Clinical Hypnotherapy Sessions
From Symptom to Root Cause — A Structured Path to Lasting Change
Most hypnotherapy works at the surface — a suggestion, a relaxation, a temporary shift. Our approach is different. We follow a structured clinical progression that moves from the symptom you experience today to the root cause that created it — and on to genuine release and integration. This is not a one-time fix. It is a guided, professional process, grounded in NGH (USA) methodology and 15+ years of clinical practice.
New to clinical hypnotherapy? What Is Clinical Hypnotherapy? → Read the Complete Guide
What This Work Really Is
Most people come to hypnotherapy wanting one thing: relief from a symptom. Anxiety. A habit. A fear. Difficulty sleeping. A pattern they cannot explain.
But a symptom is rarely where the issue begins.
The conscious mind — analytical, thinking, aware — is not where these patterns live. They live in the subconscious mind: emotional, habit-forming, shaped by experiences that were never fully processed or resolved.
This is where most hypnotherapy approaches stop short. A single suggestion session may create temporary relief — but if the root imprint driving the pattern is never accessed, the symptom tends to return.
Our approach follows the structured clinical methodology of the National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH), refined through 15+ years and 8,500+ professional sessions. The work moves in one clear direction:
The Direction of This Work
We do not stop at suggestion. We do not skip to regression without preparation. Each stage of the work prepares the ground for the next — moving you, safely and systematically, from where you are now to where the pattern actually began, and finally to lasting resolution.
Why Surface-Level Hypnotherapy Falls Short
Many hypnotherapy sessions — including much of what is offered online, through apps, and in brief consultations — follow a single, familiar pattern.
The Common Pattern
A relaxation induction
A generic, scripted suggestion
The session ends
This can create genuine, temporary relief. But it often does not last — because the suggestion was never connected to the actual root of the pattern. The symptom is addressed; the cause underneath it is left untouched. With time, under stress, or when life circumstances shift, the original pattern frequently resurfaces.
This is not a failure of hypnotherapy as a discipline. It is a limitation of shallow, single-technique application — treating every client, every pattern, and every session with the same scripted approach, regardless of what actually requires attention.
Our integrated clinical approach is different. We use a progressive, multi-stage methodology — moving through foundation work, emotional access, root-cause regression, emotional release, and integration — so that change is not just suggested, but genuinely resolved at its source.
A Structured 5-Stage Clinical Progression
Aligned with NGH (USA) methodology. Each stage prepares the ground for the next.
Suggestion Therapy
The foundation. You are guided into a relaxed, focused hypnotic state. The subconscious mind becomes receptive to positive, corrective suggestion. This stage establishes responsiveness, builds trust in the process, and begins initial shifts around the presenting concern.
Inner Child Healing
Earlier emotional imprints are gently accessed through guided recall. Many current patterns trace back to emotional experiences from earlier in life that were never fully processed. This stage safely opens that access — without moving to full regression before you are ready.
Regression to the Root Cause
This is where the origin of the pattern is identified — the specific experience where it first took hold. Once located, the experience is processed, reframed, and neutralised at the subconscious level. This stage addresses the cause, not just the symptom.
Forgiveness & Release
Many patterns are held in place by unresolved emotional charge — guilt, anger, resentment. This stage approaches forgiveness as a therapeutic release process, not a moral obligation, freeing the emotional weight that keeps a pattern active.
Parts Therapy & IntegrationWhere Required
Not every client requires this stage. When internal conflict is present — one part of you wanting change, another resisting it — this stage brings those parts into communication and alignment, resolving the resistance that blocks progress.
This is a structured but adaptive process. Not every client requires every stage. Some stages may extend over more than one session. The pace is always guided by your readiness — never rushed.
Self-Hypnosis Training — Alongside this process, you are also trained in self-hypnosis: learning to enter a relaxed state, deepen it, and apply therapeutic suggestion independently. This becomes your own tool for reinforcing change between sessions.
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What Clinical Hypnotherapy Can Help With
Presented honestly — including where evidence is strongest, and where caution applies.
Areas With the Strongest Evidence Base
Chronic pain, procedural pain, dental anxiety, headaches. Evidence is strongest in pain-related applications.
Functional abdominal pain, gut sensitivity, the stress-gut connection. Recognised by NCCIH for improving symptoms and quality of life.
Performance anxiety, exam anxiety, procedure-related anxiety, overthinking patterns. Listed by Mayo Clinic and APA as a common clinical use.
Insomnia, racing mind before sleep, sleep anxiety. A recognised behaviour-change application.
Commonly Supported Applications
An Honest Note on Safety
Hypnotherapy is most effective as a complementary, adjunctive approach — not a replacement for medical or psychiatric care. We exercise particular caution and do not begin with hypnosis or regression where there is active psychosis, severe dissociation, suicidal ideation, severe untreated depression, or substance instability. In these cases, appropriate medical or psychiatric support comes first.
Common Myths — Addressed Directly
Most fears about hypnotherapy come from media and misunderstanding, not the actual experience.
PLR or Clinical Hypnotherapy — Which Is Right for You?
Both are complete, powerful approaches. They simply work in different ways.
Both Past Life Regression and Clinical Hypnotherapy are branches of the same discipline — hypnotherapy. Neither is "better" than the other. Both use structured, multi-stage methodologies — including suggestion therapy, regression, and release work — to address the root of a pattern, not just its surface symptom. The real difference is scope: where each approach looks for that root. We don't ask you to decide this yourself — this is exactly what your initial consultation is for.
Branch One
Clinical Hypnotherapy
Works entirely within your current lifetime — from birth to today. It addresses the conscious and subconscious mind as part of the brain itself, working with memories, beliefs, and patterns formed during this life.
The approach is structured and multi-layered — combining suggestion therapy, inner child healing, age regression to the root cause, forgiveness and release work, and parts therapy (where required) — all working within the current-life timeline, alongside self-hypnosis training you can use independently.
- NGH (USA) accredited methodology
- Suggestion therapy, inner child healing, age regression, forgiveness work, parts therapy
- Root-cause work — but rooted within this lifetime only
- Strongly self-hypnosis integrated
- Often the right starting point if you are newer to this work, or need stabilisation first
Branch Two
Past Life Regression & Transpersonal Work
Works across the full Soul Timeline — the womb period, this lifetime, and past lives. It is built on the premise that some patterns originate beyond what current-life work alone can access.
The approach is structured and multi-layered — combining age regression, inner child healing, womb regression, rebirthing, and past life regression (PLR) — moving across the full timeline to trace a pattern to its original point of origin, wherever that is found, and resolve it directly at the source.
- MNI (USA) accredited methodology
- Age regression, inner child healing, womb regression, rebirthing, past life regression
- Root-cause investigation and release — across the full Soul Timeline
- Best suited to those open to exploring beyond the current lifetime
Both approaches produce real, meaningful, lasting change. What matters is not which is "stronger" — it is which is right for where you are now.
Sometimes, We Use Both — In Sequence
For clients carrying significant current-life stress or emotional charge, we often begin with clinical hypnotherapy — building stability and resourcing through suggestion work, inner child healing, or current-life regression.
Once you feel genuinely ready to explore further, we may then move into regression therapy, going deeper into the Soul Timeline. This staged approach is common, and the pace is always guided by your readiness — never assumed.
Online or In-Person — Your Choice, Not a Compromise
Both formats deliver the same depth, the same protocol, the same practitioner.
Online Sessions
- Available worldwide via Zoom
- Same 5-stage clinical methodology, same practitioner
- Ideal for international clients — UAE, USA, UK, Singapore, Australia, Canada
- What you need: a quiet private space, headphones, stable internet, 90 minutes uninterrupted
In-Person Sessions — Bangalore
- At Soul Consciousness Lab's dedicated session room
- For local clients, or those who prefer an in-person setting
- Same protocol, same practitioner, same depth of work
- A calm, private, professionally designed therapeutic space
International clients regularly choose online sessions over in-person hypnotherapists in their own country — because depth of training and practitioner experience matter more than physical proximity. Dr. Rashhi Sharma has delivered 8,500+ sessions, including extensively online, to clients across 28 countries.
What to Expect — Before, During & After
Understanding the process helps you relax into the experience, so the work can go deeper, more naturally.
Intention Setting — The Most Important First Step
Before your session, you are guided to define your intention clearly — not just naming a problem, but understanding when it started and how it shows up. The subconscious mind responds best to clarity. A well-defined intention tells the mind where to go.
Emotional Readiness
You do not need to feel "perfectly ready." Doubt, curiosity, and nervousness are all completely normal. What matters is willingness to explore — not certainty or belief in the process beforehand.
Letting Go of Control
Hypnosis works through allowing, not effort. Trying too hard can interfere with the process. Your role is simple: follow the guidance and notice what arises.
Physical Preparation
Get adequate rest beforehand. Avoid heavy meals or alcohol. Choose comfortable clothing. Ensure a quiet, uninterrupted environment — especially important for online sessions, where headphones are recommended.
Entering the Hypnotic State
You are guided into deep relaxation and focused attention — often described as "deeply relaxed but mentally aware... like the moment just before sleep." You are not asleep. You remain aware and responsive throughout.
How the Subconscious Communicates
You may experience visual impressions, emotions, body sensations, or simply a sense of "knowing" — without images. All of these are valid. Nothing is dismissed; everything is worked with.
Your Role in the Session
Stay relaxed, follow instructions, and describe what you notice. There is no need to analyse or interpret in the moment — the deeper work happens when you allow the experience, rather than trying to make sense of it immediately.
Emotional Release
At certain points, emotions may surface — sadness, relief, even unexpected calm. This is natural. You are never left alone in this process: the subconscious does not open more than you are ready to handle, and the therapist guides and regulates the intensity throughout.
You Remain in Control
At all times, you can speak, pause, or stop the session. Hypnosis works only with your consent and active participation.
Immediate After-Effects
You may feel deep relaxation, mental quietness, emotional openness, or slight fatigue. This is simply the mind transitioning back to normal awareness. Take a few minutes before resuming activity.
The Integration Phase — Where Real Change Happens
The session does not end when you open your eyes. In the hours and days after, your subconscious continues processing — you may notice shifts in reaction, reduced emotional intensity, or new perspectives unfolding gradually.
Self-Hypnosis Practice
You are taught self-hypnosis to use independently — your own tool for reinforcing the work between sessions. Clients who practise regularly often experience faster integration and more stable, lasting change.
What Not to Do
Avoid over-analysing every detail, forcing conclusions, or comparing your experience to others'. This is your own personal inner process — there is no single "right" way for it to unfold.
Watch Dr. Rashhi Conduct a Session
Most hypnotherapists ask you to trust a description. We'd rather show you the actual work — filmed during live NGH training demonstrations.
Induction & Deepening Technique
Dr. Rashhi demonstrates the guided relaxation process that begins every session.
Age Regression to Root Cause
A live demonstration of guided regression work, identifying and addressing a root pattern.
Suggestion Therapy in Practice
See how therapeutic suggestion is delivered during an actual training session.
What Clients Say
Real clients, real sessions — from India and around the world.
Client Testimonial
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🇭🇰 Hong KongClient Testimonial
🇮🇳 IndiaFrom Google Reviews
★★★★★
"My depression and anxiety are completely gone with just 2 sessions. I highly recommend the online sessions with Mrs Rashhi."
Jordan
★★★★★
"Battling depression and OCD was a nightmare. Getting help from Mrs Rashi ma'am was like getting reborn again. The most important part is this help came with online sessions — I couldn't have asked for more."
Online Client
★★★★★
"The online sessions with Mrs Rashhi were very powerful — changed my whole life. I had the most amazing experience."
Kuwait
★★★★★
"I have taken hypnotherapy sessions before. But the way Rashhi handles the whole thing is very methodical — people can connect to it and understand what's happening. Strongly recommend anyone looking for hypnotherapy!"
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Inside Our Live Practitioner Trainings
Teaching • Supervision • Practice • Global Students • Consciousness Exploration • Professional Development
Working With Authenticity
This structured methodology is only as strong as the practitioner delivering it. Dr. Rashhi Sharma is an Official NGH (USA) Certified Instructor and Trainer — combining NGH methodology, Cal Banyan's clinical techniques, and 15+ years of refined personal practice across 8,500+ professional sessions.
Dr. Rashhi Sharma, PhD
Practitioner. Researcher. Trainer. — The rarest combination in consciousness work.
A practitioner who trains — not a trainer who practises
Most trainers in this field teach from theory or limited personal practice. Dr. Rashhi Sharma has delivered 8,500+ professional sessions across 15+ years before ever teaching others to do the same. Every technique she teaches has been tested, refined, and validated across thousands of real client sessions — not rehearsed from a manual.
She has trained directly under the world's leading figures in regression, Life Between Lives, mediumship, remote viewing, shamanism, and consciousness exploration — building the most comprehensive cross-disciplinary credential set currently held by any trainer in India. All credentials are publicly verifiable through the institutional listings below.
She has since trained 350+ certified practitioners from 28 countries — professionals who now carry these methods forward in their own practices globally.
Certified Hypnotherapy Instructor
NGH — National Guild of Hypnotists, USA
Master Hypnotist
Cal Banyan — USA
Certified Hypnotherapist (CHt.)
NGH — National Guild of Hypnotists, USA
Life Between Lives (LBL) Certified Practitioner
MNI — Michael Newton Institute, USA
Advanced Past Life Regression
Paul Aurand — USA
Past Life Regression
Dr. Brian Weiss — USA
PLR & Future Life Progression
Anne Jirsch — UK
Transpersonal Hypnotherapy, Womb Regression & Inner Child Healing
Paul Aurand — USA
Certified Outreach Trainer
The Monroe Institute — USA
Consciousness Exploration & OBE Programs Graduate
The Monroe Institute — USA
Spiritual Mediumship
Suzanne Giesemann — USA
Remote Viewing — Advanced
Joseph McMoneagle & Debra Catz — USA
Psychokinesis & Manifestation
Joe Gallenberger — USA
Energy Medicine
Dr. Brian Dailey — USA
The Kortum Technique
John Kortum — USA
Certified Shamanic Practitioner
Foundation for Shamanic Studies (FSS Asia) — Thailand & Bali
Multicultural Shamanism — Field Training
Mexico · USA · Peru · Norway · Ireland · France · Italy · Greece · Thailand · Bali
Celtic Tradition
Ireland — Lineage practices
P'aqo & Andean Tradition
Peru — Andean lineage
Mexican Shamanic Tradition
Mexico — Direct lineage exposure
Dr. Brian Weiss
USA
PLR & Advanced Regression
Paul Aurand
USA
LBL · Transpersonal Hypnotherapy
Anne Jirsch
United Kingdom
PLR · Future Life Progression
Calvin D. Banyan
USA
Master Hypnotherapy
Joe McMoneagle
USA
Remote Viewing Advanced
Suzanne Giesemann
USA
Spiritual Mediumship
Joe Gallenberger
USA
Psychokinesis & Manifestation
Allison Axinn
Italy
Life Between Lives · MNI
Official Career Partner & LBL Practitioner
Michael Newton Institute, USA
Only MNI Career Partner in India
MNI Career Partners Directory
Official Certified Instructor
National Guild of Hypnotists, USA
Outreach Trainer — India
The Monroe Institute, USA
Executive Trainer Accreditation
IPHM, United Kingdom
Certified Life Between Lives (LBL®) Therapist — Michael Newton Institute, USA
There are only approximately 230 certified LBL therapists in the entire world — all trained and certified exclusively by the Michael Newton Institute (USA). Dr. Rashhi Sharma is among this select group and one of the very few based in India. LBL therapy goes beyond past life regression — accessing the soul state between lifetimes as documented in Dr. Michael Newton's research across 7,000+ cases. View verified MNI profile → newtoninstitute.org
How to Book a Session
We follow a structured process before any session is booked, to ensure clarity, suitability, and readiness.
Step 1
Initial Consultation
A detailed discussion to understand your goals, issues, and intentions, and to guide you toward the appropriate session — clinical hypnotherapy, PLR, or a staged approach combining both.
Step 2
Suitability & Alignment
Not all clients are accepted. We proceed only when expectations, commitment, and conditions are aligned with the work.
Step 3
Client Education
You are given detailed material to understand the process. You are encouraged to research, reflect, and make an informed decision before proceeding.
Step 4
Clarity Checkpoint
We reconnect after your review. No session is booked unless all doubts are resolved.
Step 5
Session Booking
You select your slot and pay the session fees in full to complete the booking.
Step 6
Pre-Session Preparation
You are guided by Dr. Rashhi to refine your intention and prepare for the session. All communication is confidential.
Step 7
Session Day
You attend the session prepared — in person or online — and the process is conducted in a structured manner.
This process ensures that every session begins with clarity, readiness, and mutual understanding.
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Many clients who experience this work for themselves — particularly therapists, coaches, doctors, and wellness practitioners — go on to train with us in NGH USA Clinical Hypnotherapy. If you are considering this as a professional path, experiencing a personal session first is often the most authentic way to begin.
Frequently Asked Questions
Honest answers to the questions clients ask most before their first session.
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A therapeutic process that uses hypnosis to access the subconscious mind, helping resolve emotional, psychological, and behavioural patterns within your current lifetime. It is safe, structured, and conducted by trained professionals — not stage hypnosis or entertainment.
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We follow a structured, progressive 5-stage methodology — moving through suggestion therapy, inner child healing, age regression to the root cause, forgiveness and release, and parts therapy where needed — rather than a single generic suggestion session. Learn more about our process above.
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No. You remain in control and aware at all times. Hypnosis requires your consent and cooperation — nothing is imposed, and you can open your eyes or end the session whenever you choose.
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Yes, absolutely. People process hypnosis differently — some visually, others through emotion, body sensation, or simple "knowing." You do not need vivid mental imagery for the work to be effective. The session is tailored to how you naturally process experience.
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No. Clinical hypnotherapy works entirely within your current lifetime. Past life regression explores the full Soul Timeline, including past lives. Both are genuine, structured root-cause methodologies — they simply differ in scope. Read our complete comparison →
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No. Hypnotherapy is a structured psychological and physiological process, not a belief system. Many sceptical, analytically-minded clients have deeply effective sessions.
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A complete clinical hypnotherapy session typically runs 90 minutes to 2 hours, sometimes extending to 2–3 hours depending on what's being addressed — including the pre-session conversation, the guided work, and post-session integration.
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This depends entirely on the nature and depth of what you are working with. Some patterns resolve in a single session. Others require structured continuation over multiple sessions, typically spaced 10–15 days apart to allow integration time.
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This is a normal and often necessary part of the process. A trained practitioner knows how to navigate emotional material safely, ensuring the session always concludes in a complete, grounded, resolved state.
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Yes, completely normal and usually temporary. Hypnotherapy works at the subconscious level, where emotions and memories may have been stored for years. As these surface and release, you may feel tears, fatigue, or emotional openness — a sign something meaningful was touched, not a sign the session was unsuccessful.
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In many cases, yes — hypnotherapy can work alongside conventional psychological or psychiatric care. Please disclose any current treatment, diagnosis, or medication during your consultation, and consult your treating professional if you have concerns.
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Come well-rested. Avoid heavy meals or stimulants beforehand — no alcohol within 72 hours of your session. Reflect on your intention in advance; we'll send guidance for this beforehand. Keep 2–3 hours free afterward.
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Yes, fully. The hypnotic state is internally generated by you, guided by the practitioner's voice and presence — this transfers completely to a video call. Dr. Rashhi Sharma has delivered thousands of sessions online to clients across 28 countries with consistent results.
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A quiet, private room with no interruptions. A laptop or desktop with stable internet (preferred over phone). Headphones are strongly recommended. A comfortable place to recline or sit.
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Yes. Online sessions are available to clients worldwide, with scheduling adjusted to accommodate time zones. Clients regularly join from the UAE, USA, UK, Singapore, Canada, Hong Kong, and Australia.
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No. Sessions are conducted privately between you and the therapist only — essential for confidentiality and the integrity of the healing process. For minors, parents may be involved before or after a session, never during.
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Absolutely. All sessions are conducted within a strictly private and confidential framework. A confidentiality agreement is signed before any work begins.
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Sessions are non-refundable once conducted. Rescheduling requires at least 7 days' notice. Full terms are shared during your initial consultation, before booking.
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Dr. Rashhi Sharma, PhD is an Official NGH (USA) Certified Instructor — the world's largest and oldest hypnotherapy organisation — and the only MNI (Michael Newton Institute, USA) Career Partner in India. She has delivered 8,500+ professional sessions over 15+ years and trained 400+ practitioners from 28 countries.
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All credentials are independently verifiable through public directories:
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Pre-recorded hypnosis content uses generic, one-size-fits-all scripts. It cannot respond to what is actually present for you, adjust pacing, or navigate unexpected material. A live session with a trained practitioner is a responsive, personalised therapeutic process — fundamentally different from passive audio content.
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Yes — demo session footage from NGH training is available on this page, showing Dr. Rashhi's actual technique and approach. Very few practitioners make this available, and we believe transparency matters before you commit.
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No — and no ethical hypnotherapist can promise specific outcomes. What can be assured: a safe, confidential, compassionate space; full expertise from a certified professional; and a globally recognised NGH methodology tailored to your needs.
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Absolutely — many of our NGH training students began this way. Experiencing the work personally is often the most authentic way to evaluate whether to pursue professional training. See our NGH Training programme →
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