Hypnotherapy.
What is it and how it works?
BY CALMING THE MIND AND RECONNECTING WITH THE UNCONSCIOUS, HYPNOSIS OPENS THE WAY TO A GENTLE YET PROFOUND TRANSFORMATION.
What is hypnosis and how does it work?
Hypnosis is a state of increased awareness that allows you to access your deepest resources in order to identify and release blockages.
It's a natural state we all experience every day, often without realizing it. When you're absorbed in a book, a movie or your thoughts while driving, your mind is both here... and elsewhere at the same time. This state of focused concentration and deep relaxation is very similar to hypnosis.
Contrary to popular belief, you remain fully conscious and in control of your experience. Brain imaging studies have shown increased activity in areas related to attention and self-control during a hypnosis session. In other words, you don't lose control - on the contrary, you regain it in a different way.
During a session, hypnosis helps to restore the dialogue between the conscious and unconscious minds. By calming the mind, we can get to the root of emotional or behavioral blocks that limit your well-being, and transform them in a lasting way.
why see a hypnotherapist?
Hypnosis is a powerful tool for overcoming blockages that cannot be resolved through conscious willpower alone. It addresses issues of emotional, behavioral, or psychosomatic origin.
It can help you to:
Soothe overwhelming emotions: stress, anxiety, fears, phobias, sadness, anger, shame, disgust...
Release self-sabotaging behaviors: low self-confidence, addictions, compulsions, eating disorders, excessive shyness, etc.
Understand and transform repetitive life patterns: painful relationships, work-related difficulties, fear of abandonment...
Relieve somatic symptoms: sleep disorders, chronic pain, allergies, skin problems, weight gain or loss, digestive tensions...
Hypnosis is not indicated in cases of severe personality and/or psychotic disorders (schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, paranoid delusions, hallucinatory psychoses, paraphrenia).
What happens during a hypnosis session?
The initial conversation
≈ 15 to 30 minutes
During this key moment, you explain the reason for your visit. I ask you targeted questions to help untangle complex situations and set a clear goal for the session.
Once your goal is identified, I'll explain how the rest of the session will unfold and answer any questions you may have.
The Hypnosis session
≈ 30 minutes
Comfortably seated with your eyes closed, my voice guides you into a pleasant state of relaxation, gradually leading into hypnosis.
Through dialogue, I accompany you on a journey into your unconscious mind to gently release your fears and blocks.
When you open your eyes, you feel calm and at ease.
Debrief and follow-up
≈ 15 minutes
After the session, we take time to discuss your experience. I gladly answer any questions you may have, and together we decide whether another session would be beneficial.
The positive transformation you experienced during the session continues to integrate and manifest in your daily life.
The role of the unconscious mind
The unconscious mind is a vast reservoir that holds all our memories, learnings and experiences since birth. These stored pieces of information influence our emotions, behaviors and beliefs, often without even being aware of it.
To protect ourselves from emotional pain, the unconscious sometimes creates defense mechanisms such as avoidance, fear of change, or self-sabotage. These strategies may be helpful at some point in our life, but later they can hold us back and prevent us from moving forward.
In hypnosis, we work with the unconscious mind to deactivate these outdated mechanisms and unlock your inner resources. You regain an active role in your life, feeling freer and more aligned with your deepest needs.
For example, if a child was frightened by a dog, he may later feel an irrational fear in the presence of an animal, even without a clear memory of the event. His unconscious triggers the fear as a form of protection. Through hypnosis, we can reprogram this automatic response and replace it with a calmer, more balanced emotional reaction.
making the unconscious an ally
Hypnosis helps you to transform old patterns and activate the inner resources already within you. These resources - confidence, calm, clarity, inner security, joie de vivre - are part of you, but sometimes they have been muted by past experiences.
In the sessions, we work together to bring these resources back to the surface, so they can fully support you again. You move forward with greater serenity and autonomy, free to unfold your full potential.
The main approaches to hypnosis
dissociative hypnosis
Dissociative hypnosis - mostly known as Ericksonian hypnosis - creates a gentle separation between the conscious and the unconscious minds.
In this state of deep relaxation, the therapist communicates directly with your unconscious mind.
It's a subtle, respectful approach, that recognizes the unconscious as an ally whose primary role is to protect you.
Non-dissociative hypnosis
Humanist hypnosis, or non-dissociative hypnosis, aims to expand your state of consciousness.
You remain fully present to yourself and your surroundings, while accessing your inner world. Your conscious and unconscious minds then work together in a unified, clear and harmonious way.
The therapist acts as a compassionate guide, and you move forward with full autonomy in your own transformation.
My approach: humanist and empathetic hypnosis
Trained in both approaches, I primarily use humanist hypnosis, as it encourages self-awareness, empowerment and inner reconciliation. It's a gentle and respectful method that adapts to each person, each story, and each pace.
In hypnosis, you remain fully in charge of your own change. I simply guide you to help awaken what is already there: your own inner resources.