Hypnotherapy Services in Vancouver

EXPERIENCING HYPNOSIS

If this is your first visit or experience with Hypnosis, please take a few moments to read this material.  It will answer many questions you may have and we know you will find it informative.

Hypnosis, when mentioned in conversation, creates varied reactions in people. There are many misconceptions about hypnosis. A simple definition of hypnosis is that it is a state of increased suggestibility and concentration.  In this state, the Conscious critical mind becomes dormant, andthis allows direct communication with the Sub-conscious mind.  This allows me, your Hypnotherapist, to assist my Clients to make changes at the deep Sub-conscious level needed for permanent change. Hypnosis is empowering!

Please do not expect to go to sleep or to feel as if you don’t know what you are doing.  All Hypnosis is self-hypnosis.  You won’t do or say anything in hypnosis that you would not normally say or do.  You are in control at all times. You will know everything that is going on around you, what I am saying and what you are thinking, doing or saying. In fact, some people will think they have not been in hypnosis because they are expecting something odd to be happening to them.  Do not expect a lack of consciousness or amnesia. You may feel that you are unaffected by what is being said, but in fact, you will be directly affected because the subconscious mind is listening and making changes at a very deep level.

Imagination is the language of the subconscious mind.  If I told you in hypnosis that your eyes are firmly shut and you could not open them and they did in fact NOT open, it is NOT because I told you that they would not open, it is because you IMAGINED that they could not be opened.  You are in control of your eyes, not

Hypnosis is about imagination and creation.  Together, you and I will create new positive feelings, pictures, images, sights, sounds, smells, and emotions to replace specific negative ones that you might have gathered up, unknowingly, over the years.  The Brain cannot tell the difference between what it has actually seen and what your Hypnotherapist will help you to create in your Sub-conscious. Therefore, you can create anything you desire! Your professionally trained Hypnotherapist is your Guide, your Facilitator and your Partner.

The success of your hypnotherapy session will be enhanced by your willingness to use your imagination and by your desire to allow yourself to go into the deep state of calmness that your Hypnotherapist will create for you.

So the question that must be asked, before we begin, is whether you are willing to experience hypnosis for your own personal well-being and to change negative behaviors/emotions into more positive behaviors/emotions? 

If the answer is yes, then I am happy to take you on your journey of self discovery.

Dealing with Grief using Hypnotherapy By Rosa Livingstone, CHt

The death of a loved one is always a devastating experience, and no one can be expected to come to terms with it quickly. Grieving is a natural process that allows us gradually to take in the reality of our new situation, deal with our sorrow, and eventually begin to move forward again in our lives. Most people can manage this with the support of family and friends. But sometimes the grief can completely overwhelm a bereaved person, and they can flounder in their efforts to deal with it.  They can become incapacitated, alienating themselves from the world.  This is when seeking Hypnotherapy could be critical.

I am experienced in a number of techniques which provide the grieving client with healing and, in certain circumstances, with closure.  Such a technique is the Cording Technique which allows the client to speak to the person (or pet, if this is the case) who has passed on.  This safe, gently interactive technique allows the person the opportunity to say things that perhaps were not said, due to many circumstances.  The subconscious mind does not distinguish between what is real and what is imagined and the experience is vitally personal.  One person may feel that just the ACT of “pretending” to speak with his/her departed loved one is cathartic while others perceive that they have ACTUALLY spoken to his/her loved one “one the other side”.  Whatever my beliefs may be, there is no denying the calm and peace that shines from my client’s face while experiencing this amazing moment.  And this calmness emerges with my clients back into the conscious state.

This particular technique is cathartic not only with those that have lost loved ones who have had a chance to live their lives but also with women who have miscarried.  In each case, most are able to connect with the “spirit” and receive loving messages from those they loved and cared about.

There is also the “death” of a relationship.  Deep grief is often experienced when a life that one knew is torn away.  Again, the technique applies to this circumstance as well.

As well as Interactive Therapy, I use Therapist Driven Therapy, also known as Direct Suggestion, to aid the client with a very important function that is robed when experiencing deep grief:  SLEEP.  Suggestions for restful sleep allow the body, mind and spirit to vent.  The critical conscious mind, which is part conscious mind and part subconscious mind, becomes overwhelmed without sleep to aid it in the venting process of thoughts that do not serve the person.  This in itself goes such a long way to steer the person into healing.

What I have found to be invaluable to me as a Clinical Hypnotherapist is that grief must be acknowledged and experienced.  A person must be allowed to grieve for a period of time as this is a normal process.  However, intervention of some kind, be it Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapy or any counseling, should be considered if the person is languishing in this state and becoming completely overwhelmed and shutting off from the world.  At times the person grieving may not be in a mental state to see this.  It is then important for the family or close friends of the bereaved to see the signs and suggest help.      

                                                                
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> STRESSED BY COLLEGE LIFE?    By Katherine Zimmerman

Printed in the Experimental College (UC Davis) catalog, Fall 1997  Taken from Trancetime.com

Read on... it doesn't have to be this way.

There's a very simple tool that keeps you relaxed, creative, focused and in control. This natural, simple to learn tool helps make college life manageable. Suddenly, things come back into focus. You focus and concentrate more easily. Test anxiety is gone. You even feel more cheerful because you now have a way to manage the pressure.

The magic formula is self hypnosis. You benefit tremendously from spending as little as 15 minutes a day in this deeply relaxing state. In fact, those 15 minutes of hypnosis is equal to an hour of deep, restful sleep. Imagine that, no more late afternoon naps that leave you feeling groggy! Hypnosis always leaves you mentally and physically rested and alert. This is not a new form of therapy; history shows that hypnosis has been used successfully for at least 6,000 years.

Each of us has an incredible amount of power within our subconscious mind. Hypnosis creates a bridge from the conscious mind so that you can tap that power. Faced with the stresses of modern college life, you need an advantage. Practicing self hypnosis gives you the power to create the optimum learning environment within your mind.

If you are tired but need to study, a short self-induced hypnotic trance can give you the energy and mental clarity to easily absorb the material. If you are tired but want to go out with your friends for a little R&R, hypnosis gives you the same lift as a nap but in much less time. If you want to reduce stress, overcome insomnia, improve your self esteem, lose weight, focus and concentrate, improve your athletic performance, become an effective public speaker -- in short if you want to make any positive changes in your life, self hypnosis can help.

Remember, when you are relaxed you accomplish twice as much work as you do when you are tense and nervous with HALF the effort! Hypnosis gives you that relaxation.