Why Spiritual Hypnotherapy?

Most of the issues we have that are problematic to us have their origin in our past.  If we are conscious of their origin, then we are usually able to manage their effects fairly easily.  For a simple example, if when we were a child, a stray dog startled us while we were playing outside, then later in life we might be cautious around any dogs that we don’t know well.  However, if we were attacked by a stray dog as a child, our subconscious (tricky thing that it is!) would shield this traumatic memory from us completely.  So, as an adult we would develop a seemingly irrational fear of all dogs.  This fear could even affect us to the point of not being able to be in the vicinity of any dog without falling into a complete panic attack.  And we would never consciously understand why!

This is where hypnotherapy comes in.  What hypnosis does is allows our minds to go into what is called an altered state of consciousness.  A state in which we are completely relaxed and our minds are allowed to let go of all of the day-to-day thoughts and irritants that normally cloud them.  In this state of consciousness, our minds are able to be focused on items—like memories that our subconscious has buried—that are not part of our normal conscious waking state.

Now, just so you don’t get the wrong idea, please understand that this altered state of consciousness is actually a very natural, normal thing.  We go in and out of it throughout the course of every day when going to sleep or waking up, when getting engrossed in a fantastic book, or even when we’re daydreaming.  Think about how it feels when you catch yourself daydreaming.  There you are sitting at your desk at work when you start thinking of the glorious dinner you had last night at your favorite Italian restaurant.  You start remembering how wonderful the bread smelled before you bit into it, and how delicious the pasta tasted with that wonderful cream sauce.  And the wine—you can’t forget how lovely the wine was!  Then all of a sudden you look up and 20 minutes have passed, and you wonder where the time went!  This is exactly the same altered state of consciousness as hypnosis.  It’s just that in hypnosis we go into that state with a conscious intention, and you have me there to help direct you to focus on whatever problem it is that you are wanting to resolve.  It is that simple.  But don’t underestimate its power!

Once the buried memories are recovered and healed, then they no longer trigger us into behaviors and feelings that we don’t understand.  Also, most physical ailments have a mental or emotional trigger.  Once the originating event and its emotions are discovered and transformed, often physical healing accompanies the emotional healing.  However, this is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg compared to what hypnotherapy that uses a transpersonal or full body, mind, and spirit approach is able to achieve!