Unlike hypnosis used for entertainment, hypnotherapy is a serious technique. It uses a trance-like state to safely explore individuals’ underlying thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Addressing negative beliefs and habits at a deeper level can help people make lasting change with less struggle. At Del Arroyo Recovery Center in Agoura Hills, CA, hypnotherapy is one of the many holistic health tools we use in our patient-centered addiction therapy programs.
How Does Hypnotherapy Work?
Hypnotherapy is an alternative therapy that uses sound, imagery, relaxation, and focused attention to achieve an altered state of consciousness. In this state, the hypnotherapist can explore subconscious thoughts and beliefs, as well as make suggestions for positive change. Bypassing the conscious brain like this can be helpful for people with low self-esteem who struggle to quiet negative thoughts.
This technique can also be very powerful for uncovering the roots of trauma. If a person’s brain has protected them by locking away some of those experiences, subconscious therapy can help them safely unlock those doors and begin addressing what’s inside. Working at a subconscious level allows them to do so in a calm, controlled way that won’t trigger external distress.
At Del Arroyo Recovery Center, our team is dedicated to helping people achieve lifelong success with personally tailored holistic therapy and supportive aftercare. For individuals with trauma, and other co-occurring issues, hypnotherapy in a comfortable, compassionate environment like ours can make it easier to lean into detox and recovery.
The Role of Hypnotherapy in Addiction Recovery
Self-acceptance, self-care, and self-wellness are very important to a person’s ability to overcome addiction and build a better future. For people who struggle to understand their identity and emotions, it can be especially hard to accept and love themselves. Hypnotherapy moves past that layer of resistance to reveal their true feelings and authentic selves.
Hypnotherapy makes it easier to talk about known issues, and it can reveal feelings, beliefs, and experiences that have played an unseen role in a person’s addiction. Addressing these can correct subconscious patterns and help with anxiety prevention, depression treatment, managing stress, and much more.
What to Expect In our Los Angeles Hypnotherapy Sessions
Hypnosis typically has four stages:
- Induction: You’ll start by focusing your attention and entering a relaxed state. This may involve deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, guided meditation, etc.
- Deepening: You’ll be guided into a deeper state of suggestibility with some sort of cue, like counting down or visualizing descending a flight of stairs.
- Suggestion: The therapist will use thoughtfully worded statements and imagery to explore your mind or address symptoms. For example, you might be asked to go back to a time in your past and describe how you feel, or picture your future sober self and step into their image.
- Emergence: The therapist will guide you back into conscious awareness. This often involves a reverse cue like counting back up or imagining ascending a flight of stairs.
You might explore other types of hypnosis, depending on your needs. If you have a history of trauma and abuse, regression-based trauma therapy may help reveal memories that need healing. If you have physical issues, command cell therapy is a practice meant to instruct the body to heal itself.
Whatever the case, hypnosis can help you process and cope with pain, addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), clinical depression, insomnia, anxiety, and more. It all starts with seeking out a professional drug treatment program and asking about hypnotherapy.
Start Healing with Hypnotherapy and Other Humanistic Therapy at Del Arroyo Recovery Center
Professionally administered hypnotherapy is a powerful tool for uncovering subconscious beliefs, encouraging behavioral change and improving overall emotional health. For many people, it can be a transformative experience that makes addiction treatment and relapse prevention easier.
In our Agoura Hills hypnotherapy sessions, we’re committed to helping individuals escape the cycle of addiction, improve their mental health, and discover their true selves. Contact us today to explore your treatment options and take the first step toward a brighter future.
