Clinical Studies
Trevor Thompson, Devin B. Terhune, Charlotte Oram, Joseph Sharangparni, Rommana Rouf, Marco Solmi, Nicola Veronese, Brendon Stubbs,
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Volume 99, 2019, Pages 298-310, ISSN 0149-7634,
"These findings suggest that hypnotic intervention can deliver meaningful pain relief for most people and therefore may be an effective and safe alternative to pharmaceutical intervention.”
Milling, L. S., Valentine, K. E., LoStimolo, L. M., Nett, A. M., & McCarley, H. S. (2021)
Hypnosis and the Alleviation of Clinical Pain: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 69(3), 297–322.
“Our findings strengthen the assertion that hypnosis is a very efficacious intervention for alleviating clinical pain.”
“Your mind is in every cell of your body”
Hypnotherapy works for:
Confidence
Anxiety/Overwhelm/Stress
Test Anxiety
Insomnia/Sleep Issues
Vaping/Smoking Cessation
Nail Biting/Skin Picking
Addiction Varieties
Hypnotic Healing w/Sound
Grief/Shame
Divorce/Relationships
Phobias/Fears
Sports Performance
Weight Loss/Eating issues
Childhood Trauma
Finding Purpose
Past Lives
Business Building
I work with both acute and chronic pain. For acute, pre-surgical or post-surgical pain, we engage your powerful mind to focus (yes, it can!) away from discomfort, and on healing. For chronic pain, I will ask you to be willing to consider that internal tension may be at work beneath your pain. I want to emphasize that this is a very natural and normal human condition. Your pain is real, and your brilliant subconscious mind has found a way to protect you, but now you are ready to move past it.
In the first session, I will take a detailed history, explain how hypnosis works and answer any questions and concerns, then test for suggestibility so I know what language patterns are most effective for you. We will then proceed with our initial round of hypnosis. The first session focuses on a calm, comforting experience where you can feel the power of your own mind to disassociate from the discomfort, to literally dial it down, shift it, then to build and expand this ability.
In subsequent sessions, we will continue to create an environment of soothing and calm, strengthening your ability to shift focus away from discomfort. We will also work to gently release any underlying emotions within the subconscious that may have been contributing to your pain, along with building motivation. To do this, I may incorporate EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), Therapeutic Imagery, and Somatic practices into our sessions.
The hypnotic portion of the session will be recorded and sent home with you for reinforcement, and you may have some short assignments between sessions.
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