techniques, and/or self-hypnosis suggestions. Please read the following information before listening to the recording. Please listen to the introduction audio for further information about how to use the recording. If you would like additional information about hypnosis you may want to review the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis website at www.asch.net.

If you are reading this in relation to a children’s audio, please be advised that those products do not include self-hypnosis but include relaxation, guided imagery or meditation techniques. A parent or caregiver will want to approve the audio for the child, and it is recommended they listen to the audio to become familiar with it. If the child is receiving medical or emotional care, you can inform your provider that they are listening to the audio as a form of self-help. Also young children will not want to use a headset for safety reasons.

While ASCH/SCEH Codes of Conduct permit members to create and market recordings of hypnosis under certain limited conditions, the organizations neither specifically review, approve, endorse nor monitor the recordings. Such responsibility rests solely with the author/creator of the recordings. Neither the societies nor their member-creators are liable for any damages, known or unknown, foreseeable or non-foreseeable, to any person who attempts to employ hypnosis for any purpose or in any way other than authorized by the author-creator. Member-creators who follow these Guidelines also indemnify and hold harmless both societies for any harm, known or unknown, foreseeable or non-foreseeable, which may result from the use of these recordings.

This electronic recording is intended only to teach individuals about the use of self-hypnosis for their own self-improvement. The use of this recording for any other purpose is strictly prohibited.

You will want to use this recording at a time and place in which you can relax fully, close your eyes, and do not need to be alert. You may want to use a headset, but it is not needed. Do not use this audio under any circumstance when full concentration is required such as while driving or operating machinery. If it is necessary, you can open your eyes and be fully awake and alert at any time; similar to feeling like you just woke up.

This audio is to be used for self-help by teaching relaxation and self-hypnosis techniques related to a particular area. If you are receiving psychological or medical treatment you can inform your provider that you would like to use hypnosis, before using this audio to determine if there is any contraindication to its use. Your provider may also want to be informed of how/if the recording is helping with the area of use.

If the recording is not achieving the desired results or you encounter any problems, you can stop using the recording at any time. You can contact psychological or medical treatment if needed.

Shelley Spencer-Hellmich, LMFT, LCAC, CADACIV, CDVC