Practical tips for online hypnotherapy
How to maximise and enjoy your online therapy experience if you cannot attend in person.
For all those who cannot attend in person therapy, online hypnotherapy works just as deeply and as powerfully as face to face. I have worked with clients abroad throughout the past years and every time the process has been deeply meaningful and far reaching. But there are some practical differences between walking out of your home to come and sit in my therapy studio, and being in your home and accessing the therapy through your computer. Because there are practical differences I think it is useful to lay out some good tips on how to practically create the best set up for your online hypnotherapy sessions.
Feel free to always share any concerns, doubts or feelings about any aspect of hypnotherapy, including the medium we are going to use, simply talk to me about it.
1. Figure out where your wifi or mobile connection has the best reception, so that you can find a spot in your home where the video meeting/call works well.
2. Close other computer programs on your screen, to avoid anything popping up while we work or beeping or interrupting the session or connection.
3. Switch off your phone.
4. Allow a few minutes of quiet before your session, so that there’s a buffer zone between whatever you are doing and the time of therapy.
5. Make sure there’s enough light in the room, I need to see you. Ideally don’t wear black, or very dark colours
6. Pour yourself a glass of water, or make yourself a cup of tea, we will begin the session with a conversation, it’s good to have something to drink before we begin working with hypnosis.
7. If you have headphones, and you generally tend of listen to music on headphones, then do wear them, they can allow you a greater feeling of confidentiality and bring my voice closer to you. That said, they are not necessary and the session will work just fine if you do not have them.
8. What happens if the connection fails mid-session while you are in hypnosis? Very simple, you will enjoy staying in hypnosis for a few minutes quietly by yourself. Then you will naturally bring yourself back, this is simply what happens. And then you can give me a call and we will start the video again from where we left.
9. Don’t jump straight back into your work, e-mails, house chores, flatmates, family, or partner. Allow some time and space after the session, to digest. This could be 10 min, or an hour, it’s up to you.
10. Feel free to always share any concerns, doubts or feelings about any aspect of hypnotherapy, including the medium we are going to use, simply talk to me about it.
