Do you struggle with anxiety? Have fears, phobias, and panic attacks become a constant part of your life? Are you hoping for a natural way of feeling calmer?

Well, if your answer to these questions is yes, know that you’re definitely not alone. Around 40 million Americans suffer from some type of anxiety. Consequently, many people seek alternative pathways to healing, and in recent years, hypnotherapy has emerged as a popular option.

What’s Hypnosis?

Hypnosis, to put it simply, is just a heightened state of awareness. When you’re hypnotized, you’ll fully conscious and awake, you’re completely aware of your environment, and you can hear everything around you.

When you’re in this state, the hypnotist gives you suggestions that are linked directly to your goals. For instance, if you have arachnophobia, the hypnotist will give you suggestions that’ll help in lowering the intensity of your response the next time you see a spider.

To put it in a nutshell, hypnosis helps calm the mind, enabling you to reshape the way you think through the subconscious.

The following are some ways hypnosis can help with anxiety:

Reducing the Prevalence & Intensity of Panic Attacks

If panic attacks are a prevalent part of your anxiety disorder, hypnosis may help in minimizing the triggers and reducing the prevalence and intensity of the attacks. How? Well, it accomplishes this by:

• Empowering you to calm yourself through mindfulness
• Teaching you how to create new ways of thinking when you’re exposed to triggers
• Helping you establish a mental safe place during the onset of a panic attack

Overcoming Phobias

A phobia is an irrational and excessive fear reaction of a thing, place, or object. An example could be experiencing paralyzing panic when encountering a spider, or having a phobic reaction to innocuous things, such as feathers.

Hypnosis may provide relief by:

• Teaching the patient how to react calmly to phobic triggers
• Reshaping and restructuring your thought patterns so you feel less panic when exposed to stimuli
• Empowering you to observe your fears instead of becoming crippled by them.

Blossom Hypnosis is run by Rekha Shrivastava, a certified hypnotist and rehabilitation counselor who specializes in subconscious mind therapy. We offer hypnosis sessions to tackle stress, depression, ADHD, anxiety, and phobia. Our facility is based in Rochester, NY, and we offer a free consultation in person for local clients and via Skype for out-of-city clients.