What to Expect From Your Free Consultation and First Hypnotherapy Session

Getting started with Joymind takes two steps: a free consultation call and your first session. The consultation is a phone call with a Joymind Program Expert, who explains how hypnotherapy works, walks you through program options and prices, and checks whether Joymind is the right fit. The first session is an 80-minute live video session with the certified hypnotherapist you’ve been matched with, and it’s where you experience hypnosis for the first time.

Joymind is a virtual certified hypnotherapy platform with 45+ certified hypnotherapists serving adults across the US. Here is what each step looks like, so nothing on the day comes as a surprise.

What happens on the free consultation call?

The free consultation is a phone call with a Joymind Program Expert. It’s a conversation, not a session: there’s no hypnosis on the call and nothing to prepare.

On the call, the Program Expert will:

• ask what brought you to hypnotherapy and what you’d like to change
• explain how hypnotherapy works, what it can support and what it doesn’t
• go through the program options and their prices
• agree on a session schedule, usually once a week
• check whether Joymind is the right resource for you, and tell you if it isn’t

Pricing is individual. It depends on the hypnotherapist’s tier and the length of the program, which is why it’s discussed on the call rather than listed online. Joymind is private pay. FSA and HSA cards are accepted, and you can split payments through Affirm, Afterpay or Credee. For how FSA and HSA cards work with your plan, see Does Insurance, FSA, or HSA Cover Hypnotherapy?

How are you matched with a hypnotherapist?

After the call, Joymind matches you with one of its 45+ certified hypnotherapists. The match is based on your goals, preferences and schedule, and also on your personality and how you take in information: for example, whether you think more in pictures or prefer a logical, step-by-step approach. The aim is a hypnotherapist whose style suits the way you think. You can also browse profiles on the specialists page. You work with the same person across your sessions, so the match matters.

If the first pairing isn’t right, Joymind offers one free rematch to another Joymind specialist in the same price tier once your first session is complete.

How should you prepare for the first session?

Your first session happens on video, from wherever you’re comfortable. You’ll need:

• a device with a camera and microphone
• a stable internet connection
• a private, quiet space where you won’t be interrupted

It helps to log on a few minutes early and to have a rough sense of what you’d like to change. You don’t need to have it all worked out. Working it out is part of the session.

What happens in the first session?

The first session runs 80 minutes, longer than the sessions after it, because it does two jobs.

First, your hypnotherapist gets to know you: your history, what you want, how you talk about it, and what has and hasn’t worked before. Then hypnosis begins in the same session. By the end, you’ve experienced the process, and your hypnotherapist has what they need to shape the next sessions around you.

Each hypnotherapist brings their own style. A Joymind session typically moves through three phases: revealing the pattern or belief underneath what you came in with, working with it through suggestion and imagery in the hypnotic state, and reinforcing the new pattern so it holds between sessions. You receive a recording of the session to listen to again before your next one.

What does hypnosis feel like, and are you in control?

Hypnosis is a relaxed, focused state of attention. You stay aware and in control the whole time, and you can speak, move or stop whenever you want. It isn’t sleep, unconsciousness or mind control. It’s closer to the absorbed focus of being deep in a book or on a long drive. Everyone’s experience is a little different, and that’s normal.

What happens after the first session?

Later sessions run 50 minutes, because the introductions are done. Most clients meet once a week. The schedule is agreed on your free consultation call, and you can change it as you go. Each session builds on the last, and you get a recording every time.

Program length depends on what brought you to Joymind. The most common program is 90 days. When you complete a program, you’re invited to a vision session that looks at where you started, where you are now and what you want next. For more on timing, see How Many Hypnotherapy Sessions Will I Need?

Who is Joymind for?

Joymind works with adults, 18 and older, in the United States who want to change something about how they feel, think or act and are ready to commit to a series of sessions. Joymind is a personal growth company, not a healthcare provider, and it doesn’t replace care from a licensed professional.