Sometimes I’m not the one…
Sometimes I’m just not the right person to help a client - as I had to say recently in response to an email I received:
I’m a student here in Syracuse. My boyfriend (age 32) believes he was sexually abused by his mother’s boyfriend when he was two years old, but has no concrete memory of the event. He does, however, have horrible nightmares and feelings of dread. He has grown up with numerous emotional and psychological problems and seems to have all the classic symptoms of having been abused as a child. He has never been able to confront what may have happened to him, but has always wanted to attempt hypnotherapy in an attempt to regain his repressed memories, or else to finally put to rest what has haunted him his entire life. I’m asking if there is some way you could help him, and if so, what the cost of this would be. We’re both college students and don’t have a lot of money, but I feel this is extremely important in order for him to move on with his life, and a more normal state of being. In addition, it kills me to see the man I love carrying such a heavy burden on his shoulders. Thank you for your time.
Hi - I agree that hypnosis is a perfect tool for your boyfriend to get to the bottom of his issues, but I strongly recommend that he find a hypnotherapist with a psychology degree, which I don’t have. Although I have many years of experience that would be useful, since we already know going into it that he’s potentially opening a real “can of worms”, I feel that he’d be in better hands with someone who has the psychological training to offer whatever professional help he might need.
Also, I don’t know if he has insurance through the school, but with a qualified therapist, he’d likely get it covered by insurance.
There are many therapists in Syracuse that are also hypnotherapists, although I don’t have any names for you. If I were him, I’d actually try going through the school and see what they would offer either for free or on a sliding scale, with someone that is either affiliated with the school or otherwise cost-effective.
Thank you for contacting me, and I hope he finds the help he needs, it’s well worth pursuing!
