preparation for your first session:
Setting up your space
Please set up a space that is comfortable, private, safe, uninterrupted and Gayla must be able to see you at all times. Sitting in a comfortable chair is ideal. (Laying down on a bed is not preferred. It can lead to you falling asleep or interrupt visibility).
It is vital that Gayla can see you so please check your camera is set in a still location, distant enough that Gayla can see all of you, not just your head. The way you move in a session provides information so please ensure you have tested visibility of the chair you’re sitting in and that lighting is sufficient even if we start at 4 pm and go to 6 pm where the light may change. Have the light on in preparation, please.
*These are sessions are done via Zoom so it is essential you have good internet reception, your device is fully charged and on a charger, if you know it has less than 3 hours battery! If you are expecting a delivery, add a note on your front door so the knocking doesn't disrupt you etc.
The lead up to your SMT session can be as important and the work you do after the session. The clearer we are on what you want to gain from the work we do together fast-tracks positive results.
About Your therapist:
About Gayla Maxwell
Gayla is an author and therapist trained to assess and treat individuals, couples, families and groups to help them toward positive career, relationship and whole of life outcomes. For over 25 years Gayla has been studying, teaching and using her practical approach to empowering her clients.
While her studies have included life coaching, holistic counselling, suicide intervention, neurolinguistic programming, creative coaching, relationship counselling, and clinical hypnotherapy, her approach is based on an intuitive fusion of any, and all modalities, depending on the client’s needs. She has combined clinical hypnotherapy with cognitive and physical practices to form Subconscious Mind Training (SMT). This is a holistic methodology which provides rapid and sustainable change in what we deem to be possible, offering her clients powerful tools to reclaim full power over themselves and their life outcomes. With humour, vulnerability, and wisdom, Gayla demonstrates how we can effortlessly release all which limits us, while allowing self-acceptance, compassion and laughter to lead the way through the process of discovering our true and powerful selves.