Hypnotherapy is an incredibly adaptive tool which can be used in many ways and offers relief for many of life’s daily challenges. My typical work week involves a wide array of clients with unique needs, and this week is no different.
Here is a brief run down: a landlord is overwhelmed with the stress in dealing with tenants and vandalism; a hard working mom, who is a recovering alcoholic, wants to quit smoking; an IT professional wants help with tinnitus; a high school senior is having difficulty with stress/insomnia; a blue-collar dad wants to reduce stress and the criticism of his children; a healthcare professional wants to lose weight and control alcohol use; a psychologist struggles with his weight; a husband and wife, who drive a considerable distance, also create healthier eating patterns; and a woman with advanced Parkinson’s Syndrome struggles with anxiety and pain.
Through hypnotherapy, all of these clients learn how to establish emotional separation from their problems, and how to create liberating images and emotions supporting healthy change. For many, the disconnect from the difficult past can be palpable. The process of creating sustained relief involves listening to sessions daily at home. Repetition created problems, so we take the same approach with the solution. I recommend three months of brain-training, going to the mental gym.
The most effective way to help clients succeed is to frame it in such an appealing way that there seems to be no other choice. Hypnosis taps into the imagination where individuals are guided to not only release the unproductive past, but to also anticipate success. It is so much easier when you feel as though you are simply trading-up to something better.
This can be so effective that many weight loss clients feel lighter before the scale shows any change. Prior to hypnosis their only approach to solving their problem was to obsess about it, figure it out, or out smart it. Hypnosis releases the battle and connects you to the fast track to success. In fact, many of my weight loss clients have said they felt lighter after the initial session.
Once the shift is initiated, the next step is to repeat the hypnotic solution frequently enough to support lasting success. If repetition creates problems then why not use the same approach to establish solutions. Clients receive a high quality recording of each session and my prescription is to ‘press play once a day’.
At times we all feel as though we are prisoners of one bad habit or another, something we just can’t shake or quit. My approach with hypnosis is all about the patterns and their roots. If we make the mistake of picking up a cigarette when we are very young and become a routine smoker, the smoking pattern, or habit, becomes rooted in the subconscious mind.
Once a pattern becomes rooted it is difficult to undo. The good news is that hypnosis gives you the power to change, power of thought. Hypnosis is the gateway to the subconscious mind making it comfortably easy to take control.
Keys to success:
Genuine desire to do what you say you want to do
Be open minded and follow instructions
Routine home reinforcement so new pattern becomes rooted
A Boston area Hypnotherapist, with 10 years of medical experience as an RN, Paul has been helping clients since 2001 to overcome everyday challenges. Read more
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Healthy Hypnosis: The Simple Truth and Practical Use Paul explains the A-B-C’s of clinical hypnosis and offers case studies and examples of actual client sessions. This is a must read for anyone interested in this fascinating technique.
