What Is ThetaHealing and How a Session Works

ThetaHealing® is a method that works with the beliefs held in the subconscious: the things you believe about yourself and about the world without ever having consciously chosen them, and which decide a good part of your daily decisions.

The name comes from theta waves, the state of deep relaxation we work in - the same state you reach in the moments before sleep.

The idea it starts from

Each of us runs on a set of underlying beliefs. Some are useful. Others were taken on so early that we no longer even recognise them as beliefs: we take them for reality.

"I do not deserve it." "Money is hard to come by." "If I show myself as I am, I will be rejected." "I have to do everything on my own." "If I relax, everything falls apart."

They are ordinary as sentences and heavy in their effect. You can see them in relationships, in money, in the way you choose your work and in what you allow yourself to ask of life. And understanding them rationally does not change them - otherwise reading a book would have been enough.

How a session works

We start with the concrete situation that brings you. As concrete as possible: not "I want to feel more fulfilled", but "every time I get close to something good, I am the one who wrecks it".

Next comes the identifying part. In a state of relaxation, we follow the thread of the belief back together, down to the underlying one. It is almost never the one you would have expected, and the moment it surfaces is usually very clear to you.

Then we work to transform it into one that supports you.

What it is not

It is not counselling or psychotherapy. We do not discuss the past at length and I do not ask you to relive your painful stories. The work happens at the level of the belief, not the memory - and this is why people often leave a session less tired than they expected.

It is not something done to you over your head. I tell you what comes up as it comes up, and we check together whether it fits your life. If something does not resonate, we move on. I do not impose any interpretation on you.

It is not a medical act. ThetaHealing does not replace a consultation, a diagnosis, medical treatment or psychotherapy, and it should not be used in place of them. If you are undergoing treatment or you are in therapy, continue.

It does not guarantee results. Some situations clear up in a single session. Others take more. I will tell you honestly which I think applies.

How the effects show up

Usually not as a dramatic sensation on the spot, but in the small decisions of the following weeks.

People describe things like: "I asked for a raise and it did not even feel like a big deal", "I said no without justifying myself for an hour", "I noticed I had stopped apologising for existing". The underlying belief moved, and the behaviour followed.

ThetaHealing or Reiki: which one suits me

I get this question often, and the answer is simpler than it seems, because the two work on different things.

Reiki works with your state. Rest, inner tension, energy, balance. You have nothing to say and nothing to do: you lie down and receive. It is the right choice when you are exhausted, when you are not sleeping, when you are going through a hard stretch and need to settle again.

ThetaHealing works with the pattern. It is the right choice when something keeps repeating and you want to understand where it comes from: the same kind of relationship, the same block, the same fear. Here you are active, you answer questions, you search alongside me.

A simple rule: if your question starts with "I am exhausted", probably Reiki. If it starts with "why does this always happen to me", probably ThetaHealing.

They are not mutually exclusive, and many people use both, at different moments.

Where the method comes from

ThetaHealing was developed in the 1990s in the United States by Vianna Stibal and then spread internationally, through the THInK institute, which handles the training and accreditation of practitioners.

I mention this because the method is relatively recent and structured, with its own training path - unlike Reiki, which comes out of a tradition more than a century old, passed on through initiations.

Who it makes sense for

For situations that repeat with a consistency that no longer looks like chance: the same kind of relationship, the same block around money, the same fear in the face of the same situations.

Especially for people who have already worked on themselves, who understand the problem intellectually, and yet the pattern keeps coming back.

How we begin

Write to me briefly with the concrete situation. The session lasts around 50 minutes and can be done online.

If your description suggests something else would suit you better - a Reiki session, an energy cleansing or, sometimes, a psychotherapist - I will say so openly.

ThetaHealing® is a registered trademark of THInK / Vianna Stibal.