PARTS HYPNOTHERAPY

Have you ever had the experience of wanting to accomplish a goal or overcome an undesirable habit, only to find one part of you resisting change?  In other words, one part of you wants something, while another part of you doesn’t want to pay the price.

This inner conflict occurs when we have two different parts of our subconscious mind pulling us in opposite directions.  At one time there was some logic behind the attitude of each part, but consciously we don’t know what it was or is.

Freud called these parts “ego states.”  Therapists today may call them “sub personalities, your “psychological community”   or simply “parts.”

Let’s take the example of someone who wants to lose weight, quit smoking or succeed at a specific goal.  Under hypnosis, when asked to speak, the conflicting part of your psychological community will tell the therapist exactly WHY they are causing you to overeat.  Every part of your subconscious mind wants to help and protect you, but the reasoning may be outdated and no longer valid.

The challenge then is to get the conflicting part (the part that does not want to quit smoking, lose weight or succeed fabulously) to dialogue with the motivating part (the part that does want to be smoke free, fit and healthy or be a success.)  The dialogue between these two parts is crucial to the resolution of the conflict so that you can move forward with your goals and dreams.

But what happens if the two parts can’t agree on a course of action?  Most of the time they will agree to meet each other “halfway.”  Or the conflicting part may choose to take on another role altogether, a gentler, more supportive role.

But sometimes the conflicting part is like a stubborn mule that refuses to budge from his/her position.  In that case, the therapist can call upon Higher Self, that part of your subconscious mind that is always connected to Source (God, Infinite Intelligence, etc.)

Higher Self will gently speak to the conflict and suggest ways to resolve it.  The conflicting parts, as well as the conscious mind, are listening.  And what is amazing, is that the conflicting parts then agree to “get along” – they agree (sometimes grudgingly) to meet each other halfway, to take the advice of Higher Self.  It sounds easy and simplistic, but must be handled with knowledge, care and skill.  And it’s an amazing life-changing process which can facilitate permanent change. 

Hypnosis, in one form or another, has been practiced for thousands of years.  Parts Hypnotherapy has been practiced for at least a hundred years.  But the technique of asking for the assistance of Higher Self is quite new.  I was trained in this technique by the expert in the field, Roy Hunter, and I find it amazingly successful.  It is extremely gratifying to see and hear about the lifestyle changes that clients have made after experiencing this new version of Parts Hypnotherapy.