Clinical Hypnotherapy is perfect for virtual therapy because Hypnotherapy requires you to close your eyes become calm, and imagine, picture or pretend. All you need is a good phone service, or internet connection. Just make sure that you have a quiet space where you will not be disturbed, and a place you can relax such as a bed, couch, or recliner. We have even had people do sessions remotely, while in their car, or truck (while parked in a safe area) and simply putting headphones on, and listening deeply.

The Mayo clinic says “Hypnosis can help you gain control over behaviors you’d like to change.” 

The American National Library of Medicine states “Hypnosis could be seen as a meditative state, which one can learn to access consciously and deliberately, for a therapeutic purpose. Suggestions are then given either verbally or using imagery, directed at the desired outcome. This might be to allay anxiety by accessing calmness and relaxation, help manage side effects of medications, or help ease pain or other symptoms.” 

A 2016 study at Stanford Medicine suggests that “By scanning the brains of subjects while they were hypnotized, researchers at the School of Medicine were able to see the neural changes associated with hypnosis.” 

Hypnotherapy is a serious science! “It’s a very powerful means of changing the way we use our minds to control perception and our bodies.”

You have heard the phrase “practice makes perfect.”

People learn through repetition. Repetition builds new neural pathways in the brain. If we repeat a new positive story over and over again then we start creating new positive pathways in our brain— and that becomes a new habit. Most of the suffering and issues we all experience is because we have built up bad habits.

Psychologist Deann Ware, Ph.D., explains that when brain cells communicate frequently, the connection between them strengthens and “the messages that travel the same pathway in the brain over and over begin to transmit faster and faster.” With enough repetition, these behaviors become automatic. Reading, driving, and riding a bike are examples of complicated behaviors that we do automatically because neural pathways have formed.

The importance of repetition

In terms of repetition, it is estimated that it takes 10,000 repetitions to master a skill and develop the associated neural pathway. 

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In our experience their are 3 groups of people:

1. 1Some people are highly suggestible, they think 5 minutes have passed and the whole session has gone by. They also tend to have “amnesia” about the entire session, not remembering anything that happened.
2. This is most of the population. You drift in and out of consciousness on their first session and experience an overall feeling of being deeply relaxed during the session and for a while after the session.
3. Rarely some people do not let themselves go and experience a trancelike state.  They stay fully awake and can remember everything being said to them. BUT, the subconscious is always listening and registering the information. For thse type of people it may take several sessions to fully trust the Hypnotherapist and process. Because every Hypnotherapy session is recorded you can listen to the session over and over again. We recommend listening to it every day at the same time and place for over the next 7 days. This helps the subconscious mind pick up the suggested positive new behaviors.

Hypnotherapy is a heightened state of concentration and focused attention. Guided by a trained, certified hypnotist or hypnotherapist, hypnosis allows you to be more open to suggestions to making healthful changes in your perceptions, sensations, emotions, memories, thoughts or behaviors.

The key point is that Hypnotherapy works best when you have your eyes closed and focus internally on the story and imagery the Hypnotherapist is asking you to picture. If you find it difficult just pretend you are seeing and experiencing the new scenes. This will help you enter into a light trance.

The actual Hypnotherapy session is done with your eyes closed. It is a deep state of focus and relaxation. 

• Your conscious mind is quieted.
• You’re able to tap into the part of your brain where your thoughts, beliefs, perceptions, sensations, emotions, memory and behaviors originate.
• In this state, you’re more open to gentle guidance from your hypnotherapist to help you modify or replace the unconscious thoughts that are driving your current behavior.

No! Even when you are in a light trance, you are aware of your surroundings and can respond instantly to any circumstance that requires your attention.

Myth: You lose consciousness or have amnesia when you’re hypnotized.

• Most people remember everything that happens during hypnosis. You remain aware of who you are, where you are and remember what happened during a hypnosis session.

You will never not be able to come out from a trancelike state, because you are always in control. You will always have complete control. The hypnotherapist only guides and suggests. 

Myth: You’re under the control of your hypnotherapist when you’re hypnotized.

• Your hypnotist or hypnotherapist guides hypnosis, but hypnosis is something you do for yourself. You can’t be made to do anything against your will. You won’t reveal any information that you wished to remain secret. You don’t lose control over your behavior. Hypnosis makes it easier to experience suggestions but doesn’t force you to have certain experiences.

All you need is to click a link in your email, and you can can also just use the phone and talk to your Hypnotherapist.

Whatever is going on in and around you can be used by the hypnotherapist to help you get into a light trance and experience hypnosis. 

You can help yourself by finding a quiet and calm place away from all noises and disturbances. Some clients go for a drive in the car, park overlooking the lake or seashore and have the session like this.

Advantages of virtual Hypnotherapy are extensive:

1. You can work through the issues faster since you are more relaxed during the session because you have never left your home or office.
2. You are not stressed out because you had to face bad traffic and find a parking spot or locate the Hypnotherapists office.
3. You have to close your eyes to immerse yourself into a light trance.

Yes! We recommend experiencing a Hypnotherapy session in a quiet place where you will not be interrupted and to wear a headset or headphones so that you can fully experience and enjoy a calming, relaxing and mindful session.