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Mark Shepard, CHt, NLPT
Master Practitioner of & NLP, Hypnosis & Time Line Therapy™ 

How to
Run Your Brain
So You Can
Change Your Life 
with NLP, Hypnosis,
Time Line Therapy and EFT

Mark Shepard, Certified Hypnotherapist & NLP Master Practitioner

Welcome to my practice! I’m glad to have you here. The very fact that you are reading this indicates that you are open and ready for a change.

 I offer an intensive, results-oriented change process that may be totally different from any other therapeutic or coaching experience you have ever had.

In the next few pages I will do my best to describe how I can help you to make the changes you want to make in your life.

Fast.

The bottom line is that I help folks learn to run their brains, their hearts, and their bodies so they can experience peak performance in all areas of their personal and professional lives.

Whether you are looking for a way out of crisis, or intent on taking your health, career and relationships to the next level of peak performance, I can help.

Take a moment to consider what you would like to change about your personal or professional life...Imagine what it might look, sound and feel like having made those changes...now!

Testimonial
Mark’s NLP and time-line approaches to behavior modification have truly made a world of difference for me. In just a few short sessions we identified and released deeply embedded but unacknowledged behaviors and beliefs that diminished my energy and effectiveness. I’m amazed at how powerful his techniques are; the results were immediate and profound.

Beverly Sastri

Health & Fitness:
Follow the links below for case studies and testimonials as well as more info about each particular area of concern.
Career & Business: Relationships:
  • Improve Your Relationships

  • Find Your Soul Mate

  • Overcome and release old fears and unconscious sabotage

  • Discover your love strategy and learn how to get your needs met.

Mark Shepard is a board certified master practitioner and trainer of Time Line Therapy

I use several powerful transformational tools that give you fast results and long-term change.

  • Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
    “NLP enables you to understand what makes you tick; how you think, how you feel, how you make sense of everyday life in the world around you. Armed with this understanding, your whole life –work and play—can become magical.” -  Romilla Ready and Kate Burton

    Founded by physicist Richard Bandler and linguist John Grinder, NLP is a model of internal and external communication that enables rapid and profound change. NLP is about consistently achieving desired outcomes in all areas of our lives.
    Some approaches focus on “why” we do something. NLP focuses on “how” we do a certain behavior. Once we know “how” you do a given behavior, we can change the “program” to produce a different result.
     

  • Clinical Hypnosis
    is a useful state of heightened awareness enabling permanent, positive change and activating our natural healing abilities. It has been approved by the American Medical Association since 1958. Discoveries in hypnosis have tremendous implications for improving communication with self and others at home, at work, and at school.

    Hypnosis is about harnessing your imagination and developing rapport with your unconscious mind. I teach you how to communicate with and direct your deepest self so that you eliminate unconscious conflicts that may be holding you back. Imagine achieving the outcomes you want in your life easily and effortlessly.

     

  • Time Line Therapy
    This cutting-edge therapeutic technique enables us to safely and comfortably release negative emotions—such as anger, sadness, fear, guilt, and shame—as well as limiting decisions and disempowering beliefs that may be “programming” you for pain, lack of positive outcomes, or “failure.” Time Line Therapy also enables us to literally “program” goals out into our future. Created by Dr. Tad James, world-renowned authority on NLP and Hypnosis, Time Line Therapy enables us to “lock in” the rapid changes we create with NLP to achieve permanent transformation.
     

  • EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)
    EFT has been said to be a psychological form of acupuncture or acupressure. In my opinion if fits perfectly under the NLP umbrella. EFT consists of combining powerful linguistic patterns that are then integrated into the body's energy system by tapping on specific acupuncture meridian points.

By integrating these therapeutic technologies, we gain a powerful edge. Old patterns, habits, beliefs, and behaviors don’t stand a chance!
 

Who Can Be Helped? To see a sample Treatment Outline click here

I work with a diverse group of people with challenges such as these:

  • Salespeople who fear rejection

  • Professionals who are tired of the unconscious blocks that have been holding them back, making them feel dissatisfied and that they are functioning below their potential

  • Relationship issues

  • And more

In most cases we can not only alleviate the symptoms but get to their root cause and clear them more quickly than most people would think possible.

Testimonial


Dear Mark,
Words can never express how grateful I am for the time I have spent with you. I was somehow fortunate enough to bring you into my life. You patiently worked with me and helped guide me to a path of lifelong success.

I can never put a price on the life lessons you taught me from June through July'04. My weight dropped by 20 lbs. in that time period and I lost numerous inches, but the biggest change was to my mind: my thoughts have never been the same since!

The concepts of Hypnosis, Time Line Therapy, NLP, Swish Patterns, and many more formerly foreign-sounding phrases now mean a lot to me. I am able to use the principles and concepts you taught me to better all aspects of my life, not just my weight.

I am constantly reminded of the priceless information you presented to me, and it continues to make a difference in my daily life. You taught me that I am in control, only I can make change happen.

Every day old behaviors feel more and more uncomfortable and the new habits seem more natural. Even after the next few months of ongoing support are past I hope to be able to continue to work with you and learn from you.

You are an amazing support in my life and your words stay with me even when I am not in your presence. Thank you for everything. - Sandy Sarno
 

Mark Shepard, NLP Hypnotherapist with offices in Guilford, New Haven & Westport CT

It’s Fast

The typical therapeutic intervention may be as brief as 2 hours, but it is typically one to three sessions, scheduled as close together as possible. The initial session is usually 2 hours in the morning and 2 to 3 hours in the afternoon on a single day. Follow-up sessions are usually 1 to 2 hours.

Benefits to you:

  • Brief intensive therapy saves you time and gives you results quickly. Your unconscious mind is designed to make major changes rapidly, and we take advantage of that.

  • No weekly appointments are needed; results continue indefinitely.

  • Intensive treatment also saves us both from the “weekly rehash” and “picking up from where we left off.” I don’t know about you, but when I’m working on a project, it often takes me an hour just to get into it. It’s frustrating, then, to have to stop just because “time’s up”! But that is the way most other therapy and coaching has generally been done.

  • You will typically (but not always) feel the changes and enjoy significant relief from your presenting problem at our very first session.

It’s thorough.

It makes use of all the change resources in our arsenal. And while we make significant changes rapidly, we also monitor the process for 3 - 6 months to fine-tune and integrate the changes into your life.

Benefits to you:

  • Since you pay a flat up-front fee, you need never be concerned if something else comes up in the context of our project that needs to be addressed.

  • We are not done until we are truly done.

It’s long-term

In the early years of NLP, there was some concern that the magical changes that were achieved might not be lasting ones. With the addition of Hypnosis, Time Line Therapy™ and EFT, when we make a change, the change remains. You also have the tools to deal with and shift any subsequent issues that arise in your life. There may be other issues that your unconscious mind may offer up for release now that this possibility has appeared, but we have 6 months to tweak and fine-tune our work.

Benefits to you:

  • You get to make the change with follow-up support, to make sure that it’s integrated into your life.

 

It’s conditionally guaranteed**

Before we start we will take some time together (either in person or over the phone) to evaluate the depth and complexity of your problem and whether we are well suited to work together. During this time I will ask you some specific questions that will let me find out whether or not I can help you. If the answer is yes, we agree on a coaching program that gives you an excellent return on your investment of both time and money. The price I will quote you at this time is good for 30 days.

If I choose to work with you,  as long as  you complete the tasks I assign and follow my instructions I will continue to work with you even past our agreed upon time period in order to assist you to get the results we set out to get. However, this is a “do with” process, not a “do to” process. No one can "guarantee" you will make the changes you want in your life because that's up to you. However,  you are no longer alone. We are partners working on a collaborative project. Although it may sometimes feel like it, I do not wave a magic wand and make your problems go away. The true magic in what I do lies in helping you to use the resources you have been unable to access on your own. I help you to make the changes you want on the unconscious level, well beyond the level of discipline and “will power.” Again, ultimately you are the one doing the change work. I am the coach or facilitator.

If, after showing up on time for your appointments and completing the tasks I've assigned and following my instructions, you have not experienced the change we agreed was possible in the time frame we committed to, then I will continue working with you at no charge until we do achieve that change.

**Please Note:  This policy only applies to clients who have chosen my 6 month plan.

Benefits to you:

  • This dramatically lowers your risk.

  • I am on the line to do my absolute best to see that you get positive results ASAP.

  • Your commitment to truly participate in your process of change is ensured.

 To see a sample Treatment Outline click here

I charge by the change, not by the hour

My clients usually find my fee to be reasonable as compared with the emotional, physical, and financial costs they might otherwise incur and the emotional, physical, and financial gains they produce.

As soon as I receive your 50% deposit, we will set up an appointment schedule. The balance is due at the end of our first session. If you choose to pay in full at the time of scheduling, I will give you a 10% discount. I will consider a payment plan in some cases.

I then create a customized therapy plan for you. Most commonly I will assign a preliminary task and ask you to set aside 1 to 3 full days for our initial Foundation Clearing Process.

Once our initial Foundation Clearing Process has been completed, we may do various amounts of follow-up work, either face to face, over the phone, by e-mail, or in a group setting.

My intention is always to get the maximum result in the shortest possible time. In addition, we have that 6-month window within which to make sure that the changes we’ve made are permanent and positive.

Benefits to you:

  • You know up front how much it will cost. Once that decision has been made, you can focus on change and healing without worrying about how long it may take or watching the clock tick away your dollars.

  • You can receive ongoing support if and when you need it without incurring extra fees.

The Ultimate Benefit:
You get to be in charge of your change.

Instead of giving you a fish, I teach you how to fish. You gain the benefit of learning how to take charge of your own experiences. Armed with the tools you’ll receive from me, you will be able to more easily handle whatever life brings you. You will also become skilled at “creating your future” the way you want it. 

Bonus:

As part of your individual therapy program, you will receive the following for support and reinforcement:

  • Appropriate Self-hypnosis CD

  • Thirsty For The Sky – songs of empowerment and healing, vol. 1.

  • Eyes on the Horizon – songs of empowerment and healing, vol. 2.

  • Discounts on my certification training courses.

  • Free admission to many of my group sessions.

 

To see a sample Treatment Outline click here

Testimonial

I have lost 25 lbs. I have been more relaxed about food and it has been easier for me to eat well than it was in the past. I’ve been working to get my metabolism up and my bad food intake down through self-hypnosis. I also find that if my mind will not stop - so that I cannot fall asleep - I listen to the hypnosis CD and am sound asleep within a very short time.

-Scott

"Each of us has the ability to change our world for the better one thought at a time, one decision at a time, one belief at a time..." 
- Mark Shepard

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