This is a letter from Jerry McDaniels,
of Vancouver, Washington State, e-mailed to me in March 2000.
"Dear Geoffrey,
I want to thank you for all you have done for me and my family. Your help
and healing has done many amazing things. I want to share my story with others
so they may benefit from the strength of hypnotherapy. Although you already
know all of this I felt it important to put in a letter. Please feel free
to publish any or all of this letter and share it with your students and colleagues.
On December 11, 1999,
1 cut my left thumb completely off at the base of my hand on the band saw
at work. There were many incidents to follow that made it difficult to get
to the hospital. It was over four hours to get on the surgeons table. Not
optimum for reattachment. Yet, three micro surgeries later and considerable
fear, anger, and resentment, my thumb was on, yet doctors were not sure if
I would keep it.
Two weeks passed and
I came home from the hospital on Christmas day. It was still uncertain if
I would keep my thumb. I had lost 25 pounds in two weeks. Nine blood transfusions,
and a mounting panic growing inside my head. That is when I started the hypnotherapy
with you, Geoffrey. Immediately, I felt different but I couldn't of told you
how. Within two weeks of seeing you I had a better out look and was ready
to head in for another operation. Yet that wasn't to happened they postponed
the surgery and said I had started turning around.
Another two weeks
passed with me visiting you regularly and I was not only feeling upbeat,
able to do self hypnosis on my own but they canceled the surgery all together.
The doctors told me to keep doing whatever It was I was doing. (I had already
told them that I was seeing Geoffrey Knight for hypnotherapy and received
no negative just raised eyebrows.) My doctor and physical therapist both feel
that my visits to your office have helped me heal.
On one of my recent visits
to the doctor, they cancel all skin graphs since my body is rejuvenating
large areas of skin and tissue on its own. I have began to move my thumb and
hand again. It is amazing the power of the mind when you know how to use it.
I can't thank you enough for helping me heal myself. I am not afraid, I look
forward.
Thank you,
Jerry McDaniel "
This is a letter from a client who used hypnosis, I had taught her,
when giving birth to her son Jonathan.
"P.O. Box
4017
Beaverton, OR 97076 USA
November 12,1999
To whom it may concern:
I met Geoffrey Knight
when I was 36 weeks pregnant. After seeing a TV show featuring hypnotherapy
and birthing without the use of pain medication, I decided it was worth pursuing
even at such a late stage in my pregnancy. Geoffrey agreed to work with me
on this process even though he had never formally taught hypnotherapy for
birthing before. He went out of his way to learn more about the birthing process
as well as talk with other practitioners who had taught the process. His research,
combined with his skills as a hypnotherapist, provided for a wonderful childbirth
preparation experience.
During the sessions,
Geoffrey taught me techniques to go into self-hypnosis as well as techniques
that would be useful specifically to childbirth. We worked on ways to get
my body ready for the birthing process, techniques to manage pain, ways to
disassociate from the situation, and ways to help the body open and release
during childbirth. Geoffrey's skill as a hypnotherapist and teacher made the
process very simple to learn and easy to do on my own. After starting the
sessions and also practicing on my own, it was amazing to see how much healthier
I looked and felt just by taking time out to relax
My birth process itself was not quite as I envisioned.
Instead of having a natural birth process that built gradually, I was induced.
My husband and Geoffrey were there and helped me relax through the
contractions as the pitocin kicked in. Unfortunately the pitocin induced contractions
built in intensity too quickly for me to manage without an epidural. The hypnotherapy
still provided a much more relaxed birth process than I could have imagined
without it. From pre-labor contractions, to pregnancy back pain, to I' stage
labor, to the epidural insertion and then post-birth contractions, I was able
to relax, enabling my body to do better what it naturally needed to do.
I highly recommend
Geoffrey Knight to help guide you through the hypnotherapy process, for childbirth
or any other ailment/issue that you wish to pursue.
Sincerely
Suzy Cardisco"
This is a copy of a letter to Dr. Larry Skolnick, the administrator of
the Oregon Hypnotherapy Association.
Mrs Simon was a graduate of the Professional class in November 2000.
1st November 2000
"Dear Dr. Skolnick,
I look forward to future involvement with the OHA and would like to recommend
the Knightsbridge Institute for Hypnotherapy & NLP.
The quality of education was superior as Walter Gregory and Geoffrey Knight
were fine teachers who presented their material in a consistent and thorough
manner. As a result, I feel competent to practice in this field.
Yours truly,
Marian Simon
Mr. Knight,
Thank you so much for changing my
daughter's life!!
It worked! She is a free soul now
and is no longer held in bondage from her past.
Thank you again.
[A lady in southern Oregon.
Her daughter of 15 had tried to commit suicide on two occasions. A past
life regression
in hypnosis brought about the changes necessary for her daughter to lead a
normal life]
Dear Geoffrey,
I have come a long way emotionally
since our last treatment. I have been off Prozac for three months.
I am going to an acupuncturist and
an herbalist. She just continued on what you started me on.
I could never have gotten over the hump without your help.
I have gained my life back thanks
to you. My husband and I feel you did more for me then any doctor ever has.
Sincerely
[ A lady in Portland]
Here
is a letter from Rachel, aged 8
Dear
Mr. Knight
Thank
you for hypnotizing me.
Now I don't bite my nails.
I
am really happy I don't bite my nails!
So now I can do a lot of things with my nails.
I am really glad I have long nails.
Thank you
Sincerely
Rachel
Geoffrey,
It's
been a year since I came to you for help. My hear is filled with love again!
I've flown several times now and I did great. The fears that were paralyzing
me seem to be gone.
I
feel I am able to live my life daily instead of in short spells. The anxiety
is less and less now ,
although I still take the medication.
I want to express my gratitude to you for your assistance. It means a great
deal to me. Thanks for being there.
[
A lady in Portland]
This
lady had pre-operative hypnotherapy for a hysterectomy and for her well-being
and healing post operatively, as has was allergic to most non narcotic pain
killing drugs.
Geoffrey,
I'm writing to tell you about how
well my hysterectomy experience went with the help of the hypnosis instruction
I had with you.
When we first started working together about 5 weeks before the surgery, you
gave me the idea that I would actually be looking
forward to the surgery by the time the day came around.
I couldn't quite imagine that would be true, but it was.
We also worked hard on pain control issues since I am allergic to most non-narcotic
pain medications and wanted to use only the minimum of narcotics. I had great
success in that area too.
As the day of the surgery approached, I was indeed looking forward to it.
I was relaxed and ready. When my friend Susan (who came to help me recover)
arrived the day prior to the surgery, she said she could see how calm I was
and knew that I was in a good space emotionally and mentally. The morning
of the surgery, I woke up completely calm and content. Never once did I have
butterflies in my stomach or feel nervous in any way.
When I arrived at the hospital and the pre-operative holding area, the staff
was impressed that I was so relaxed. At one point, my friend leaned over to
me and commented that I even had a smile on my face while I rested there with
my eyes closed. I woke up in the recovery room and felt only minor discomfort,
as we had discussed. I never experience what I would call pain.
They had a system hooked up that allowed me to push a button for an extra
dose of narcotic pain medication when ever I felt I needed it but I never
once needed to use it. (In fact, the first evening I asked the nurse to turn
down the small amount infusing regularly.)
Back in my room after the surgery, I was up walking across the room within
2 hours which astonished everyone. They continued to be amazed as I quickly
recovered, required nothing but Tylenol the first post-operative day and nothing
after that.
My recovery at home went just as
well. I was back to work in 2 weeks and had a quick return of my energy, feeling
completely myself by week 3. I know that the work we did together made all
the difference in the world in terms of how this experience went and I am
very grateful for the expertise you were able to bring to the situation.
Kathryn
April 5th 2003
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