Strategic & Somatic psychotherapy
Clinical hypnotherapy Tokyo & Online
Ericksonian Hypnosis
Clinical Hypnotherapy in Tokyo & Online
Clinical hypnotherapy uses hypnosis in Tokyo & Online, within a therapeutic process to support meaningful psychological and behavioural change. My approach combines clinical hypnosis with strategic and integrative psychotherapy, adapting the therapeutic process to your individual needs and goals.
What Is Clinical Hypnosis?
Clinical hypnotherapy is the use of hypnosis within a therapeutic process to support changes in thoughts, emotions, behaviours and patterns of response.
Hypnosis involves a state of internal focused attention in which you can become more receptive to therapeutic suggestions, new perspectives and different ways of experiencing or responding to a situation.
Rather than being something that is done to you, hypnosis is a collaborative process in which you remain an active participant throughout the session.
How Hypnotherapy Works
Transform the way you think about what you experience.
Focused attention
Hypnosis naturally narrows attention and can help you become more deeply focused on your internal experience. This can create space to explore thoughts, emotions, sensations and perspectives with greater flexibility.
Accessing Resources
Therapeutic hypnosis can help you access existing strengths, memories, skills and possibilities that may not always feel readily available in everyday states of attention.
Developing New Responses
Through therapeutic suggestion, imagery, metaphor and other hypnotic approaches, we can explore new ways of responding to thoughts, emotions, sensations or situations that have become difficult or limiting.
What Can hypnotherapy Help With?
Hypnotherapy can be helpful for a wide range of psychological and emotional difficulties.
Rather than applying the same therapeutic process to every problem, we identify the specific patterns and processes involved in the difficulty you want to address and focus the therapeutic work accordingly.
Anxiety, Stress
Clinical hypnotherapy can support work with anxiety, excessive worry, stress and patterns of emotional or physical activation.
Habits & Behavior change
Hypnosis can be used to support changes in habits and behavioural patterns, including unwanted or repetitive behaviours.
Pain & Physical Symptomes
Clinical hypnosis can also be integrated into psychological approaches to pain management and other mind-body difficulties. The aim is to support a more adaptive relationship with the physical experience rather than promise a cure.
Fear & Phobia
Therapeutic hypnosis can help you develop different responses to fears, phobias and situations that have become associated with anxiety or avoidance.
Sleep Difficulties
Hypnotherapy can support relaxation, changes in pre-sleep patterns and the development of more helpful responses around sleep.
An integrative approach
Clinical hypnotherapy is not used as a predetermined technique applied in the same way to every person.
As an internationally trained and accredited clinical hypnotherapist, with professional training in Australia, France and Japan, I integrate clinical hypnosis with Strategic Psychotherapy and somatic and trauma-informed approaches.
Depending on your needs and therapeutic goals, hypnosis may be used as a central therapeutic approach or alongside strategic questioning, therapeutic exercises, somatic awareness and other psychological interventions.
Hilton Erickson
The “father” of Clinical Hypnosis.
What to Expect in am Hypnotherapy Session
Sessions are conversational, collaborative and adapted to your needs. We begin by clarifying what you would like to change and understanding how the difficulty is currently experienced.
Depending on your goals, the session may include therapeutic conversation, strategic questioning, hypnotic exercises, NLP, imagery, therapeutic suggestions, metaphors or other approaches to focused attention.
You may experience changes in your attention, sensations, imagery or sense of time during hypnosis, but you remain aware of the process and able to communicate throughout.
The aim is not simply to relax, but to use hypnosis as part of a therapeutic process directed towards meaningful change.
Is Hypnotherapy Right for You?
Clinical hypnotherapy may be worth exploring if you feel that understanding a difficulty intellectually is not enough to create the change you want, or if you would like to work with thoughts, emotions, behaviours and internal experiences in a different way.
- You want to change a persistent habit or behavioural pattern
- You experience anxiety, fear or excessive worry
- You would like to work on sleep or relaxation
- You want support with pain management or other mind-body difficulties
- You are curious about using focused attention and therapeutic suggestion as part of your therapy
You do not need to know whether hypnosis is right for you before starting. We can discuss your goals and determine together whether it is an appropriate part of the therapeutic process.
“Life is not something you can answer today. You should enjoy the process of waiting, the process of becoming who you are. There’s nothing more enjoyable than planting flower seeds and not knowing what kind of flowers will appear.” H.Erickson
Frequently Asked Questions
How long are the sessions?
- The 1st session is 1H40.
- Follow up sessions are 50min
Will I Lose Control or Be Unconscious During Hypnosis?
No. Clinical hypnosis does not mean being unconscious or giving up control. You remain an active participant in the process and can communicate, respond and stop the exercise at any time.
Hypnosis is better understood as a state of focused attention and increased responsiveness to suggestion, rather than a state in which someone else takes control of your mind.
Will I Remember What Happens During Hypnosis?
In most cases, yes — completely. The kind of amnesia sometimes seen in stage demonstrations is a specific effect, deliberately suggested for entertainment, not an automatic feature of hypnosis itself.
In therapy, the goal is actually the opposite: for you to consciously integrate whatever emerges during the session, whether that’s a new insight, a shift in perspective, or a strategy you can apply in daily life.
Can I Be Hypnotised If I Have Never Experienced Hypnosis Before?
Yes. The ability to enter a hypnotic state isn’t a rare talent — most people experience it naturally several times a day without realising it, such as getting lost in a film or “zoning out” on a familiar drive.
My role as the therapist is to guide this natural capacity into a structured, purposeful process. No prior experience is needed; an open and collaborative attitude is generally all that helps.
Is Clinical Hypnotherapy the Same as Stage Hypnosis?
No — they’re two very different uses of the same underlying phenomenon. Stage hypnosis is entertainment: it selects highly responsive volunteers and relies on theatrics and social pressure from an audience.
Clinical hypnotherapy is practised by a trained professional in a therapeutic setting, working toward a goal defined together with the client — such as reducing anxiety, managing pain, or changing an unhelpful pattern of behaviour — and is grounded in careful clinical assessment rather than performance.
Can Clinical Hypnotherapy Be Combined With Strategic Psychotherapy?
Yes, and the combination works particularly well. Hypnosis isn’t a therapy in itself — it’s a facilitating state, a vehicle that can support different therapeutic approaches.
Combined with strategic therapy, which focuses on solutions and on changing unhelpful behavioural and relational patterns rather than dwelling on the past, hypnosis often helps clients integrate new perspectives more readily and strengthens therapeutic suggestions by tapping more directly into their own inner resources.
Can hypnotherapy be done online?
Yes. Hypnosis relies primarily on voice, language, and attention, not physical contact.
Many clients find remote sessions just as effective, and sometimes even more comfortable, since they’re in a familiar and secure environment. A stable connection and a quiet space are usually all that’s needed.
Does Hypnosis Have Any Scientific Basis?
Yes. Hypnosis works with a well-documented property of the brain called neuroplasticity — its natural capacity to form new neural pathways throughout life, not just in childhood. In practice, this means the patterns of thought, emotion and behaviour you currently experience are not fixed.
Through focused attention and repeated therapeutic work, hypnosis can support the brain in building new, more helpful ways of responding — which is also why hypnotherapy is often described as a learning process rather than something simply “done to” you.
Is what I share confidential?
Yes. Everything you share, whether in your intake form or during sessions, is treated as strictly confidential. This confidentiality is a core part of creating a safe space where you can speak openly about what you’re experiencing.
There are a small number of exceptions where confidentiality may need to be broken, in line with professional and ethical standards:
- If there is a serious risk of harm to yourself or to someone else
- If a child, elderly person, or other vulnerable individual is believed to be at risk of abuse or neglect
- If disclosure is required by law (for example, under a court order)
In these situations, any action taken would be limited to what is necessary to ensure safety, and the person is informed before.
Ready to explore different perspectives ?
If you would like to explore whether Hypnotherapy may be appropriate for you, you can get in touch to discuss your needs and find the most suitable way to begin.