Hypnotherapy Highlight: What is Resourcing?

In Hypnotherapy Practice, one of the first things we do is practice resourcing. Resourcing is a term for discovering a sense of safety and peace within yourself. It is a type of grounding practice that allows you to become more connected with a sense of inner peace, safety, and wisdom.

What does resourcing look like? The safe place and wise adult.

Once a person has entered a trance state, they are led through a series of resourcing practices which often utilize self awareness and imagination. The first practice is to come to a safe, relaxing, peaceful place which you imagine in your mind. It can be a place you’ve never been to or a place you already know. The therapist will lead you to become connected to this place by using all your senses to be there. While in this place, the person in trance often finds that they can more strongly connect with a sense of peace and safety.

The second practice a therapist will often lead you through is to connect with your wise self. The wise self is the self that is able to make wise and healthy choices for the person. This self is ever-evolving and growing. Connecting to this self is an important part of the hypnotherapy process because it allows for the person in trance to have access to self awareness and deep inner wisdom. This allows you to be the source of knowing and the one to make decisions about your life.

Why do I think resourcing is highly valuable?

I find that, even with folx who will not want to do an entire hypnotherapy session, resourcing can be highly beneficial. It allows the nervous system to come to a calm and peaceful state. From this state, people are much more likely to be able to access clarity and creativity. This means that individuals are able to know better what is best for themself and to see new options and opportunities for their life.

As someone who heals through hypnotherapy regularly, I find that the more resourcing I do with a wise self, the more I feel connected to a part of myself that is self aware, able to see complexity and nuance, and able to understand, to the best of my ability in any given situation, what all the options are that are available to me. By practicing resourcing in therapy, I can begin to connect with this wise self more and more in my day to day life. This wise self is less likely to operate based on old patterns that are driven by fear and anger.

Hypnotherapy isn’t for everyone, but if you are curious to learn more and see if it might be a good fit for you, please reach out to your Longmont, Colorado hypnotherapist, Ray Findley.

To learn more about hypnotherapy, visit some of my other blogs:

The Power of Hypnotherapy: Discovering Your Voice

Hypnotherapy and Self-Love: Unlocking Inner Healing and Empowerment

Navigating Change: Hypnotherapy for Identity Transitions

Beyond the Pain: Hypnotherapy's Compassionate Approach to Complex Trauma