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Hypnotherapy, Counseling
& Life Coaching
Are you ready to change self-limiting beliefs and habits which are stopping you being your best self and achieving your goals?
Hypnotherapy can help you change your life for the better. In just three to five sessions, and sometimes even with just one session, you can create the change you want.
Myrto is a licensed hypnotherapist, addiction counselor and certified life coach specializing in overcoming addictions, managing anxiety and stress, conquering fears and phobias, improving sleep, building confidence and motivation for optimal health and wellbeing.
“Hypnotherapy can be used to help you gain control over undesired behaviors or to help you cope better with anxiety or pain. Hypnosis that’s conducted by a trained therapist or health care professional is considered a safe, complementary and alternative medical treatment.”
—Mayo Clinic
Contrary to popular belief there is nothing weird or mysterious about hypnosis and it is not a state of deep sleep. It is a naturally occurring relaxed state of heightened awareness. Hypnosis is an inward focusing of attention through which the demands of the outside world are switched off. It is a state of deep relaxation, a form of trance, during which the critical analytical mind shuts off, making the unconscious mind more accessible.
The US Department of Education defines hypnosis as: “The bypass of the critical factor of the conscious mind (a person’s analytical and judgmental ability) followed by the establishment of acceptable selective thinking”.
Acceptable selective thinking refers to the creation of new beliefs in the unconscious mind through reprogramming whilst in hypnotic trance. The reprogramming changes perceptions, breaks habits and creates new automatic responses to situations.
The Hypnotherapist acts as a guide to lead you into relaxation and hypnosis. During hypnosis, your body relaxes, and your thoughts become more focused. Like other relaxation techniques, hypnosis lowers blood pressure and heart rate, and changes certain types of brain wave activity. In this relaxed state, you will feel at ease physically, yet fully awake mentally and may be highly responsive to suggestion. Your conscious mind becomes less alert, and your subconscious mind becomes more focused.
No. All hypnosis is self-hypnosis; a hypnotist merely guides you into your own experience of relaxation.
No, quite the opposite, you will gain power! You remain completely in control throughout your hypnotic trance. You cannot be made to think, say or act in a way that you would reject in your normal waking life whilst in hypnotic trance — nothing can happen to you without your consent. You will respond only to suggestions you want to respond to and reject undesired suggestions.
No, your attention simply focuses inward so that outward attention becomes less, like daydreaming or to how you feel in the few seconds before you drop off to sleep. You are in a state of deep relaxation where the analytical, conscious part of your mind switches off and the unconscious part of your mind can listen and respond.
Clients generally report a relaxed, peaceful feeling, and a general feeling of well-being.
Since hypnosis is simply a process of natural experience and learning, everyone can be hypnotized. It is a myth that some people cannot be hypnotized; everyone has the capacity to relax, to learn and to be creative.
A comparative study:
Psychoanalysis: 38% recovery after 600 sessions.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: 72% recovery after 22 sessions.
Hypnotherapy: 93% recovery after 6 sessions. American Health Magazine Study
I do not file insurance claims on behalf of clients — however, I can give you a super bill and your insurance company may reimburse you for the cost of my services.
Myrto works with other professionals collaboratively to help resolve specific issues. Myrto does not offer services that are a substitute for medical, chiropractic, dental or psychological care, instead preferring to work collaboratively with those who refer to us, and to refer clients to other licensed professionals as necessary.