Discover how clinical hypnotherapy can help resolve anxiety, self-sabotage, weight issues, and addictions by accessing your unconscious mind.
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Hypnotherapist Mitch at Your Wellness Centre.
The most common reaction from people upon hearing that I’m a hypnotherapist is to wave an imaginary wristwatch in front of their face in a somewhat sarcastic tone, emulating the famous Freudian technique. I laugh in response and offer that it’s more than waving an old-fashioned timepiece in front of someone’s face.
What, then, is hypnotherapy? Well, it’s effectively using an induction technique (yes, a pendulum technique with a wristwatch can work) to induce a state of trance, or hypnosis. There’s nothing mystical about it. The induction simply induces a mild state of relaxation, whereby the conscious mind can relax to allow the unconscious mind to resolve issues that are beyond the awareness of a person’s waking consciousness.
For me, the simplest way to explain it would be to offer an analysis of why we self-sabotage. Why can’t we give up smoking? Or alcohol? Why can’t we lose the weight we want, or resolve anxiety or depression? If the solutions were on the surface, our conscious awareness would know the answer and there wouldn’t be any reason to continue the limiting behaviour. The problem often lies beyond are immediate awareness within the unconscious realms of the psyche. Hence, the need for an intervention that, in a way, circumvents the conscious mind to allow a deeper intelligence to arise.
Our unconscious mind is vast beyond measure. The conscious awareness of our minds is estimated to be about 5% of our brain activity, while the unconscious or subconscious mind is thought to be responsible for the remaining 95%. To put that in perspective, imagine your trying to solve a problem with a 1:20 chance of finding the solution in the usual way.
Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and psychologist who founded the school of analytical psychology is responsible for much of our understanding on the unconscious. His main proposition is that the unconscious aspect of mind represents our ‘shadow’ side, those parts of us that we often neglect, reject, and disassociate from. This may include our fear, anger, depression, fantasies, spirituality, and so forth. According to Jung, it is our work to uncover and integrate these hidden elements into our psyche, a process he coined ‘individuation’. Confronting and integrating our shadow is a crucial step in personal growth, allowing us to access our untapped potential and achieve wholeness.
The power to heal and integrate our deepest wounds comes from within us. A main aim of mine in utilising hypnotherapy is to allow clients to understand themselves better; to understand why they act the way they do. Sometimes we change a limiting belief, other times we challenge its validity, but the goal is to bring increased compassionate awareness to our predicament so that we can feel empowered to make a positive change in our life experience. We cannot do this if we are unaware.
For more information or to book an appointment, please contact Mitch at hello@mitchseach.com.au or visit his website at mitchseach.com.au.
