Research shows hypnosis can literally re-write a past event– if the client is willing.  By taking a situation and re-working it, Kat can supplant old reactions and feelings that are getting in the way of current-life.  Two or more opposing feelings we may have and not be aware of can hinder us from achieving financial success, fulfilling relationships, weight-loss, or whatever the goal may be.  Once these unconscious feelings are uncovered they can be traced back to their root cause.  The root cause is usually an old idea or event from a long time ago; for instance, perhaps growing up our wealthy neighbors had loud family arguments on the lawn and that has caused us to subconsciously pair financial success with an unhappy family life.   Kat can address and re-integrate the feelings so that they are in-line with what we want to achieve.  Hypnosis can bridge a path back to the root event of a feeling’s creation and replace feelings that are hindering us with those that empower us.

Hypnosis’s most popular uses are for weight loss, smoking cessation, and stress reduction.  However, Kat also uses hypnosis for healing past trauma; anxiety; hypnobirthing- the goal being a natural, calm, and gentle birth without drugs; insomnia; letting go of a relationship, such as a break-up or divorce; and fertility hypnosis.  Kat’s latest work has been on prosperity consciousness, which teaches clients how to thrive financially despite the current bleak financial climate.

As a Certified Fertility Hypnosis Therapist, Kat helps couples conceive.   In nearly 70% of cases where a woman cannot get pregnant there is no medically diagnosed reason why fertilization is not occurring-it just isn’t.   Many couples try in-vitro fertilization (IVF) that can cost upwards of $15,000 for each attempt and has only a 15 to 20% success rate.  With hypnosis, however, that rate increases to 45 to 60%.  On a conscious level, all a woman knows is that she wants a child, Kat says.  However, there might be other forces at work.  Kat spoke of a client who, at three years old left her doll outside overnight.  The next day, her mother brought the doll into her all wet and muddy.  “How will you ever be a good mother if this is how you treat your doll?” her mother admonished her.  At that age, Kat explained, we don’t have the same filters that we do now.  Unconsciously, the woman believed that she would not be a responsible parent-she might leave her baby out in the rain.  There was an unconscious part of her that was causing her body to reject the pregnancy. Kat says, “If people came to me as a first resort and not their last, it would save them a lot of energy, time, and money.” And she means this for other goals as well, not just fertility.

Kat often works in conjunction with therapists, psychologists, and social workers to help clients achieve the next level of transformation.  These modalities seek to help us through talking therapy.  In talking therapy we learn about our behaviors.  We become aware of how to change our behavior and may develop a sincere desire to change it.  Nevertheless, we are often unable to make the leap of actual change.  Not everything can be dealt with on a conscious level.  That is where hypnosis can be another helpful and complimentary step in the therapeutic process.

Every behavior we engage in, whether destructive or productive, has its pay-off, Kat explains.  The cigarette smoker gets his 15 minutes of relaxation every hour-and-a-half, the overweight woman has her emotional defense mechanism around her, and the stressed-out individual gets his fix of drama and chaos.  They are conscious of the myriad negative impacts of these behaviors, perhaps they’ve even been instructed by a doctor to change, but they lack the willingness to change.  On a subconscious level weight loss means becoming vulnerable to heartache, stress reduction means giving up an addictive form of pleasure, and smoking cessation– a loss of an important coping mechanism.  We are literally fighting ourselves in our efforts.  Through hypnosis, Kat helps develop our willingness to make these changes and to deal with the fallout that comes as a result.

Hypnosis works on the level of the unconscious.   At that level our minds do not distinguish between fantasy and reality. This is what makes hypnosis such a powerful, effective, and lasting tool.  It can re-program the old tapes in our heads that say “I can’t” to new ones that say “I can”.  Kat has sessions available by appointment and will hold them individually or in small groups.  She can be reached at 413-585-1582 or kat@createyourchange.com.  More information can be found on her website:  www.createyourchange.com