Hypnotherapists in 02601
Kelsey A Gray
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, CH
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Hyannis, MA 02601
The integration can include traditional psychotherapy, EMDR, hypnotherapy, Reiki, and pagan folk healing techniques to elicit profound insight shifts.
This is a time of great emotional upheaval. Many people are finding new as well old wounds emerging. It can feel both vulnerable and challenging to face the dark places or shadows alone. Often trauma becomes locked in the body requiring an energetic shift that results in positive changes within the overall belief system. Kelsey Gray, LICSW, CH is an intuitive psychotherapist, Reiki Master and Hypnotherapist. Combining traditional training in psychology with her Celtic pagan heritage to provide an integrative therapy session. The connection between our spiritual energy and mental health challenges are often intertwined.
The integration can include traditional psychotherapy, EMDR, hypnotherapy, Reiki, and pagan folk healing techniques to elicit profound insight shifts.
This is a time of great emotional upheaval. Many people are finding new as well old wounds emerging. It can feel both vulnerable and challenging to face the dark places or shadows alone. Often trauma becomes locked in the body requiring an energetic shift that results in positive changes within the overall belief system. Kelsey Gray, LICSW, CH is an intuitive psychotherapist, Reiki Master and Hypnotherapist. Combining traditional training in psychology with her Celtic pagan heritage to provide an integrative therapy session. The connection between our spiritual energy and mental health challenges are often intertwined.
My primary focus in psychotherapy is to help persons who are suffering the effects of undo stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, or risk-for-harm. I work with my clients to help them address the physical, psychological, social, or spiritual issues that impede their well-being. My intent and hope is to help you be the best you can be.
My primary focus in psychotherapy is to help persons who are suffering the effects of undo stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, or risk-for-harm. I work with my clients to help them address the physical, psychological, social, or spiritual issues that impede their well-being. My intent and hope is to help you be the best you can be.
Bottom line, I believe we are all here to learn all we can during our time here in the Earth school. I seek to serve couples, families and individuals addressing life adjustment issues including relationship conflict, developmental concerns, functional issues related to head or brain injury and efforts to increase self-actualization. I have been practicing as a licensed psychologist for more than thirty-five years; I have provided care and supervised services in mental health and psychiatric hospitals as well as correctional settings and hold specializations in forensic psychology and neuropsychology.
Bottom line, I believe we are all here to learn all we can during our time here in the Earth school. I seek to serve couples, families and individuals addressing life adjustment issues including relationship conflict, developmental concerns, functional issues related to head or brain injury and efforts to increase self-actualization. I have been practicing as a licensed psychologist for more than thirty-five years; I have provided care and supervised services in mental health and psychiatric hospitals as well as correctional settings and hold specializations in forensic psychology and neuropsychology.
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HypnoTherapy
How does hypnotherapy work?
Hypnotherapy works by using guided hypnosis to help you reach a state of focus and concentration through mental imagery and soothing verbal repetition. The state is somewhat like being absorbed in a book, a movie, or your own thoughts. You are not under a therapist’s “control,” but they can help you relax and turn your attention inward to discover the resources to achieve behavior change or better manage psychological concerns. Therapy sessions may involve guiding you through recognizing a problem, releasing problematic thoughts about it, and considering and accepting more productive alternatives before returning to normal awareness. Hypnotherapy is typically used by a therapist along with traditional forms of talk therapy. Eventually, your therapist can help you learn hypnotherapy techniques yourself so you can establish a stronger sense of control on your own in stressful or challenging moments.
Is hypnotherapy the same as hypnosis?
Hypnotherapy, which is sometimes called hypnotic suggestion, is a therapeutic technique in which a therapist uses hypnosis to help patients. It is not the kind of hypnosis portrayed in stage shows, or in movies or on television. You will not be unconscious or asleep during hypnotherapy, you will not lose control of yourself, your thoughts, or your free will, and you will be able to fully recall your experience. And while you will hear your therapist’s suggestions, it is always up to you to decide whether to act on them. Hypnosis by a trained mental-health professional is not a form of mind control, which is impossible to achieve anyway.
Can everyone be hypnotized?
The most common challenge of hypnotherapy is that as many as one in four people cannot be hypnotized. Brain imaging has confirmed differences in patterns of brain connectivity between those who respond to hypnotism and those who do not. Other people who could potentially be hypnotized may not respond to the technique because of their skepticism or resistance to entering a hypnotic state. If a therapist’s “post-hypnotic suggestion” is effective, it’s because they are suggesting something you want to achieve.
Does hypnotherapy work?
Through hypnotherapy, you can achieve changes that are real and sustainable. Like other talk therapy techniques, when hypnotherapy succeeds, it’s a case of mind over matter. Effective hypnotherapy involves self-healing because you access resources you need to change inside of yourself and learn how to tap into them whenever you need. Hypnotherapy has been shown to be an effective therapy for anxiety, phobias, stress, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress disorder, sexual dysfunction, and undesirable behaviors like smoking. It can be used to help improve sleep or to address relationship challenges, and to aid with pain management, digestive disorders, skin conditions, and the gastrointestinal side effects of pregnancy or chemotherapy.