Guest Hypnotist Alexandra Janelli on Advanced Hypnosis and the Challenges for Hypnotherapists
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Welcome to The Hypnotist, the show that gives you inside access to cutting-edge hypnosis with real clients facing genuine issues. Brought to you by the hypnotherapist demanded by celebrities, CEOs and even royalty, Adam Cox. These recordings took place live from Evans Glen in London's world-famous Harley Street. So, get yourself comfortable and enjoy today's episode of The Hypnotist. Hi, it's Adam here and welcome to The Hypnotist. Only today, I'm not your hypnotist. We have a guest hypnotist, Alexandra Gianelli. Welcome to the show.
Thank you. It's a pleasure to be here.
So first of all, tell us where in the world you currently are and how you found yourself in this wonderful world we call hypnotherapy.
Yeah, so I'm a hypnotherapist and also a certified coach. I live over in the United States on the other side of the pond here in Philadelphia, but have a practice up in New York. And I landed in hypnotherapy on a lark, I would say, similar to so many people. For my whole life, I'm 45 now, but at the time was 26 or so. And I was a very... curious finger picker, meaning I would pick the skin off my cuticles, thumbs, you name it, I would want to pick it. And while there's parts of that that might be reasonable if you have a hangnail, it was to the point where my hands would be bloody. My friends called me hamburger hands. It wasn't a cute look, always embarrassing, always had my thumbs sort of tucked in, hands in pockets.
And my doctors wanted to put me on high doses of OCD medication of which I'm a complete advocate for medication you know if you need glasses you get glasses and but I just knew in my heart of hearts that wasn't the path I wanted to go down but I didn't know what else to do about it so I tried everything gloves certain creams I tried you know you name it I've probably tried it And so finally, I was at a nutritionist and he noticed my hands because you can't not notice that and asked if I'd ever seen a hypnotherapist that he had one within his center. And I said, I haven't. That's crazy. Should I try it? And he's like, what do you have to lose? And I said, maybe a couple hundred bucks, but it can't be any more expensive than the embarrassment I feel with my hands.
So on a lark, I booked that appointment and within one session it stopped. And it was crazy because it wasn't, as you know, you're a hypnotherapist. It's not like you don't want to do these things, right? There's this part of you that routinely wants to follow that pathway of like, oh, I'm going to go, I'm on the couch. I'm going to go do that thing. And all of a sudden you're like, well, I don't do that anymore. And you just stop. And it was so mind blowing that I would try to test it. It's like, oh, there's a piece. Should I pick it? And it was just like, Nope, don't want to. And it was fascinating. And it wasn't until a couple of years later that I left my job in environmental consulting that I said, what do I want to do with my life?
And it came down to, do I want to be a graphic designer, a veterinary technician, or do I want to go back for hypnotherapy? And clearly I landed on a hypnotherapy and here we are today.
And I think a lot of people, when they hear the word hypnotherapy, they automatically give it the connotations of somehow it's mystical or magical or kind of woo-woo. At its core, it's neuroplasticity. It's the fact that we have these neural pathways, we learn to do certain things, and we can change those things. What are some of the misconceptions or kind of more outlandish thoughts that you've run into where people, when they hear hypnosis, they think, oh, it's like that?
Yeah, I mean, let's face it. It's in all the kids' movies, right? Cats in Underpants, you name it, it's been in a movie.
How did Alexandra Janelli become a hypnotherapist?
That is what people think of. Disney uses it. The Jungle Book, right? Everything, when you hear the word hypnosis, you're going to think you're under someone's control. You're going to think you're... I'm not going to remember anything. You're going to think you're going to say things that you don't want to say.
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Chapters
7 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:05–4:05
2
How did Alexandra Janelli become a hypnotherapist?
4:05–16:48
3
What are common misconceptions about hypnosis?
16:48–18:10
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How does neuroplasticity relate to hypnotherapy?
18:10–33:31
5
What challenges do hypnotherapists face in their practice?
33:31–33:56
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What changes have been observed in the hypnotherapy profession?
33:56–40:39
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What should clients look for in a qualified hypnotherapist?
40:39–48:04
Speakers
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