Elite Jedi Mindset Methods

Hypnotherapy Sessions

Hypnotherapy is based on the concept that the subconscious mind governs habits, beliefs, and automatic responses. During a hypnotherapy session, a state of deep relaxation is induced, allowing the practitioner to bypass the critical conscious mind and communicate directly with the subconscious. This process enables clients to address deeply embedded thoughts and behavior patterns that can be resistant to change through conscious effort alone.

Scientific Basis: Hypnotherapy has shown efficacy in clinical studies for various applications, including stress management, performance enhancement, and habit modification. It leverages the concept of heightened suggestibility, where clients are more open to positive suggestions that reinforce desired changes in behavior or mindset.

The Power of Hypnosis

The efficacy of hypnosis is well-documented. A landmark meta-analysis by Alfred A. Barrios, Ph.D., in 1970 revealed hypnosis as a standout method among therapeutic interventions. Barrios’ review, encompassing over 1,000 studies and articles, demonstrated that hypnotherapy had a 93% success rate after just six sessions, significantly outpacing the 72% success rate of behavioral therapy (which required 22 sessions) and the 38% success rate of psychotherapy (which averaged 600 sessions). This powerful data underscores why hypnosis is an unparalleled tool for breaking through mental blocks, reshaping habits, and fostering rapid, lasting transformation.

Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT)

Created by founder Marisa Peer, RTT is an advanced method that blends hypnotherapy, psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). The aim is to identify and uproot the root cause of an issue within a single session or a few sessions, significantly speeding up the healing process. RTT works by using deep hypnosis to access and rewire thought patterns, helping clients shift from limiting beliefs to empowering ones.

Scientific Basis: RTT capitalizes on neuroplasticity—the brain’s ability to form new neural connections and reorganize itself. By interrupting old patterns and introducing new thought processes, RTT helps rewire the brain for more positive and productive responses. Studies in cognitive science and psychology support the use of hypnotherapy and cognitive techniques to influence behavior and thought.

Cell Command Therapy

Cell command therapy engages the mind-body connection to stimulate physical healing. By using guided visualization and focused mental instruction, clients can direct their bodies at the cellular level to promote recovery and regeneration. The practice aims to enhance the natural repair processes of the body by engaging the subconscious mind, which influences bodily functions and responses.

Scientific Basis: While not mainstream, cell command therapy is underpinned by the principles of psychoneuroimmunology, which studies how thoughts and emotions impact physical health through pathways in the nervous and immune systems. Visualization has been shown to aid in reducing pain and promoting healing in some medical studies, indicating that the brain’s signals can influence physical states.

Life Coaching

Life coaching focuses on setting goals, creating actionable plans, and providing the strategic guidance necessary to achieve personal and professional aspirations. It’s rooted in positive psychology, which emphasizes strengths, motivation, and resilience to help clients optimize their potential.

Scientific Basis: Life coaching is informed by cognitive-behavioral theories, which emphasize goal-setting and action-oriented strategies. Research has demonstrated that structured coaching can improve outcomes in areas such as performance, emotional resilience, and career satisfaction. The accountability aspect of life coaching helps reinforce consistency and encourages clients to maintain progress.

Accountability Partnership

Accountability coaching ensures that clients stay committed to their goals by providing regular check-ins, motivation, and ongoing support. This modality helps to create a structure where clients are continuously encouraged and held responsible for their progress, which boosts productivity and goal attainment.

Scientific Basis: Studies in behavioral psychology emphasize the importance of accountability in achieving goals. People who have an accountability partner or coach are more likely to follow through with their plans, as the external commitment adds an additional layer of motivation and focus. Regular follow-ups and support also strengthen the reinforcement of new habits and mental frameworks.

Visualization Techniques

Visualization involves creating mental images and scenarios that simulate the desired outcomes. This technique primes the brain for success by mentally rehearsing challenges and envisioning triumphs. Visualization is not just imagining; it’s an immersive process where the brain is trained to act as if the scenario is real, reinforcing positive outcomes and instilling confidence.

Scientific Basis: Visualization is supported by research in sports psychology and neuroscience. Studies have shown that mental practice activates the same neural pathways as physical practice, helping to improve performance, reaction time, and precision. This is due to the brain’s ability to create and strengthen neural connections through mental rehearsal, a principle similar to how physical actions are learned and improved over time.

Athletes who consistently use visualization techniques report increased focus, reduced anxiety, and better overall performance. By integrating visualization into your mental training, you can enhance your readiness for high-pressure situations and mentally rehearse winning strategies before they happen in reality.

1. RTT focuses on the subconscious mind instead of the conscious mind

Traditional hypnosis therapy uses techniques that focus on the patient’s conscious mind, like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), while RTT Therapy utilizes hypnotherapy to access the patient’s subconscious mind.  Your subconscious mind contains your memories, thoughts, beliefs, expectations, and interpretations of past experiences that influence your everyday behavior. The thoughts and beliefs we have on a regular basis create the stories we tell ourselves everyday, which have a major impact on our behavior. Many of those stories and beliefs are limiting, rooted in fear, and negatively influence us everyday, whether we are aware of it or not. In fact, most people aren’t aware of what deeply held beliefs they are living with and just how much their lives are affected by those beliefs.

RTT is such a powerful tool because it allows the client and I to dig deep into their subconscious thoughts, gain awareness of, and understand the root cause/s of the issue/s they are struggling with. Although this may sound intimidating, the client is in full control of what they say and do throughout the entire hypnosis session. They cannot be made to say or do anything they do not want to. 

As I often say, you cannot do something about something you aren’t aware of. RTT helps make you aware of your deeply held thoughts, beliefs, and interpretations of past experiences so you can understand why you are struggling, make connections to your current behaviors, and create new habits and behaviors that are positive and productive.

2. RTT + Coaching gives you the tools, techniques, and strategies needed for sustainable change

Traditional talk therapy mostly consists of the patient explaining their story and what they are struggling with and the therapist listening and offering advice. In most cases, the patient is not provided with the tools, techniques, and strategies that they can apply to their lives after therapy ends.

Throughout the RTT + Coaching engagement, I provide the client with my easy-to-learn, easy-to-use, tools, techniques, and solutions, based in Brain Science, Emotional Intelligence, the Science of Well-Being, and the Psychology of Happiness, that they can apply to their lives outside of our work together and move forward on their own.  Once the tools and techniques are applied and have become part of the client’s life, they reach a point where they don't feel like they need coaching anymore. Add RTT and hypnosis to the mix, and it is the ideal combination of strategies and solutions that provide rapid, sustainable, change.

3. RTT is designed to provide rapid results

Unlike traditional talk therapy, RTT Therapy is designed to produce rapid results. Traditional therapy is often a long, on-going process that involves retelling your story and can go on for months to years. Because it focuses on the conscious mind, the root cause of the issue is sometimes never uncovered.

While traditional therapy is the solution for some people, it is not the solution for everyone, every time. In fact, 75% of my clients were either in therapy or had been in therapy at some point and did not get the results they needed when they came to me.

When I use RTT Therapy as a powerful tools in my coaching, the client and I are able to directly access the information needed to understand what is causing them to struggle and how they can overcome it. Because of this, many of my clients have experienced rapid, long-term change after only 3 sessions.

Both RTT hypnotherapy and traditional therapy require a developed relationship and a trusted connection that helps the client to feel safe and comfortable, that supports the willingness to be vulnerable, and assists the client to do the work necessary to overcome challenges and reach their personal goals.

What is “hypnosis”?

Before diving into how hypnosis works in the brain, let’s review what hypnosis is. The word “hypnosis” is derived from the Greek word for sleep (‘hypnos’) and became popular in the 1800s because people who participated in hypnosis sessions appeared as if they were sleeping. However, with the advancement of science and the development of psychological measurements and neuroimaging, we now know that hypnosis is very different from sleep.

So, what is it?

Think of hypnosis as a unique skill your brain can use to assist in change-making. Hypnosis helps facilitate change, and the content of the hypnotic suggestions (through which we design the goal for the hypnosis session) will help your brain know what needs to change and how to do it.

We can use the metaphor of a medicine in a capsule form: what determines the actual effect in the body is the content (the medicinal substance) inside the capsule, but for it to work as intended, it needs to arrive safely to your stomach. If you try to pour the capsule content into your mouth, it might lose its potency. The capsule is the instrument that allows the content to be released at the right place and time to have the best effect. In this comparison, hypnosis is like the capsule – it allows a delivery of content (suggestions) to help your brain change in a way that is both tailored and beneficial to you.

How does hypnosis work in the brain?

In hypnosis, our brains shift the way they work and function differently from most of our everyday brain “states.” Hypnosis can look and feel different for different people, so brain activity in hypnosis could also look different across people.

To understand how hypnosis works in the brain, we first need to understand what brain networks are (if you want to skip the detailed information, feel free to scroll down to the Bottom Line). You might have heard about brain “regions” or “structures.” Modern views on brain activity explain that these brain structures don’t work alone – they create the richness of brain abilities through sharing information with other brain structures. When different regions share information, we say they are “functionally connected.” If a group of brain regions consistently work together every time we use a brain ability, they are called a “network.” There are many networks in the brain, but three are particularly related to hypnosis:

• The Salience Network (SN)
  The SN is responsible for monitoring information the brain receives and deciding how important it is. Because of its crucial role in controlling attention, the SN participates in various behaviors and cognitive functions. The SN also allows us to be aware of our emotions, thoughts, and bodies. It is mainly represented by two brain regions, the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and the insula.
• The Executive Control Network (ECN)
  The ECN manages the more complex cognitive abilities, frequently referred to as “executive functions.” These functions involve problem-solving, reasoning, working memory (the ability to keep information available and “play” with it), and maintaining focused attention over time. To do that, the ECN uses several brain regions, with the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) as one of its leading players.
• The Default Mode Network (DMN)
  The DMN (sometimes referred to as the “mind-wandering” network) is most active when our brains are not focusing on the here and now (for example, when we think about the past or the future, or reflect on ourselves). Because of that, the DMN is less active when the ECN and SN are engaged (when attention is directed to things that are happening in the moment). Several brain regions play a role in the DMN; most relevant to hypnosis are the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) and the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC).

The SN, being the “boss” of attention, helps the brain choose which network is more crucial at a given moment – the ECN (for example, when there is a problem to solve) or the DMN (when the brain thinks about things that are not happening in the moment). When something is bothering us, if we are overthinking or in pain, our ECN is probably more active (among other brain networks). Hypnosis is associated with shifts in the activity of the SN, changing the brain’s management of incoming information and its importance. In most hypnosis uses, the SN will reduce its activity as the brain reduces the constant monitoring and management of our self-awareness and information from the senses, allowing for more highly focused attention.

The ECN will then start changing its activity as well, reflecting the type of change we are trying to facilitate using hypnosis. Remember that hypnosis is the instrument (the “capsule”) through which the change we are looking for (the “medicine”) is carried. When some brains are better than others in facilitating these changes using hypnosis, we say that they are more “hypnotizable.” Brains that are more hypnotizable have greater connectivity between the SN and the ECN, making it easier for the SN to affect ECN activity.

Lastly, when using hypnosis, the ECN and DMN reduce their information sharing (they become less functionally connected). This change corresponds to dealing more with the here and now and less with unguided free-thinking in hypnosis. This is also why hypnosis is often referred to as involving focused attention (onto the hypnotic suggestions).

Bottom Line

Hypnosis is a skill your brain can use to help make changes in your behaviors, thoughts, and emotions safely and effectively. In hypnosis, you focus on promoting the change you want in your life as your brain activity changes. The way brain activity changes depends on what you are trying to change using hypnosis. In general, the brain decreases the monitoring and management of information coming from the senses, reduces mind-wandering, and changes its reasoning and planning strategies to fit the hypnotic suggestions given during the hypnosis session.