WHAT TO EXPECT

When coming in to see me for a Hypnotherapy session you can expect the first session to be six main steps:

The first part of your beginning treatment you will be filling out intake forms and we have a chance to say our meet and greet and direct you to the restroom if needed.

The second stage of the hypnotherapy session is the process of taking as much time as needed to understand what is on the presenting issue is. I will work with you as extensively as needed, usually between thirty minutes to an hour, to understand your history and what went into the development of the problem(s) at hand. I’ll be asking you as many questions, in as many different ways as possible, so that I understand your goals of our therapy.

Once we have a clear understanding of the issue and how it developed, I will then explain how everything we have discussed has affected you subconsciously. I will as well explain the road to improvement and the solutions we have in front of us to use.

The third part of the session is for teaching you about the state of hypnosis and the subconscious mind. Often this part of the process is filled with helping to dispel fears and myths about the hypnosis process. I have found many times that people have misunderstandings about the nature of hypnosis.

From there I explain to you what the four areas of mind are: primitive, subconscious, critical, and the conscious mind -- and how hypnosis works within the mind-physical body connection.

The fourth part of the hypnotherapy session I used for testing your unique type of subconscious receptivity. We call this your suggestibility. We go through a few different types of suggestibility tests, for discovering what is the best way to tailor suggestions for your mind type. The suggestibility tests are both physical responsiveness tests as well as an in-depth questionnaire. All of this helps me to understand if your mind is most receptive to literal suggestions or if you respond better to inferred or indirect suggestions.

The fifth part of the hypnosis session is dedicated to working together to get you into the state of hypnosis. This is called the induction process.

Once in the state of hypnosis we move into the sixth stage of your hypnosis session: the deepening exercises. This is where we will be assisting your subconscious mind-body to relax more deeply and strengthen your receptivity to positive suggestions.

Once you are at an optimal state of hypnotic depth, I then begin what is called the suggestive therapy at the subconscious level. This happens while you are in a comfortably relaxed state of hypnosis, listening to my words and following the process internally. The hypnotherapeutic process is interactive between you and I and you are aware of what is happening; not asleep or “out cold” as many people mistakenly think about being in the state of hypnosis.

I use as much repetition and use of positive suggestions to get the new ideas and or ways of feeling deeply into your subconscious.

Once we complete all the ‘in-state’ positive suggestion work together, then I count you out of the state of hypnosis. From here we take a little time to discuss post treatment support, homework or elements of the session that may need to be reinforced before you go.

Lastly we take care of rescheduling your next treatment. If I don’t have a client right behind you I’ll typically walk you out with any final comments that may come to mind.