Hypnotherapy 

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What is Hypnotherapy?
Hypnotherapy is a form of deep-focused guided mindfulness that can help you permanently change behaviors and achieve your desired goals.During hypnotherapy sessions, a deliberate connection is made with the subconscious mind, which is where your memories, habits, and beliefs reside.

This state, known as the hypnoidal state, is actually a natural human state that we enter multiple times a day. Examples include daydreaming, getting lost in a movie or book, reminiscing about the past or envisioning the future, and that drowsy feeling right before falling asleep.In this state, your senses are still aware of your surroundings, but your mind is operating in the subconscious realm. During hypnosis, you will experience a similar sensation.

Debunking Myths
You may be familiar with hypnosis from stage shows and movies, where it is often portrayed as entertainment. However, those performances are not representative of genuine hypnotherapy. Movies have also presented hypnosis as a form of mind control, but scientific studies have shown that hypnosis cannot make someone do something against their will. In fact, the subject remains in control of their actions during and after hypnosis. The CIA's failed hypnosis research project, conducted during the Cold War and the 1960s, further supports this conclusion.

Hypnosis in Action
Hypnosis has been used by medical and clinical professionals since the 1800s and has achieved remarkable documented results in surgeries and permanent behavior change.

For example, the Mayo Clinic was one of the first hospitals in the 1800s to use hypnosis during surgeries. They successfully performed over 14,000 surgeries without anesthesia or with hypnosis as an adjunct to anesthesia, reducing the risks associated with anesthesia-related complications. Today, prestigious institutions such as Stanford, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and more continue to use hypnosis as a complementary treatment in medical and mental health settings.

Understanding Hypnosis
Each person has two divisions of their mind: the conscious and the subconscious. The conscious mind, also known as the critical mind, controls analytical, critical thinking, verbal, and mathematical skills. Willpower resides here, but any change is usually short-lived because habits and beliefs aren't stored there. Think of the conscious mind like the RAM on your computer. It focuses on current tasks, such as writing a document or playing a game.

However, it doesn't save information until you press save, and then it's saved to your hard drive, which can be equated with your subconscious. Here, you'll find your operational life maps, where you store and recall information. Memories and lifelong habits are stored here, and most importantly, this is where you store your beliefs about what you can accomplish or change.

The subconscious mind automates and simplifies experiences and behaviors for operational simplicity, like remembering directions to certain locations. In life, you learn positive productive behaviors and some nonpositive behaviors. These become habits and beliefs that you typically continue to carry out.

We learn our behaviors and beliefs. When a child is born, they're designed for excellence, not mediocrity. They're born with only two initial fears: falling and loud noises. Everything else is learned from both positive and negative experiences and stored in the subconscious.

Visualize your conscious and subconscious mind like an iceberg. The 10% of the iceberg above the waterline represents your conscious mind. The 90% of the iceberg typically below the waterline represents your subconscious mind, which contains memories, habits, and beliefs. The conscious mind, like the exposed 10% of an iceberg, doesn't sink the ship. Your subconscious mind, like the hidden 90% of the iceberg beneath the water surface, can sink the ship when it comes to memories, behaviors, and beliefs.

That's why when you use your conscious brain to try to change ingrained habits or beliefs, you're usually successful for only a short period of time. Hypnosis is a deliberate bridge to the subconscious, where you can choose to achieve permanent behavioral change, accomplish life goals, and end limiting beliefs.

What Can Hypnotherapy Change?
Hypnotherapy can be used to achieve a variety of desired behavioral changes. These changes can include, but are not limited to, weight loss, smoking cessation, anxiety and phobia relief, improved sports performance, enhanced sales and academic achievements, public speaking confidence, and more. Additionally, I offer hypnotherapy as  supplementary therapy to medical professionals for pain management, IBS, fibromyalgia, cancer-related fatigue and nausea, etc. as well as illness positivity mindset. Please feel free to inquire about your specific needs.
The distinction between a hypnotist and a hypnotherapist lies in their level of training and focus. A hypnotherapist, certified by national organizations, undergoes extensive training to address medical and clinical requirements and often works alongside licensed medical practitioners as an adjunct therapy.

You will be amazed by the soothing experience of hypnosis, and many clients report that a mere 15 minutes of hypnosis feels as restful and restorative as 3 ½ hours of sleep. You will receive recordings of our in-person or virtual sessions to reinforce and solidify your desired changes. Are you ready to make lasting behavioral changes and achieve your goals?

I am Dr. Lin Hightower, a certified medical and clinical hypnotherapist, and I would be happy to schedule a complimentary consultation with you. Choose a goal and get in touch with me!

If you feel like you have exhausted all other options, now is the time to envision the life you desire and take action to make it a reality!