Part 2: Making Therapy Work Table of Contents Come Prepared for Each Session Speak Honestly and In the Present Moment Expect and Embrace Discomfort Build the Alliance with Your Therapist Do Your Homework Journal, Reflect, and Process Listen to Session Recordings (Especially for Hypnotherapy) Track Progress and Attend Consistently In
Getting Started with Therapy: 5 Tips for Starting Strong Estimated Reading Time: 10–12 Minutes Table of Contents Introduction 1. Know what you want to get out of therapy 2. Make Sure You Have Bandwidth for Therapy 3. Choose the Right Therapist and Approach 4. Set Yourself Up Logistically 5. Understand
Hypnotherapy for addiction is a therapeutic approach that uses hypnosis to help people overcome different types of addiction, including alcohol use disorder. During sessions, clients enter a deeply relaxed state, allowing them to focus on their thoughts and emotions. This state of heightened awareness allows therapists to provide therapeutic suggestions
Does the mere thought of going to work give you anxiety? Have you ever felt the sudden, strange, anxious feeling in the pit of your stomach when Sunday night comes around? What about the racing thoughts that keep you from a good night’s rest? If any of this sounds familiar,
Have you ever wondered whether hypnosis can help you? If so, you might assume that all hypnosis is the same. However, there are many types of hypnosis. With the aim to help you be a more informed hypnotherapy client, I will describe several types of hypnosis and the advantages and
Have you or a loved one been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder? If so, you’re not alone. Sometimes, being able to put a name to a challenge you’re facing can made it seem less daunting. What’s more, learning more about it can help equip you with the knowledge you need
As a mental health provider, my goal is to empower you with relevant, up-to-date information, to help you find more peace. I am restarting my blog with a new focus on hypnosis and anxiety disorders. Whether you are a prospective client looking for a therapist, or you’re doing self-therapy, you’ll find the articles here helpful. Starting August 2024, I will be releasing a new article every two weeks. I want to take a moment and go over a few of the different types of content you’ll find here in the future.
In addition to information about hypnosis, you’ll find articles about anxiety disorders, symptoms, and common treatments. I will also be adding content pertaining to research on hypnosis and anxiety disorders. I will be focusing mainly on Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social anxiety, Performance anxiety, and Phobias.
I will also focus on the strengths that can help you become more resilient in the face of anxiety. I will discuss strengths such as confidence, assertiveness, resilience, and optimism. My goal is to help you make better use of the strengths you already have in addition to developing new skills.
In my view, the goal of therapy is to help you become more self-sufficient in taking care of your mental health. I will devote a portion of this blog to self-therapy, especially as it pertains to self-hypnosis and anxiety disorders. Whether or not you seek professional help, you will find benefit in doing some kind of self-therapy process. This might be self-hypnosis or techniques from traditional therapy.
If self-therapy is a new concept for you, it’s probably more familiar than you think. If you’re doing any kind of meditation, self-hypnosis, breathing exercises, or thought logs, you’re already doing self-therapy.
My goal is to help you become more proficient in self-therapy. Self-therapy skills can help you get more out of the therapy you’re already doing. It can also help you become more self-reliant in your mental health journey.
My goal on this blog is also to delve into the inner workings of anxiety. That means discussing not only the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral properties of anxiety, but also exploring the situations in which anxiety occurs. This includes job stress, relationship patterns, life transitions, existential issues, lifestyle issues, and much more.
If your experience has been anything like mine, living through the 2020’s has involved quite a bit of anxiety and uncertainty. Issues such as the pandemic, social isolation, political division, economic uncertainty, and ever-expanding technology such as AI, have created mental health minefields like never before.
How do you navigate all this with your mental health intact, especially if you already deal with anxiety? I plan to answer that question to the best of my ability. It is my hope that through reading this blog, you’ll be better equipped to manage anxiety, achieve your goals, and live your best life.
I realize I’m promising a lot here. I won’t accomplish it all at once, but I will work on it one post at a time. I hope you’ll check back often and that you’ll benefit from what I share. Thank you so much for reading and I hope to see you in my office someday!
This list is a work in process. Please check back regularly.
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