Gwen Cupples is a master hypnotherapist. She offers sessions at Balanced You Clinic on Thursdays. Her sessions are by appointment only. To schedule a session with Gwen, text or call 901-483-8592. Read Gwen’s full bio here.
Gwen tells us what we can expect in a hypnotherapy session with her, benefits of hypnotherapy, and how hypnotherapy can support us in the transition from summer to fall. Gwen offers NADA sessions as well. NADA supports a person’s will to follow intentions and work toward goals set in a hypnotherapy session. NADA and hypnotherapy are a powerful combination!
In a hypnotherapy session with me, a person can expect a deeply transformative experience, one that is both healing and empowering. My approach is to create a safe, relaxed space for the clients, where they can explore their subconscious mind with gentle guidance. Here’s a breakdown of what a person might experience:
Initial Consultation and Goal Setting: Sessions will begin with a conversation to discuss the client’s goals, challenges, or areas they want to work on. Whether it’s releasing a fear, breaking a habit, healing past trauma, or seeking clarity on their life purpose, identifying the root issue to address.
Induction into Hypnosis: You will be guided into a deeply relaxed, focused state—meditative hypnosis—where their subconscious mind becomes more open to positive suggestion and healing.
Exploration and Healing: During hypnosis, the client will be lead through visualizations, regressions, or other techniques tailored to their needs. Intuitively guiding them to uncover blocks, limiting beliefs, or past emotional traumas. To clear negativity and realigning them with higher vibrations.
Positive Suggestions and Empowerment: While they are in this receptive state, clients are embed with positive affirmations and suggestions that align with their goals for healing, empowerment, and transformation. Opening them to connect to their deeper spiritual truths.
Returning to Conscious Awareness: After the inner work is done, the client is gently brought back to full consciousness, helping them integrate the experience. They may feel lighter, clearer, and more connected to their authentic self.
Post-Session Integration: I offer insights, intuitive guidance and provide recommendations for integrating the session’s work into their daily life. This could involve affirmations, energy practices, or additional coaching for ongoing support.
What are the benefits of hypnotherapy?
Hypnotherapy offers a wide range of benefits, impacting the mind, body, and spirit in profound ways. Some of the key benefits include:
Stress and Anxiety Relief: Hypnotherapy can help calm the nervous system, reduce stress levels, and manage anxiety by accessing the subconscious mind and reprogramming negative thought patterns.
Overcoming Phobias and Fears: By working with the subconscious, hypnotherapy can effectively address and release deep-seated fears and phobias, helping clients live with more freedom and confidence.
Breaking Habits and Addictions: Hypnotherapy is often used to break unhealthy habits or addictions, such as smoking, overeating, or other compulsive behaviors, by shifting underlying triggers and reinforcing positive behaviors.
Emotional Healing and Trauma Release: Hypnotherapy allows individuals to access and process buried emotions and unresolved trauma, leading to emotional healing and a sense of relief from past pain.
Pain Management: Hypnotherapy has been used to help manage chronic pain, as well as pain related to conditions like migraines, fibromyalgia, or even during childbirth, by altering the brain’s perception of pain signals.
Improved Sleep: For those struggling with insomnia or sleep disorders, hypnotherapy can help reprogram the subconscious to promote relaxation and healthy sleep patterns.
Boosting Confidence and Self-Esteem: Hypnotherapy can enhance self-worth by releasing limiting beliefs and negative self-talk, empowering clients to feel more confident, capable, and aligned with their true self.
Enhancing Focus and Performance: Hypnotherapy is beneficial for improving focus, concentration, and performance, whether in sports, academics, or work, by aligning the mind with peak performance states.
Resolving Relationship Issues: By uncovering subconscious blocks, hypnotherapy can help clients improve their relationships, heal past wounds, and develop healthier patterns of communication and connection.
Spiritual Growth and Intuition Development: For those on a spiritual journey, hypnotherapy can deepen their connection to their higher self, enhance intuition, and open the door to greater self-awareness and spiritual awakening.
In my practice, these benefits are amplified by my gifts of intuitive counseling, energy work, and spiritual guidance, providing a holistic and transformative experience for your clients.
How can hypnotherapy assist in the transition from summer to fall?
Hypnotherapy can be an excellent tool to support someone during the seasonal transition from summer to fall, a time often associated with change, reflection, and preparation for the quieter, more introspective winter months. Here’s how hypnotherapy can help:
Emotional Adjustment and Balance – The transition from the warmth and activity of summer to the cooler, slower energy of fall can sometimes trigger feelings of sadness or anxiety, often linked to Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Hypnotherapy can help individuals emotionally adjust by promoting feelings of balance, calm, and acceptance. It can reframe the change in seasons as an opportunity for renewal, guiding the client toward embracing fall’s slower pace.
Releasing what no longer serves – Fall symbolizes a time of letting go, much like the trees shedding their leaves. Hypnotherapy can assist individuals in releasing old patterns, beliefs, or behaviors that no longer serve them. By accessing the subconscious, clients can free themselves from the emotional and mental clutter accumulated over the summer and make space for new growth.
Setting new intentions and goals – As fall is often seen as a period of harvest and preparation, hypnotherapy can be used to help clients set new intentions for the coming months. Through guided hypnosis, clients can align with their higher self, refocus on their life goals, and plant seeds for future success and transformation. This is a powerful time to connect with their life purpose and receive guidance on their next steps.
Boosting energy and motivation – The shift in seasons can sometimes bring about lethargy or a dip in motivation. Hypnotherapy can support individuals in maintaining energy and enthusiasm by reinforcing positive habits and instilling motivation to continue personal or professional pursuits. It can help adjust their mindset to see fall as a season of productivity and creativity rather than a period of decline.
Enhancing immune and physical health – Fall often comes with a change in weather that can affect the body’s immune system. Hypnotherapy can work on a subconscious level to support physical well-being, promoting relaxation, reducing stress, and encouraging the body’s natural healing processes. Positive suggestions can be incorporated to boost the immune system, encourage healthy habits, and prepare the body for the colder months.
Grounding and Centering – Fall invites people to ground themselves as they move into the more introspective season of winter. Hypnotherapy can provide grounding techniques that help individuals feel centered and connected to the earth’s natural rhythms, helping them adapt to the seasonal shift with greater ease.
Spiritual reflection and growth – Autumn can be a spiritually reflective time, and hypnotherapy can help clients connect more deeply with their inner world. This period of introspection can lead to greater spiritual growth, clarity, and alignment with their higher purpose, using the seasonal transition as a metaphor for inner transformation.
Incorporating hypnotherapy during the summer-to-fall transition can allow clients to embrace change with grace and use the energy of the season to realign with their goals and deeper sense of self. My expertise in hypnotherapy, combined with spiritual guidance, would help clients navigate this transition smoothly, focusing on renewal, grounding, and empowerment.
Thank you Gwen for taking the time to complete these interview questions to share more about your practice with us. This interview was edited and composed by Hailey Ward-Maldonado, August 2024