What if our imagination is a tool that we can use to unmask more safely?

I work with many late diagnosed neurodivergent adults. 

For many of us this has resulted in years of masking to find more socially acceptable ways to present ourselves.

Many clients want to discover their authentic selves, but find this hard as rumination and self checking behaviours are so automatic. Many struggle to unmask with themselves.

However, what if our imagination can be the key to unlocking our authentic selves?

The body and brain learn how to keep us safe, and masking is a part of the survival process. To unlearn these safety behaviours can feel scary, so what if this happened in a safe way?

Hypnosis is a state of deep relaxation and can be a safe state to explore different settings and scenarios, playing out speaking differently, holding our body more naturally or behaving without the masking filter. Our subconscious is listening and can learn another way to narrate our thoughts.

This process is always collaborative, and even exploring the imaginative day in session can begin to set new neural pathways of what is possible. 

Our imagination is an under used, natural tool, to a life of living unmasked more often.

We are by nature creative thinkers, let’s use this vast resource to discover who we really are behind the mask.

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