Past Life Regression Therapy (PLRT) is a systematic, therapeutic model used in hypnosis to uncover suppressed, repressed and sublimated information which may be responsible for somatic phenomena, negative or harmful behavioral patterns, or life choices which are no longer serving the client's best interests. Past Life Regression Therapy is not a religion nor a philosophical perspective. It is at once an art, a skill, and a science. Many clients do not embrace reincarnation as part of their primary belief system. However, for some three-fourths of the world's population, it is integrated into their religious ideology.
PLRT is particularly beneficial in conjunction with psychotherapy at times when the subconscious mind is protecting issues which are either too painful or too distressing for the client to directly embrace. During a past life regression session, "your subconscious mind will generate pictures and emotions which will be profoundly relevant to you. The story you entertain in your mind will hold significant information, which will aid you in interpreting that which is presently occurring in your life."
Once this information is retrieved through careful and meticulous regression techniques, it becomes the thoughtful task of the therapist to sensitively assist the client in understanding this material as a reflection of her/his current life pattern. It can be challenging for the client to embrace the esoteric meaning of the regression, for the information and emotions can be painful or uncomfortable to confront. Remember, these memories or stories may contain insights too powerful to be immediately incorporated. My work as a therapist involves helping a client to re-frame and interpret the information they just experienced; since often a client has spent years or many lifetimes keeping this significant information just out of reach of their conscious mind.
I typically encourage clients to have 1-2 initial sessions of psychotherapy to explore and before facilitating a PLRT session.
Advantages and Benefits of PLRT:
- The charged emotions and traumatizing events are far enough removed from a client's everyday life to make the retrieval process relatively easy.
- Clients often view and understand painful life patterns, enabling them to have the courage to discontinue them.
- Understanding of a complex relationship which eluded a client until now. Viewing it from a more distant or opposite perspective, clients can release their bias and accept others (and/or themselves) in a non-judgmental way.
