Hypnotherapy is a very powerful and evolving field in the realm of mental health, offering innovative solutions for various psychological and physical challenges. One of the more recent and progressive approaches to hypnotherapy is the FITES method, which stands for Feelings, Images, Thoughts, Emotions and Sensations.
Harnessing The Power Of ‘Talk Free’ FITES Hypnotherapy
The human tendency is to suppress negativity, push it down, and attempt to forget about it. Yet by doing so, we set ourselves up for despair, unhappiness, and often anger. The process of hypnotherapy is powerful and about pure focusing. It is integral to the FITES approach. It helps individuals connect and release their own negative feelings, images, thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations.
How Does FITES Hypnotherapy Work?
During a hypnotherapy session, the therapist guides the client into a state of focused attention, allowing them to tune into specific areas of their life or issues they wish to address. This deep focus helps clients become more aware of their internal experiences and enables them to confront challenges from a place of peaceful mindfulness.
Indeed, reframing is the ability to process and improve the feelings we hold currently in relation to some of the deepest, darkest moments we have experienced. Many of us hold onto fears that occurred way back in childhood and that we don’t even consciously remember. These then manifest as anxiety, low mood, and self-sabotaging behaviours such as addictions.
This powerful approach allows the client to process quietly without needing to talk about their problems. The hypnotherapist is skilled in allowing clients to let go of things troubling them since childhood.
Through focusing, individuals can pinpoint the root causes of their issues, be it stress, trauma, phobias, or unhealthy patterns. Once these triggers are identified, the hypnotherapist can use various techniques to guide the client towards resolution.
Therapeutic Suggestions To Rewire The Subconscious Mind
One of the core components of hypnotherapy is therapeutic suggestions, which are used to help clients shift their mindsets and behaviours. In the FITES approach, suggestions are carefully crafted and delivered to the subconscious mind while the individual is in a deeply hypnotic and relaxed state.
Therapists may use affirmations, positive reinforcement, or new behaviours to replace negative patterns. For example, a client struggling with low self-esteem might receive suggestions that enhance self-worth, confidence, and empowerment. These suggestions work to change deep-seated beliefs and thought patterns, making them a powerful tool for transformation.
Healing Through Emotional Release
I recently worked the ‘FITES’ approach with ‘Dave’, who was able to let go of some painful feelings he had been bottling up, which stemmed back to a woman he was dating 12 years ago who went behind his back with another man.
Emotions are often at the core of many psychological and physical challenges. In the FITES method, emotional healing is a key aspect of the therapeutic process. Hypnotherapists help clients access emotional memories or experiences stored in the subconscious mind. These emotions are then processed in a safe and controlled environment during hypnosis.
By releasing trapped or suppressed emotions, individuals can experience emotional freedom and healing. Emotional release can lead to significant reductions in stress, anxiety, and even physical pain, as unresolved emotions often manifest in the body.
Why Is The FITES Approach Good For Men?
The effectiveness of the FITES approach to better mental wellness is significantly effective in men. As guys, we often struggle to talk about our feelings and emotions as we attempt to uphold our masculine ego. Yet alarmingly, this results in higher suicide rates in young men. The reason is that our entire world is governed by how we think and feel – we feel our thoughts, and it is argued that we are the total sum of all our experiences. Yet, for men, the inability to process feelings and emotions more effectively often leads us to low mood, anger, and despair.
Therefore, a therapy like hypnotherapy, particularly based on the FITES approach, is a great win for men all over the world. I am using this approach with people in every corner of the globe, and the results are remarkable. More recently, I even helped a man in a bunker on the frontline in Ukraine, a Dutch national who volunteered to go out there and fight. He instantly began to feel better about his situation back home and the messy divorce he was going through, which drove him to go out and risk his life in Ukraine.
FITES Hypnotherapy For A Healthier Perspective On Life
I urge you: if you really do want to make some powerful positive mental and emotional shifts and gain some healthier perspectives in your life, hypnotherapy will be right up your street. If you are curious and want to give the FITES approach a go, you can rest assured that you will feel some lasting benefits to your own levels of mental wellness and emotional well-being.
It’s always good to make some powerful positive changes to your mindset. Whether you have financial goals, relationship goals, fitness goals, or some bad habits you want to break, hypnotherapy will be a powerful healing tool that will empower you to see those personal wishes through!
Article written by James Vanstone, counsellor, psychotherapist and hypnotherapist. To book a session with James, download the LADZ app today.
