📍 Illinois – The Rev. Dr. C. Scot Giles, D.Min., BCH, CI – Wheaton

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1211 Pershing Avenue
Wheaton, IL 60189

630-698-0035
cgcsgiles@gmail.com

Appointments are required.

Meet The Rev. Dr. C. Scot Giles, D.Min., BCH, CI

Hypnotic Health Coaching and Complementary Medical Hypnotism in Wheaton

Are you looking for a highly experienced hypnotist and health coach in Wheaton or the greater Chicago area?

Biography:  The Rev. Dr. C. Scot Giles is a Board Certified Diplomate of the National Guild of Hypnotists, Certified Hypnosis Instructor, hypnotic health coach, ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, and retired Board Certified Chaplain.

Dr. Giles has maintained a full-time hypnosis practice for more than 30 years. He is nationally and internationally recognized for his work in complementary medical hypnotism, hypnosis education, ethics, professional practice development, and mind-body approaches to personal change.

An Experienced and Ethical Approach to Hypnosis

Dr. Giles believes clients should understand a practitioner’s credentials, methods, professional boundaries, fees, and practice policies before beginning hypnosis. Every hypnosis client receives a detailed Client Bill of Rights and informed-consent statement.

His work is collaborative and goal-oriented. Depending upon the client’s circumstances, sessions may include hypnotism, health coaching, self-hypnosis instruction, guided imagery, autosuggestion, mindfulness, HeartMath techniques, or other mind-body practices.

Dr. Giles’s approach is intended to help clients draw upon their own internal resources, develop healthier patterns, improve self-regulation, and move toward clearly defined personal goals.

Areas of Focus

Clients may contact Dr. Giles for help pursuing goals involving:

• Stress management and relaxation

• Confidence and self-esteem

• Habit and behavior change

• Smoking cessation

• Weight-management behaviors

• Sleep-related habits

• Performance improvement

• Motivation and personal development

• Health and wellness coaching

• Self-hypnosis

• Coping with medical procedures

• Preparing for surgery or treatment

• Pain-management support

• Fertility-related stress and emotional support

• Living with cancer or chronic illness

• Emotional and spiritual well-being

• Resilience during major life transitions

• Personal meaning and spiritual concerns

Hypnosis may support behavior change, coping, and personal development, but individual experiences vary, and no specific result can be guaranteed.

Why Might You Choose Rev. Dr. C. Scot Giles in Wheaton?

If professional transparency, informed consent, and clearly defined boundaries matter to you, Dr. C. Scot Giles offers one of the more structured approaches to hypnotic coaching.

With more than 30 years of experience, he provides every client with a detailed Bill of Rights explaining his credentials, scope, fees, confidentiality practices, cancellation policy, and complaint process. This may benefit you if you want to understand the professional relationship before agreeing to a program.

A Process Built Around Your Responses

During your initial work, Dr. Giles may develop a goals list, review the history of your concern, and use a hypnotic profile to understand how you experience focused attention and suggestion.

Your individualized program may help you:

• Identify triggers connected to smoking
• Clarify the behavior you want to change
• Learn self-hypnosis and autosuggestion
• Rehearse alternative responses to cravings
• Strengthen emotional self-regulation
• Prepare for high-risk situations
• Develop a plan for maintaining progress

After hypnotic sessions, he provides a written progress report summarizing the work and your overall development. Progress is reviewed during the program, and you may decide whether to end or continue once the initial protocol is complete.

Health-Informed and Spiritually Respectful

Dr. Giles has extensive experience in complementary medical hypnotism and previously worked as a Board-Certified Chaplain. This may be valuable if smoking cessation overlaps with illness, medical treatment, grief, or spiritual concerns.

Complementary Medical Hypnotism

Dr. Giles has developed a specialty practice in complementary medical hypnotism and has worked in cooperation with hospitals, wellness centers, physicians, and other healthcare professionals.

Complementary medical hypnotism may be used to support appropriate clients with goals such as:

• Reducing stress surrounding medical treatment

• Preparing emotionally for procedures

• Developing relaxation and self-regulation skills

• Supporting physician-directed pain management

• Improving coping during illness or recovery

• Reducing anticipatory distress

• Strengthening confidence and treatment participation

• Supporting comfort and quality of life

Professional Leadership in Hypnotism

Dr. Giles is a longstanding member of the National Guild of Hypnotists and has served the organization in numerous leadership, educational, ethical, and advisory capacities.

His professional roles and distinctions include:

• Member, National Guild of Hypnotists Advisory Board

• Safe and Ethical Practice Officer, National Guild of Hypnotists

• Board Certified Diplomate, the Guild’s highest level of board certification

• Certified Instructor, National Guild of Hypnotists

• Member, Order of Braid

• Recipient of the Rexford L. North Award, the Guild’s highest honor

• Former Legislative Liaison for the National Guild of Hypnotists and National Federation of Hypnotists

• Author of the National Guild of Hypnotists Complementary Medical Hypnotism Certification Program

• Faculty member and continuing-education presenter

• Educator on ethics, safe practice, medical collaboration, technology, and professional-practice development

He has received many of the professional awards presented by the National Guild of Hypnotists and regularly teaches other hypnosis practitioners.

Education and Professional Credentials

Dr. Giles’s education and professional credentials include:

• Bachelor’s degree, University of Connecticut, High Honors and Phi Beta Kappa

• Master’s degree, University of Connecticut

• Doctor of Ministry, Meadville Lombard Theological School at the University of Chicago, Highest Distinction

• Board Certified Diplomate, National Guild of Hypnotists

• Certified Instructor, National Guild of Hypnotists

• Certified Professional Hypnotist, International Certification Board of Coaches and Hypnotists

• Certified HypnoCoach, National Guild of Hypnotists

• HeartMath Certified Coach

• Certified HypnoFertility Consultant

• Board Certified Chaplain, retired

• Retired Life Member, Association of Professional Chaplains

• Ordained and fully fellowshipped Unitarian Universalist minister

• Affiliated Community Minister, Countryside Church Unitarian Universalist

Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy

Dr. Giles’s background as an ordained minister and Board Certified Chaplain informs his ability to work respectfully with clients facing illness, uncertainty, grief, spiritual questions, and significant life transitions.

Clients of every religious tradition, spiritual orientation, or secular worldview are welcome. Spiritual language or imagery is included only when requested or appropriate to the client’s beliefs and preferences.

Training and Professional Education

In addition to working with private clients, Dr. Giles provides advanced education for hypnosis professionals. His teaching topics have included:

• Complementary medical hypnotism

• Ethical and safe hypnosis practice

• Professional boundaries

• Working collaboratively with healthcare providers

• Hypnotic health coaching

• Practice development

• Client recruitment and retention

• Technology in hypnosis practice

• Self-hypnosis and autosuggestion

• Documentation and informed consent

Appointment Options

• Private sessions in Wheaton, Illinois

• Hypnotic health coaching

• Complementary medical hypnotism

• Self-hypnosis instruction

• Spiritual-care support when requested

• Professional consultations

• Hypnosis education and practitioner training

• Telephone consultation

Contact Dr. Giles directly to determine whether his services are appropriate for your goals and whether medical approval or professional coordination is needed.

Contact The Rev. Dr. C. Scot Giles

The Rev. Dr. C. Scot Giles, D.Min., BCH, CI
Board Certified Diplomate, Certified Instructor, and Hypnotic Health Coach

📍 1211 Pershing Avenue
Wheaton, IL 60189

📞 Office: 630-668-1141
📱  630-698-0035
✉️ cgcsgiles@gmail.com
🌐 Dr. C. Scot Giles

Contact Dr. Giles to ask questions about hypnosis, discuss your goals, and determine whether an appointment or professional referral is appropriate.

Independent-Practice Disclosure

The professional practice of The Rev. Dr. C. Scot Giles is independently owned and operated. Dr. Giles is not an employee, agent, partner, or representative of Healthy Life Centers.

Healthy Life Centers recommends and refers prospective clients to independent practitioners but does not supervise or control their credentials, services, fees, scheduling, client relationships, professional decisions, representations, or results.

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