Questions about hypnosis are often simpler than the answers people find online.
Here are the things clients most often want to know before a session.
For a fuller explanation of how I work, see Hypnotherapy. You can also read about hypnosis techniques and what makes hypnotherapy useful.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is hypnosis?
Hypnosis is a state of focused attention. You are not unconscious. You can hear me, speak, think, and respond throughout the session.
People experience it differently. Some feel deeply relaxed. Others simply feel focused or absorbed.
What is hypnotherapy?
Hypnotherapy is the use of hypnosis to work with an emotional, behavioral, or practical issue.
In my sessions, that may include questions, conversation during hypnosis, parts work, regression, NLP, imagery, rehearsal, or suggestion depending on what is relevant.
What does hypnosis feel like?
There is no single feeling you are supposed to have.
You may feel relaxed, heavy, light, absorbed, or simply more focused than usual. Feeling “very hypnotized” is not the goal.
Will I lose control?
No.
You can hear what is happening and respond. You are not handing control of your mind to the hypnotherapist.
Will I reveal secrets?
Hypnosis does not force you to say something you do not want to say.
You can choose what you talk about just as you can in an ordinary conversation.
Will I remember the session?
Most people remember the session.
Some parts may feel more dreamlike or distant, especially in deeper regression work. PLR and QHHT sessions are recorded so you can listen again afterward.
Can I get stuck in hypnosis?
No.
If I stopped speaking, you would notice. You could open your eyes, move, or simply allow yourself to become more relaxed.
Can everyone be hypnotized?
Most people can experience hypnosis when they are willing to participate and can focus their attention.
People differ in how quickly they enter the experience and in what hypnosis feels like to them.
What can hypnotherapy be used for?
People come to me for anxiety, stress, smoking, emotional eating, confidence, sleep, procrastination, focus, performance, fears, unwanted habits, and other patterns that have been difficult to change consciously.
I also offer Past Life Regression and QHHT.
How many sessions will I need?
There is no fixed number.
Some people come for one or two sessions around a specific issue. Other problems take longer. We look at what is changing and decide from there.
What techniques do you use?
I may use parts work, analytical hypnotherapy, regression techniques, NLP, imagery, rehearsal, suggestion, or other approaches.
You do not need to choose a technique before the session.
What is the difference between hypnosis and hypnotherapy?
Hypnosis is the focused state.
Hypnotherapy is the work we do while using that state to address a problem or goal.
What is the difference between a hypnotist and a hypnotherapist?
The terms hypnotist and hypnotherapist are often used loosely and sometimes interchangeably.
I usually use hypnotherapist because my work involves using hypnosis as part of a process for understanding and changing emotional or behavioral patterns.
Can sessions be done online?
Yes. Hypnotherapy and Past Life Regression are available through Zoom as well as in Albuquerque.
QHHT is in person only.
Where is your office?
12101 Menaul Blvd. NE, Suite C
Albuquerque, NM 87112
How do I schedule?
Use Book Online anywhere on the website.
If you have a quick question first, call or text 505-823-6508.