Hypnosis consultations for Emotional Regulation

Understanding Emotions

Emotions are messengers

No emotion is "negative": fear signals a possible danger, anger a boundary crossed, sadness a loss to take in…

That is exactly what Quebec's public health resources say: normal, useful reactions that only become a problem through their intensity, their duration or their mismatch with the situation (CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale — Gouvernement du Québec, in French), and whose management can be learned (Santé Montérégie, in French).

The aim is therefore never to suppress emotions: it is to turn the volume down without cutting the sound. A pure emotion works like a wave: it rises, peaks and settles within a few minutes if you let it run its course. What makes it last is what we add to it:

• The struggle ("I shouldn't be feeling this"),
• rumination that relaunches the wave on every lap,
• the shame of feeling it, two emotions for the price of one.

For the full mechanism (the wave, forbidden emotions, over-control), see our complete guide on solutionshypnose.com.

What Hypnosis Offers for Emotional Regulation

Our approach: a wave is something you surf

In three to six sessions, generally:

• learning to recognise the wave earlier (every emotion has its physical warning signs, and the earlier you spot them, the more choice you have);
• surfing instead of drowning: training in a hypnotic state to move through an emotion safely, letting it rise, observing it, letting it settle;
• turning down the volume of an overwhelming emotion without silencing it (the message stays, the tidal wave goes);
• lifting the old prohibitions: revisiting gently and at a distance, with your adult resources, the scenes where feeling was not allowed (never by "reliving" anything painful);
• learning to say it: speaking up while it is small rather than exploding once it is large (see Self-Confidence).

Self-hypnosis becomes your everyday tool: regulation takes hold in the real waves.

One emotion dominating? Our dedicated pages take over

• Recurring anger that damages your relationships (Anger Management),
• the sadness of a loss or a separation (Sadness & Grief),
• big fears (Major Fears),
• a permanent undercurrent of stress (Stress & Anxiety).

And for children and teens, all of this is learned through stories and tools cut to their size: see Hypnosis for Children and Hypnosis for Teens.

When to see a psychologist or a doctor first

See a psychologist (a member of the Ordre des psychologues du Québec) or a doctor first if:

• overwhelming emotions last for weeks and interfere with how you function;
• your mood has collapsed along with your interest in everything;
• your emotions are tied to a traumatic event;
• you feel a total emotional emptiness that worries you…

We will tell you so from the first contact, and our support can follow as a complement.