Emotional Mind Integration (EMI)

I wanted to share some information that could be useful to you or someone you know. When prospective clients initially reach out, they often have many questions. This is reasonable, as there are so many different practitioners and myths about hypnosis and hypnotherapy and what it can do.

Part of my approach is psychotherapy. With many clients, there can be a seemingly clear goal. I’ll use a case study: a client, let’s call her Eve (not her real name). She’s a successful executive in the health insurance industry and came to see me for weight loss. In the first session, it became apparent very quickly that there was a long history of poor eating patterns; she was an emotional eater. Her parents were both teenagers when she was born, and she was the only child. Her parents loved and cared for her well, but they both had to work full-time to keep up. As a schoolgirl, she wore the keys to the family apartment around her neck and would let herself in upon returning home from school. Her parent’s instructions were, ‘Don’t open the door to anyone’, ‘Do your homework first, then you can watch TV’ and ‘Your supper is in the fridge’.

She always wanted to be the ‘good girl’ and did as she was told. She became independent and autonomous; she could eat when and what she liked. The downside was that she was lonely and didn’t mix with other children much after school.

Fast-forward to the forty-something-year-old. She was successful, and work was her life (like her parents). She was a loner with no significant relationships.

It’s undeniable that a pattern was repeating itself, and before the weight loss therapy could begin, other issues needed to be addressed first.

Namely, the problematic or traumatic events that have been repressed and arose in her adult life as problematic feelings, thinking or behaviour.

So, in Eve’s case and many others, I used Emotional Mind Integration (EMI).

Emotional Mind Integration (EMI) is a complete neuro trance psychotherapy with a unique philosophy, theory, process, and techniques. It is a brief, phenomenological experiential psychotherapy that takes place within a light hypnotic trance. EMI works with disturbed emotional mind states (DEMS), which may be experienced by individuals as disturbances, triggers, or trauma.

From this perspective, there is no separation between the brain and body; they are interconnected. The brain is the primary organ in the body that connects and controls organs, cells, and body chemistry. Each thought or emotion travels along neural pathways from the mind to body cells. In return, body cells, senses, and body chemistry inform the brain about their state or condition, which is a two-way connection. The mind makes meaning of messages from the brain, senses, and experiences.

Emotional Mind Integration (EMI) theory involves the idea that individuals experience a constant flux of Emotional Mind states (EM states).

Emotional Mind States (EM States)

Emotional Mind states are emotions linked to the experience of emotions and learning through life experiences. It starts at birth when the EM states grow and develop throughout life. Most Emotional Mind states are healthy and functional in assisting individuals to function daily. Disturbed Emotional Mind States (DEMS) form due to disappointments, shocks, distressed emotions and trauma and are repressed in the subconscious mind. These become frozen or stuck (DEMS) and Disturbed Emotional Mind states. These are felt as disturbances (such as depression, anxiety, panic attacks, low self-esteem and sabotage), triggers (anger, sadness, fear, ‘not good enough’, defensiveness) or PTSD and sexual abuse trauma. They become the source of many disturbances, such as depression, anxiety, low self-esteem and sabotage.

Emotional Mind Integration psychotherapy works with one (DEMS) disturbed Emotional Mind state at a time. Starting with the symptom or disturbance in conscious awareness (feeling, thought or behaviour) and going through the neural pathway to the disturbed Emotional Mind State causal memory or sensation in the subconscious mind (amygdala). The disturbed state is facilitated for healing or release through  EMI Healing pathways, where the disturbance is inwardly processed through the guidance of the psychotherapist. The EMI session is concluded with the EMI integration process. One session usually lasts approximately 60 minutes or so.

These strategies promote awareness, acceptance, and effective emotional healing.

– Tim