Achieve Health Center

read moreWhat if an illness, financial crisis, or a nasty breakup is an opportunity to become stronger, healthier, happier and wealthier? It's natural, normal and possible for you to be well, because at the core level of your being, you already are! Shift happens when your mind and heart are in agreement. Working together, you'll gain a new perspective that leads to solutions. I'll help you to. D. in Natural Health Studies, specializing in Integrative Mental Health, and believes that there's a power within you that is stronger than any challenge that life throws your way.

read moreI am writing to say thank you for helping me with my performing anxiety. As a vocal performance major at UCI, I am expected to be comfortable singing in front of others whether it is in class, in a voice lesson, or in front of an audience. I have been singing all my life and always loved an audience, until health problems affected my voice. Singing at times was painful, and I often had a sore throat and chronic cough. Even worse, side effects from the medication affected the quality of my tone.

read moreRegardless of our background, language, religion or views on spirituality, we all share the same fundamental make-up -- we are all Human Beings. The "Being" is at our core. Some people call it spirit, pure essence; others call it the Higher, Authentic Self or eternal light, or our Source. Regardless of how we refer to it, we are all born having It -- that inner spark, connecting us with something greater, wiser: the Absolute. As we grow older, observing our environment, we form mental conclusions about life and about ourselves.

read moreAs we age, we just naturally become more vulnerable to disease processes such as high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke. But an interesting case study by two Los Angeles researchers sheds doubt on traditional views about the chances for recovery from at least one of these dreaded diseases - stroke. Widely accepted medical viewpoints claim that all recovery from a stroke will stop at about six months after the occurrence of the vascular accident. But using hypnosis, a technique not normally associated with the treatment of stroke, researchers helped a 66-year-old woman regain several physical capacities, including limited use of a disabled arm and the ability to walk without a cane.

read moreThe Art of Hypnosis is a form of active meditation where the conscious and unconscious meet. Hypnosis is a state of heightened suggestibility, indicated by alpha-theta brain wave activity, that expands your awareness to receive positive instructions for improvement in every area of life. During this state, the conscious, or intellectual, mind enters a state of abeyance and allows the subconscious mind to receive direct outside stimuli, without resistance from mental processes. It's like replacing a computer's old software, and you now have the opportunity to release old thought forms, their associated patterns of behavior and energetic imprints, allowing a new, healthy reality to substitute for past programming.

read moreMaybe it's to stop smoking, shed unwanted pounds, drop your phobias and fears, or be more calm, confident, ambitions, successful, prosperous and happy. Or maybe you long to achieve that long-wished-for goal that has eluded you for years. And yet, you simply can't do it. That's because your critical, logical mind is not aligned with your emotional, subconscious mind, which is your mind's inner computer. With hypnosis - the natural state of the mind and a state of heightened suggestibility - we can easily access your subconscious mind and update its software, making it correspond to your conscious goals and desires.

read moreThrough the use of hypnosis and hypnotherapy, Dr. Katherine Agranovich helps clients find relief from physical dysfunctions, stress, unwanted habits and ultimately to achieve improved overall health and wellbeing. The art of hypnosis, as practiced at Achieve Health Center, has helped countless clients in Orange County. We believe we can help you as well.