FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is hypnosis?
Hypnosis is a treatment that involves inducing the patient into a relaxed state and then offering suggestions for relief of symptoms or to gain freedom from negative life patterns, therefore moving them towards a happier, more content state of being.
What is the hypnotic trance?
People tend to think of hypnosis as inducing sleep, which is actually not the case. Hypnosis induces a “trance state,” a perfectly natural state of mind that many of us encounter in everyday life. If you’ve ever been engrossed in a book, movie or performance, then you have likely experienced a trance state.
The only difference is, a trance state is being induced by a hypnotherapist who then guides the patient to understanding and healing.
What will I experience during hypnosis?
Hypnotherapy as a patient is a very simple and pleasant process, similar to a guided meditation. Very peaceful and very relaxing. You'll just be asked to imagine nice relaxing scenarios and you simply enjoy them. You don't have to divulge any private information or secrets if you don't want to. All the healing takes place within you. Your hypnotherapist is merely a guide to your own self-healing.
Is it safe?
Hypnosis is incredibly safe; you are aware of everything that's happening, perhaps more so than when you're awake. It's not a state of sleep. You only say what you want to say, and you can bring yourself out of trance if you want to.
What is acupuncture and what can it treat?
Acupuncture is simply the stimulation of the nervous system at certain points, and it benefits all conditions and diseases. With acupuncture, bodily function improves and normalizes at the cellular level, the tissue level and the organ level. Most commonly, acupuncture is used for pain... anywhere. This can all be explained energetically, too, with Qi and blood flow. All conditions benefit from acupuncture.
Is it safe?
Acupuncture is very safe. My 'first-time patients' usually say what a strange feeling it is and quite unlike what they had imagined. Plus, of course, I have been in practice for well over 20 years.
What is Chinese herbal medicine, and what does it treat?
Chinese herbal medicine is wonderful and 4000 years old... approx. Treating ones inner environment as drugs do, but much more gently, naturally and without the side effects. Both acupuncture and herbal medicine depend on a Chinese medical diagnosis, primarily consultation, pulse, tongue and palpation and are very safe.
