Q: Those people on stage are faking it or are friends with the hypnotist, right?

" Occam's Razor " states that the simplest explanation is the most likely. Which is most likely? Yeah, it is. Try it some time. Those folks are playing the most vivid and real game of ""make believe"" of their entire adult lives. Not since being children on the playground has imagination been so real. It's fun, refreshing and it feels really good. Why isn't everybody doing this?

Question 1

Those people on stage are faking it or are friends with the hypnotist, right?

Accepted Answer

"Occam's Razor" states that the simplest explanation is the most likely.

Which is most likely?

Yeah, it is. Try it some time. Those folks are playing the most vivid and real game of ""make believe"" of their entire adult lives. Not since being children on the playground has imagination been so real.

It's fun, refreshing and it feels really good. Why isn't everybody doing this?

Question 2

Where do I park when I come for my appointment?

Accepted Answer

There's tons of parking on the streets around the building, you might even get lucky and find a spot right in front of the door! However, if you happen to arrive at a busy time and all the street parking is full, feel free to park in the Duvall Hardware parking lot. Duvall Hardware is our landlord and they don't mind at all.

Question 3

How much do sessions cost?

Accepted Answer

The cost per session may vary with the length of the session, the number of sessions needed and the nature of the material to be covered.

Current pricing is provided on my booking page.

All ongoing costs will be discussed with you on an individual basis, up front, in your first session.

Payment is due at the time of each session unless other arrangements have been made in advance.

Question 4

How do I pay you?

Accepted Answer

Most of my clients pay in advance using my booking system to get the best possible price. It accepts all major credit cards using processing by Square.

Otherwise:

With special arrangements, payment is due at the time of service. This works best with packages, like a pre-paid package deal for a fixed number of sessions. I do that from time to time for things like smoking cessation or weight loss where I know that several sessions are going to be required, but in most cases, it's payment at the time of service before each session.

I accept cash, check and pretty much every major credit card you may have.

Question 5

Do you offer a guarantee?

Accepted Answer

No. Neither do most other healthcare providers. Your trainer won't, your weight loss advisor won't and so on.

In hypnosis, I play a navigator role. I call out directions and if you want to get where we are going, you follow them. I'm good at giving directions that follow a route that you will approve of. But if you choose not to follow my directions, I simply can't guarantee where you are going to end up.

This doesn't apply so much to session work, done while we are together, but virtually every type of hypnotherapy comes with homework. For example; If I recommend that you keep a regular bedtime to assist with sleep improvement and stress reduction, then you work on your laptop in bed until the wee hours of the morning, I can't promise results.

With that said, I have really good success rates and the odds are that if I accept you as a client, it's because I am confident I can help you meet your goals and I believe you are going to do the work. I generally have a client waiting list and can't take clients I don't expect to succeed.

I WANT you to succeed and I will work with you to make it happen. I will even fire you as a client if I sense that you aren't doing your part. But I can't offer a "money back guarantee" like a retail store.

The one exception would be if for some reason I could not get you to go into trance during our first session. I would, of course, refund your money, since I had not done my part. THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET.

Question 6

What should I look for in a hypnotherapist?

Accepted Answer

That's a question that is so important that I dedicated an entire page to it.

Please see the Choosing a Hypnotherapist page.

Question 7

What if the hypnotherapist makes a suggestion I don't like?

Accepted Answer

As a rule, the content of a session has been discussed in advance, but it can happen where the hypnotherapist is using imagery you aren't seeing or don't like.

In most cases, if the hypnotherapist keeps saying "green" and you are seeing "blue", you will simply see blue and go on. For most things, the exactness of the image is not the point. If you find it jarring or the hypnotherapist is using an image you can't deal with, you will simply open your eyes and correct what is being said.

I had one client who didn't reveal a phobia to me. With her in a trance, I was using a flock of birds moving in formation in the sky as an image. She opened her eyes and asked if could skip the birds because birds are "too pecky". I changed images and she was back under, more deeply than before.