I see my work as a push in a particular direction. If that momentum is kept up, the effect can be permanent.
Why some changes stick and others slip back
It makes a difference what kind of change we're working on. With a clear-cut decision — quitting smoking, for example — there's usually a moment after which the old habit is simply over. Once the link between cigarette and break, coffee, or stress is dissolved, it doesn't need to be dissolved again and again.
Patterns that are more tightly woven into your everyday life and environment — chronic stress or anxiety, for instance — work differently. There, we change how you react to situations that keep recurring. If the situation stays just as demanding, or gets harder, the old reflex can resurface after a while, especially during stretches with little recovery time.
What decides whether the effect holds
What happens more often in practice: everyday life, with its familiar surroundings, people and patterns, pushes back the other way — and progress stalls or slips back a little. As a hypnotherapist, I can't change your environment or your daily life. That's on you — holding onto the effect is always a joint effort in the end.
Two things help the most: first, actively using the new state in the first few weeks instead of automatically falling back into old routines. Second, following up with self-hypnosis when needed — I'll show you in the session how to set yourself a short anchor in case old patterns start creeping back. If more than that is needed, a refresher session is always possible — usually just one is enough.