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Session Examples
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What Happens During A Lynnwood Hypnotherapy Session?I offer a free 15-minute phone consultation in advance of your session. During the call I can describe a "typical" session and answer any questions you might have. Once your appointment is scheduled I will email you 3 documents. Please print, read and sign the forms, and bring the completed forms with you to your first appointment. The information in these documents concerns your rights as a client and the ethical standards of registered hypnotherapists. These documents are required by the State of Washington and are for your protection. During your first session we will talk about hypnosis and I can answer any additional questions you may have. I will then ask you to describe the reason for your visit, as I gather relevant background information. We will then clarify your long and short term goals for our work together. A first session is usually 1.5 to 2 hours in length. Any subsequent sessions will run 1 to 1.5 hours The first session is longer so we have plenty of time to answer any question you may have and for us to clearly define your long and short term goals for our work together. As we begin hypnosis, you will relax in a comfortable chair. I begin the induction in one of many ways depending on the circumstances. For more information on specific sessions please select "Session Examples" on the side bar. During your first session you will typically be very aware of everything that occurs, but will feel very relaxed and comfortable. While you continue to feel relaxed I will proceed with the hypnosis that is appropriate for your goals. When the session is complete, you will remember all that has occurred. We can then discuss any questions you may have, as some people like to talk about their experience, and then discuss issues you may wish to address in the future. I often ask my clients to do some home work, e.g. relaxation exercises, deep breathing, practice self-hypnosis, and then the session ends. After repeatedly experiencing feelings of anxiety, tension and stress when arriving at work, a government employee who I will call "Paula", contacted me for stress management hypnosis. Paula works full time and has been at her current position for 13 years. She is married and has two children who live at home. At our first appointment Paula also shared about additional pressures she is feeling with family issues, however, her initial goal for our work together was stress management at the work site. The anxiety, pressure and stress Paula was feeling at work were taking a toll on her health. When things were particularly difficult she could feel the tension building in her body and the muscles tightening in her neck, which would sometimes lead to a migraine headache. Paula had seen a medical doctor about her head aches and it was determined they were stress related. At our first session we talked for some time about her work situation and events that had occurred that were particularly difficult. Paula explained exactly how she felt and how her body reacted when she walked in the door at work. Before we began our first hypnosis Paula and I discussed a stress reduction technique she could use on her way to work, which she was comfortable with and felt was very doable. This technique used deep breathing to create calm, focus and a relaxed, yet very aware, state of being. As we began the hypnosis I used a type of progressive relaxation to help Paula relax that would also teach her self-hypnosis as a relaxation tool. She had been holding onto the stress and tension for so long I needed to add additional deepening techniques to help Paula let go of the stress. I then asked her to imagine driving safely into work while using the stress reduction technique we’d discussed. While in hypnosis I had her practice the relaxation technique while I made direct suggestions that she would practice her relaxation technique everyday on her way to work. When I next saw Paula she told me she was no longer feeling anxious, tense or stressed at work and that she had become more focused and productive. She had completed a project she’d put off working on for years and was so pleased to get it done. She said the first 2 days after our first session she consciously remembered doing the relaxation technique but after those first 2 days she did it without thinking about it. At our second session Paula talked more about concerns she had with her family life and marriage. She related that she did the majority of house hold chores and that her husband traveled extensively on business. We discussed a shift in the family dynamics that often happened right before her husband left for a business trip. It was often a tense time that lead to arguments between Paula and her husband. Paula also said her husband had a drinking problem and that life at home was calmer and easier when he was away. We began the 2nd hypnosis session with a different variation of progressive relaxation to reinforcement Paula’s learning of self-hypnosis and to reinforce her use of her relaxation technique on the way to work. I then brought her out of traditional hypnosis and we began working on the marriage and family pressure Paula was feeling. I had Paula imagine in her mind’s eye a situation that had recently happened at home that was very upsetting to her. I then asked her to identify the emotion or emotions she was feeling during the upsetting event. Paula stated she was feeling angry. I asked Paula to focus on the event and the way she was feeling as I instructed her to tap on various meridian points on her body and to repeat what I was saying. At one point during this process she felt a shift in her emotions so we changed what we were saying to represent the emotional shift. This technique is called the “Emotional Freedom Technique” (EFT) or tapping and is amazingly helpful and healing. For more information on EFT please visit: www.emofree.com. We used the following phrase while doing the initial tapping and changed it to reflect the change/shift in emotions Paula experienced. “Even though I am very angry, I completely and totally accept myself.” After 3 rounds of tapping, Paula’s heightened emotional state about the upsetting event had lowered to a level that was acceptable and more comfortable to Paula. About 2 weeks after our 2nd session I spoke with Paula. She reported that the anxiety, pressure and stress were gone at work and that she was amazed at how much better she feels, how her higher productivity at work has continued and how her focus has changed. She said she now focuses on what she can and does accomplished, rather than spending her time worrying about all the things that need to be done. Paula also let me know that with her family issues she feels more relaxed and that things are being resolved. Paula now uses self-hypnosis and tapping on her own and this has helped her, “…to not go into migraine mode.” Testimonial From Client: It is amazing that you can get so much from a one hour session. I found I was immediately more rested and relaxed but I also was taught some tools to manage myself so I didn't get so out of balance in the future. It has helped me immensely and I would recommend anyone to give it a try. You also will be amazed! “Paula” “Dana”, came to me for hypnosis to help rid herself of feelings of dread and sleeplessness as she worried about her husband not coming back from a business trip. A self-employed freelance writer, Dana, has been married for 16 years. These feelings and thoughts began soon after her husband made flight reservations for a business trip that would take him outside the country, and Dana read a newspaper article about a flight that had crashed due to a known issue with an engine part. Dana was not sleeping well and said there was a little part in the back of her head that was telling her to panic. Dana had several sessions with me a few months previous, for a separate issue. During our session I asked Dana to evaluate the intensity of the emotion she felt when she thought about her husband going on his business trip using the “Subjective Units of Discomfort” scale. The SUD scale uses the numbers from 1 to 10, with 10 being the worst you can imagine, and 1 being so little you might not even notice it. On the SUD scale, Dana rated her intensity of emotion at a 9. While Dana was under hypnosis I used a Neural Linguistic Programming (NLP) technique of guided eye movement while I encouraged Dana to think about her husband going on his business trip and to notice how she felt and what she was thinking about. Still using the eye movement technique, I then asked her to remember what she had thought about and how she felt as she read the newspaper article about the defective plane part and when she told her husband of her concerns. After only one round of the NLP eye movement technique we were able to get the intensity of emotion down to a 3 on the SUD scale. Dana said she felt comfortable with it being a 3. I then deepened the hypnosis with a relaxation technique and some guided imagery. When Dana was deeply hypnotized I employed another NLP technique to help Dana stop having the re-occurring negative, upsetting thoughts and to improve her sleep. I asked her to imagine that she was sitting some place where she felt safe and secure, and, while at a safe distance, could imagine viewing a movie of the events she thought about while lying in bed not sleeping, fearing that her husband would not be coming back from his business trip. I then asked her to observe the movie again as if she was above it yet still at a safe distance, looking down at the images, and then a third time from a different angle. I then asked to her to think about it again, and to tell me how she felt. After reviewing it a fourth time, she replied that she felt fine, and that the thought of it no longer upset her in anyway. Later, when I checked in with Dana, she let me know that right after the session, she never worried about her husband before he left on the trip or during the business trip. He was gone for 13 days, and our session was a week before he left. Client Testimonial: “Hypnotherapy with Kate Wells helped me overcome my feelings of dread when my husband was traveling overseas for two weeks. After spending many days working myself into a state of panic by imagining all the things that could go wrong, I wasn't sleeping or getting much work done. I was also afraid that I would send him off with the image of me sobbing while he went through the security line. It wasn't how I wanted to say goodbye. With just one session, I felt much calmer. While I didn't envy his long flight, I knew he would be fine and back soon. It seemed almost like magic that the negative cycle I had managed to switch on could be "switched off" so quickly.” Fees |
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