Hypnotherapists in Seattle, WA
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Lucid Heart Therapy and Life Coaching is a system of dynamic, creative hypnotherapy originally developed by Seattle hypnotist and hypnotherapist Jack Elias, CHT.
Specific Issues Addressed in Private Sessions Overeating, Weight loss, Smoking, Gambling, Compulsive Habits, Workaholism, Worrying, Fears & Phobias, Traumas & PTSD, Panic Attacks, Stress Management, Pain Control, Painfree Child Birth, Family Counseling, Couples Counseling – Intimacy in Relationships, Counseling for children & teens, Self-confidence, Depression, Professional Success, Harmony at Work, Intuition, Creativity, End Addictive Patterns, Improvement in Athletic Performance, Improvement in Academic Performance, Asthma & Allergies, Auto-immune Disorders, Insomnia, and more ..
Lucid Heart Therapy and Life Coaching is a system of dynamic, creative hypnotherapy originally developed by Seattle hypnotist and hypnotherapist Jack Elias, CHT.
Specific Issues Addressed in Private Sessions Overeating, Weight loss, Smoking, Gambling, Compulsive Habits, Workaholism, Worrying, Fears & Phobias, Traumas & PTSD, Panic Attacks, Stress Management, Pain Control, Painfree Child Birth, Family Counseling, Couples Counseling – Intimacy in Relationships, Counseling for children & teens, Self-confidence, Depression, Professional Success, Harmony at Work, Intuition, Creativity, End Addictive Patterns, Improvement in Athletic Performance, Improvement in Academic Performance, Asthma & Allergies, Auto-immune Disorders, Insomnia, and more ..
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I invite you to begin working towards a more fulfilling future. I take my time, work at a pace that you find comfortable, and maintain an open and collaborative environment, with an emphasis on shared trust. Using multiple modalities, including hypnotherapy and EMDR, I am competent to treat most issues. I have over 20 years of experience in the field and love my job! Taking the leap into therapy is an exceptional gift that you deserve!
I invite you to begin working towards a more fulfilling future. I take my time, work at a pace that you find comfortable, and maintain an open and collaborative environment, with an emphasis on shared trust. Using multiple modalities, including hypnotherapy and EMDR, I am competent to treat most issues. I have over 20 years of experience in the field and love my job! Taking the leap into therapy is an exceptional gift that you deserve!
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Nadia Ahrens
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, ACHT
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98103
Using a blend of clinical expertise with healing modalities such as hypnotherapy, soul work, and the chakra system, she teaches women how to understand their gifts and release fears so they can live empowered, authentic lives.
Are you ready to move beyond therapy and find your soul's purpose? Have you ever asked yourself, "Why am I here?" "Is there a purpose to my life?" You've found the right place. A blend of psychotherapy, soul soaching & hypnotherapy help you heal on a deeper, more profound level, so you can understand your soul's purpose. I'm dedicated to helping women empower, transform and fulfill their lives.
Using a blend of clinical expertise with healing modalities such as hypnotherapy, soul work, and the chakra system, she teaches women how to understand their gifts and release fears so they can live empowered, authentic lives.
Are you ready to move beyond therapy and find your soul's purpose? Have you ever asked yourself, "Why am I here?" "Is there a purpose to my life?" You've found the right place. A blend of psychotherapy, soul soaching & hypnotherapy help you heal on a deeper, more profound level, so you can understand your soul's purpose. I'm dedicated to helping women empower, transform and fulfill their lives.
![Photo of Kelly Granite Enck, CHT, BA, RRT](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/44d98fa1-46cd-11ea-a6ad-06142c356176/1/320x400.jpeg)
Rapid Resolution Therapy (RRT) is a cutting-edge hypnotherapy technique that helps individuals overcome anxiety, panic attacks, trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), quit smoking, manage grief, insomnia, lose weight, enhance sports performance, and build confidence. Book your Online or In-Office RRT Therapy Session with Kelly on her website, clicking the "Book Now" button www.DoylestownHypnosis.com.
Rapid Resolution Therapy (RRT) is a cutting-edge hypnotherapy technique that helps individuals overcome anxiety, panic attacks, trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), quit smoking, manage grief, insomnia, lose weight, enhance sports performance, and build confidence. Book your Online or In-Office RRT Therapy Session with Kelly on her website, clicking the "Book Now" button www.DoylestownHypnosis.com.
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Stressed? Overwhelmed? Angry? Reactionary? Trouble in relationships - personal, professional, intimate? Feeling down or frustrated too often? Christian provides a professional, evidence-based approach to working with sub-clinical issues through a systematic hypnotherapy model. Oftentimes in a matter of just a few sessions, clients report startling and sustainable change, new insights into themselves and old patterns of beliefs or reactions, and more freedom to be their best selves.
Stressed? Overwhelmed? Angry? Reactionary? Trouble in relationships - personal, professional, intimate? Feeling down or frustrated too often? Christian provides a professional, evidence-based approach to working with sub-clinical issues through a systematic hypnotherapy model. Oftentimes in a matter of just a few sessions, clients report startling and sustainable change, new insights into themselves and old patterns of beliefs or reactions, and more freedom to be their best selves.
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We work with individuals, couples, families, teens, and children. Our therapists are trained in various psychotherapy modalities such as EMDR, The Gott man Method, EFT, Hypnotherapy, and Cognitive Behavioral therapy. We help clients address issues related to relationships, self-esteem/confidence, anxiety, depression, trauma, and improving overall mental health and well-being.
We work with individuals, couples, families, teens, and children. Our therapists are trained in various psychotherapy modalities such as EMDR, The Gott man Method, EFT, Hypnotherapy, and Cognitive Behavioral therapy. We help clients address issues related to relationships, self-esteem/confidence, anxiety, depression, trauma, and improving overall mental health and well-being.
![Photo of Vicki Keough, CHT, BHS](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/3e83ba51-46cd-11ea-a6ad-06142c356176/3/320x400.jpeg)
Incorporating hypnotherapy and NLP into the counseling process allows Vicki's patients to fully integrate change using both parts of their brain.
Vicki Keough, Behavioral Health Specialist, develops strategies and tools for each patient to address their presenting concerns. Collaborating together we explore new approaches to create positive sustainable change. Incorporating the subconscious mind through the use of hypnotherapy allows issues to be addressed at their root. Vicki studies the thoughts and triggers that create undesirable patterns and consequences in your life. To address these patterns she combines neuro linguistic programming, therapeutic hypnotherapy and coaching developing a counseling relationship that fits your needs and supports you in actualizing your goals. To learn more about Vicki and how she can help you visit vickikeough.com
Incorporating hypnotherapy and NLP into the counseling process allows Vicki's patients to fully integrate change using both parts of their brain.
Vicki Keough, Behavioral Health Specialist, develops strategies and tools for each patient to address their presenting concerns. Collaborating together we explore new approaches to create positive sustainable change. Incorporating the subconscious mind through the use of hypnotherapy allows issues to be addressed at their root. Vicki studies the thoughts and triggers that create undesirable patterns and consequences in your life. To address these patterns she combines neuro linguistic programming, therapeutic hypnotherapy and coaching developing a counseling relationship that fits your needs and supports you in actualizing your goals. To learn more about Vicki and how she can help you visit vickikeough.com
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Why hypnotherapy? Because it is solution oriented, not problem oriented.
Hypnosis creates a natural bridge between mind and body, and it's a proven method for relieving pain, improving sleep, releasing anxiety, and replacing self-sabotage with new choices. Hypnosis is a natural state of focused attention creating a heightened openness and awareness. This state allows the mind to gently access deep creative resources, and in clinical hypnosis, we can then apply these resources to your goals for change.
Why hypnotherapy? Because it is solution oriented, not problem oriented.
Hypnosis creates a natural bridge between mind and body, and it's a proven method for relieving pain, improving sleep, releasing anxiety, and replacing self-sabotage with new choices. Hypnosis is a natural state of focused attention creating a heightened openness and awareness. This state allows the mind to gently access deep creative resources, and in clinical hypnosis, we can then apply these resources to your goals for change.
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I am trained in several approaches including Internal Family Systems (IFS/parts work), heart-centered-hypnotherapy, tapping (EMDR) and TF-CBT.
As a body-focused therapist with ten years of experience, I am here to help you uncover your intuition, identify and heal parts of us that feel stuck or hurt, while finding new paths toward wholeness, joy, and authenticity. I offer a therapeutic container built on trust to explore and release that which no longer serves you. Your inner strengths that we identify together will ultimately support and guide you toward balance and integrity, leading you into a more integrated and Self-led life. I am someone who's experienced chronic illness (POTS, Long-COVID), am in 12-step recovery, and identify as queer and non-binary.
I am trained in several approaches including Internal Family Systems (IFS/parts work), heart-centered-hypnotherapy, tapping (EMDR) and TF-CBT.
As a body-focused therapist with ten years of experience, I am here to help you uncover your intuition, identify and heal parts of us that feel stuck or hurt, while finding new paths toward wholeness, joy, and authenticity. I offer a therapeutic container built on trust to explore and release that which no longer serves you. Your inner strengths that we identify together will ultimately support and guide you toward balance and integrity, leading you into a more integrated and Self-led life. I am someone who's experienced chronic illness (POTS, Long-COVID), am in 12-step recovery, and identify as queer and non-binary.
![Photo of James Rose - James Rose Hypnotherapy & Executive Coaching, MS, MBPsS, MNCH, FHEQ](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/c93e8a42-97d8-49f3-b77a-fadfe933b77a/1/320x400.jpeg)
James Rose Hypnotherapy & Executive Coaching
MS, MBPsS, MNCH, FHEQ
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98104
What is Cognitive Hypnotherapy? This evidence-based approach combines the power of hypnosis with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to create impactful and lasting change.
I'm an award winning licensed therapist, cognitive hypnotherapist, & executive coach from the UK, now bringing my expertise to the USA. With a Master of Science in Psychology from University of London and membership in the British Psychological Society, my training is further enhanced by Cognitive Hypnotherapy from the renowned Quest Institute at Regents College London. Over 15 years, I've helped clients manage stress & anxiety, recover from addiction, overcome sleep disorders, and navigate burnout, relationship issues, and phobias. Awarded 'Corporate Therapy Specialist of the Year' by UK Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Awards in 2021.
What is Cognitive Hypnotherapy? This evidence-based approach combines the power of hypnosis with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to create impactful and lasting change.
I'm an award winning licensed therapist, cognitive hypnotherapist, & executive coach from the UK, now bringing my expertise to the USA. With a Master of Science in Psychology from University of London and membership in the British Psychological Society, my training is further enhanced by Cognitive Hypnotherapy from the renowned Quest Institute at Regents College London. Over 15 years, I've helped clients manage stress & anxiety, recover from addiction, overcome sleep disorders, and navigate burnout, relationship issues, and phobias. Awarded 'Corporate Therapy Specialist of the Year' by UK Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Awards in 2021.
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Individual therapy is comprised of somatic, cognitive/behavioral therapies and hypnotherapy.
This time has been isolating and life alternating to say the least. Many of us are left with a feeling of overwhelm as we are separated from one another and cannot participate in the lifestyle routines that once helped us to feel grounded. I have been working with many clients this year to find a source of balance and inner peace when so much of the world has shut down and become unavailable to us. From anxiety, depression and Pandemic PTSD to low motivation and deflation. Feelings of isolation, loneliness and despondency are a few of the many issues I work with in my clients at the moment. Let me help you build your new world!
Individual therapy is comprised of somatic, cognitive/behavioral therapies and hypnotherapy.
This time has been isolating and life alternating to say the least. Many of us are left with a feeling of overwhelm as we are separated from one another and cannot participate in the lifestyle routines that once helped us to feel grounded. I have been working with many clients this year to find a source of balance and inner peace when so much of the world has shut down and become unavailable to us. From anxiety, depression and Pandemic PTSD to low motivation and deflation. Feelings of isolation, loneliness and despondency are a few of the many issues I work with in my clients at the moment. Let me help you build your new world!
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Using a combination of psychotherapy and Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy, let's finally get to the root of this struggle.
You're here because you can't do it alone anymore. You need help to shake the stuck feeling and wonder if depression, anxiety, co-dependency [or insert struggle of choice] are winning this battle. You try to quit old habits and form healthier habits, but to no avail. You want to be in relationships that build you up but, more often than not, you feel doubt. Your self-esteem is in question. You don't feel like yourself anymore... whoever that may be. It's time to find help that will really move you out of this stuck place.
Using a combination of psychotherapy and Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy, let's finally get to the root of this struggle.
You're here because you can't do it alone anymore. You need help to shake the stuck feeling and wonder if depression, anxiety, co-dependency [or insert struggle of choice] are winning this battle. You try to quit old habits and form healthier habits, but to no avail. You want to be in relationships that build you up but, more often than not, you feel doubt. Your self-esteem is in question. You don't feel like yourself anymore... whoever that may be. It's time to find help that will really move you out of this stuck place.
![Photo of Carla Grace - Carla Grace, LMHC, LPC, DBTC, CAMF, Counselor](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/437fb1e1-46cd-11ea-a6ad-06142c356176/1/320x400.jpeg)
My specialties include Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, EMDR, Hypnotherapy, Rapid Transformational Therapy, Brain Gym, Psych-K, and Sandtray.
Hi, my name is Carla Grace. My therapeutic style is interactive, inclusive and supportive. I facilitate my client's exploration of the root of traumatic events from a nurturing and empowering perspective. I view the healing process as a sacred and vulnerable experience and create a safe and empowering environment for exploration and healing. Initially, I help the client create supportive scaffolding by identifying and implementing healthy effective coping skills and identifying triggers. It is a privilege to walk alongside a person through their healing journey.
My specialties include Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, EMDR, Hypnotherapy, Rapid Transformational Therapy, Brain Gym, Psych-K, and Sandtray.
Hi, my name is Carla Grace. My therapeutic style is interactive, inclusive and supportive. I facilitate my client's exploration of the root of traumatic events from a nurturing and empowering perspective. I view the healing process as a sacred and vulnerable experience and create a safe and empowering environment for exploration and healing. Initially, I help the client create supportive scaffolding by identifying and implementing healthy effective coping skills and identifying triggers. It is a privilege to walk alongside a person through their healing journey.
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I offer EMDR, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), meditation, hypnotherapy, and Energy Medicine.
In this time of unprecedented loss and stress due to COVID-19 and other world events such as accelerating climate change, I can help you deal with anxiety and depression. My orientation is transpersonal as I see physical and emotional issues as doorways to transformation and spiritual awakening. In my psychotherapy practice, people have achieved new levels of personal freedom and self-esteem. Together, we can enrich your quality of life and enhance your creativity. Integrative healing encompasses body, mind & spirit. We all deserve to be happy in our bodies and our lives. I work also with couples to resolve relationship issues.
I offer EMDR, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), meditation, hypnotherapy, and Energy Medicine.
In this time of unprecedented loss and stress due to COVID-19 and other world events such as accelerating climate change, I can help you deal with anxiety and depression. My orientation is transpersonal as I see physical and emotional issues as doorways to transformation and spiritual awakening. In my psychotherapy practice, people have achieved new levels of personal freedom and self-esteem. Together, we can enrich your quality of life and enhance your creativity. Integrative healing encompasses body, mind & spirit. We all deserve to be happy in our bodies and our lives. I work also with couples to resolve relationship issues.
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Clinical hypnotherapy is a powerful treatment strategy with broad applications. Hypnosis engages with the subconscious mind by offering new ideas and new stories to help shift unhelpful or harmful patterns of behavior. Hypnosis can be used to treat a variety of clinical conditions (e.g. insomnia, jaw clenching), phobias (dogs, flying), and even addiction.
Clinical hypnotherapy is a powerful treatment strategy with broad applications. Hypnosis engages with the subconscious mind by offering new ideas and new stories to help shift unhelpful or harmful patterns of behavior. Hypnosis can be used to treat a variety of clinical conditions (e.g. insomnia, jaw clenching), phobias (dogs, flying), and even addiction.
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I have trained in the use of hypnotherapy, which can be tremendously useful if you are experiencing intrusive traumatic memories, chronic pain, phobias, or if you are hoping to change habits, particularly around losing weight and increasing motivation to exercise and eat a healthier diet.
Good therapy is a gift that you give yourself: a gift of understanding, compassion, and clarity. It can lead to better relationships and the ability to enjoy what is good in life, even when bad things happen. The saying, "What is shareable is bearable," forms the backbone of my philosophy. Being able to talk about what is troubling you can help you deal with stress and relationships. I help individuals process the issues causing them stress and I help couples get to the heart of their issues.
I have trained in the use of hypnotherapy, which can be tremendously useful if you are experiencing intrusive traumatic memories, chronic pain, phobias, or if you are hoping to change habits, particularly around losing weight and increasing motivation to exercise and eat a healthier diet.
Good therapy is a gift that you give yourself: a gift of understanding, compassion, and clarity. It can lead to better relationships and the ability to enjoy what is good in life, even when bad things happen. The saying, "What is shareable is bearable," forms the backbone of my philosophy. Being able to talk about what is troubling you can help you deal with stress and relationships. I help individuals process the issues causing them stress and I help couples get to the heart of their issues.
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Bronwyn Wrobel
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, LMHC
Verified Verified
20 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98121 (Online Only)
Some of the methods utilized include mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy, narrative therapy, internal family systems, attachment theory, hypnotherapy, etc.
I'm accepting new weekly clients at a 10% discounted rate for the month of August. Lock in at this lower rate now! As a Transpersonal Psychotherapist I offer mental, physical, social, emotional, and spiritual support. I teach you to Love & Accept your Self unconditionally. Transpersonal psychology emphasizes the importance of a healthy spirit in healing and wholeness. I help you shift your perspectives so that life begins to work for you instead of against you.
Some of the methods utilized include mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy, narrative therapy, internal family systems, attachment theory, hypnotherapy, etc.
I'm accepting new weekly clients at a 10% discounted rate for the month of August. Lock in at this lower rate now! As a Transpersonal Psychotherapist I offer mental, physical, social, emotional, and spiritual support. I teach you to Love & Accept your Self unconditionally. Transpersonal psychology emphasizes the importance of a healthy spirit in healing and wholeness. I help you shift your perspectives so that life begins to work for you instead of against you.
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For over 15 years, I have been a practicing mental health professional and professional coach with a specialization in social justice counseling, hypnotherapy and expressive arts therapy, specifically narrative, poetry and restorative yoga. I received my master’s degree in Social Justice Counseling from Antioch University, yoga teacher training certifications from My Vinyasa Practice, LLC and American Sports and Fitness Association and I currently hold several Department of Health credentials in Washington State.
For over 15 years, I have been a practicing mental health professional and professional coach with a specialization in social justice counseling, hypnotherapy and expressive arts therapy, specifically narrative, poetry and restorative yoga. I received my master’s degree in Social Justice Counseling from Antioch University, yoga teacher training certifications from My Vinyasa Practice, LLC and American Sports and Fitness Association and I currently hold several Department of Health credentials in Washington State.
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Janet Douglas
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, ACHT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98105 (Online Only)
I use counselling, hypnotherapy and mindfulness techniques to help heal your past and coaching techniques to help improve your future.
Are you struggling with depression, anxiety, relationship issues, or a past that's holding you back? I can help. Are you wanting to make a change, and are feeling stuck, or out of control? Are you ready to heal yourself from within? I can help! Counselling and hypnotherapy allow you to get to the source of negative beliefs and patterns so that you can heal from old wounds. You are better able to see how these patterns may have carried forward and left you feeling stuck in your current situation. Through this healing, you can release what no longer serves you and become who we truly want to be.
I use counselling, hypnotherapy and mindfulness techniques to help heal your past and coaching techniques to help improve your future.
Are you struggling with depression, anxiety, relationship issues, or a past that's holding you back? I can help. Are you wanting to make a change, and are feeling stuck, or out of control? Are you ready to heal yourself from within? I can help! Counselling and hypnotherapy allow you to get to the source of negative beliefs and patterns so that you can heal from old wounds. You are better able to see how these patterns may have carried forward and left you feeling stuck in your current situation. Through this healing, you can release what no longer serves you and become who we truly want to be.
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Doing deep personal work (be it through therapy, coaching, or hypnotherapy) is a journey of recovery and discovery.
As a transpersonal therapist and coach, the bulk of my work is holistic in nature. This means that we are working with your whole being (light and shadow, seen and unseen, conscious and unconscious, mind and soul) with the intention of healing old wounds and patterns—personally, ancestrally, collectively.
Doing deep personal work (be it through therapy, coaching, or hypnotherapy) is a journey of recovery and discovery.
As a transpersonal therapist and coach, the bulk of my work is holistic in nature. This means that we are working with your whole being (light and shadow, seen and unseen, conscious and unconscious, mind and soul) with the intention of healing old wounds and patterns—personally, ancestrally, collectively.
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HypnoTherapy
How does hypnotherapy work?
Hypnotherapy works by using guided hypnosis to help you reach a state of focus and concentration through mental imagery and soothing verbal repetition. The state is somewhat like being absorbed in a book, a movie, or your own thoughts. You are not under a therapist’s “control,” but they can help you relax and turn your attention inward to discover the resources to achieve behavior change or better manage psychological concerns. Therapy sessions may involve guiding you through recognizing a problem, releasing problematic thoughts about it, and considering and accepting more productive alternatives before returning to normal awareness. Hypnotherapy is typically used by a therapist along with traditional forms of talk therapy. Eventually, your therapist can help you learn hypnotherapy techniques yourself so you can establish a stronger sense of control on your own in stressful or challenging moments.
Is hypnotherapy the same as hypnosis?
Hypnotherapy, which is sometimes called hypnotic suggestion, is a therapeutic technique in which a therapist uses hypnosis to help patients. It is not the kind of hypnosis portrayed in stage shows, or in movies or on television. You will not be unconscious or asleep during hypnotherapy, you will not lose control of yourself, your thoughts, or your free will, and you will be able to fully recall your experience. And while you will hear your therapist’s suggestions, it is always up to you to decide whether to act on them. Hypnosis by a trained mental-health professional is not a form of mind control, which is impossible to achieve anyway.
Can everyone be hypnotized?
The most common challenge of hypnotherapy is that as many as one in four people cannot be hypnotized. Brain imaging has confirmed differences in patterns of brain connectivity between those who respond to hypnotism and those who do not. Other people who could potentially be hypnotized may not respond to the technique because of their skepticism or resistance to entering a hypnotic state. If a therapist’s “post-hypnotic suggestion” is effective, it’s because they are suggesting something you want to achieve.
Does hypnotherapy work?
Through hypnotherapy, you can achieve changes that are real and sustainable. Like other talk therapy techniques, when hypnotherapy succeeds, it’s a case of mind over matter. Effective hypnotherapy involves self-healing because you access resources you need to change inside of yourself and learn how to tap into them whenever you need. Hypnotherapy has been shown to be an effective therapy for anxiety, phobias, stress, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress disorder, sexual dysfunction, and undesirable behaviors like smoking. It can be used to help improve sleep or to address relationship challenges, and to aid with pain management, digestive disorders, skin conditions, and the gastrointestinal side effects of pregnancy or chemotherapy.