Our Holistic Approach to
Hypnotherapy in Edmonton

To Your Success,

Travis Pederson, CHt
Professional Certified Hypnotherapist
Member of the International Hypnosis Federation

Curious About Hypnotherapy?
...Welcome to the Club!

What is Hypnosis?

If you have ever watched TV, listened to a story or had a conversation, you have already experienced hypnosis. In fact, some may say that everything is hypnosis. Whether they are aware of it or not, people experience hypnosis everyday. Hypnosis is a natural state of mind where you work together with a qualified therapist to bring about positive changes. Instead of being a victim of your environment and circumstances, you can choose to use your body and mind in positive, empowering ways.


What Can I Expect?

Complimentary 25-Minute "Rapid Results" Coaching Session

The first step for each new client is to schedule your complimentary 25-minute "Rapid Results" coaching session.During this session, you can ask any questions that you may about hypnosis or about your specific concerns. We'll work together to build a clear vision for what you'd like to get out of our work together and uncover mental or emotional blocks that may be preventing you from achiveing your desired outcome.

Conscious Process Work

When we begin our sessions, the first part will be spent doing conscious process work. You can think of this as using your conscious mind to re-program and better control your unconscious processes. Much of this work is accomplished by doing advanced forms of visualization, working with emotions and learning to use many of the tools you already have. We'll be developing understanding and awareness from your past experience that will enable you to have greater freedom and control in your future.  

Trance Work

After the conscious process work is completed, we'll finish off with a state of relaxing trance where your unconscious mind will be able to integrate all the things you have learned in an ecological and lasting way. This is a time to relax. Many clients experience trance as a sort of comfortable daydreaming.

You'll still be able to hear every word I say and you'll be able to open your eyes any time you'd like, yet you'll find that you enjoy the time to allow your unconscious mind to make connections all on it's own while you can reap the wondrous benfits of learning passively.

Upon emerging from trance, clients report feeling refreshed, energized and peaceful. You'll begin to notice positive changes immediately.

All About Hypnosis

Hypnosis is actually a very natural state for the human mind. Every day when you wake up and every night before you go to bed, you are in a hypnotic state. In addition to this, every 90 to 120 minutes throughout the day, people enter a hypnotic or trance state.

Have you ever experienced yourself just staring vacantly out in the distance? There's really not much going on on the outside, but on the inside a natural shift has taken place. The CONSCIOUS mind takes this time to rest and the UNCONSCIOUS mind becomes highly receptive to learning powerful new behaviors and beliefs – making connections and forming understanding about the world around you.

With the help of a skilled hypnotherapist, you can access this state of heightened receptivity and understanding anytime you like. This is incredibly useful because in the state of hypnotic trance, you are able to rapidly learn new behaviors and “re-program” those limiting beliefs so that you can easily get to where you want to go.

It's also important to keep in mind that ALL hypnosis is self-hypnosis. The hypnotherapist guides or facilitates the process and the client must at all times be willing to go with the process in order to establish a hypnotic trance. If the client has any inhibitions about the process, then it simply will not work for that client.

Now, to address some of the popular myths about hypnosis. Most of the myths about hypnosis are made popular by stage hypnosis. Have you ever been to a stage hypnosis show and seen “normal” people doing crazy things that they wouldn't do regularly? Because of this, you might assume the hypnotist has some kind of control over these people.

The truth is that the poeple who enjoy participating in stage hypnosis shows are the one's you'd least expect. Typically, it's the people who are so imprisoned by their own self-image and reputation that they've forgotten how to have fun. Stage shows provide an environment where they can relinquish responsibility for their own behavior while being generously rewarded with the applause and laughter of hundreds of people. They've chosen to go with the process and because of this, they are able to act without inhibition, worry or care and simply do what the hypnotist suggests. At the same time, their morals and values are still well maintained in their mind, so there are certain things they absolutely will not do. If they are ever given a suggestion to do something they do not want to do, that suggestion will be disregarded entirely.

Have you ever noticed how at the beginning of a show, many people will go up on stage to be hypnotized, yet by the end of the show, only a few “stars” remain. These are the people who love to be in the spotlight. The ones who were asked to take a seat back in the audience are still able to be hypnotized, but they may have had some reservations about how the process would affect them and if they would embarrass themselves... and that's just fine. Stage hypnosis isn't for everyone.

In conclusion, hypnosis is a natural and very common state that everyone experiences everyday and hypnotherapy as about using this powerful state to make positive changes in your life. Feel free to share this article with friends and co-workers if you like. If you have any other questions at all, you can send me an This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .