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  ELLEN'S BLOG
 Take me to the Unconscious

I want to share my thoughts, my musings, and some of my clients’ stories with you here so you have some insight into how inspiring this work is.


Hypnotherapy, or hypnosis as it’s also referred to, has an endless bank of amazing and transformative personal stories. In many of these stories, we resolve a specific problem that you may mistake as having a trivial impact on a person’s life.

What really happens though is that eachchange results in a domino effect on a person’s life, relationships, and happiness.

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In each of these stories, my clients dared to take that first step to contact me because they knew they could expect more from their life. 

Ellen

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Hypnotherapy for Depression — Replacing negative beliefs with possibilities

Updated: May 30


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Depression rarely stems from just one issue. Instead, it’s often a tangled web of negative beliefs, fears, and self-imposed limitations. But within that tangle, there’s usually a dominant thread—one that, when pulled, can begin to unravel the whole pattern.


Carmela’s story taught me this in a profound way. A divorced single mother of a 10-year-old, she came to me trapped in a cycle of self-doubt: I’m not a good catch. No man would want me. Single moms aren’t desirable. These weren’t just passing thoughts—they were suffocating her hope.


Yet, by the end of our session, something had shifted. She sat quietly, a small smile forming. "That felt really good," she said. "There could be someone out there for me."


How did she get there? And what can her breakthrough teach others struggling with depressive loops of "I can’t"?


The Illusion of Certainty in Depression

Carmela’s biggest obstacle wasn’t just her negative beliefs—it was her conviction that change was impossible. "That’s just the way it is," she’d say. This is a common disguise depression wears: the illusion of certainty.

But the fact that she sought help from me revealed an unspoken truth: somewhere beneath the doubt, a flicker of belief in herself still burned. My role? To help that flicker grow into a flame.


Can Hypnotherapy Help Depression?

Traditional talk therapy can sometimes get stuck working with the judgmental part of our mind- the conscious mind. Hypnotherapy for depression, by contrast, focuses on the possibilities buried deep within the inner mind —rewriting the subconscious scripts holding us back.


How to overcome depression with hypnotherapy?

- Bypassing the Critical Mind: In trance, Carmela could explore new perspectives without her usual self-judgment.

- Rehearsing Change: She practiced meeting someone, engaging naturally, and—most importantly—feeling worthy of connection.

- Challenging the Old Story: The belief "Men are all the same" began to soften as she experienced emotional safety in her own mind.


By the session’s end, the shift was palpable. Not because I’d "fixed" her, but because she’d glimpsed a new narrative: “Maybe my story isn’t over yet. “


Depression is like disinformation

Carmela’s story is a reminder that depression thrives on false certainty. It whispers: “This is just how you are”. But the mind is far more adaptable than we realize.


If you’re stuck in a loop of "I can’t," ask yourself:

- What’s the dominant thread in your own tangle of beliefs?

- Where might a flicker of hope still exist?

- What would it feel like to entertain the idea of change—even if you don’t fully believe it yet?


Ready to Rewrite Your Story?

Hypnotherapy isn’t about "positive thinking." It’s about “experiencing possibilities”—creating space for your mind to explore alternatives to the old, limiting scripts.


If Carmela’s journey resonates with you, I invite you to explore how hypnotherapy could help you:



Because change begins when we allow ourselves to imagine it.

 
 
 

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