Clinical Hypnotherapy
CREATIVE PSYCHOLOGY WITH DR. DUG
Contrary
to what the movies would have you believe, clinical hypnotherapy is not mysterious or evil or magical. It is a therapeutic strategy in which patients are able to achieve a state of deep focus during which they are more amenable to the possibility of change and self-exploration. In this state of mind, we are able to quiet those internal voices that try to tell you why you can't or shouldn't do/be/feel. Instead, you become connected with that part of yourself that knows you can change things in desirable ways and that knows how to heal those parts of you that are integral to feeling whole.
The Hypnotic Process
Induction
Dr. Dug guides you through a visualization or other practice that helps you to quiet your mind, become more aware of the current moment, and begin to enter a hypnotic trance state.
Deepening
This second phase involves a deepening of the hypnotic trance state.
Suggestions
In this phase of the process, Dr. Dug will verbalize some suggestions / adaptations that are related to your stated goals that your mind will use after hypnosis.
Elicitation
Dr. Dug brings you out of the hypnotic trance state so that you can proceed with your day
Course of Treatment
Initial Assessment
During this 90-minute appointment, you and Dr. Dug will discuss mutual expectations and goals of treatment. Dr. Dug will conduct an evaluation that will provide helpful information clinical hypnotherapy treatment, and then provide a relaxation hypnosis as an initial exposure to this treatment.
Clinical Hypnosis Follow-Up Sessions
During these 45-55 minute appointments, Dr. Dug will conduct hypnotherapy that is directly related to your goals and provide a recording for you to use at least every other day in-between sessions with Dr. Dug.
You will likely have between 2-12 clinical hypnosis sessions, take a prescribed break, and then return for maintenance/boosters, if needed.