RTT/Hypnotherapy
Pre and Post Session Instructions
Session Prep
Prime Your Subconscious Mind
Practicing guided meditation before a hypnotherapy session can significantly enhance its effectiveness. Here's why:
1. Familiarization with Relaxation Techniques:
• Deep Relaxation: Guided meditation teaches you to relax your body and mind deeply. This relaxed state is crucial for entering a hypnotic state.
• Mindful Focus: Regular practice improves your ability to focus your attention, which is essential for following the hypnotherapist's suggestions.
2. Increased Receptivity:
• Openness to Suggestion: Meditation can help you become more receptive to suggestions, allowing you to absorb the positive affirmations and visualizations provided by the hypnotherapist more effectively.
3. Reduced Anxiety:
• Calming the Mind: Regular meditation can reduce anxiety and stress, creating a more peaceful mental state. This can make it easier to let go of worries and concerns during the hypnotherapy session.
4. Enhanced Visualization Skills:
• Vivid Imagery: Guided meditation often involves visualization exercises, which can strengthen your ability to create vivid mental images. This skill is invaluable during hypnotherapy, as it helps you to fully engage with the suggested scenarios.
5. Trust in the Process:
• Building Confidence: By practicing guided meditation, you gain confidence in your ability to relax and focus. This trust in the process can make the hypnotherapy session more effective.
By incorporating regular guided meditation into your routine, you can better prepare yourself for a successful hypnotherapy experience.
Listen
Regardless if you have meditated before, listen to this guided meditation several times before our first session.
🎧 Listen here.
In Person Session
For face-to-face sessions – Plan your commute accordingly giving you plenty of time to accommodate unexpected traffic. You will want to do it at least 10 minutes in advance so that you are not rushing or stressed out.
Ideally, wear comfortable relaxing clothing.
Eat a sumptuous meal before as the session takes 1 to 2 hrs or more.
Switch off the phone or leave it in the car.
Stay calm and relaxed before the session – listen to soothing music, have a walk, take a shower/bath, say prayers, or meditate. Do whatever allows you to have a positive frame of mind expecting a successful experience.
Virtual Session
For online sessions via ZOOM – Please ensure that you are ready and prepared for the session 10 minutes in advance.
The suggestions above for face-to-face sessions are also true for you.
If you are not familiar with Zoom, please install & setup the program on your device in advance. Get familiar with it.
Test the audio/video facilities on your device ensuring good functionality.
Please use headphones. Test for good audio volume and clarity that I can hear.
Ensure the device is fully charged and plugged in.
Ensure your phone or any other device is switched off.
Choose a space that ensures privacy.
Communicate the need for privacy to others.
No pets in the room. Ensure they are being taken care of by someone.
Please consider and resolve any other possible disruptions in advance – doorbells, pets, family & children.
Choose a spot where you can lie or sit back. Use light coverings to keep you warm and comfortable. Bed or relaxing lounge.
Ensure adequate lighting that doesn’t glare into your eyes.
Set up and test your device is placed, to allow me to see your face and your body, at least down to hips.
Place a box of tissues next to the spot where you will sit. Getting emotional is normal and encouraged.
Very Important! Please Take Note: Please experiment and create this set up, well before the appointed time.
The ideal spot for your laptop is 30 degrees on either left or right of your hips and raised 20-30cms. higher than the body. You may require a stack of books, pillows, empty shoebox, tray table or a stand that allows this positioning.
If set up is done after the therapist starts the appointment and time is spent to figure this out, it compromises the therapist’s ability to provide you with her best quality work in your session & cuts short the time spent on your therapy.
If the therapist finds you aren’t prepared and ready to commence the session, she may need to postpone or reschedule your appointment for another day.
Post Session
Support Your Subconscious Mind
Understanding Integration Therapy
Integration therapy is a crucial step after a transformative experience like hypnotherapy or rapid transformation therapy. It involves consciously incorporating the insights and changes gained during the session into your daily life. This process helps solidify the positive shifts and ensures lasting benefits.
Activities for Integration
Here are some practical activities and journal prompts to aid in your integration process:
1. Mindfulness and Meditation: Continue regular practice to anchor yourself in the present moment and cultivate inner peace.
2. Positive Affirmations: Regularly repeat affirmations to reinforce positive beliefs and behaviors.
3. Visualization: Visualize yourself embodying the desired changes, feeling confident, calm, and empowered.
4. Healthy Lifestyle Practices: Prioritize self-care by ensuring adequate sleep, a nutritious diet, and regular physical activity.
5. Social Connection: Spend time with supportive loved ones who encourage your growth.
6. Creative Expression: Engage in creative outlets like painting, writing, or music to process emotions and insights.
7. Integration Therapy Sessions: Consider scheduling additional therapy sessions to delve deeper into your experiences and develop strategies for integration.
Listen
Listen to your recording at least once a day for 21 days. For best results, listen in the morning when you wake up and in the evening before you fall asleep. Do not listen to the recording or meditate while driving or operating machinery. Your recording will be sent to you via email and text message shortly after your session.
What to Expect
Everyone experiences something different. Be prepared for the following:
Immediately
More restful sleep
More sense of calmness in the body and mind
More reflection
If you experience more uncomfortable sensations or thoughts, please know it is not that the session didn't work.
Your mind may be trying to reveal more answers and memories that will help you gain clarity or it may even feel fearful of the change and transformation you are heading toward.
Stay strong and know that you are moving in the right direction. If you desire healing and growth, there is always a sense of internal and external challenge that comes with it. Embrace the challenge because that means that change is happening.
Journal Prompts
Integrating your session
• Reflection: How do you feel after the session? What emotions are you experiencing?
• Insights: What new insights or understandings have emerged?
• Goals: What specific goals do you want to achieve as a result of the session?
• Challenges: What potential challenges or obstacles do you foresee? How can you overcome them?
• Gratitude: What are you grateful for in your life right now?
• Self-Compassion: Write a letter of self-compassion, acknowledging your strengths and forgiving yourself for past mistakes.
• Future Self: Write a letter to your future self, describing your hopes and dreams.
• Integration Progress: Track your progress in integrating the session's insights into your daily life.
• Emotional Processing: Explore any emotional reactions or triggers that may arise during the integration process.
Additional Tips for Successful Integration
• Patience and Self-Compassion: Change takes time. Be patient with yourself and practice self-compassion.
• Celebrate Small Victories: Acknowledge and appreciate your progress, no matter how small.
• Seek Support: If you need additional support, consider talking to a therapist, counselor, or trusted friend.
• Mindful Living: Incorporate mindfulness into your daily life to stay present and grounded.
• Healthy Boundaries: Set and maintain healthy boundaries to protect your well-being.
• Continuous Learning: Seek opportunities for personal growth and development.
By actively engaging in integration therapy, you can fully harness the transformative power of hypnotherapy or rapid transformation therapy and create lasting positive change in your life.
