Ajamu Ayinde, Medical Hypnotherapist and Master Mental Coach

Ajamu Ayinde, B.C.H. is a Board Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist with the International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association (IMDHA) and a Certified Medical Hypnotherapist with advanced training in pain management, childbirth preparation, and catastrophic illnesses.  

He has been certified in Medical Hypnosis by Bruce Kaloski, Ph.D., Patricia Scott, Ph.D. and is a certified Trainer of Melissa Roth, renowned Medical Hypnosis pioneer.

He is a Master Mental Skills Coach and Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming through the American Board of NLP.  

He is a Transpersonal Hypnotherapy Trainer through the National Association of Transpersonal Hypnotherapists (NATH) and he completed his training in 1998 with the late Dr. Allen Chips, Executive Director of the NATH.  

He was the Mental Skills Coach for the Vassar College Fencing team for two seasons.       

He specializes in sports and performing arts enhancement, hypnotic childbirth, and empowering people of color. 

Medical Hypnosis is a complementary, evidence-supported approach that works alongside conventional medical care to support whole-person healing. Recognized by the American Medical Association and other leading health organizations, hypnosis is used to reduce stress, ease fear and discomfort, and strengthen the body’s natural healing response.

This modality is effective because it employs the link that exists between the mind and the body. Medical hypnosis works on different conditions such as pain, allergies, excess weight, phobias, and unhealthy habits such as smoking. Certain issues may require a medical release from one’s primary care doctor.

How it works:

I will assist you to enter an altered state of consciousness to create improvements in your health and wellness. All forms of hypnotherapy involve the induction and deepening of the hypnotic state. Hypnosis is achieved through simple visualizations like imagining descending a staircase combined with progressive muscular relaxation.

Once you are in the altered state, you are open to beneficial suggestions. The reason hypnotherapy works is because the “hypnotic” state is a state of heightened receptivity to suggestion. Once you are hypnotized, I can give you helpful metaphors, stories, quotes, or direct suggestions that are designed to reprogram your subconscious mind and help you break old patterns and create new ones.

Neuro-Linguistic Programming or NLP is a way of understanding and duplicating human excellence. “Neuro” represents our nervous system. The term “Linguistic” refers to our internal and external language. The word “Programming” helps us recognize that the ways that we think, speak, and act are habitual and serve as a kind of operating program. NLP helps you recognize the limiting patterns in your personal and professional life and adopt new, more resourceful patterns quickly and easily. NLP can be employed to achieve a wide range of goals.

I developed Mental Coaching in 1995 from a synthesis of hypnosis, NLP, sports psychology, and cross-cultural spirituality. My study of Olympic level and professional athletes revealed that there are six psychological skills that allowed these athletes to reach extraordinary heights. These six core mental skills are conscious relaxation, visualization, positive self-talk, goal setting, motivation, and focus. Students, athletes, executives, artists, and parents will find these skills extremely valuable when seeking to achieve higher levels of performance. Mental coaching provides the weekly encouragement and accountability needed to reach your important life goals.