Getting a good night’s sleep is so easy even a child can do it – but as we grow up and our worlds become full of so much more than just eating and sleeping, many of us lose this natural ability.

A single sleepless night can leave us exhausted and cranky. Chronic sleep deprivation can be even more devastating – interfering with the immune system and draining energy and creativity.

That’s why so many Americans turn to sleep medications for help – even though they can be habit-forming. In stress-ridden times and towns like Los Angeles, it seems that almost everyone has taken prescription or over-the-counter sleep remedies at one point.

Sleeplessness is so dreaded that we’re willing to risk medication side-effects or addiction. And even when it works perfectly, medication can prevent us from addressing the problems that cause us to have trouble falling or returning to sleep.

Whether your lack of sleep is caused by racing thoughts, physical tension, stress, and anxiety or by habits that interfere with the process of falling asleep, hypnotherapy may help.

Voss Hypnotics offers Los Angeles area residents a program for better sleep. In just 2-3 sessions you can experience some of the most powerful clinical hypnosis techniques available. You’ll also receive a customized recording to take home. Listening nightly can create a new habit of sleeping well that becomes ingrained in a few short weeks.

Here’s are just a few of the hypnotic techniques that conquer insomnia:

*Relaxation – a progressive relaxation, usually from head to toe, relaxes the body and also focuses attention, leaving worries aside to be dealt with at a better time.

*Positive suggestions – expecting to get a good night’s sleep is half the battle. Once a bout of insomnia begins, the dread and anticipation of those hours spent tossing and turning and checking the clock can turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy.  Receiving strong, positive suggestions directly into the subconscious mind, the part that controls physiological responses, can be instantly helpful.

*Powerful visualization – our minds can’t tell the difference between a scene that’s imagined and one that’s remembered. When you have a rich and vivid image of yourself going to sleep easily and deeply, awakening refreshed and relaxed, you create a pattern that can take the place of your old pattern of lying awake.

*Hypno-analysis – while some aspects of insomnia are common, each of has his own unique experience. Your past, your feelings, your beliefs about yourself:  all of these things influence the way you experience sleep. Hypnosis is a fast, safe way to locate and neutralize memories that may be blocking your ability to relax – or even your own sense that you deserve to rest.

*Enjoyment – sometimes just a simple switch of our associations, the ideas we link to events or experiences, makes all the difference. Wouldn’t it be great to look forward to bedtime? To link the idea of going to bed with an anticipation of pleasurable dreams? To know you can wake up feeling refreshed and relaxed?

* Creativity – how many times have we heard someone say they need to “sleep on it” before making a decision?  Part of a good night’s sleep  can be allowing your highest problem-solving and creative abilities to access your imagination and dreams throughout the night. Won’t it be thrilling wake up not only rested but with an answer to your dilemmas?