Hypnotherapy Notes
Notes on hypnosis, and on the practices beside it
Hypnotherapy, Reiki, biofeedback, meditation and intuition, one question at a time. Every note opens with its short answer and then goes down, step by step.
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Hypnotherapy for a problem
Hypnotherapy for Repeating the Same Relationship Patterns
Attachment research offers one explanation for repeating the same relationship pattern: the expectations about closeness and trust you learned early in life can carry into adult relationships. Those…
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Intuition
What Is an Intuitive (Psychic) Reading?
An intuitive or psychic reading is a session in which a reader claims to perceive information about you, your situation or your future through abilities beyond the ordinary…
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How hypnosis works
What Does Hypnosis Feel Like? An Honest Description
You sit back, a voice asks you to rest your eyes on one point and let your breathing slow, and a few minutes later you notice that the…
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How hypnosis works
Why Do People Get Emotional or Cry During Hypnosis?
People cry during hypnosis for a plain reason: much of the work is aimed at feelings. Sessions ask you to focus closely on a difficult situation, a memory…
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How hypnosis works
What Is Inner Child Work in Hypnotherapy?
The "inner child" is a metaphor, not a second person living inside you. It stands for the part of you shaped before puberty: the feelings, beliefs and unmet…
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Intuition
Intuition vs. Anxiety: How to Tell a Gut Feeling From Fear
How do you know whether an uneasy feeling is a useful signal or anxiety talking? Not by how it feels in the moment; both can arrive as a…
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Hypnotherapy for a problem
Hypnotherapy for Teeth Grinding and Jaw Tension (TMJ)
Teeth grinding is often linked to stress, and the NHS names stress and anxiety as its most common cause. The NHS lists relaxation among the things that may…
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Hypnotherapy for a problem
Hypnotherapy for IBS: How Gut-Directed Hypnosis Works
Gut-directed hypnosis is a structured course of sessions that combines relaxation with suggestions aimed specifically at the gut, backed by daily practice at home. Along with cognitive behavioral…
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Reiki
What Do You Learn in Reiki Level 1?
A Level 1 class centers on three things, according to the International Center for Reiki Training: receiving the attunement, being shown how to give a treatment, and practicing…
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Meditation and breath
What Is Loving-Kindness (Metta) Meditation?
Loving-kindness meditation is the practice of deliberately wishing well to yourself and others, by silently repeating phrases such as "may you be happy." It comes from the Buddhist…
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How hypnosis works
What Is Past Life Regression, and Is It Real?
A vivid scene that arrives under hypnosis can feel like proof: a name, a place, the weight of clothes from another century. Past life regression is the practice…
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How hypnosis works
NLP vs. Hypnotherapy: What's the Difference?
Are NLP and hypnotherapy the same thing? No. Hypnotherapy uses hypnosis, a state of focused attention and heightened response to suggestion, to work on a specific problem. Neuro-linguistic…
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Reiki
Where Did Reiki Come From? The Story of Mikao Usui
Reiki comes from Mikao Usui, who taught it in Japan in the 1920s, and reached the West through his student's student, Hawayo Takata. Much of what is told…
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Reiki
What Is Reiki, and How Does It Work?
Reiki is a hands-on or hands-near practice developed by Mikao Usui in Japan in the 1920s. Practitioners describe it as channeling a universal life energy through their palms…
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How hypnosis works
What Is the Unconscious Mind, and Why Does Hypnosis Target It?
The unconscious mind is the name for mental processes you cannot observe by looking inward, yet which still shape what you think and do. Some hypnotherapists describe their…
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Mind and body
What Does "Holistic" Wellness Actually Mean?
In its useful sense, holistic means looking at the whole person, body, mind, relationships and surroundings, rather than one symptom in isolation. The NCCIH calls this whole person…
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How hypnosis works
What Is Sleep Hypnosis, and How Do You Use It?
Sleep hypnosis is not hypnosis that happens while you sleep. It is hypnosis used at bedtime: a recording, an app or your own self-hypnosis routine that guides you…
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Hypnotherapy for a problem
Hypnotherapy for Phone and Screen Overuse
"Phone addiction" is a popular phrase, but it is not a formal diagnosis. The Wikipedia article on problematic smartphone use notes that the DSM has not codified it…
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Meditation and breath
Meditation for Anxiety: Does It Help?
Structured mindfulness programs can help. In a 2022 trial of 276 adults with diagnosed anxiety disorders, an eight-week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) course was found to be noninferior…
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How hypnosis works
What Is Hypnosis, Really? A Definition Beyond the Stage Show
The popular picture treats hypnosis as something a hypnotist does to a passive subject. The working definition used in research puts the person at the center instead. In…
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How hypnosis works
What Is Guided (Hypnotic) Meditation?
Is guided meditation a form of hypnosis? Partly. Guided meditation is meditation led by a voice, live or recorded, that tells you where to put your attention: your…
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Hypnotherapy for a problem
Hypnotherapy for Nightmares and Bad Dreams
Hypnosis is among the methods the American Academy of Sleep Medicine has said may be used for nightmare disorder. The treatment it describes as useful for both nightmare…
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Meditation and breath
Mindfulness vs. Meditation: What's the Difference?
Meditation is a family of practices; mindfulness is a quality of attention, and also the name of one kind of meditation. You can meditate without practicing mindfulness, for…
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Biofeedback
What Is Quantum Biofeedback (SCIO)?
"Quantum biofeedback" is a name used for a device, sold under names including SCIO, EPFX and QXCI, that is claimed to read the body's reactions to various frequencies…
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How hypnosis works
What Is Regression Hypnosis (Age Regression)?
Age regression is a hypnosis technique in which a practitioner guides you back to an earlier time in your life, so that you recall or re-experience past events…