Hypnotherapy vs. Talk Therapy: A Supportive Path for Albertans Looking for Real Change

If you’re here in Alberta and you’ve been trying to make a shift in your life — emotionally, mentally, or even physically — you’re not alone.So many people I meet share the same experience:

“I’ve talked this through so many times… but something still isn’t changing.”

And truly, there’s nothing wrong with you — and nothing wrong with talk therapy.It’s simply that talking works with the conscious mind, and sometimes the deeper layer of your healing lives in the subconscious.

Talk Therapy Helps You Understand What’s Going On

It gives you a safe, grounded place to explore your thoughts and feelings.It helps you:

• make sense of past experiences

• put words to emotions you’ve been carrying

• understand why certain triggers still show up

• recognize the patterns that have been repeating

This clarity matters.It’s often the very first step toward change.

But sometimes talking isn’t enough to create the shift you’re longing for.

Hypnotherapy Helps You Create the Change at a Deeper Level

Hypnotherapy works with the subconscious mind — the part that stores your beliefs, your emotional memories, and your automatic reactions.

In this deeply relaxed, focused state, hypnotherapy helps you:

• release emotional weight

• calm your nervous system

• shift limiting beliefs

• soften old wounds

• create new, healthier responses in your daily life

It gently supports the parts of you that talking alone can’t always reach.

For Albertans, These Approaches Work Beautifully Together

Talk therapy gives you insight.Hypnotherapy helps you integrate and transform that insight.

Together, they create a fuller, more grounded healing experience — one that supports both your mind and your body.

Whether you're navigating stress, anxiety, past experiences, emotional patterns, or you simply feel ready for something deeper, you don’t have to choose one path.You deserve support that meets all of who you are.

Covered Benefits for Albertans

If you live in Alberta, many extended health plans cover sessions with an ACTA registered Counselling Therapist.

This means you may be able to access talk therapy, hypnotherapy, or a blend of both with partial or full coverage — depending on your plan.

If You’re Ready to Explore This Blend of Support

I would love to welcome you into a safe, compassionate space where talk therapy and hypnotherapy work hand-in-hand to help you heal and grow.

You can learn more or book a session here:👉 https://aws-portal.owlpractice.ca/lesleyevans/our-team

Whenever you’re ready, I’m here to support you — right here in Alberta.