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Hypnotherapy via Skype Hypnotherapists are very familiar with curious eyebrows and questions’ regarding the perceived magic of hypnotherapy, and now added to this is the other raised eyebrow about how hypnotherapy works via Skype. It’s so simple you would hardly believe it. When a client is in hypnosis their eyes are closed. They are relying on their hearing, so it makes little difference whether the hypnotherapist is beside them or not. Computer speakers or headphones allow the hypnotherapists voice to be as close as it would be in person. In fact, headphones are even closer. Personally, when I consult via Skype I ask clients to set the computer up to enable me to see them from the waist up. This is for a few critical reasons. Just like when a client is in the clinic, I take notice of their body language, mannerisms, hand movements and also breathing. This is also achieved via Skype. During hypnosis, my attention is not only on the words clients say, but also on their breathing, tension or relaxation in the body, facial expressions and eye movements behind their eyelids. Again, this is all observed through the screen via Skype. Hypnotherapists are trained differently according to which college they attend. Some do not encourage physical contact, while my training did. Your sense of touch is one of your five senses and for clients who are highly kinesthetic, respectful touch on the shoulder, hand wrist or forehead is helpful as a key tool in deepening the relaxation. However, there are many other techniques to deepen relaxation down into a hypnotic state and I rely on these with clients who are not kinesthetic and in sessions via Skype. An experienced hypnotherapist is equipped with a large tool bag to suit any given situation. Skype is just one of those. My preference is for clients to attend the clinic. There is just nothing like good oldfashioned human interaction and connection, but to ensure interstate or overseas clients are not disadvantaged, Skype is really quite a simple alternative. Shall we call it Skypenotherapy or Hypnoskype? Author – Michelle White, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Psychotherapist, Mind Matters Hypnotherapy. Copyright 2013.

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Hypnotherapy  via  Skype    Hypnotherapists  are  very  familiar  with  curious  eyebrows  and  questions’  regarding  the  perceived  magic  of  hypnotherapy,  and  now  added  to  this  is  the  other  raised  eyebrow  about  how  hypnotherapy  works  via  Skype.      It’s  so  simple  you  would  hardly  believe  it.  When  a  client  is  in  hypnosis  their  eyes  are  closed.  They  are  relying  on  their  hearing,  so  it  makes  little  difference  whether  the  hypnotherapist  is  beside  them  or  not.  Computer  speakers  or  headphones  allow  the  hypnotherapists  voice  to  be  as  close  as  it  would  be  in  person.  In  fact,  headphones  are  even  closer.      Personally,  when  I  consult  via  Skype  I  ask  clients  to  set  the  computer  up  to  enable  me  to  see  them  from  the  waist  up.  This  is  for  a  few  critical  reasons.  Just  like  when  a  client  is  in  the  clinic,  I  take  notice  of  their  body  language,  mannerisms,  hand  movements  and  also  breathing.  This  is  also  achieved  via  Skype.  During  hypnosis,  my  attention  is  not  only  on  the  words  clients  say,  but  also  on  their  breathing,  tension  or  relaxation  in  the  body,  facial  expressions  and  eye  movements  behind  their  eyelids.  Again,  this  is  all  observed  through  the  screen  via  Skype.      Hypnotherapists  are  trained  differently  according  to  which  college  they  attend.  Some  do  not  encourage  physical  contact,  while  my  training  did.  Your  sense  of  touch  is  one  of  your  five  senses  and  for  clients  who  are  highly  kinesthetic,  respectful  touch  on  the  shoulder,  hand  wrist  or  forehead  is  helpful  as  a  key  tool  in  deepening  the  relaxation.  However,  there  are  many  other  techniques  to  deepen  relaxation  down  into  a  hypnotic  state  and  I  rely  on  these  with  clients  who  are  not  kinesthetic  and  in  sessions  via  Skype.  An  experienced  hypnotherapist  is  equipped  with  a  large  tool  bag  to  suit  any  given  situation.  Skype  is  just  one  of  those.  My  preference  is  for  clients  to  attend  the  clinic.  There  is  just  nothing  like  good  old-­‐fashioned  human  interaction  and  connection,  but  to  ensure  interstate  or  overseas  clients  are  not  disadvantaged,  Skype  is  really  quite  a  simple  alternative.  Shall  we  call  it  Skypenotherapy  or  Hypnoskype?    Author  –  Michelle  White,  Clinical  Hypnotherapist  and  Psychotherapist,  Mind  Matters  Hypnotherapy.  Copyright  2013.