FAQ
What are some issues SMGI® has successfully addressed?
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Phobias
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Anxiety
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Depression
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Trauma
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Post-traumatic stress
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Nightmares
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sleep issues
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Childhood abuse and neglect
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Pain
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Addictions
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Performance improvement
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Increase happiness levels
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Increase business revenue
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Increase income
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Increase depth of spirituality
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Feeling stuck, blocked, or immobilized
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More confidence
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Smoking cessation
Will you "hypnotize" me?
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you will have complete control and authority during your session. In simplest terms, hypnosis is really just where the predominant amount of your attention is directed; what you're most immersed in in a given moment.
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SMGI® uses simple yet powerful mind-body methods to connect to inner strengths, clear away inner obstacles, and reintegrate disconnected parts of yourself. this work is guided by your own inner wisdom.
How long does it take?
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How many sessions it takes always depends on the individual and the layers needed to be strengthened and cleared so your authentic self can blossom bigger and fuller.
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This work is most effective when done in sets of 3s (3, 6, 9, etc.) with 6 being the most popular choice. If you are not familiar with this work, I recommend scheduling an initial session, at the end of which you will know if this work is for you, at this time.
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It is recommended to meet weekly or every other week, and for those who desire continued support after completing substantial work together, monthly and bi-monthly sessions are available
How does it work?
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I will guide you inwards using mind-body methods and help you gather inner resources, clear clutter in your psyche, and reintegrate lost or fragmented parts of yourself that are needed now for you to get what you want
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Sessions are approximately 90 minutes- 2 hours long
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The first session is unique, as we spend time going over the subconscious-priming questionnaire, which lays the groundwork for getting the most out of subsequent sessions
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In subsequent sessions we will do a check-in, then you will be guided inwards to connect to inner resources of support and strength, clear away blockages/obstacles, and retrieve parts of you that you need to accomplish your goals
*If you do not feel like we are a good fit, please be sure to check out www.somaticmindfulguidedimagery.com for a list of all SMGI® practitioners.
How is Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery® different than other popular healing methods?
EMDR- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing If you value the way Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, developed by Francine Shapiro, reduces the charge activation of traumatic episodes, you’ll love how SMGI® empowers the completion of incomplete rites of passage, leading to an experience of achievement, triumph and initiated wisdom.
Somatic Experiencing If you admire the “bottoms up” philosophy of Somatic Experiencing, developed by Peter Levine, you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how easily, gently and quickly SMGI® gets you resourced so you can release the unexpressed survival responses held, stored and carried in the mind-body system.
IFS- Internal Family Systems If you appreciate the Internal Family Systems model, developed by Richard Schwartz, you’ll love how SMGI® simplifies parts work, with some similar, yet different understandings and protocols that heal and integrate the various parts quickly and gently in simple ways.
TRE- Trauma Releasing Exercises If you know of the benefits of releasing deep muscular patterns of stress, tension and trauma with the Trauma Releasing Exercises developed by David Berceli, you’ll appreciate the subtle and gentle ways SMGI® supports one’s own Natural Expulsive Reflex to release what’s no longer beneficial from the mind-body systems.
TIST- Trauma Informed Stabilization Treatment If you’ve heard how psychotherapy has benefitted from incorporating Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment, developed by Janina Fisher, into a less pathologizing way to increase motivation to overcome self-destructive impulses, you’ll be relieved to know that with the simple formula in SMGI®, you can support healing of complex trauma by allowing the client’s own inner wisdom to show the way.
CI- Compassionate Inquiry If you admire the way the psychotherapeutic method of Compassionate Inquiry, developed by Gabor Maté, explores the root cause of addictive behaviors along with the distorting impacts of traumas, while helping the therapist uncover what’s beneath the surface, so they can create recognition and liberation, then you’ll love the ease of the SMGI® steps that educe all this from the client’s own inner wisdom in a way that is ideally suited to support their desired outcomes.
ITR- Instinctual Trauma Response If you value focus on calming inner chaos while resolving the root cause of problems, and ending traumatic events without reliving them, as with the Instinctual Trauma Response model developed by Louis Tinnin and Linda Gantt, you’ll be surprised at how little mapping-out of the details of traumatic events is required with SMGI®, as your inner wisdom takes you to where you need to go to create the results you desire.
Mindfulness If you’ve explored the benefits of bringing your attention into the present moment in a nonjudgemental way, you’ll find the SMGI® version of Mindfulness to be super simple to use, easy to incorporate on your feet, eyes-open, in up-tempo life situations, and a quick trick for calming, settling and stabilizing your nervous-system.
Guided Imagery While high quality Guided Imagery has been shown to support sometimes miraculous change, the invitational and interactive way it’s used in the SMGI® formula incorporates an elegant trifecta of receptive, directive and interactive forms that educe your own most beneficial images, according to your own inner wisdom. With this model, there’s no need for the facilitator-guide to come up with images for the client-journeyer to comply with.
Hypnotherapy In 1800s Paris, France, Dr. Pierre Janet primarily used hypnosis with hospitalized trauma patients to help them heal, with astounding results. Though it went out of fashion for a while due to politics in conventional therapy at the time, its power and popularity have remained in the background, until its recent resurgence in popularity, as it has continued to resolve trauma in the hands of skilled practitioners - even before conventional psychotherapy came round to naming PTSD and later rediscovering that trauma is healable. SMGI® incorporates and demystifies some of the most beneficial elements of Hypnotherapy in easy, simple, clear ways, and shows how our most ancient ancestors used it to heal with the power within.
Shamanism Really a category of a style of journeying within, Shamanism has been something all peoples have practiced to communicate with multiple levels of existence, experience, and life-forms to access information, personal power and healing. SMGI® goes beyond conventionally taught shamanism with simple steps that connect you to your power and resources, so you can clear your inner clutter, and retrieve your soul fragments so you can be whole, integrated and free.
Life Coaching The best Life Coaching draws your own best ideas and solutions out of you and helps you realize your strengths. SMGI® incorporates powerful subconscious blocks clearing methods along with specific coaching components that help you access the power of your deepest desires, so that you will be easily propelled into and beyond the dreams in your soul.