Self-Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy
Your path to stroke recovery
Join us at Richmond Hypnosis Clinic and discover the transformative power of hypnotherapy for stroke recovery. Your path to inner healing starts here.
At Richmond Hypnosis Clinic, we understand the profound impact a stroke can have on your life.
Our mission is to provide compassionate, effective hypnotherapy services and training in self-hypnosis to complement your medical care and support your journey toward recovery.
Led by Larry Volz, a seasoned hypnotherapist who has personally triumphed over the challenges of a massive stroke, our clinic offers a unique blend of empathy, expertise, and proven techniques to help you reclaim your life.
“…increases in range of motion, increased strength, and evidence of reduced spasticity.
Subjects also consistently reported an improved outlook, increased motivation, greater awareness of the paretic limb and decreased effort to perform motor tasks.
…a hypnotic procedure may counteract learned non-use of the paretic upper limb after stroke”
Harvard University
“Hypnosis, biofeedback, cognitive behavioral therapy, and various relaxation procedures have all been shown to be effective…”
American Medical Association
July 24/31, 1996 – Volume 276.#4
Our Services
At Richmond Hypnosis Clinic, we offer a range of hypnotherapy services and self-hypnosis training specifically designed to aid in stroke recovery. Larry Volz personally provides counseling and training in the techniques that helped him achieve his remarkable recovery.
Benefits of Hypnotherapy for Stroke Recovery
1. Processing Overwhelming Emotions: Larry can help you process and deal with the overwhelming emotions of grief, sadness, and anger that often accompany stroke recovery.
2. Nurturing Hope: Our sessions are designed to nurture hope and instill a positive outlook on your recovery journey.
3. Balancing Acceptance and Drive: Find a balance between accepting your current condition and maintaining the drive to heal and improve.
4. Motivation for Therapy Exercises: Hypnotherapy can motivate you to keep up the intensity in your therapy exercises, ensuring consistent progress.
5. Increasing Sensory Awareness: Enhance your sensory awareness to kickstart neuroplasticity and promote brain healing.
6. Motor Imagery and Creative Visualization: Use motor imagery and creative visualization techniques to accelerate your physical and cognitive healing.
7. Reassessing Values and Identity: Reassess your values and identity as a person with a disability, finding new meaning and purpose in your life.
8. Rekindle Gratitude and Learn to Laugh Again: Learn to feel genuine gratitude for the small steps and victories along your recovery journey.
9. Overcoming Negative Self-Image: Overcome the negative self-image of being “broken” and build a positive, empowering self-perception.
10. Overcoming Fear: Address and overcome the fears that may be holding you back from achieving your full potential both in therapy and in your social life.
Meet your hypnotherapist and stroke survivor
Larry Volz
Larry Volz experienced a massive stroke that completely paralyzed his right side and significantly affected his speech. Despite these daunting challenges, Larry’s determination and expertise in hypnotherapy propelled him to remarkable recovery milestones.
- Within five months, he was walking with a quad cane and speaking at Toastmasters.
- By seven months, he was performing stand-up comedy and walking without a cane.
- At one year he had regained enough dexterity in his right hand to perform magic on stage at the Connecticut renaissance fair.
Larry’s incredible journey has been featured at the VCU Comprehensive Stroke Symposium. He has been documented by numerous physical and occupational therapists as progressing farther and faster than anyone they have ever seen.
Larry attributes a big part of his extraordinary recovery to self-hypnosis. He uses the very same self-hypnosis techniques that he has taught to hundreds of clients for such things as managing pain, developing emotional resilience, mindfulness, acceptance, exersize motivation and habit change.
And now now he is dedicated to sharing these life-changing techniques with you.
“85% responded with complete or almost complete resolution of symptoms [functional neurologic disorder ]“
Jan; 17(1): 59–66.
Why Choose Richmond Hypnosis Clinic?
– Personal Experience: Larry Volz has walked the path of stroke recovery himself and understands the challenges you face. He has been practicing hypnotherapy for a quarter of a century and this indoors supervised over 200 full-time clinical hypnotherapists.
– Proven Techniques: Our hypnotherapy methods are backed by Larry’s personal success and the latest research in neuroplasticity and stroke recovery.
– Compassionate Care: We provide a supportive, understanding environment where your emotional and physical well-being is our top priority.
Ready to take the next step in your recovery journey? Contact Richmond Hypnosis Clinic today to schedule a consultation with Larry Volz. Let us help you unlock the power of your mind and achieve the recovery you deserve.
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