Sal DiBella
Certified Hypnotherapist
Guided Imagery Specialist
Life Coach

My name is Sal DiBella.  I have been working with people with cancer and other life threatening illnesses for over twenty-five years with Fight For Life Inc. My experience over those years has taught me that the mind really can heal the body. It was with this belief that I decided to enroll in school to learn to become a hypnotherapist and how to better use my mind to help others cure what medicine sometimes could not. While attending school I befriended two amazing, caring and exceptional talented people, well respected in their fields; Adrian Himmelbrand, a clinical psychologist and Joanne Lajam a registered nurse. Adrian, Joanne and I went on to attend another school together, given by Dr. Carl Simonton, author of “Getting Well Again”.  

The son of two parents who died battling Cancer I embarked on a journey to discover how families and support groups tried to deal with fighting Cancer and supporting those plagued by it.  I still remember my first visit to a cancer support group so clearly. It was wintertime, we were in a church, the two women running the support group looked as though they already wanted to leave. As a visitor I sat and observed as everyone in the circle and took turns crying about their cancer, complaining about their doctor and how unhappy they were with their treatment options. I couldn’t help but think to myself how negative a place and experience this was for a person with cancer. The people that weren’t depressed before they came would most certainly be leaving depressed. When it was my turn to speak I spoke to everyone about how I was a hypnotherapist and about my beliefs in the power of the mind and it’s ability to heal the body.

Unbeknownst to me at the end of the meeting there were people lined up waiting to talk to me about what they could do to help themselves. We all left the room and continued our conversation in the church parking lot. It was about twenty degrees outside, but none of us seemed to notice. I learned a lot that night, from those people on the front lines in the war against cancer, their fears, regrets hopes and dreams.  It was because of that night, that I knew that I had to create a new group, one that would provide those great people with a sense of hope and determination to fight when everything and everyone around them had given up.

Joanne, Adrian and I started “Fight For Life Inc.” a non-profit support group that was determined to be upbeat and positive. We met once a week for over twenty years, with hundreds of people and their families who were fighting cancer. Adrian led the seminars educating those present on depression and anger. Joanne and I sat with those present one by one and worked with them utilizing various visualization, relation and hypnosis techniques. I visited homes and hospitals work with those who were not strong enough to come to our support groups.

Over the last twenty-five years Joanne, Adrian and myself never sought any kind of compensation from all the people we helped.  I have always truly believed that I have gotten back more than I had given from my years running “Fight For Life”.  I have always tried to impress upon my children that those who give their time as Adrian, Joanne and I and many others do are repaid a thousands of times over. God has a funny way of making that happen.  

My good friend Joanne is no longer with us, I truly miss her. She will never be forgotten. After making all of these tapes for over twenty-five years and seeing how people have thrived and beaten the odds, I have decided to sell them to the general public. I have seen these recordings help people over and over again. These are the tools you need to become a survivor.

These are the Certificate Mr. DiBella holds since 1984.

Institute for Hypnotherapy (Master Hypnotherapist)

American Association for Counseling and Development

(Getting Well Again: A Psychosocial Approach)

American Mental Health Counselors Association

National Guild of Hypnotists

Hypnodyne Foundation (Hypnologist)

American Cancer Society ( I can cope Program)