About John Teleska's practice


About John Teleska's practice

About John Teleska

Interview w/ Teleska

Contact

Endorsements by colleagues

About hypnotherapy

What is hypnosis?

"Unconscious" means...?

What's hypnosis good for?

What will I experience?

How many sessions?

About hypnotic ability

Hypnosis for...

...relief from migraine

...birth & comfort

...quitting smoking

...recovering from trauma
(including sexual abuse)

...people with cancer

Evidence-based medical uses of hypnosis

Articles by John Teleska

Hypnotic interaction

Engaging hypnotic ability

Modern hypnotherapy

Hypnosis CDs & MP3s for...

...quitting smoking

Client comments

Client stories

Selected bibliographies

Uses of hypnosis

Ericksonian hypnotherapy

Relief from migraines

Hypnosis and birth

About Milton Erickson




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"Teleska enables people to learn from and for themselves.... His skill lies in his talent for sensitively reflecting back what each unique client brings, allowing that person to utilize their own powerful resources, conscious or not-yet-conscious, that will enhance healing and personal growth."
—Laurence I. Sugarman, M.D.
Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Hypnosis
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

"John matches deep compassion with very precise clinical skills in helping people deal with a variety of mental health issues as they move towards a healthier life. He is a valued healer in our clinic."


—Charlotte Wytias, RN, MS, FNP
Manager, Integrative Medicine Department
Clifton Springs Hospital


"There are, somewhere within us,
those healing forces that have been present through the ages—
hypnosis mobilizes the forces that heal and repair."

—Milton H. Erickson, M.D.




There is more to you than you know about consciously. Your conscious intelligence is like the tip of an iceberg floating above water, while your unconscious intelligence is large and out of sight, underneath the waterline, supporting the little bit that is visible above.

In my private practice and as a clinician at the Integrative Medicine Department at Clifton Springs Hospital I help people engage their natural abilities, both conscious and unconscious, on behalf of sustainable, life-improving change, including:

Learning to gain relief from the physical and psychological discomforts associated with:
Anxiety and stress
Confidence and self-esteem issues
Depression and negative thinking
Effects of past trauma (click for more about this)
Limiting behavior
Migraine and tension headache (click for more about this)
Pain
Phobias and limiting fears
Relationship, social, and work issues
Repeating obsolete patterns of behavior
Sexual dysfunction
Sleep problems
Stuckness
Trauma and loss (click for more about this)
Harnessing your natural abilities on behalf of:
Altering limiting behaviors
Comfortable and healthy childbirth (click for more about this)
Coping with life changing events
Dental work: comfort and recovery
Focus in sports and competition
Illness recovery
Life threatening illness: support for the associated emotional and physical issues
Moving towards what you want
Public speaking and test taking
Quitting smoking (click for more about this)
Satisfying work and relationships
Surgical procedures: comfort and recovery
Weight loss: support for people who are undertaking exercise and healthy eating
Making life transitions:
Increase satisfaction in relationship and work
Career change
Relationship crisis and divorce
Starting new relationships

Click for more about evidence-based medical uses of hypnotherapy.

The methods of Ericksonian therapy are not scripted, but evolve out of the interaction between you and the therapist to engage your unique and natural abilities on behalf of your well-being and what you desire. (Click for more about hypnotherapy.)




Endorsement by a colleague
"John Teleska has an uncanny talent for inviting collaboration in the therapy/learning process. His way of working maintains a focus on what is useful for clients. As a friend and colleague he impresses me with both his knowledge and presence. Even his published writings have a sense of immediacy. His ability to promote new conversations—including hypnotic conversations—and to engage his clients' unconscious resources make his therapy alive and relevant."

—David London, Ph.D., Psychologist
Supervisor in Family Therapy
at the Child Study Center of NYU Medical Center
Former Director of Adult Clinical Services,
Mapleton Clinic, and Private Practice, NYC

For more comments from colleagues who refer clients to John Teleska go to Endorsements by colleagues.


Email from a client, in the "really cool" process of becoming more and more comfortable living her life

"I last saw you about a year ago and I just wanted to let you know how things are going. I came to you with a problem with driving and you told me to have a nice drive home and amazingly I did. No white knuckling at all and I've been great ever since. I even drove to Maine and back on vacation last summer.

I'm also speaking up now. I find that it's almost like another 'me' is standing next to me and if I get a little nervous about saying something then that other 'me' takes over and just says it. I hope I don't sound like I'm losing it but it's really cool.

I almost never have a problem with my heart racing and when I feel stressed I can still feel my blanket wrapped around me like I did during one of our sessions and I feel instantly comforted. I still have issues that I'm working on but I just wanted to thank you for all that you've done to help me and to tell you my success story."


—(we worked together about 10 sessions over a half-year span)



"It is best to learn as we go, not go as we have learned."

—Leslie J. Sabler



Contact information

John Teleska, M.Ed.
John@UnconsciousResources.com
(585) 264-9497

Office Locations

38 Parkridge Drive
Pittsford, NY 14534
SE of Rochester by Powder Mill Park near Bushnell’s Basin exit 27 of I-490
Integrative Medicine Department
Clifton Springs Hospital
2 Coulter Road
Clifton Springs, NY 14432
between Canandaigua and Geneva,
New York



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