What is Hypnotherapy and what can it do for you?

Sue Fortune MSc, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist

Calgary and region, but Skype and phone consultations available!

Hypnosis was first known as “mesmerism” after Dr. Frank Mesmer (1734­-1815) who used hypnosis quite successfully on his patients. The father of hypnosis is James Braid who came after Dr. Mesmer. It was James Braid who established hypnosis as a science rather than an occult. By the 1900’s hypnosis was being practiced by Sigmund Freud, Milton Erickson and Dave Elman, all well known in the psychology field. Hypnosis remains the brief, solution focused practice today as it was used by the early founders.

Hypnosis comes from the Greek word “hypnos” or “sleep’ and “osis” or “put to sleep”. It is a state of relaxation involving focused attention and an increased capacity to accept suggestion. During hypnosis, you concentrate intensely on a specific thought, memory or image. Everyone can be hypnotised! In fact everyone drifts into and out of hypnosis all day. Remember times when you were lost in a book for hours, in a driving trace or simply daydreaming at your desk. In fact, crying and anger outbursts occur in a state of hypnosis.

Take one hand. Place the boney part of the back of your hand on your forehead. This is your conscious mind. Your conscious mind is less than 10% of your brain.

Now take both hands. Spread your fingers wide. Place your wide spread hands at the back and sides of your head. This is your subconscious mind. Your subconscious mind is 90% or more of your brain.

With hypnosis, you are able to bypass your conscious mind and access your subconscious mind. Your conscious mind is the part of your mind that is responsible for logic and reasoning. Your subconscious mind is the part of your mind that is responsible for your emotions, beliefs and memories. Imagine it as being a large memory bank, it stores everything that happens to you, without judgement. The subconscious mind stores and retrieve your data. Do you have an irrational fear, maybe of bees or spiders? Under hypnosis, your subconscious mind could retrieve when, why and how that fear developed. Do often feel you do not deserve abundance in your life? Under hypnosis, your subconscious mind could retrieve when, why and how that self limiting belief started for you. Can you not release your body weight despite trying any diet? Under hypnosis, your subconscious mind can reveal why you are not releasing your weight.

Hypnotherapy is a therapy that uses the power of your subconscious mind to help you change behaviors determined by your belief system. The state of relaxation allows Sue Fortune as a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist to bypass your conscious mind and give positive suggestions directly to your powerful subconscious mind...the part of your mind that is simply accepting and does NOT judge. This allows you to overcome blocks and self destructive behavior and achieve the success you so desperately desire.

Hypnotherapy also uncovers the root cause of self destructive behavior, anxiety or phobias, self limiting beliefs and addiction. You are not always aware of your beliefs, actually most people are not aware of their negative beliefs and the impact they have on our self esteem, confidence, emotions and day to day behavior.

-You are capable

-You are deserving

-You are worthy

-And you are capable, deserving and worthy enough to explore the root cause of your self

limiting beliefs and experience happiness, behavior change, success and freedom.

During hypnotherapy, you are always in control! You will not do or say anything you do not want

to. You will not cluck like a chicken, unless you want to!

During hypnotherapy, you are always in control! You will not do or say anything you do not want to. You will not cluck like a chicken, unless you want to!

Hypnotherapy is safe and natural when you are guided by an experienced Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist such as Sue Fortune MSc (psych).

Have you tried everything?

-Are you stuck?

-Tired?

-Have you tried everything but nothing has worked?

-Are your ready for change?

Call Sue Fortune MSc (psych) Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist at 403-­966-­1122 ( Calgary and area)

Sue Fortune provides:

● Private sessions

● Sessions in your home

● Skype sessions

● Telephone sessions from any locations

Sue Fortune MSc, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist is a great resource if you find yourself anxious in hospital, shut in your home with fearful thoughts or fears, or in a remote location. Hypnotherapy is as effective by skype or phone as in person.

You deserve to be happy, free of emotional and physical pain, loved, confident, motivated,healthy, addiction and anxiety free. You are capable and deserve abundance in this lifetime.You are capable and deserve self love.

Let your mind work FOR you...not AGAINST you

It is possible through skilled hypnotherapy. It is cost effective, solution focused and short term.