Hypnotherapy Services in Vancouver

Clinical Hypnotherapist and Certified Trainer, Rosa Livingstone, as quoted by Kid Carson of the Kid Carson Show on The Beat 94.5, is one of the most reputable Hypnotherapists in Vancovuer.  Visit MEDIA FILE on right hand tab for interviews with Rosa.

Experiencing Hypnosis

If this is your first visit or experience with Hypnosis, please take a few moments to read this material.  It will answer many questions you may have and we know you will find it informative.

Hypnosis, when mentioned in conversation, creates varied reactions in people. There are many misconceptions about hypnosis. A simple definition of hypnosis is that it is a state of increased suggestibility and concentration.  In this state, the Conscious critical mind becomes dormant, andthis allows direct communication with the Sub-conscious mind.  This allows me, your Hypnotherapist, to assist my Clients to make changes at the deep Sub-conscious level needed for permanent change. Hypnosis is empowering!

Please do not expect to go to sleep or to feel as if you don’t know what you are doing.  All Hypnosis is self-hypnosis.  You won’t do or say anything in hypnosis that you would not normally say or do.  You are in control at all times. You will know everything that is going on around you, what I am saying and what you are thinking, doing or saying. In fact, some people will think they have not been in hypnosis because they are expecting something odd to be happening to them.  Do not expect a lack of consciousness or amnesia. You may feel that you are unaffected by what is being said, but in fact, you will be directly affected because the subconscious mind is listening and making changes at a very deep level.

Imagination is the language of the subconscious mind.  If I told you in hypnosis that your eyes are firmly shut and you could not open them and they did in fact NOT open, it is NOT because I told you that they would not open, it is because you IMAGINED that they could not be opened.  You are in control of your eyes, not me.  You used your own imagination to create the sensation and belief that your eyes would not open.  That's using your subconscious mind.  It is all about imagination, symbols and metaphor.

Hypnosis is about imagination and creation.  Together, you and I will create new positive feelings, pictures, images, sights, sounds, smells, and emotions to replace specific negative ones that you might have gathered up, unknowingly, over the years.  The Brain cannot tell the difference between what it has actually seen and what your Hypnotherapist will help you to create in your Sub-conscious. Therefore, you can create anything you desire! Your professionally trained Hypnotherapist is your Guide, your Facilitator and your Partner.

The success of your hypnotherapy session will be enhanced by your willingness to use your imagination and by your desire to allow yourself to go into the deep state of calmness that your Hypnotherapist will create for you.

So the question that must be asked, before we begin, is whether you are willing to experience hypnosis for your own personal well-being and to change negative behaviors/emotions into more positive behaviors/emotions?

If the answer is yes, then I am happy to take you on your journey of self discovery.

What is Hypnosis?

Hypnosis, when mentioned in conversation, creates varied reactions in people. There are many misconceptions about hypnosis. Hypnosis is a state of heightened suggestibility or trance. It is simply a deep state of relaxation and focused concentration that pushes the critical conscious mind to the side (our analytical, logical mind), allowing the subconscious mind, which holds ALL EMOTIONAL MEMORIES, to come to the forefront. The greatest benefits of this state are that it allows us to access our infinite resources that lie hidden in the deepest depths of our minds and to create any desired change in our lives.

As stated earlier, YOU are in control during this process and are not asleep - you are simply relaxed enough to accept suggestions that will help you achieve your goals.

Some of the areas Hypnotherapy can help individuals:

• Reduce stress
• Manage Pain i.e. migraine relief; pre-post surgery
• Boost Self Esteem and/or Build Self confidence (Self Improvement)
• Experience Past Life Regressions
• Overcome Dental Phobias
• Manage Weight
• Smoking Cessation
• Relieve Exam and/or Study Anxiety (including Memory Enhancement)
• Overcome Fears and/or Phobias
• Enhance Sports Performance
• Overcome Sexual Dysfunctions
• Enhance Fertility
• Improve Relationships
• Teen Issues (i.e. exam anxiety, 'emotional growing pains", sports performance)
• Children's Issues (bedwetting; nail biting; sleep challenges; social/peer challenges)

Hypnotherapy Programs - Examples and Details:

SMOKING CESSATION (Quit Smoking) PROGRAM DETAILS: $400.00

2 Sessions of Interactive Therapy includes: Hypnotherapy with guided imagery and positive reinforcement + 1 session of hypnotherapy for reinforcement.

The mp3 for Non-Smoking reinforcement is available on the Hypnosis Download page.  This recording does not replace the strong benefits of the reinforcement offered in the 2 session option. Success rate is HIGHER with the 2 session program.

These programs require commitment from the client and it is successful because I deal with the SMOKER PART of you and its need to smoke. This ensures a high success rate vs. that of a Hypnosis program which deals only with aversion.

MIND/BODY FERTILITY PROGRAM DETAILS: $1050.00

Approximately 20% of Canadian couples experience difficulty in their attempts to achieve pregnancy, which is defined as the inability to conceive within one year of unprotected sexual intercourse. There are many and various factors that may contribute to infertility and can be attributed to either the male or female partner, or both.

Unexplained Inability to Concieve:
Forty percent of infertility in women and men is from “unknown causes" despite thorough investigations. Hypnosis has shown statistical results (google Soroka University, Israel Research) in the area of fertility.  It helps clients, both male and female, uncover and heal emotional subconscious blocks that may explain the inability to conceive. Hypnosis will also assist you with the stress and/or depression often caused by the inability to conceive as well as relieving mind/body stress that interferes with IVF treatments (Stress can cause uteral contractions. If the womb is contracting during transplant of empryo, it can affect the chances of the transplant being a success).  Hypnotherapy can help women relax and therefore improve the chances of success.

7 X 1 1.2 hr Sessions of interactive Therapy includes: Exploring possible issues related to Fertility, Behavior Management, Hypnotherapy with guided imagery and positive reinforcement. Clients will be taught the 3 stages of Self Hypnosis for use during the program as well as after the fertility program ends. Program does NOT require medical referral from GP or ART/IVF Physician.

WEIGHT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM DETAILS: $1440

Weight Reduction through Hypnosis is becoming one of my passions.  It is an issue that is one of the most challenging due to the nature of the issue itself. And one of the most rewarding when helping my clients understand what is happening to them.  The issue of weight, whether it is 20 pounds or  100 pounds, is not about WHAT you eat but about EMOTIONS that have been attached to food.  It’s about how it makes you FEEL.  Food ‘feeds’ the emotion and the mind directs the bodies processing of food.  Hypnosis has a high rate of success in helping clients get to the ROOT of the emotion that is causing the body to hold onto weight.

10 Interactive one on one Hypnotherapy sessions including reinforcement.  Program does NOT require medical referral from GP.

All program Success Rates vary by individual.

A Load Off Your Mind Hypnotherapy is conveniently located in Burnaby at 2078 Birch Grove Place and offering services to those who live in Vancouver, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, New Westminster, Coquitlam, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam (Tri-Cities), Maple Ridge and Surrey. Closest Skytrain locations:  Production Street; Lougheed Town Centre.

Want the statistics on Hypnosis by the American Health Magazine study?  go to http://cuncecuncecunce.blogspot.com/2007/02/does-hypnosis-work-comparison-study.html

Rosa is available for Guest Speaker engagements in Workplace Stress Management and Goal Setting.  She also offers workshops on Self Hypnosis benefits and Past Life Regression.  She is currently partnering with DreamChaser Books in Coquitlam, B.C. as a speaker for their "Holistic Health" Series.

Clients from outside the Lower Mainland are welcome.