Why Hypnotherapy?

You may not be very familiar with hypnosis. Perhaps you equate it to depictions in TV or movies (where it is not accurately presented!), or you’ve been to a stage hypnosis show, where people are being hypnotized for entertainment purposes.

When hypnosis is used in a therapeutic way,

is safe,
effective and empowering.

Hypnotherapy targets the subconscious patterns of behaviour that are holding you back.

Have you tried again and again, only to fail and fall back into old habits? 80% of our behaviour is triggered by our subconscious mind. It works like a computer that calls up behaviours based on what’s worked for us in the past. And like outdated software, old subconscious programs can get in the way and stop us from getting what we want. We call this self-sabotage.

Hypnotherapy puts you in control.

Hypnotherapy uses the mind’s natural abilities to alleviate stress, remove emotional burdens and achieve personal goals specific to each client. It is safe, effective and most importantly addresses the root cause of the physical or psychological issue, or stressors, and reprograms the mind to move forward and deal with it in a positive, life-affirming way.

(TAKEN FROM HYPNOFIT)

Hypnosis is very effective when applied properly by a skilled practitioner AND the client is committed to their goal and to change. Although hypnosis works more quickly than most traditional forms of therapy, it is not a magic quick fix. You still need to put in the work. A study by Alfred A. Barrios, Ph.D., which was later reprinted in American Health Magazine, revealed the following success rates: Hypnotherapy: 93% success after 6 sessions, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: 72% success after 22 sessions, Psychoanalysis: 38% success after 600 sessions. Having practiced traditional counseling and behavior therapy for the past 10 years, and now practicing hypnosis, I can tell you that there is value in all three of these types of therapies depending upon the client and the situation. However, in my own experience with clients, I do find hypnosis to be the most effective in the least amount of sessions, as noted by this study. I also find the change with hypnosis to be transformative and permanent.

There’s a reason that celebrities, winning sports teams, Olympic athletes and successful CEOs and companies use hypnosis and have been for years…it is extremely effective!

*Barrios, A. A. (1970). Hypnotherapy: A reappraisal. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research & Practice, 7(1), 2–7. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0086544