Frequently Asked Questions

Hypnotherapy

What is hypnotherapy?

Hypnotherapy is a process of making actual and lasting shifts and changes within oneself by being in a receptive state of mind.

During this process, the therapist will guide the client to focus on accessing their own inner resources - the subconscious mind - to help find and resolve their current issue. There may be an inner-work that will include during this process such as inner child-work, abreaction therapy, gestalt therapy, forgiveness therapy, and balancing therapy. Hypnotherapy can be done both offline and online effectively.

How many sessions will I need?

It greatly depends on the topic and the client. Most clients feel a significant difference in their first session. However, several factors, such as the topic and the client's state, desire, and commitment influence the degree of success of a fully resolved issue. Your success is my success. I always attempt to do as few as possible, but at a safe pace for the client.

How long is the hypnotherapy session?

It usually lasts 2-3 hours every session and includes: Pre-talk, Hypnosis Session, Post-Talk

Why hypnotherapy?

Values and beliefs are rooted in our subconscious minds. And these influence our habits, behaviour, thoughts, perspective, and decisions. As well as how we perceive things and solve problems. So, if you have "stubborn" problems or challenging issues that have been around for a long time and you struggle to work on them, it might be best to work on the subconscious mind. Hypnotherapy is one of the effective tools to access and reprogram the subconscious mind. Also to keep in mind, every hypnotherapist has their own way of doing their work.

Will I lose control in hypnosis? Are you able to make me do things I don’t want to do?

We go into the “hypnosis” state up to 20 times a day when we make coffee/ tea in the morning, drive on autopilot, daydream etc. It is simply as state of relaxed awareness. At all times the client is awake and able to give permission and is aware of surroundings. The focus is just internal instead of external.

Can Hypnotherapy help me?

Since all humans have a subconscious mind to keep us safe and alive, the applications of Hypnotherapy are very diverse. Here are some topics that Hypnotherapy has had success with:

• Depression

• Anxiety

• Sleep issues

• Phobia

• Stress-related issues

• Chronic pain

• Emotions (Anger, jealousy, impatience etc)

• Lack of motivation

• Lack of focus

• Low energy

• Social avoidance

Why is it more expensive than regular therapy?

Our sessions utilizing the Holistic Healing Hypnotherapy techniques are amongst the most intensive type of Hypnotherapy available. It is highly comprehensive and requires a minimum of 3 hours per session unlike many hypnotherapy or talk therapy services that are 60-90 minutes long.

Since we are going back in most cases to childhood and young adulthood in order to locate the root cause, we are often able to resolve and even eliminate the issue far quicker (5x more effective, see details below) than an average counseling or talk therapist does.

As per a comparative study by the American Health Magazine,

Psychoanalysis- 38% recovery after 600 sessions

Behavior Therapy-72 % recovery after 22 sessions

Hypnotherapy- 93% recovery after 6 sessions

Will I experience any unpleasant side effects after a session?

Since Hypnotherapy is deep healing work, usually the most common sign after a session is tiredness and fatigue. For this reason we recommend a two week period in between sessions in order for proper integration and recovery. Sometimes headaches and migraines are reported which usually resolve within 48 hours.

Who are the therapists?

Brigitta Sasya and Beverly Sasagawa Palar