Age & Past Life Regression
Regression therapy focuses very specifically on past events and how they influence the way we behave in the present day. This is particularly relevant to those trying to overcome childhood abuse. Still, it can also apply to people who were subject to any abuse in relationships in the past.
This type of therapy involves hypnosis, which psychotherapists and hypnotherapists alike have researched. The need for hypnosis typically surrounds the fact that many practitioners1 believe that the subconscious mind can repress trauma if it was inflicted at an age before the mind could figure out how to process it. So the practitioners are typically trying to drum up memories through hypnosis.
Regression is simply moving back in time in your imagination.
Most Common Types of Regression:
- Hypnotic Regression Therapy : While all types of regression therapy involve hypnosis, this most general type does not necessarily include mentions of past lives or year-by-year age regression. It intends to help patients access their subconscious minds through hypnosis.
- Age Regression Therapy : In this type of regression therapy, therapists induce amnesia in the patient and then ask them to return to past years. Age regression is a form of therapy that encourages you to access and relive your memories by reverting to a younger state of mind.This practice can be done to explore childhood memories, relieve stress, or access hidden memories and aspects of your personality.
- Past Life Regression Therapy : This hinges on the belief that we carry over many of our traumas from our past lives, or through memories of our ancestors. This is controversial not recognized by many hypnotherapists.
