Associates
Sunanda Harrell-Stokes
Stephanie Reese
Steven Swerdfeger, PhD, CH
Sessions are by appointment, with a telephone interview preceding the initial hypnosis session. Clients are frequently able to achieve their specific goals in one or two sessions. Work in the area of regression may occasionally require an extended number of sessions. Hypnosis and Guided Imagery can be very healing in ways no other method can be. Sometimes we have unconscious mental blocks which either produce noticeable symptoms or act as unseen impediments to healing. They are at the level of the amygdala, which is the level below consciousness, and we are not aware of them until these things are brought up at least to the level of the hippocampus where sensory input from the body is related to the cortex in the forms of thoughts, feelings and emotions. When something occurs which is so traumatic the conscious mind cannot deal with it, the information that comes into the amygdala, stays there and never comes up to consciousness. This is why people have buried symptoms. The body's innate wisdom knows it needs to deal with these memories because they make the body sick. If it is an issue of powerlessness, for example, the symptoms may manifest in the abdomen. If a person was beaten as a child, the physical memory and resulting illness may be stored where the body was beaten. Hypnosis and Guided Imagery can help us to access consciously these things that have been inaccessible. The body's innate wisdom also has a safety mechanism because it will not access anything which the conscious mind feels it cannot deal with. Steven Swerdfeger has used Hypnosis and Guided Imagery to help people with phantom limb pain, anxiety and depression, phobias, and chronic pain. All of the preceding must be by medical referral. Hypnosis is also helpful in the elimination of recurrent and/or unwanted patterns, the enhancement of abilities, the management and reduction of stress, and it can be an important aid in the recovery from cancer.
Pam expanded her horizons by becoming a licensed acupuncturist in 1991. Her natural inclination towards women’s issues and her love of the Eastern Medical arts led her to build a practice that has a strong focus on infertility, menopausal and gynecological health. Pam's education took her abroad to China, interning at one of the largest hospitals in Ghuanzhou and studying under oncologist Dr. Gho, a sixth generation herbalist. She is a strong believer in passing along her knowledge to her patients. She also teaches; she is the Dean of Acupuncture at the Phoenix Institute for Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture, and a member of the adjunct faculty at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine. She is a sought-after speaker on the subject of Chinese Medicine and has been published in The Oriental Medical Journal. She is skilled in all TCM aspects of gynecological and fertility issues. Additionally, her well rounded and varied practice also includes musculo-skeletal and gastro-intestinal issues, longevity and general health and well being. Pam finds the harmonized use of both Eastern and Western medicinal arts gives patients a complete approach to a total body balance of health.
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Sunanda Harrell-Stokes is a licensed acupuncturist and clinical social worker.
Stephanie Reese is co-founder of 
Steven Swerdfeger, PhD, CH, received his training in Hypnosis and Guided Imagery at the Edgar Cayce Association of Research & Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, where he studied with Dr. Allen S. Chips. Advanced training was also received from Dr. David Mullen of Bradenton, Florida, a clinical psychologist specializing in hypnosis; Dr. Robert Moore of Phoenix, Arizona; and Gerald F. Kein of the Omni Hypnosis Center in Deland, Florida.
Pamela Wallach, LAc, began her professional life as a labor and delivery nurse at Chicago's highly regarded Northwestern University Hospital. In seventeen years, she assisted in the birth of more than 2100 babies.