My hope is that we might offer these programs to help relieve suffering in areas other than the urban U.S., including internationally. In the near future, Trujillo hopes to provide scholarships for participants who are interested in hypnotherapy. In the meantime, Hypnosis AIDS Project continues to make its presence felt at workshops throughout L.A., training sessions for facilitators, and eventually on the world wide web. In Trujillo's sessions, creative visualization, breathing techniques, and having a positive attitude make up the core of his teachings. Participants in the workshop will learn relaxation techniques, detachment from negativity, meditative exercises, how to listen to and take responsibility for your vocabulary usage, how to develop a greater sense of comfort and well being, and enhance your sense of self-confidence.
Creative visualization produces similar results to that of the placebo effect in scientific studies.
Trujillo believes that once we learn to control and manipulate the mind to think positively by mere suggestion, the negative aspects of treatment side effects will be reduced as will the treatment. Since Trujillo began his workshop series at APLA in 1996, he has been witness to the reduction and sometimes elimination of peripheral neuropathy, residual pain from shingles, the alleviation of chemo-induced nausea, the accelerated healing of skin ulcerations, enhanced energy levels, reduction of tinnitus, and the recovery of hearing. Because Trujillo addresses the body and mind together, he feels that hypnosis is an excellent medical tool in combating emotional injuries that often become as damaging as the virus is physically. As HIV evolves from a terminal disease to a chronic condition, researchers maintain that an even greater focus must be given to the psycho-emotional factors felt by afflicted individuals. He requires only that you come with an open mind and a sense of humor.