Frequently asked questions.
Why would I want/need to do hypnotherapy?
If you have been struggling with any single issue in your life for months, years or your entire life, and you are finding it challenging to overcome with knowledge or mental hacks or self control, then it is likely rooted from a 'program' or belief located in your subconscious.
Hypnotherapy allows you to access your subconscious to reprogram that belief, fast.
Since 95 percent of our behavior is controlled by our subconscious (and not our conscious minds), this means that we are carrying out whatever is programmed in our subconscious minds. It is, by definition, then necessary to look at what is in our subconscious (and not our conscious mind) that is leading to the issue we are experiencing. So although you most certainly do not "need" hypnotherapy to overcome your issue, if you would like to get to the bottom of the issue without taking a long time to overcome it, working with the subconscious would be an incredibly important part of the process.
What can I address in a session?
Just about any issue you want to address.
I always suggest to focus for a moment on where you feel you need help or struggle in your life - perhaps it is on a material level, or on an emotional level, or physical discomfort and pains. Or perhaps in relationships with your romantic partner, relationship with money, or relationship with certain friends.
"I am worried that I cannot be hypnotized!" or "It didn't work with another hypnotherapist"
Everyone can enter into hypnosis. This is a natural state brain wave state that we all go in at very minimum 2, but in actuality, hundreds of times times a day, without any effort. You are, by definition, already naturally hypnotised many times a day, so you can most certainly be hypnotised.
Everyone also can be hypnotised for therapeutic reasons, however, to benefit from the therapy in hypnosis, it will be challenging if the client does not wish to unless you do not want to be, then it will be challenging.
How many sessions will I need to overcome my topic?
It depends on the topic and on you.
Most clients resolve or feel significant decrease in their issue after one session. However, depending on the topic and the state of the client, it may take four sessions to fully resolve their issue. We must work at a safe pace and at the pace the client finds comfortable working with.
I always aim to resolve the issue in one or as few sessions as possible and I do not plan to keep you as a client for months and years to overcome one single issue.
Do you record the sessions?
No. Sessions are not and will not be recorded for various reasons.
I do not encourage clients to record the sessions either for healing purposes.
If the sessions is to be recorded, it will be fully dependent on the topic being addressed and only with full written consent of the client before the session.
How can I best prepare for a session?
Have a clear idea of what you would like to focus on - this helps the mind to focus.
Eat before the session so that you have energy for the three hours you will be in session.
Avoid drinking coffee at least two hours before the session.
Avoid drinking alcohol the night before.
Avoid taking mood-altering drugs or hallucinogenics for at least two nights prior to date of session.
If you are taking anti-depressants or mood stabilisers, let me know in advance.
If you have any questions or concerns about hypnotherapy and/or me, email me. Getting answers to these questions will ease your mind.
Because hypnotherapy is most effective when relaxed, I suggest to come to the session as openly as possible, without any feeling of resistance or doubt. Commit fully to that the session with me. Some clients have relayed that they alleviated the feeling of pressure and nervousness to overcome issue itself by meditating prior to the session and some by reading more about the conscious, subconscious, and the mind.
Are there any risk or side effects to hypnotherapy?
There are minimal risks unless you have any pre-existing conditions such as epileptic tendencies, heart conditions, blood conditions (blood clots), and other physical problems/illnesses. If this is the case, please email me before booking a session.
It can be slightly uncomfortable during the sessions are releasing of the emotions is taking place. Post session, most clients report feeling normal. As the day progresses, a feeling of tiredness can move in and this is very normal. The following two days after the session, it is not uncommon to feel a slight feeling of being "in transition". This feeling usually last up to 2-3 nights sleep as you are processing and recalibrating. This post-session feeling of processing is very normal and necessary. This is just like a surgery, however one of the mind so healing is part of the process. During this time, people can feel tired, hungry, sad, sensitive, melancholic, or full of energy, high on life. There is no way to know what you will feel, and all these feelings will pass and you will normalise back to your new 'baseline'.
About 20-30% of clients will experience these feelings in a heightened way - feeling very tired/needing to sleep, being unusually hungry, feeling more emotional than usual, feeling tingling around parts of the body, very deep sleep, feeling more energetic than usual, the need to retreat, the need to go out and do sports. Again, these feelings will pass as you re-integrate.