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1. WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT FROM A COACHING RELATIONSHIP?
You should feel as though you have a good friend that you can be
totally honest with. This person will assist you with keeping your
commitments to yourself so that you can live life much more fully.
You can expect to feel fully listened to in a non judgmental manner.
You will have a special person to hear your goals, then have help
with breaking them down so that you can make small moves forward
towards attaining your goals.
2. WHAT TECHNIQUES DO YOU USE?
The technique that I use is to listen to what isn't working in your
life. I then play it back to you to make sure that I have heard
you correctly. Secondly we make a plan or even several plans on
how to make corrections in your life so that your life can work
better for you. Thirdly we work out a way to implement these changes.
The work begins a little at a time or you can dive right in and
go right to the core of the issue. This is effective because not
only do you make commitments to yourself, but you also make them
to another person.
3. WILL YOU TELL ME WHAT TO DO?
We work out a plan together. If it is all my idea you may not want
to participate and it's all about you.
4. WHAT AREAS OF MY LIFE WOULD BENEFIT FROM
COACHING?
Any area that you want to fix and need some help with, for example
work issues, procrastination, relationships, over spending, and
many other areas.
5. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COACHING
AND THERAPY?
With coaching we don't need to know why, we just need to work on
how. 6. HOW LONG SHOULD I EXPECT TO BE WORKING
WITH YOU?
This should be able to be determined after the first few visits.
The average client will probably be with me for 3-6 months. It is
really up to you. 7. CAN YOU HELP ME WITHOUT USING HYPNOSIS?
Yes, but it would be faster and more effective for you using all
available methods and hypnotherapy has been shown to be very successful.
8. WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF HYPNOSIS?
No one knows for certain when the practice of hypnosis originated.
The first known documentation of hypnosis was found in ancient Egyptian
Hieroglyphics where they referred to their “Sleep Temples”.
The word hypnosis comes from the Greek work “hypnos”
meaning to sleep. The modern father of hypnosis was an Austrian
physician by the name of Franz Mesmer, from whose name the word
“mesmerism or mesmerized” is derived. Sigmund Freud
also used hypnosis in his practice. The Mayo Brothers of the Mayo
Clinic found hypnosis to be highly beneficial. They used hypnotic
anesthesia instead of a chemical anesthesia, their patient mortality
was far less using hypnoanesthsia over chemical anesthesia. Over
the years hypnosis has gained respectability, and its use has become
mainstream and as acceptable, as a visit to the dentist.
9. WHAT IS HYPNOSIS AND HOW DOES HYPNOSIS
WORK?
Because hypnosis is a natural state of mind, it can occur spontaneously
and it is not an artificially induced state. One major theory is
that electro-biochemical changes take place in the nervous system
as a result of the brain being stimulated by words and images.
 As
an idea reaches the mind through the five physical senses it is
first processed by the conscious mind and this analyzing part of
the mind can change, weaken, or inhibit the incoming suggestion.
Our education prejudices us and misinformation can alter incoming
suggestions. By the time the suggestion is filtered through this
critical factor of the conscious mind and reaches the subconscious
it is often substantially changed in intensity and content. As the
conscious mind diminishes, the subconscious mind comes up. Consciousness
never disappears in hypnosis. Hypnosis is never equated with unconsciousness.
When the deeper states of trance are induced, the conscious mind
relaxes, agreeably relinquishing control and stands aside as an
onlooker and can intervene whenever necessary.
10. WHY USE THE SERVICES OF A HYPNOTHERAPIST?
A Hypnotherapist works utilizing all of the client’s senses.
We regularly use touch as a tool in our work. We work as mentors,
guides and equals. We do not lead. We walk beside our client; we
are empathetic, but not sympathetic. We ask questions with curiosity
and even a sense of loving humor. We work to increase motivation
or alter behavior patterns. We do this by using a combination of
eclectic techniques while our client is in a hypnotic state. Behavior
training is a major part of what we do. It’s very important
that we have a good understanding of what motivates people to change
and how to get them to take action on those desires to change.
11. WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED WITH HYPNOSIS?
The client feels a lovely state of relaxation during and after Hypnosis.
Defenses come down and the client thus becomes more open to making
permanent lifetime changes. Pain can be reduced and eliminated.
Surgery can be performed utilizing Hypnoanesthesia exclusively.
Transitioning into death can be pain and anxiety free. Health issues
can be improved and often reversed. Through positive conditioning
many mental health issues can be remedied. Smoking cessation and
weight loss programs have a very high success rate, and bad habits
can readily be changed. Post hypnotic suggestions can help the client
to continue on the path of success that has been started in a hypnosis
session.
Hypnosis deals with the subconscious verses the conscious mind,
thus allowing a chance for the hypnotherapist to work with the client
at a less analytical, less critical level, thus making the mind
more open to change. There is a tremendous mind body connection
and great healing can take place utilizing the mind at a subconscious
level to heal the body as well as to heal the mind.
12. CAN HYPNOSIS EVER BE DANGEROUS?
There has never been a documented case of hypnosis ever doing any
harm.
13. WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN CHOOSING A HYPNOTHERAPIST
Looking for a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist can assure the client
that the Hypnotherapist has gone through rigorous training. When
choosing a Hypnotherapist one should look for a person that is empathetic
like a good friend. A prehypnotic interview can demonstrate whether
there is rapport, trust, confidence and comfort with the Hypnotherapist.
14. IS IT EVER TOO LATE TO GO INTO HYPNOSIS?
Never! Even with coma, impending death, or dementia, signals are
still understood at some level in the subconscious mind.
15. CAN CHILDREN BE HYPNOTIZED?
Yes, with amazing results! Some children as young as three have
experienced great success. Children with ticks, delayed potty training,
and behavior difficulties have done extremely well with limited
visits.
16. WOULD I DO, OR SAY ANYTHING EMBARRASSING
OR STUPID DURING A HYPNOTHERAPY SESSION?
Most people have seen some sort of Stage Hypnosis, seeing people
do all sort of risqué things. What’s important to remember
is that these people, very willingly, chose to go on stage, and
they also had a good idea that they would be doing outrageous things.
A Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist works toward achieving wellness.
No one is requested, or required to do or say anything in hypnosis
that they wouldn’t do or say out of hypnosis. The conscious
mind is ever alert by protecting the subconscious mind from doing
anything that would cause the client any harm.
17. HOW MANY SESSIONS DOES IT USUALLY TAKE
TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS WITH AN ISSUE?
Usually 4-6 sessions.
18. HOW LONG IS EACH SESSION?
Sessions usually last anywhere from 45 minutes to 1 and 1/2 hours.
19. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SELF
HYPNOSIS AND HYPNOSIS SESSIONS WITH A HYPNOTHERAPIST?
Both are great, but to start out with it is usually better to start
with a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist. A good Hypnotherapist
can teach a client to do Self Hypnosis and can give them literature,
tapes or CD’s to further their learning.
20. WHAT HYPNOTHERAPY DOESN’T DO
Hypnotherapy techniques specifically excludes diagnosis, prescription,
or any other service, procedure, or therapy that requires a license
to practice such as physical therapy, psychotherapy, or any other
profession or branch of medicine.
21. WHO CAN BE HYPNOTIZED?
Anyone with an open mind and the willingness to go into hypnosis
can be hypnotized. The term “under hypnosis" is a misnomer.
“Into hypnosis” would be a more correct definition.
When you’re in hypnosis you’re not under anything, especially
mind control, you always have absolute free will.
22. WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO BE HYPNOTIZED?
This is a very important question because it may determine whether
or not you can benefit from hypnotherapy. Some people give up on
hypnosis after a few sessions because they were disappointed in
their reactions, believing that they are not suitable subjects.
Many people believe that they will feel something new and different,
in hypnosis. They equate hypnosis with being asleep or unconscious.
DO NOT EXPECT TO GO TO SLEEP, OR LOSE TOUCH WITH REALITY. You will
be able to hear, remember, recall and experience everything that
goes on around you. Hypnosis is a very pleasant feeling of complete
physical and mental relaxation. It can be compared to that moment
just between knowing that you are awake and going to sleep. (When
you are in hypnosis, you will find that your mind is active. You
will hear everything that is going on around you and you may accept
or reject any suggestions that are given). You realize that you
are not asleep, and remember everything perfectly. All of these
factors lead people to believe that they might not have been hypnotized
when in fact they have been.
23. CAN A PERSON BE HYPNOTIZED AGAINST
THEIR WILL OR BE MADE TO DO ANYTHING AGAINST THEIR WILL?
Absolutely not! No one is able to be hypnotized against their will.
If people were, hypnosis would be the most closely guarded secret
on this planet. Entering hypnosis is a consensual state. The Hypnotherapist
assists the client to enter the hypnotic state. The client may leave
the hypnotic state any time they may choose.
24. DO PEOPLE HAVE TROUBLE COMING OUT OF
HYPNOSIS?
A person may choose to stay in hypnosis after an experienced Hypnotherapist
asks them to come out of hypnotherapy. The reason being is that
it is such a relaxed feeling of enjoyment that the person might
prefer to stay hypnotized a while longer. If the Hypnotherapist
were to leave, the person would merely drift into a natural sleep
to awaken at a more personally convenient time. In self-hypnosis,
a client has complete and utter control of when to come out of hypnosis
and to set their own time limits. There has never been a documented
case of someone being unable to come out of hypnosis.
25. WHY DO SOME PEOPLE HAVE SUCH DOUBTS
ABOUT HYPNOSIS?
Hypnosis is such a misunderstood phenomenon. For centuries, it has
been affiliated with the supernatural, witchcraft, and other various
“unexplained” events. Hollywood has portrayed hypnosis
as mind control. Just as there are no flying elephants or talking
mice, there is no mind control.
26. DOES HYPNOSIS WEAKEN THE WILL AND ARE
ONLY WEAK MINDED PEOPLE ABLE TO GO INTO HYPNOTIC STATE?
Hypnosis strengthens the will. Hypnosis works with the will, not
against it. In fact, the more intelligent and strong willed a person
is the more effective the outcome of hypnosis will be.
27. WHAT IF I CAN’T BE HYPNOTIZED?
Most people don’t think that they will be able to be hypnotized.
The fear is of giving up control. The opposite is actually true.
You are exercising a more powerful form of thought control than
at other times by accepting the suggestions given. The only thought
to prevent you from going into hypnosis is the thought, “I
know that I can’t be hypnotized”.
28. WILL HYPNOTHERAPY WORK FOR ME?
Hypnosis is an alternative to other methods of treatment for change.
If you have nervous symptoms such as tension, sadness, fears, chronic
pain or feel irritable, unhappy, want to change habits and behaviors
and feel that you are not getting the most out of life, then hypnotherapy
is for you.
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