ABOUT LESLIE

Leslie is a certified hypnotherapist and received her degree, with Honors, from the Hypnosis Motivation Institute in Tarzana, CA. She is certified in NLP.  She has a D.D.S. degree from Northwestern University School of Dentistry and a B.S. in Biology, Cum Laude, from Loyola University of Chicago.

Leslie is a staff facilitator that uses hypnosis for small staff groups to decrease stress, increase confidence and increase team cohesiveness in professional businesses.  She develops and uses imagery for teamwork.  She is able to do so effectively by combining both her hypnotherapy and business management skills.  Before obtaining her degree in hypnotherapy, Leslie had a successful private dental practice for over 20 years.

She is dedicated to helping individuals and groups with vocational and personal self improvement.
 

My Journey

In 1983 I moved to Los Angeles and entered into a dental practice which I soon purchased.  I had a wonderful, personable private dental practice that blossomed and grew.  I was particular about the details of dental treatments and understanding and conscientious about patients’ needs and concerns.  It seemed that the more I cared about my patients the more friendships, meaning and wisdom I received from them; and in my life.  In 2006 my chronic neck pain, caused by my occupational positioning and repetitive motion as a dentist increased and was not responding to treatments.  So, with great sadness, I sold my dental practice in 2007 to my associate who had been with me for 10 years.  My receptionist had been with me from 1983 and my 2 hygienists for 18 years and the same staff is in the practice today.  It crushed me to leave them and to leave my dental practice.  When we have loss and pain we must search out and seek transformation.

My endeavor to study hypnosis was fueled by my desires to manage my chronic neck, shoulder and arm pain and to pursue a career in which I could care for others.  Hypnotherapy has brought this to fruition.
I use hypnosis daily for pain management. I have changed my lifestyle and my relationship with food – I still love what I eat but I weigh 35 pounds less then I use to.  I walk the talk!
In this life journey we are on, things often happen to us that we don’t like and weaken us.  There are occurrences and events we cannot change the course of.  We can however, choose our evaluation of things that happen and change our thoughts and reactions. We make our reality by our self talk and our reactions and actions. Your mind is so powerful and has all the resources to make this shift.
I understand how it is so very difficult to have unwanted things happen. The cycle of the stages of loss seem to take us over. There is powerful fear of the unknown.  You have the desire to make a change, but you’re stuck in a cycle because you’re familiar with it, and you keep doing the same behaviors over and over, but you want to stop.

Try hypnosis or add hypnosis to what you are already currently doing to help yourself. You are reading this because you know something needs to change in your life and you are ready now, to make that change. You can call me at (818) 621-7817. If I am with clients I will get back to you within 24 hours. I will give you an assessment based on what you want to achieve.
Hypnosis to access your subconscious resources and create the desirable changes to make you the self you most want to be.

Leslie M. Sejdak, D.D.S., C.Ht.