Case Study 00434 – Intake Questions for Customized Hypnotherapy Healing Program

Section 1: Identity & Sense of Self

  1. Who do you believe you are when no one else is around?
  2. Do you often feel disconnected from your true self or unsure of your identity?
  3. Have there been periods in your life where you felt you “lost yourself”? What happened then?
  4. What words would you currently use to describe yourself? Are these words positive or negative?
  5. Do you feel you live authentically, or do you often hide parts of yourself from others?

Section 2: Personal Transparency & Emotional Honesty

  1. How easy or difficult is it for you to express what you truly feel?
  2. Do you often hide your emotions, thoughts, or needs out of fear of rejection or conflict?
  3. When someone asks how you are, do you answer honestly? Why or why not?
  4. Are there parts of your life, past, or emotions that you feel unable to talk about?
  5. What would happen if people really knew what you feel inside?

Section 3: Fearful-Avoidant Attachment & Relationship Safety

  1. Do you desire closeness in relationships but become afraid when intimacy increases?
  2. Do you tend to pull away from people when you begin to care deeply?
  3. Have you experienced abandonment, betrayal, rejection, or emotional inconsistency in close relationships?
  4. Do you struggle to trust people even when they appear trustworthy?
  5. What fears come up when someone loves you, gets too close, or depends on you?

Section 4: Confusion, Mental Fog & Memory

  1. Do you experience mental confusion, emotional overwhelm, or difficulty making decisions?
  2. Have you noticed problems with memory, concentration, or recalling important events?
  3. Are there traumatic, painful, or emotionally loaded memories you avoid thinking about?
  4. Do you feel your mind is often “foggy,” distracted, or disconnected from the present?
  5. When confusion appears, what emotions usually accompany it (fear, panic, sadness, numbness, anger)?

Section 5: Insecurity, Self-Worth & Fear of the Future

  1. What are your deepest insecurities about yourself?
  2. Do you often feel “not good enough,” unwanted, unsafe, or unlovable?
  3. How do you imagine your future right now—hopeful, uncertain, empty, frightening?
  4. Have you lost motivation, direction, or belief that life can improve?
  5. What fears come up when you think about tomorrow, next year, or your future relationships?

Section 6: Relationships, Grief & Emotional Healing

  1. Are you grieving a person, relationship, version of yourself, or a life you hoped to have?
  2. Do you feel emotionally stuck in pain, loss, regret, or longing?
  3. How have past relationships shaped the way you love, trust, or protect yourself today?
  4. Is there someone you need to forgive, release, or emotionally separate from?
  5. If healing were possible, what would you want your life, identity, and relationships to feel like?

Hypnotherapist Clinical Follow-Up Themes

A hypnotherapist may use the answers to identify:

  • Core wounds around identity formation
  • Attachment trauma and relational fear patterns
  • Hidden grief and unresolved loss
  • Internalized beliefs of rejection, shame, or unworthiness
  • Emotional avoidance and self-protection mechanisms
  • Cognitive overload linked to stress or trauma
  • Lack of future orientation and hopelessness patterns
  • Areas for ego-strengthening, inner child healing, regression work, grief release, and confidence restoration

This type of intake helps build a customized hypnotherapy healing program rather than a one-size-fits-all script.