Frequently Asked Questions

What is PSYCH-K™?

PSYCH-K™ uses techniques to balance the right and left hemispheres of the brain to create "whole-brain" thinking. Our subconscious minds drive about 95% of what we do everyday. Previous life experiences and beliefs, stored in the subconscious mind, can sometimes cause us to act in self-defeating ways. Often we are not even aware we hold these beliefs in our subconscious. PSYCH-K™ is a method that allows you to effectively communicate your conscious goals with your subconscious mind, creating internal alignment with your goals and attaining the success you desire. Areas where this can be especially helpful are pain management, weight management, smoking cessation, hypertension, as well as insomnia and anxiety. It is also especially useful in making lifestyle changes and attaining goals. See links page for more information.

 

What is EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)?

EFT, or Emotional Freedom Technique, is part of a new class of techniques called "energy therapy" (also referred to as energy medicine) used as a treatment modality for a variety of emotional and physical issues. Energy therapy techniques produce change by gaining access to the energy system of the body through the complex network of meridians or channels that move our life force, or qi, throughout our bodies. Pioneers in the Energy Medicine field consider Energy Therapy to be a form of "psychological acupuncture". EFT uses the fingers to tap or simply hold the endpoints of these meridians, rather than using needles to stimulate movement of the life force through the body. This stimulation, combined with a particular mental and emotional focusing, restores balance to the energy system. The EFT technique was designed by Gary Craig, a personal performance coach in California, and is easy for clients to learn for self care. For more information, see additional websites on the links page.

 

What is the Healthy for Life Program?

The Bridge to Health offers an individualized approach to helping you successfully lose the weight you want and attain optimal health. If you find it difficult to maintain a healthy weight, this program can provide the tools you need to reach your goals. Sometimes our busy lives, stress or previous life experiences can hold us back from making long-term changes, even though we want to. We may not even be aware of these issues in our conscious minds. The Bridge to Health is affiliated with Dr. Ray Strand's Healthy for Life Program and may be utilized as a component of your individual plan. Low-glycemic meal replacements and snacks will assist you in reversing carbohydrate rebound. Low-glycemic, healthy recipes are also available.
 

Education and counseling can provide the roadmap for making the changes necessary to release weight, keep it off, and maintain optimal health.  Does insurance cover your services?

Insurance coverage will vary depending on the service provided and the insurance carrier. In most cases, clients will be able to use Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) and Health Spending Account (HSA) dollars, as well as cafeteria plan money. The Bridge to Health is now billing insurance carriers. Bonnie Groessl MSN,APNP is an approved provider in the Prevea Health Network. Please contact us at 920-965-7719 with specific questions.

 

What is Interactive Guided Imagery?

Interactive Guided Imagery (IGI) utilizes imagery, the natural language of emotions and the unconscious mind to evoke inner healing resources. IGI is an interactive, permissive, client-centered approach to clinical guided imagery that enables the client to develop an enhanced sense of personal empowerment. For example, a client, once in a relaxed state, can be asked to close their eyes and allow an image to form that symbolizes a problem they're dealing with. Using IGI techniques, the client can be guided in an imaginary dialogue with this image to explore and reveal its meaning and relevance to their problem or issue. Since many people have accurate intuitions about their problems and solutions, imagery makes these insights easily available to them and their clinician.  Imagery has the ability to directly influence the autonomic nervous system, and the power of imagination can be recruited to promote specific physiological changes as an aid to healing. Studies indicate that certain imagery techniques may stimulate physiologic processes, including immune and endocrine responses, which can accelerate the healing process as well as promote reduced suffering from chronic pain

 

What is hypnosis?

Hypnosis is a method of communication that induces a trance or a trance-like state. It is a social interaction in which one person responds to the suggestions given by another person (the hypnotherapist) for imaginative experiences involving changes in perception and behavior. Clients are taught self-hypnosis as a tool to enhance their self-healing abilities. Hypnosis is a state of focused attention and inner concentration. When our minds are concentrated and focused, we're able to use them more powerfully. Everyone has experienced being in a trance-like state, but we don't usually call it hypnosis. For instance, when you're so absorbed in thought - while reading a book or riding to work - that you fail to notice what's happening around you, you've been in a trance-like state. While you were zoned out, another level of consciousness, which we refer to as our unconscious mind, took over. These are highly focused states of attention similar to hypnosis. Clinical hypnotherapists encourage the use of imagination. Mental imagery is very powerful, especially in a focused state of attention. Presenting ideas or suggestions to the client is a basic hypnotic method. In a state of concentrated attention, ideas and suggestions that are compatible with what the client wants seem to have a more powerful impact on the mind. Hypnosis may also be used for unconscious exploration, to better understand underlying motivations or identify whether past events or experiences may be causing a problem. Hypnosis avoids the critical censor of the conscious mind, which often defeats what we know to be in our best interests.

 

What is Reiki?

Reiki is an invisible, yet palpable universal life force energy that infuses and permeates all living things. Ancient civilizations understood that this life force flowed through the body, supporting optimal health. The Chinese call is "chi" (pronounced chee), the Indians refer to is as "prana," and the Japanese know it as "ki" (pronounced key). The word Reiki comes from the Japanese words rei (pronounced ray), meaning universal, and ki, meaning life force energy.  Reiki is a system of healing that originated in Japan and dates back to the end of the nineteenth century. It is the precise method for connecting this universal energy with the body's innate healing ability. It is practiced by the simple laying on of hands to channel healing energy through the practitioner to the client. Reiki is a holistic energy therapy that treats the whole person by harmonizing the body, mind, and spirit, facilitating feelings of relaxation, serenity, and overall well-being.

 

What is an anti-inflammatory diet?

Inflammation is a key component of the body's healing system. The body's normal response to injury is to bring more blood and immune activity to the injured area. If inflammation doesn't end or go elsewhere, it becomes destructive. In many chronic diseases, abnormal inflammation may be a root cause. Chronic inflammation causes tissue injury, followed by attempts by the body to heal and repair itself, becoming a vicious cycle. Arthritis, asthma, heart disease, and Crohn's disease are a few examples of chronic inflammatory diseases. Fortunately, we can modify inflammation naturally by adjusting diet.