A hypnotherapy professional with over 20 years of experience in hypnotherapy and 27 years of leadership experience, Dr. David E. Eskelin serves as a hypnotherapist at Body with Hypnosis in Puyallup, Washington. Hypnotherapists like Dr. David E. Eskelin use hypnosis to help patients gain control of their lives and overcome unwanted behaviors and mental health issues such as smoking, overeating, depression, and anxiety.
The ultimate focus of hypnotherapy involves fostering positive development and implementing changes to help patients live happier, healthier lives. Although not always necessary, some hypnotherapists begin with exposing the subconscious behavioral motivators or underlying mental health triggers, like phobias, depression, and anxiety. Contrary to pop culture portrayals of the practice, hypnosis puts patients into a relaxed, trance-like state rather than a deep sleep, and hypnotherapists cannot command those under hypnosis to do anything against their will. Hypnotherapists probe for the root of the problem by asking questions about present, past, or future concerns.
Once a hypnotherapist acquires a better understanding of a patient’s problems and trepidations, the therapist turns his or her attention to developing strategies to implement change. Strategies focus on helping patients feel empowered and altering their perceptions of the problem to foster healing and open the mind to the idea of change. Hypnotherapists then prompt patients to become receptive to the new strategy by repeating key points of the strategy or guiding them through visualizations of its successful implementation. The trance-like state that hypnotherapy patients fall into serves as the primary driving force to increase the mind’s suggestibility to new ideas and verbal proposals. Furthermore, the patient’s subconscious is more likely to accept suggestions while under influence of hypnosis.
Session length and the number of sessions required to fully address a problem vary widely depending upon the severity of the issue(s) and the personality of the patient. Initial sessions tend to last approximately one-and-a-half hours, and subsequent sessions may last between one and two hours.
The ultimate focus of hypnotherapy involves fostering positive development and implementing changes to help patients live happier, healthier lives. Although not always necessary, some hypnotherapists begin with exposing the subconscious behavioral motivators or underlying mental health triggers, like phobias, depression, and anxiety. Contrary to pop culture portrayals of the practice, hypnosis puts patients into a relaxed, trance-like state rather than a deep sleep, and hypnotherapists cannot command those under hypnosis to do anything against their will. Hypnotherapists probe for the root of the problem by asking questions about present, past, or future concerns.
Once a hypnotherapist acquires a better understanding of a patient’s problems and trepidations, the therapist turns his or her attention to developing strategies to implement change. Strategies focus on helping patients feel empowered and altering their perceptions of the problem to foster healing and open the mind to the idea of change. Hypnotherapists then prompt patients to become receptive to the new strategy by repeating key points of the strategy or guiding them through visualizations of its successful implementation. The trance-like state that hypnotherapy patients fall into serves as the primary driving force to increase the mind’s suggestibility to new ideas and verbal proposals. Furthermore, the patient’s subconscious is more likely to accept suggestions while under influence of hypnosis.
Session length and the number of sessions required to fully address a problem vary widely depending upon the severity of the issue(s) and the personality of the patient. Initial sessions tend to last approximately one-and-a-half hours, and subsequent sessions may last between one and two hours.