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Hypnotherapy & Breathwork FAQ
Behavioral Addiction & Compulsions
Porn/Sex, Food, Technology, Shopping, Gambling, Video Gaming, Etc.
Hypnotherapy & Breathwork in Farmington Hills
Available in-person and virtually across Michigan.
Hypnotherapy
Yes. Hypnotherapy can support compulsive behavioral patterns and other repetitive loops by targeting:
- Compulsive urgency
- Shame cycles
- Emotional avoidance
- Subconscious belief patterns
It’s real—And it’s rarely about morality or willpower. For many people, porn/sex becomes a nervous-system regulation strategy: a fast way to shift state (numb, soothe, escape, manage shame or overwhelm). We treat the loop underneath the behavior, not your character.
Because the behavior is usually solving a problem your system can’t solve another way:
- Overwhelm
- Loneliness
- Shame
- Fear
- Emptiness
- Rage
- Panic
Hypnotherapy helps uncover what the compulsion is trying to regulate, then builds new internal responses.
We look at patterns like:
- Loss of control
- Escalation
- Failed attempts to stop
- Secrecy
- Emotional dependence
- Relationship/life impact
Regardless of labels, the target remains the same:
Compulsive loop + nervous system hijack + shame cycle.
Not usually. Many clients have libido; what makes it compulsive is the emotional function:
- State change
- Relief
- Control
- Dissociation
- Escape
Hypnotherapy helps separate desire from compulsion and rebuild choice.
Same mechanism. Different outlet.
The nervous system learns, “This changes how I feel fast.”
Hypnotherapy targets the automatic relief pathway and strengthens regulation so urges become less urgent.
Yes. Many clients use hypnotherapy to reduce:
- Intensity of urges
- Increase pause-and-choice capacity
- Build internal regulation
So urges feel less consuming.
Escalation can happen with tolerance/novelty seeking and shame reinforcement—This is treatable.
We work clinically with:
- Desensitization patterns
- Shame
- Arousal-conditioning loops
- The drivers underneath escalation—Without humiliation
We don’t treat slips as failure. We treat them as information:
“What overwhelmed your system? What protection did the behavior provide?”
Then we strengthen your plan so the next moment has more choice and less urgency.
This is clinical, trauma-informed hypnotherapy integrated with nervous-system:
- Safety
- Pacing
- Emotional processing
We’re not repeating “stop the behavior” suggestions—We’re working with what drives the compulsion underneath the surface.
- Urges feel less urgent
- Shame recovery is faster
- Secrecy cycles reduce
- Self-trust increases
- Coping becomes effective enough
So, compulsive relief is no longer the only option.
*Hypnotherapy helps rewrite the subconscious urge–relief–shame loop—Reducing compulsive urgency and restoring choice where willpower has failed.*
Breathwork
Yes. Breathwork supports recovery by reducing nervous-system overwhelm and increasing capacity to tolerate urges without acting on them.
It helps create space between impulse and action.
It helps downshift the body out of threat/activation and reduces the “must do it now” urgency.
When the body settles, you regain access to choice and coping skills.
Same nervous-system logic. Different outlet.
Breathwork helps reduce overwhelm and builds internal regulation so the behavior isn’t your only relief valve.
Not instantly—And that’s not the goal.
The goal is:
- Reduced urgency
- Shorter craving waves
- Faster recovery
- Stronger self-soothing
So urges don’t hijack you.
That’s one of the most common reasons compulsions persist.
Breathwork helps you build tolerance for feeling without drowning so you don’t have to escape your internal world.
- Less compulsive urgency and fewer overwhelm surges
- Fewer emotional crashes
- Improved sleep and mood stability
- More self-soothing capacity
- More pause before acting out
A life that no longer depends on compulsive behavior for regulation
*Breathwork stabilizes the nervous system during craving states—Reducing overwhelm and urgency so you can pause, regulate, and follow your recovery plan.*
You deserve support that honors the depth of what you’ve experienced.
Contact us for more details