It's also fantastic at helping boost personal development growth goals!
Hypnotherapy is a kind of therapy that- similar to counseling- allows you to talk about what's going on, that's not working for you, and (more importantly) how you'd like to feel instead. Hypnotherapy then takes another step by leading you through guided hypnosis, which is simply a very relaxed state where you remain in full control. It's been shown to be very effective in treating & overcoming depression, anxiety, stress, low-self-esteem, anger, PTSD and more.
Read on to find out more about how hypnotherapy (guided hypnosis) can help you!
HYPNOSIS CAN HELP!
Are you ready for some positive changes in your mental health and your emotional health? Are you ready for positive changes that take place almost immediately?
Let's take a look at hypnotherapy and its effectiveness in treating challenging issues (like depression or anxiety) and making positive changes in San Diego, Temecula (or south county Riverside) as well as elsewhere. As hypnotherapy becomes better-understood, you'll then understand why it's popularity is increasing.
Hypnotherapy is simply guided hypnosis, and is a lot like guided meditation with a goal. It's a lot like having a relaxed conversation while your eyes are closed. It is an outpatient treatment that's also done online. (We do not do inpatient treatment).
"So, how does that help me? I've meditated before and I still face a lot of the same issues!"
Did you know that only 10% of your day-to-day decisions and actions (including feeling depressed, anxious, defeated etc.) are influenced by your conscious mind. Contrast that to the 90% of your life that is shaped by your subconscious mind. That's right- your subconscious drives about 90% of your emotions, thought-loops, day-to-day choices and who you are. It's true! This is because your memories, beliefs, and behaviors that drive me (and you) are true lie in our subconscious minds. This includes all the thoughts, beliefs, and memories that can lead to unwanted emotions, bad habits, and emotional issues of all sorts. No wonder it has such an impact on our mental health!
What if you could go directly into your subconscious and reprogram it to think, feel and act the way you really want to live your life? Hypnotherapy does just that and creates positive change almost immediately!
As a hypnotherapist, I start helping you relax to and access the subconscious part of your mind.
NOTE: you do remain fully-aware, awake and in control the entire time.
As your hypnotherapist, I then help you shrink down (and eventually get rid of) overwhelming "superhighway thoughts loops" that no longer serve you, like depression or low-self-esteem, etc. (no judgement, we all have them!). It's then easier to create or increase "positive thought-loop superhighways" that will serve you better. We increasingly lay more "superhighways" within your brain of positive thoughts, grateful thoughts and thoughts that help you appreciate yourself and your achievements. If we were to bet, many of you don't likely often acknowledge the progress you've made, but we are going to change that!
The more you reduce the negative thoughts-loops that reinforce depression or unwanted issues, the more previously-automatic behavior patterns start to change into something better for you. Most clients report feeling extremely relieved, happier and more-optimistic after just one session. After just a handful of sessions, people start experiencing life-changing states-of-being and report making actual life-changing decisions (for the better!)!
This is a great question! To answer that question, ask yourself this question:
The very first time you heard of a new math concept, like "1+1=2" were you fully aware? Probably yes. Did it become knowledge that your brain pulled up in an instant, or did it take some repetition and practical applications many times over before you got what addition was, and before it became a normal? Yeah, it took a few times. And once you practiced "1+1=2" a few dozen (or hundred or, over your life, thousand) times, it became a math "thought super highway" that you'd be pretty hard-pressed to change. (Yeah, yeah, we also believe they saying, "1+1=11 when talking about the power of collaboration, but I digress). The point is: You were fully aware when you learned about it, and over time, the notion that "1+1=2" became basically automatic.
What about this scenario: When you relive a bad memory or negative thought in your mind, are you aware and in control of what you're thinking about? What if you think those negative thoughts 20x in a row, and really get your emotions into them? Okay, now what if you do that 100's or 1000's of times in any one day, week or month? Answer: you're going to start feeling more-negative, and, you're going to teach your mind to think those negative thoughts more often. (i.e. build up those negative thought loops).
Now, introduce the power of guided hypnosis, which takes you past that judging part of your brain that tries to question everything before you let it past... and introduce to your subconscious ideas that reframe past negative experiences so they start acting more like lessons-learned (and less like powerful monsters from the past that control you). Start replacing the negative emotions associated with negative experiences with positive, growth-oriented emotions, and just imagine the personal growth that you'll start experiencing!
If you imagine your brain as being a system of super-highways (made of neurons and synaptic connections etc.), freeways, roads and pathways- each being a lesson, fact learned, emotion, memory etc. Now imagine taking traffic cones and gradually blocking lanes of negative emotion super highways, and redirecting traffic onto newly-built positive thought superhighways, and you can just imagine what happens! Your brain becomes run less-and-less by those negative "superhighway thought loops," and increasingly run by positive thought-loops, habits, etc.
When you start spending more time on the, "I see myself as a healthy person" highway, you're more likely to make healthy choices that help you to lose weight. When you spend more time on the "I value myself and look forward to my future, one day at a time" superhighway (rather than the, "Everything sucks so I might as well go eat worms" superhighway), you become a happier person who experiences positive growth far faster than ever before. When you stop letting fears and phobias be the things that lead your thought patterns and control your emotions, and instead let newly-installed positive-optimistic thought-highways lead the way; then your life becomes far happier and far more fulfilling.
Let's start by saying psychotherapy (talk therapy) plays an important role in healing mental health. We at Healing You Hypnotherapy are not diagnosticians. We do not prescribe medications. Our training is that of clinical hypnotherapist, certified by the IACT (International Association of Counselors and Therapists.
So, what's the difference?
After approximately 600 sessions, psychoanalysis is expected to show a 38% rate of recovery.
After 22 sessions of behaviour therapy (Wolpian), you can expect a 72% rate of recovery.
After 6 sessions, on average, hypnotherapy is expected to have 93% improvement rate on any one area (such as depression, anger, grief or loss, a bad habit, etc).
Source: Barrios, Alfred A. “Hypnotherapy: A Reappraisal,” Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice (1970)
A 93% rate of improvement after just 6 sessions! That's pretty impressive, and we've found it to be true among our clients.
Once we're able to help our clients reduce stress, and reduce looming issues like panic attacks, depression or other issues, we then move on to other areas of personal growth like increasing self-esteem, improving focus etc.
Sometimes, clients come to us with unwanted habits and addictive behaviors (like smoking, drinking too much alcohol, procrastination). And we tend to find underlying emotional issues, trauma or other fears as triggers to the addictive behaviors and habits. Sometimes these are caused by childhood issues, sometimes by life itself. When we address these things and do child healing work or whatever healing is needed during the time with your therapist, not only are the habits reduced (and people are able, for example, to stop smoking), but they experience positive results in many areas of their lives, including those previously-heavy emotional and mental health issues.
I have wasted several thousands dollars going to psychics to try to find a solution to cure my depression and anxiety. But now with only three sessions of hypnotherapy with Jennifer, I have seen immediate results. She has helped me connect and heal some parts of myself that I did not know they existed. I now feel less depressed, and anxious. In one of the hypnotherapist sessions, we work with my inner child. I take life too seriously. I get angry about everything. Now, after only three sessions with Jennifer, I am now less reactive to my environment. Now, I have trouble getting angry.
Also,... I am more playful now!
Yesterday....previously I would have gotten angry, and that anger probably would have stayed with me for a couple of days. This time, it didn’t bother me. I didn’t get angry. I can probably keep writing about how Jennifer has helped me with hypnosis, but I don’t have enough space…
You asked me what results I've noticed... That deep dark heavy weight in my chest and abdomen is gone, depression is lifted... Thank you for helping me reach this spot.
l tried different therapists, psychologists, other private individual hypnotherapy, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Focusing, Whole Body Focusing, Mindfulness, Self-talk to my inner child.......finding ways to get rid of those images, because l knew that image was affecting me, but, it just came out in my head whenever l felt lonely or sadness...
After having only one hypnotherapy session with Jennifer, she helped me realize or find out reasons behind my 40+ year emotional disturbance, such as feelings of loneliness, sadness, wanting to be loved, wanting to be cherished, wanting others' compliments, anger towards males, self-doubt, self-hatred.....
… With Jennifer patiently and professionally guiding me in the hypnotherapy session, l felt safe and was able to touch my unconscious / hidden / forbidden but true feeling. It was like clearing all the dark clouds which covered the beautiful, sparkling and shinning stars in the sky. The star is now able to see itself much more clearly and can shine on itself in the darkness.
It really helps me figure out a way out after being hurt, suffered and maltreated...
l am so grateful for Jennifer's professional leading, patiently accompanying, deeply understanding of my feelings, empathetic encouragement and non-judgmental attitude.
l felt safe and accompaniment from Jennifer's professional leading, kind-hearted and generosity.
"I certainly wasn't expecting the (first) session to be so powerful and to get right to the cause of the issue, I'm sure there are many more 😅This was really an amazing experience and I appreciate your expertise and kind, positive spirit..."
Yeah, we're pretty confident it can. As a San Diego hypnosis clinic, we've found hypnotherapy to have very positive effects in such a short time that clients rave about how much it's changed their lives! For some people, hypnotherapy is relatively-unknown, or not well understood. This was true for some of our earlier clients, who tried it almost as a novelty. To their surprise, it had a positive effect on many areas of their lives, including whatever they originally came to us for.
What's Something You'd Like To Improve Right Now?
Increase overall Happiness & Well-Being
Dramatically decrease Depression
Dramatically decrease Anxiety
Quit Smoking
Increase Self Esteem
Heal from Trauma (PTSD, CPTSD etc.)
Improve Focus
Decrease Sadness & Grief
Help Improve Health
Increase just about anything you want more of (and decrease almost anything you want less of in your life)
Are you feeling stressed, anxious or looking for relief for different issues?
Hypnotherapy can help.
"Hypno-what??" you may be asking.
"Is that that stage thing where someone tries to control people's minds??"
Umm, no. Not exactly. And I'm glad that you asked.
Hypnotherapy is simply where a guide (like me!) helps you relax... and bypass that critical "judgy" part of the mind, and go down into your subconscious. It's there that we- with you fully in control and fully aware- take your goals and powerfully transform what's in your subconscious to align with your goals.
This could be goals like wanting to strengthen positive things like more-happiness, more-confidence, more-focus, better health or other great things...
It could be goals like wanting to reduce thoughts, feelings or habits like anxiety, sadness, depression, procrastination, smoking and more.
If this sounds interesting to you, please reach out to us! We are a San Diego-based hypnotherapy clinic that is able to work our magic online or on the phone.
"So, how does hypnotherapy work?"
I'm glad that you asked!
Hypnotherapy is a powerful form of psychotherapy that uses relaxation, concentration and focused attention to reach a higher state of consciousness, focus, or mindfulness. We dive down into your subconscious where you build your own positive suggestions.
Therapists use verbal cues, repetition, and mental images as part of the therapy meeting.
Hypnosis is often done by a therapist who uses mental images and verbal repetition. When you experience hypnosis, you often feel more relaxed, calm, and open to new ideas.
You can use it to control unwanted behaviors, to cope with pain or anxious thoughts better, and to improve desired habits and skills (such as the ability to focus and get things done; having more happiness on a daily basis; increasing confidence and creativity, and much more)!
Often-times, inner child healing is a part of the process. However, we never broach a subject unless you want to.
You'll be glad to know that, while under hypnosis you are more open to suggestions you do not- in any way- lose control over your behaviors or thoughts.
If you would like to experience the power of hypnotherapy, for a limited time, you can take advantage of an introductory Breakthrough Hypnotherapy Session (either online or a free phone consultation). This will be with a trained and fully-certified hypnotherapist.
You can then experience full hour sessions if you'd like to go further.
If you're wondering what a session might look like, please keep reading below:
What is an initial hypnotherapy session like?
This initial practice is structured like an introduction "first session" so it's a little bit longer than usual sessions. It will take about 90 minutes (whereas most follow up meetings would be roughly one hour (or around 50 minutes).
As far as what is said during the session and how you will feel, here's a quick summary:
- Because hypnosis, hypnotherapy (in San Diego and elsewhere) is simply guided-hypnosis. It is about relaxing deeper and essentially having a conversation with the subconscious mind, you (or any hypnotherapy client), will be fully aware and awake during the session. Just much deeper relaxed.
- We will have a brief conversation at the beginning of the session, where I'll ask some questions about what you'd like to work on during the session, and get some details on that.
- Then I'll explain, in more detail, what hypnosis is (it's kind of like meditation with a goal, and where you and I have a conversation during this meditative-like state). While it feels a little different for everyone, most people describe it as being very relaxing, usually cathartic and feeling very good afterwards. You are fully aware and fully in control of what you say and what you want to talk about during the session.
- Throughout the session, we'll do two different exercises. One to teach & guide you through self-hypnosis, and another that is guided by me.
During these, I'll make some suggestions that help you to further relax further, like "Take a nice deep, letting go breath..." "Imagine going to a safe place that you love" or something similar. Then, we get your imagination even more involved, and have a conversation to help bring out the best in whatever area a client is wanting to work on.
For some people, they choose to work on a more-surface-level topic, such as learning to focus more (I get this one a lot), procrastinating less or something similar. This is just fine, and people tend to finish the sessions feeling not only relaxed, but also having more specific ideas on how to accomplish their goal, as well as more confidence in knowing that their goal is coming true.
For others, who decide to work on a sort of "deeper" subject (let's say a strong lack of confidence, stop smoking, anxiety, panic attacks, depression, or something along those lines) the experience tends to be also very relaxing, as well as more-intense (in a good way, I'm told!). For people who choose to share more personal details and to dig a little deeper, they may feel a little emotional during the session (again, in a good and cathartic way). They usually then end up feeling more-empowered and more-optimistic around the topic afterwards.
Keep in mind that whatever someone chooses to discuss during these sessions, it is completely confidential.
The experience is a little bit different for everyone. What I can promise is a very relaxing session. What also tends to happen with most people is a feeling of being more-empowered around whatever topic they want to improve upon.
Everybody "goes home" with a way to do self-hypnosis on their own (if they want), a recording of the session (only if they ok recording it at the start of the session, and ask for the recording, otherwise it is not recorded).
Got Questions? Feel free to ask 'em! For that free phone consultation, just contact us via the form on our contact page.
Better yet, if you're looking for Hypnotherapy San Diego, or in one of the following areas, then click the link below to get more information or book a Breakthrough Therapy Session!
Here's some of the other things that people work on through hypnotherapy:
Stop smoking, panic attacks, weight loss, phobias of various sorts, fear of public speaking, inner child healing, overall personal growth,
Healing You Hypnotherapy serves people in Rancho Penasquitos, 4s Ranch, Mira Mesa, Escondido, Vista, Solana Beach, El Cajon, Lemon Grove, Oceanside, Pacific Beach, Mission Beach, Old Town, Encinitas, or anywhere in the San Diego CA area, we can help.
If you're looking for counseling or therapy that can make you feel better and help you get closer you to your goals, you can take advantage of this today. Talk about Personal Growth on steroids! We are located locally, so if you live in San Diego, Rancho Penasquitos, Mira Mesa, Rancho Bernardo, Escondido, Oceanside, Encinitas, Lemon Grove, Mission Beach, Mission Valley, Little Italy, Scripps Ranch then we can help!
Healing You Hypnotherapy is a San Diego hypnosis clinic who currently conducts all sessions online (or over the phone), as we've found it to be very effective and is run by a certified hypnotherapist.
If you live in an area other than San Diego CA and you have access to a good internet connection, some headphones with a microphone and a bit of privacy, we can still help!
Healing You Hypnotherapy's mission is to help clients heal from mental health challenges and empower them to achieve higher levels of happiness, peace, and financial success. Through personalized hypnotherapy and success coaching, I aim to elevate their self-worth, help them overcome past traumas, and guide them towards making a significant positive impact in their lives and the world.
In my practice, I start with addressing mental health challenges through hypnotherapy, helping clients heal from past traumas and reduce feelings of depression and anxiety. Once a stable foundation is established, I incorporate success coaching to elevate self-esteem, encourage personal and professional growth, and provide accountability. This integrated approach ensures that clients not only overcome their immediate challenges but also build a sustainable path towards long-term success and fulfillment.
We are a Temecula-based hypnotherapy practice, originally San Diego-based (and still serve San Diego) that uses guided hypnosis as an effective tool and therapy to make people's lives better. Our therapists are fully certified through IACT, and have undergone extensive training both in the classroom, as well as in person and with clients. Our practice currently conducts most sessions online or via the phone. As with all interactions with any therapist, everything is completely confidential. If you would like to know more about what guided hypnosis therapy is like, please reach out to know more.
Healing You Hypnotherapy San Diego can help decrease Depression, decrease anxiety, lessen panic attacks, help people to stop smoking, weight loss,
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Healing You Hypnotherapy San Diego can help with Anxiety:
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We're happy to provide a no pressure initial consultation, and you can choose your healing journey from there. Whether you have one or many hypnosis sessions with Healing You Hypnotherapy, we're confident that you will walk away feeling better about yourself and more-optimistic about your future. During your initial consultation, you can share as many (or as few) of your therapeutic goals as you like, and we'll map out a healing journey for you. Whatever goals you want to achieve or positive changes you desire in your life, we're confident that we can help you get there and achieve your full potential.
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