When I started my hypnosis practice in 2006, I thought that most of my clients would be for smoking cessation or weight loss.  You know the common things most people complain about.  Life has a way of taking one down unexpected roads.

Women and PTSD

I see women who are abused either physically or mentally in my hypnosis practice.  Recently, women with PTSD are the bulk of my practice.  One woman’s husband was poisonings her by putting a product that dissolves the sticky residue from price tags in her food.  He took out an insurance policy for a large sum of money and forgot to fill out all the paperwork.  The insurance company called her to ask her about the unanswered questions.  This inquiry from the insurance company put her on the trail to discovering that she was being poisoned.  Her doctor was alerted and was able to run the proper test to identify what was going on.  Had it not been for the insurance company calling her, the doctor would have continued to be baffled with her symptoms.

Women and memory loss with PTSD

I see battered woman and this is heartbreaking, but in recent months I am seeing more unusual situations with PTSD in women.  I’m working with a woman who was kidnapped when she was in her 20s.  One of the date rape drugs was put in her soda pop while she was playing a game of pool.  The next thing she knew, she woke up in a strange place and had no idea where she was or how she got there.  She was held hostage for a year before she was able to get away.

She traveled from another state by bus to see me for hypnosis.  For over 20 years she has struggled with trying to remember events during that time frame.  I regressed her back to the event to help her remember what she thought she had blocked from her memory.  She was drugged during her capture on a regular bases.  As it turns out, she does remember what happened to her.  Those times that she thought she could not remember are times of being drugged.

What’s next in her recovery?

I will conduct a follow up session with her soon.  In this session, I will help her come to terms with what happened to her.  I will help her reconnect with her younger self and she will begin to heal herself.  In this session, she will find the peace of mind that she so desperately needs.  I’m trained in regression hypnosis and hold an advanced certification in regression therapy.

It’s always amazing to me to watch each individual as they began to heal during the hypnosis session.  The healing unfolds as I am observing the client work through the process.  I expect to see this woman have the resolution she needs to put this trauma behind her once and for all.  Hypnosis is a valuable tool in the recovery of PTSD.  I’m privileged to have individuals to trust me to help them through this journey in their recovery.