I am continuing to suspend in-person hypnotherapy sessions with me in my office. However, phone, and Zoom consultations ARE and WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE!
(This blog was originally posted on
December 25, 2013)
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For many
of us, doing something new or unfamiliar can be
very scary. But, you know what? After you do that thing just one
time it loses that essence of being scary. It becomes “known” to your
subconscious mind and is integrated with your repertoire of behaviors. Your
subconscious mind will file away the memory of that sensation, experience, or
associated emotion for future reference for future behaviors the rest of your
life—even if you never repeat the specific behavior. (Advanced calculus,
anyone?)
Hypnosis Motivation Institute co-founders John G. Kappas, Ph.D., and
Alex G. Kappas Ph.D., revolutionized the practice of hypnotherapy based on
their findings that not everyone receives hypnotic suggestions the same way
(suggestibility). Suggestibility refers to how you learn, and it influences how
you interpret every experience. In Kappasinian Hypnotherapy there are two
categories of “known” (learned) experiences:
- Pain: Anything new or unfamiliar
(unknown). It may also refer to a physically or emotionally painful
experience.
- Pleasure: An experience that is known and
familiar, although it may not necessarily be pleasurable. “Pleasure” can be a positive or a negative emotional/physical experience.
When you
first learned how to walk, the first step or two was probably wobbly. You
probably held onto a parent’s hand for dear life for the first attempts; it may
have taken a week before you could make it across a room without stumbling and
falling down (Pain). Fast-forward a week, a year, 20 years to today. Now, you
are able to skip, jump and run—and so much more—without even thinking
about it (Pleasure) because these activities are familiar and comfortable.
Just
imagine all of the things you can and will achieve when your subconscious mind
recognizes and accepts that these new behaviors are now “knowns” and are here
to stay!
Sara
R. Fogan, C.Ht. is a certified hypnotherapist based in Southern
California. She graduated with honors from the Hypnosis Motivation Institute in 2005. Sara has been
voted the Best Hypnotherapist in Santa Clarita, California, four years in a row
(2019-2022). For more information about Calminsense Hypnotherapy® and to set up
an appointment, please visit http://www.calminsensehypnotherapy.com/
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