Fear vs. Intuition: Can Your Clients Tell the Difference? 🤯

Email Delivery Date: February 20, 2025

Hey There, Hypno-Healers!

One of the hardest things for trauma survivors is learning to trust themselves again. After experiencing trauma, the body’s natural alarm system can go haywire—either overreacting to harmless situations (hello, panic attacks in the grocery store) or completely shutting down when real danger is present (why did I date that red flag on legs?).

The result? Clients second-guess everything. Is it a gut instinct, or just fear? Are they in danger, or just reliving the past?

As hypnotherapists, we have a powerful opportunity to help clients distinguish fear from intuition—to recalibrate that inner compass so it actually points north again.

Fear vs. Intuition:

The Key Differences

1️⃣ FEAR IS LOUD

It screams, “RUN!” Intuition is quiet, a calm knowing.

2️⃣ FEAR IS REACTIONARY

It’s based on past wounds, not the present. Intuition is in the now.

3️⃣ FEAR FEELS LIKE URGENCY

Intuition feels like clarity.

So how do we use hypnosis to turn down the fear and turn up the intuition?

Hypnotic Techniques to

Restore Inner Wisdom

Regression to the First Fear Response:

Instead of just treating the fear in the present, guide clients back to the first time they learned not to trust themselves. Was it a critical parent? A betrayal? A survival instinct that never turned off? By revisiting and reprocessing that event, they can rewrite the response.

Anchoring the Body’s Wisdom:

The body knows the difference between anxiety and true danger. Help clients reconnect by using somatic anchoring—whether that’s tuning into breath, a warmth in the gut, or even a pendulum response. The body doesn’t lie.

Future Pacing ‘Safe Decision-Making’:

Guide clients in trance through scenarios where they listen to their gut without fear hijacking the process. The more they practice trusting their instincts in hypnosis, the easier it is in waking life.

Utilizing Parts Therapy:

The “fearful self” and the “wise self” can have a conversation in hypnosis. Teaching clients to recognize which part is talking and who to listen to makes a world of difference.

At the core of all of this? Self-trust. Your job isn’t just to reduce anxiety—it’s to help clients reclaim their inner wisdom. And that is life-changing.

This is exactly why we created the Trauma Focused Hypnotherapy Course—to give you the advanced skills needed to help your clients overcome fear, reconnect with themselves, and finally break free from trauma’s grip. If you’ve been on the fence about taking the next step in your hypnotherapy journey, this is your sign.

🔗 Join the course today and start changing lives: https://tfh.podia.com/trauma-focused-hypnotherapy

How have you helped clients with this struggle? Hit reply—I’d love to hear your experiences!

Here’s To Trusting Our Gut (And Making Sure It’s Not Just Anxiety Talking)!

Jesse & Zac

Co-Founders of Trauma Focused Hypnotherapy

https://traumafocusedhypnotherapy.com/

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