Terms & Conditions

Illumin8 Yourself

By booking an appointment, you agree to these terms and conditions. If you don’t agree, do not book or continue therapy.

Free Initial Consultation

A free 20-30 minute online or phone consultation is available to assess your issue and discuss how therapy can help. During these calls, an estimate of the number of sessions required to deal with your presenting issue is given based of the information presented at that time. This is subject to change.

Age Restrictions

You must be 18 years or older to book online sessions. Clients under 18 years must be accompanied by a parent/guardian for in-person sessions.

Booking & Payment

In-person sessions: $50 deposit required, balance due 48 hours before the session.
Online sessions: Payment must be made 24 hours or more in advance; otherwise, the session is cancelled.

Session Fees

Fees are disclosed before booking and are subject to change.

Payment Methods

Payments can be made online, banking details will be available on the invoice sent via email.

Cancellation, Rescheduling & Refunds

Cancel or reschedule with 48 hours' notice via email or phone call to avoid forfeiting the session. No refunds for cancellations within 48 hours or for attended sessions.

Where a discount package or therapy program has been booked and paid for in advance, if you choose to discontinue your therapy before completing the package, a pro rata refund will be issued after deduction of the full standard session fee for any sessions you have attended.

Medical or Psychological Conditions

A medical history is required to establish any contra-indications to treatment. Any updates to your medical condition must be notified to Helena Slawson during therapy.

If you are receiving care or treatment from any other medical, healthcare or therapy practitioner you may be asked to seek their advice or written permission before or post any RTT® therapy sessions, if you or Helena Slawson have any concerns related to your mental or physical health. Please understand that hypnotherapy or any other therapy or information provided by Helena Slawson either in person or via telephone, email or internet, is not a replacement or substitute for medical, psychological or psychiatric treatment.

Please note:

You should not stop or alter any medication or treatment you are currently receiving without the prior consent of your doctor or mental health advisor.
Helena Slawson will be unable to offer Illumin8 Yourself if you have ever suffered from epilepsy or any form of psychosis.

Our Therapeutic Relationship

The goal is to support you in achieving your desired outcomes. Therapy involves mutual trust, and you must take responsibility for your own development and goals. The purpose of the therapeutic relationship is to empower you and support you to achieve your desired outcome and goals through RTT® and to help you identify and overcome the blocks that have held you back in your life.

RTT® Code of Ethics

The therapist abides by the Rapid Transformational Therapy®️ Ethical Code of Conduct and standards of behavior and will act with integrity, responsibility, competence, respect and professionalism.

Client’s Responsibilities

As your therapist, I will encourage you to take responsibility for setting your own agenda and ask that you:

Focus on what you want (not on what you don’t want).
Accurately and truthfully answered any questions and provided background information during the initial consultation and /or first therapy session and will continue to do so during any subsequent therapy sessions.
Be reliable in keeping your appointment(s).
Listen to your personalized audio for a minimum of 21 days daily and at least bi-weekly for a further 6 weeks.
Be honest and open in your conversations with me.
Be open to feedback and constructive challenge as and when appropriate.
Be 100% committed to taking responsibility for your own development, decisions, choices and actions.
You must participate with motivation to the best of your ability at all times, including making reasonable use of therapeutic suggestions during and between sessions.

RTT® Therapist Responsibilities

What you can expect from me is to:

Be 100% committed to empowering you and supporting you towards achieving your transformational goals.
Keep all appointments and be present for you in sessions.
Actively listen and help you explore your ideas, thoughts, beliefs, values, feelings and behaviors, without imposing my own.
Be empathic and non-judgmental.

Standards of Behaviour

Throughout the therapeutic relationship, Helena Slawson will use best practice principles and will provide and expect mutual trust and respect with you.

You agree NOT to attend sessions under the influence of alcohol or recreational drugs. If this occurs, or violent or abusive behaviour is demonstrated, Illumin8 Yourself will cancel the session and may refuse to see you for any further sessions without refunding any payment already made.

Delivery of the RTT® Session

The RTT®️ session can be held online over Zoom/ Google Meet, or in person in my office. The dates and times of the RTT®️ sessions will be made by mutual agreement in advance of each session. If requesting a Midlife Heartbreak Program, the program recommended (this differs from person to person) will be discussed in the free consultation. These are as follows:

RESET - 30 day program

free consultation call
1 x 120 min Intake + RTT session
Client receives personalized RTT recording for daily listening.
2 Bespoke personalised guided support online Calls (60 mins each)
Tracking tool
x3 support SMS

RESTORE - 12 week program

free consultation call
30 min Intake
4 x 90-minute RTT sessions
7 Bespoke personalised guided support online Calls (45 minutes each)
Client receives x4 personalized RTT recording for daily listening.
Tracking tool
1 x 60 min Final Review
Multiple support SMS
Transformation Report

REINVENT- 6 month program

free consultation call
x3 online calls Intake, Mid- Pint Review and Final Review (45 min each)
8 x 90-minute RTT sessions
15 Bespoke personalised guided support online Calls (60 minutes each)
Client receives x8 personalized RTT recording for daily listening.
Tracking tool
Multiple support SMS
Transformation Report
REINVENT Gift

Attending Your Sessions

Please ensure that you are available at your session’s start time. If you are running late, please let Helena Slawson know as soon as possible. A full session may then not be available according to the calendar bookings of the day.

An RTT® session begins by reviewing the issue you are experiencing and identifying the desired outcome. Throughout the therapeutic relationship, Helena Slawson will engage you in very direct and personal conversations and induce hypnosis.

With this, Helena Slawson may:

Lead you into a deeply relaxed state.
Respectfully lift your arm, touch your shoulder, or rock your head in order to help facilitate the deepening process (if the session is in person).
Review memories of events that are the root cause of the issue you are experiencing.
Use methods to help you towards your desired outcome.
Gradually bring you out of the trance-like state.

Important

You are fully in control when under hypnosis and do not have to take on the RTT® Therapist’s suggestions if you do not want to.
If necessary, you can bring yourself out of the hypnotic state.
Hypnosis does not work if you do not want to be hypnotized.
During the RTT® process, there may be reason to review some unpleasant memories or feel some uncomfortable emotions.

Contact Between Sessions

Any contact between sessions will be by telephone, email, messaging apps or SMS during office hours only 9am to 5pm AEST. Any messages received outside of these hours will be dealt with during office hours and Helena Slawson will respond to your messages within 24 hours of receipt.

Outcome of the Sessions

It is acknowledged that making personal changes in behavior, thinking and emotions through RTT® can be challenging. Change can be immediate, cumulative over time or retroactive, where the client gradually realizes there have been alterations with their issue. Rapid Transformational Therapy® has an incredibly high success rate but RTT® does not guarantee any success, as results depend on various factors, including your active participation.

Audio Recordings

You MUST participate fully in the process and listen to your personalized recording for at least 21 days daily and beyond, as it plays an important role in the overall success. Recordings are copyrighted and for personal use only. Hypnotherapy recordings should not be listened to whilst driving, operating machinery or undertaking any other activity where concentration is required.

Review and Evaluation

Throughout the RTT® session or program, you will have the opportunity to reflect on whether the sessions are helping/or have helped you move forward and to highlight what could be improved.

Termination

We will be open and honest with each other about the therapeutic relationship itself. In the unlikely event that there is a breakdown in the therapeutic relationship, inadequate commitment to the process, or a lack of progress being made, either you or Helena Slawson can request a termination of the Agreement with one week’s written notice.

Confidentiality

All contact, including sessions, telephone conversations and emails, will be conducted in confidence and according to Illumin8 YourselfTM Privacy Policy.

Helena Slawson will keep notes of each session to record key themes discussed, insights and actions agreed upon. In this way, progress is monitored and accountability ensured. As your RTT® Therapist, Helena Slawson will not disclose any information from the sessions to any parties without your consent. All recordings, conversations and notes will remain confidential, except in the following circumstances:

Where Helena Slawson is compelled by a court of law
Where the information is of a nature that confidentiality cannot be maintained, for example:

The possibility of harm to yourself or others exists, Illumin8 Yourself must release information to a specific individual or agency if it has been determined that a vulnerable person (child or elder) is at risk
In cases of fraud or crime

Where a referring GP or other healthcare professional requires a report. A copy of the report will be available on request.

Scope of Practice

The therapist is not a licensed psychologist or medical doctor and RTT® should not be considered a replacement for the advice and/or services of a psychiatrist, psychologist, psychotherapist, or doctor.

Data Protection

For my services, your personal data is collected, processed, used and stored in accordance with the following Privacy Policy available on Illumin8 Yourself website.

Concerns & Complaints

Address concerns with the therapist directly for resolution and every endeavour will be made to resolve the issue.

Governing Law

These terms and conditions and any other matters arising out of or in relation to these terms are governed by Australian law, with disputes settled in Australian courts.

Liability & Indemnity

Under no circumstances will Helena Slawson be liable for any damages, including without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive, consequential, or other damages (including without limitation lost profits, lost revenues, or similar economic loss), whether in contract, tort, or otherwise, arising out of the advice or information provided to you during professional services provided by Illumin8 Yourself. In addition, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Helena Slawson harmless from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages and expenses (including legal fees) arising out of your participation in the professional services.

Terms & Conditions Updates

These terms and conditions are subject to revisions without notice. Please familiarise yourself with any amendments if you have re-started therapy with me after a long period of absence.