QHHT vs Past Life Regression Therapy: What's the Difference?
If you've been looking into past life regression in Colorado, you've probably run into four letters you didn't recognise.
QHHT.
It comes up a lot here. Some of the practitioners nearest to you work with it, and if you're comparing people, you'll want to know whether it's the same thing as what I do, something different, or something you should be choosing between.
Short version: it's related, and it isn't the same.
Here's the longer version.
What QHHT Is
QHHT stands for Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique. It was developed by Dolores Cannon, an American hypnotist who spent several decades refining it, and it's now taught through the academy she founded.
It's a specific method with a specific shape.
A QHHT session is usually one long day. Practitioners describe sessions running somewhere between four and six hours, sometimes longer. You arrive having written out a list of questions you want answered. There's an extended conversation first, then an induction into a deep trance, then a regression through one or more past-life scenes. After that comes the part the method is best known for: the practitioner speaks to what QHHT calls the Subconscious, or the Higher Self, and asks your prepared questions on your behalf. The session is recorded and you take the recording home.
The method is taught as being complete in a single session, and the official position is that it's done in person rather than online.
I'm describing it because you'll meet it, not because I offer it. I'm not trained in QHHT and I don't hold its certification.
What Past Life Regression Therapy Is, More Broadly
QHHT is one method within a larger field.
Past life regression therapy is the wider practice of using a relaxed, inward state to reach memories and material that feel as though they come from before this life, and working with whatever surfaces. There are several schools of it. Training differs, and so does what the practitioner does with the material once it's there.
I've written separately about what it is and how I think about it, so I won't repeat that here. What matters for this article is that QHHT is a specific protocol, and regression therapy is the broader thing it sits inside.
Where They Overlap
More than you might expect.
Both use a hypnotic state to get past the analysing mind. Both work with what surfaces rather than directing it. Both treat past-life material as something to work with rather than something to prove. If you've read a QHHT practitioner's description of a session and thought "that sounds like what I was looking for," you'd find a fair amount that's familiar in my room too.
The differences are in the structure, not the territory.
Where They Differ
Four things, mainly.
Session structure. QHHT is one long session designed to cover everything in a day. My sessions run ninety minutes to two hours, and when someone is working through something substantial, they come back — usually weekly or every ten days. Neither is wrong. One is built as a single event. The other is built as a series.
Depth of trance. QHHT works in what its practitioners describe as a very deep state. I work with people awake and aware throughout. You hear me, you answer me, you can open your eyes. I do this deliberately, because for someone carrying trauma, staying present and in charge is what makes it safe to look at difficult material at all.
What happens when something difficult surfaces. This is where my training shapes everything. My approach is trauma-informed, which in practice means pacing — noticing when you've reached the edge of what you can hold, and slowing down or stopping. It also means the body is part of the work. When something surfaces, we attend to what it's doing physically as well as what it means, so it can be worked through rather than only witnessed.
What comes after. QHHT sends you home with a recording of your session. What I do is different in kind: I check in with you twenty-four hours later, you can reach me between sessions, and if things are still moving I give you simple ways to help your system settle. For a lot of the people I work with, that's the part they didn't know they needed until they had it.
I want to be careful here. None of this is a criticism of QHHT. It's built for a certain kind of experience and it's clear about that. I'm describing what I'm built for.
How I Work, and Why
I trained through the Regression Academy, in hypnosis and regression therapy, and hold their Advanced Regression Therapy Certification. I'm a member of the EARTh Association and the Spiritual Regression Therapy Association. That training is where my approach comes from, and it's different training from QHHT's.
The people who come to me mostly aren't looking for a single expansive day. They're carrying something — grief, or a pattern that's been repeating for years — and they've usually tried other things already. What they need is a way to approach it gradually, with someone watching the pace, and with support that doesn't end when the session does.
So that's what I built. Shorter sessions. Awake and in control. Somatic work alongside the regression. Contact between sessions.
If you want the practical detail of what one of my sessions looks like from beginning to end, I've written that out separately.
How to Decide
Ask yourself what you're actually coming for.
If you want a single immersive day, with a list of questions and a recording to revisit, QHHT is designed for exactly that, and there are certified practitioners in Colorado.
If you're carrying something that feels tender, and you'd rather approach it in stages — with pacing, and with someone reachable afterwards — that's what my work is designed around.
If you're not sure, that's normal. Most people aren't, at this stage. The Meet Your Inner Guide Practice is a free way to get a feel for the guided, inward quality of this kind of work before you commit to anything, with anyone.
You can also read more about how I work with past life regression before you decide.
Ready to Talk It Through?
I offer a free 30-minute clarity call.
Tell me what you're looking for and I'll tell you honestly whether I think my approach fits it. If I think QHHT would serve you better, I'll say that.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique. It was developed by Dolores Cannon over several decades of hypnosis work and is now taught through the academy she founded. It's a specific, trademarked method with its own training and certification, which is separate from the regression therapy training I hold.
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No. I'm not trained or certified in QHHT and I don't offer it. I trained through the Regression Academy in hypnosis and regression therapy and hold their advanced certification. If you've decided QHHT is what you want, you'll need a practitioner certified in that method specifically.
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Not in any general sense. They're built differently and suit different people. QHHT is designed as one long, complete session. My work is shorter, paced to what you can hold, and continues across sessions with contact in between. Which is better depends on what you need and how you want to work.
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Yes, though not in the same period. Some people come to me after a QHHT session to work through something it opened. Others try my approach first and later want the single-day experience. Neither cancels the other. Leave time between them so your system can settle.
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Ask yourself what you're coming for. If you want a single immersive day and a set of prepared questions answered, QHHT is built for that. If you're carrying something you'd rather approach gradually, with pacing and follow-up, that's what my work is designed around. A conversation helps if you're unsure.
