Fears & Phobias

A hypnotherapy session always begins with a client sharing their concerns, problems, or issues at hand, just as one would do to begin a regular talk-therapy session. The hypnotherapist listens and takes careful notes to insure that key words or phrases spoken by the client be used during the trance-state portion of the session. By attending to the exact verbiage, it takes the client deeper into their emotions where their real work begins.

An induction into a state of hypnosis can involve many different techniques, however, the goal is to bring the client into deeper and deeper states of relaxation. It’s common for a client to feel like they are not hypnotized, as the conscious mind remains active throughout the entire session. The more a client allows themselves to let go into deeper states of relaxation, the more beneficial the session. The ironic thing is, though, most clients don’t call a hypnotherapist unless they are ready to do the deep work of their soul. So relax and enjoy!

I find that at parties, dinners, meetings and whenever I meet new people, people are interested in hypnosis and love to ask questions and talk about it.

One of the most fun areas of making conversation can be around all the strange names for phobias. Remember when Lucy asks Charlie Brown if he has panophobia?

"What's that?" Charlie Brown asks.

"Fear of everything," Lucy replies.

"THAT'S IT!!" yells Charlie Brown.

As a hypnotherapist you know that hypnotherapy can be very effective for reducing and eliminating phobias. In my experience, a little entertaining conversation about phobias has always done a great job of putting people at ease and creating a few laughs. It makes it very easy to say something like, "Oh yes, hypnosis works well on phobias, smoking, weight control, stress management... plus all the cool exploration like past life regression." That almost always resulted in them asking me for my card.

Single parenthood is extraordinary and unparalleled. There is an assumption, however that in order for single parents to live their dreams, they must wait until a child grows independent. At this time, the parent’s mind grows weary and physical capabilities can diminish if a healthy diet and exercise is not part of their routine. Sometimes a typecast is mentioned as the reason for seeking help. “I’m a single mother” is mentioned as a stigma and not a simple statement of fact. To think independently may seem more difficult than to simply accept how many in society, family, and friends believe a single parent should live. Independence equals creativity. Assuming a role everyone else feels you should play impedes on your overall growth & individuality so that seeking a holistic health practitioner, a life coach or therapist offers little help if the individual is not willing to let go of those belief systems holding them back from reaching desired results.

Every once in awhile we hypnotherapists are thrown into a subject matter covering Metaphysical and Paranormal anomalies where our clients are the victims of such behavior. My past 30 years' of hypnotherpay has brought me to many countries with clients in this category.

I deal with individuals as well as in the workshop scenario. Some of the subjects I have dealt with are past life repressions, projections into the future, metaphysical trauma, UFO abductions and paranormal activities. Dealing with such experiences requires a hypnosis technician who has professional training in these situations. The task of working in these sessions also requires the technician to take the victim into a deeper trance than normal working conditions. Brain waves need to be in the Theta or even Delta range. You as the hypnotherapist have to give the client an extreme sense of trust in you.