Anand Vyas, Ph.D., LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor), also known as Dr. V., has a passion to help heal his clients from the inside, so they can truly feel their best and live with abundance and happiness. He specializes in showing children, adolescents, adults and geriatrics how to reach their full potential and how to experience total health by using innovative and powerful methods of psychotherapy, counseling, neurofeedback, therapeutic hypnosis, medical meditation, relaxation therapy and yoga therapy/breathing exercises.
Psychotherapy consists of a group of techniques for treating mental health, emotional and some psychiatric disorders. Challenges in our lives may lead to depression, anxiety, isolation and other health problems. One can explore one’s alternatives, build on his/her strengths, and develop new skills through counseling. One can cope more easily with challenges faced in life, if one can identify one’s feelings and ways of thinking.
It is a safe, natural, comfortable, effortless, enjoyable, drug-free, and non-invasive approach to help one use his/her brain and central nervous system to make quick, positive, long-lasting changes in his/her life. It stabilizes the nervous system, so one can feel at peace and enjoy better sleep, memory, concentration, self-esteem, creative, athletic, academic and work performance.
Meditation can give one a sense of balance that benefits both one’s physical and emotional well-being. Research shows that these benefits continue even after a meditation session ends. If one is feeling at peace, then one’s ability to face and deal with life’s challenges increases. Some research suggests that meditation may help conditions such as: allergies, anxiety disorders, asthma, binge eating, cancer, depression, fatigue, heart disease, high blood pressure, pain, sleep problems, and substance abuse.
It is used to improve one’s overall health and is different from “stage hypnosis” used by entertainers. No one can hypnotize one against their will. It is used to control addictions to drugs, alcohol, smoking and food. It may help with anxiety, insomnia, phobias, asthma, irritable bowel syndrome and obesity. Research has also found that it can reduce cancer-related pain, labor pain, nausea, and vomiting.
Breathing exercises have been shown to positively affect immune function, hypertension, asthma, autonomic nervous system imbalances, and psychological or stress-related disorders (Jerath, 2006). It improves respiratory and cardiovascular function and improves physical and mental health.
Dr. Vyas is a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC)/Psychotherapist/Certified Medical Meditation and Stress Management Consultant (CMMC)/Certified Yoga Instructor/Hypnotherapist, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), licensed by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors. He has a Ph.D. in Psychology and is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the American Counseling Association (ACA). Please note that his services are not a replacement for medical care by your physician.
