Pain and Effortlessness
When working with clients, I often encounter a seeming paradox. On one hand, I encourage them to experience discomfort in a very overt and direct way. I sometimes describe myself as an “emotional pain tolerance coach”, essentially supporting clients as...
Meditations on ADHD
ADHD is a child who was never taught how to be in the world. A creative who is too big for this world ADHD is disappointment that it’s not possible to do everything, that our mind is bigger than the universe. ADHD is being misunderstood, it’s wasted...
The Thing of The Thing
There is a sneaky part that hides behind everything you are trying to work on. It’s a variation of the thing itself, and it can be the hardest to notice. Take for example, anger. You’re working on your anger, and every time you mess up, you get furious at yourself....
Single Session Therapy: The Case for Brief, Intermittent Sessions
I have long known that my therapeutic approach with Navya has been rather unconventional. I typically let clients book with me when they want, by giving them a link to my scheduling calendar. There is no assumption as to how frequently they will return to see me. I...
What is Hypnosis Assisted Healing?
One of the ways in which I like to distinguish the type of work I do with clients is by describing it as Hypnosis Assisted Healing (HAH). (And right off the gate I’d like to reiterate that I am not a licensed therapist) Borrowing from the world of...
What is the Navya Online Hypnosis Experience Like?
“Surprising.” “Unexpected.” These are the words clients use most offer to describe their experience. Clearly, a Hypnosis Assisted Healing session often transcends what most people expect will happen during a virtual, hour and a half encounter...
Free Hypnotherapy Session for Laid Off Tech Industry Workers
As someone who has experienced firsthand the current downsizing of the tech sector, I wanted to give back and support others who may be going through a difficult time. I’m offering a free full-length hypnotherapy session for anyone who has recently been laid off. This...
Preventative Psychology
For much of its history, psychology has focused on solving emotional problems. It started with Freud, and his hilariously cynical goal to convert his clients “from hysterical misery to common unhappiness”. Even more optimistically minded people like the jovial Carl...
The Case for Decentralized Psychology – DePsy
One of my many interests in life is the world of finance. While many people’s eyes gloss over as soon the talk of money comes up, I love personal finance, economics, and understanding the complex and creative ways in which money makes the world go around. One of the...
We Need to Rethink Mental Health Training
There is an acute shortage of mental health professionals in the world, even as more people than ever before need help. Why more people are needing it may be a combination of factors, such as the world being more stressful, but I like to think that a lot of it is...
The Root of Addictive Behavior
I’ve worked with several clients with addiction, and here’s what hypnosis for addiction typically looks like. The principle with addiction is that we pursue it to provide temporary relief from some other discomfort. Life sucks, we do something that makes...
What is Regression Hypnosis?
There are different types of hypnosis. One of the most common types involves transmitting new suggestions to the client. In this case, as a client, you are quite passive, and the hypnotist works to embed new ways of behavior into your subconscious, for example, that...
What is CPTSD?
We know a single traumatic event can already result in PTSD showing symptoms like anger, depression, and anxiety. If you take a single traumatic event and multiply it, or have prolonged exposure to a traumatic experience- it can result in CPTSD, or Complex Post...
A Tip for Over Achievers and A-Types
There are two types of people in this world. Those who do too much, and feel like they haven’t done enough…and those who haven’t done enough, but don’t seem to care. If you are worried about not getting enough done, chances are it’s...
Life Hack for Empaths
As an empath, this is one principle that I wish I had learned earlier: Experiencing other people’s pain or suffering can be disheartening, and if you’re highly sensitive you’re constantly coming into contact with it. It can be very disempowering as it...
Is Hypnosis Real?
Hypnosis is so powerful that it can make you actually doubt that what you’re seeing is real. Often our first exposure to hypnosis is through seeing stage hypnosis shows where people get convinced of truly incredible things – that the hypnotist is...
Three signs that Someone is in a Trance
In other hypnosis modalities, the client typically plays a very passive role. At Navya, we have full conversations with our clients during a session. This can seem like it’s just another therapy session. However, are some clues and signs that someone is actually under...
Is Navya Right for You?
I believe hypnotherapy is something that everyone should try. Especially if you’re curious of fascinated by hypnosis, I take this as a sign that there’s a part of you that could really benefit from the experience. I have noticed some traits that many of my...