Hypnotism in the clinical capacity isn’t what you see in the movies. The one where an undercover agent hypnotizes a security guard so that he can steal a million-dollar painting, or the one where Obi-Wan Kenobi waves his hand, using the Force to confuse Stormtroopers.
When you step into Kati Lambert’s space at Well Minded Hypnosis, you’re walking into an experience backed by decades of scientific evidence and research with proven results.
“I’m a clinician by background, so I treat it as such,” Lambert said. “I’ve witnessed people heal themselves and totally transform their lives through this.”
Medical hypnotherapy guides a client into a deeply relaxed, natural brain state. From here, Lambert works with a client to turn down the chatter of the conscious mind and make real changes within the subconscious mind, reworking the thoughts that no longer serve a purpose or are inhibiting a client from achieving their goals.
“It’s not my job to bring my beliefs or biases into the session,” Lambert said. “I’m listening to my client, the space between the words as well as the words themselves, and that helps guide me where to take them.”
There’s no “mind control” or stage antics involved in real hypnosis, a common misconception that Lambert is working to overcome.
Lambert most closely compared humans and hypnotherapy to a computer program. Once you close all the visible windows (the conscious chatter in our brains) and focus on the back end (the subconscious mind), you can find pieces of code (negative thoughts or perceptions) that no longer suit the program and work to rewire them.
Medical hypnotherapy is best suited for easing chronic pain, anxiety, trauma, illnesses and much more. Lambert stressed that she’s not prescribing, diagnosing or curing these issues, but helping her clients to alleviate the “chatter” to a more manageable level.
Lambert spent 30 years in health care before leaving the industry to focus on Well Minded Hypnosis full-time in North Florida about two years ago.
She was exposed to hypnotherapy in grad school after failing her Master’s boards for the first time. It took a toll on her mental and physical health, but eventually she worked with a sports psychologist who introduced her to medical hypnotherapy. They worked to alleviate her test anxiety, and she passed on her second try.
Lambert was taken with the encounter and decided to pursue hypnotherapy professionally, going through an intensive program at the Institute for Interpersonal Hypnotherapy in Tampa, where she now also teaches.
