Do you need tobuild or regain your self-confidence? Are youstressed or anxious? Do you need to findmeaning and set priorities in your life? Do you need to work onyour values or your creativity?
Are you facing adifficult life situationand needsupport(grief, burnout, separation, life changes, pregnancy, pain, etc.)?
Our Sophrology Therapists
What is sophrology?
“The goal of sophrology techniques is to strengthen a person’s ability to live their life in harmony with themselves and with the world.” AlfonsoCaycedo – Psychiatrist, Neurologist, and Founder of Sophrology
Sophrology is an existential approach that gives meaning to our lives. Its goal isto achieve a certain level of harmony and to develop the individual’s values.
- psycho-corporal
- with immediate benefits
- which acts on both body and mind.
She guides you towardgreater awareness of your body, emotions, and mind, as well as greater self-confidence and true well-being in your daily life.
How does sophrology work?
- reduce stress and anxiety
- improve sleep
- calm the mind
- improve concentration
- promote overall well-being
- develop personal resources
Sophrology applications
- develop self-confidence and self-esteem
- improve stress stress
- welcoming emotions
- cope anxiety
- improve sleep sleep
- Neuroatypia (HPI, ASD, ADHD, etc.)
- unleash creativity
- encourage mental preparation for important events (exams, interviews, competitions, etc.)
- to facilitate chornic pain management and convalescence
- Oncology support
- Addictions
- Migraines and headaches
- Traumas
- Tinnitus tinnitus
- preparing forchildbirth and supporting the perinatal process perinatal process
- supporting the stages and trials of life
- preventing or recovering from burnout
- regain balance in your life (relationship, family, work, etc.)
- developing potential and creativity
- improve concentration
- support weight loss by working on your specific issues (motivation, food cravings, stress, self-confidence)
- improve the quality of life of tinnitus sufferers
Note: Sophrology sessions are suitable for children aged 2 and over, teenagers and adults.
Sophrology protocol
Anamnesis - First session
Sophrotherapy begins with an initial anamnesis session, to better understand your needs, define your objectives and set up a therapeutic contract. This is followed by a session to discover sophrology.
This session will enable us to create a customized protocol to meet your needs.
Therapy
Each therapy session is focused on a specific intention, which has been established in advance with the therapist, and which will enable you to make gradual progress towards achieving your goals. Depending on your needs, Celia can also incorporate coaching exercises.
A session of sophrology
- Time to discussyour situation, your needs, and the goal of the session
- Dynamic Relaxation: Gentle exercises combined with breathing to relax the body and calm the mind
- Sophronization: a guided visualization practice that promotes relaxation and self-awareness
- Phenodescription: expressing the feelings experienced during the session
- Closing: Final Discussion and Incorporating the Session into Your Daily Life
Good to know
Sophrology is an effective practice with immediate benefits, which requires regular training, known as sophro-training, outside the sessions with the therapist, for deep, lasting effects.
Throughout the sessions, your practice will evolve in stages:
- Discovery - discovering the exercise. first impressions
- Appropriation - integration of the exercise, new, more precise sensations
- Transformation - awareness, anchoring positive feelings, new sensations of well-being
The foundations of sophrology
The term "sophrology" was coined in 1960 by its founder, the neuropsychiatrist Alfonso Caycedo (1932- 2017). It was originally used to designate the hypnosis techniques used by psychiatrists in hospitals. It was not until 1967 that sophrology as we know it today was born.
To enrich existing hypnosis protocols, Dr Caycedo drew inspiration from Eastern body, breathing and mental techniques, and combined them with Western scientific medicine. This is what makes sophrology so complete and effective.
Methods that inspired Dr Caycedo:
- Psychiatry - Psychoanalysis - Neurology
- Hypnosis: Dr Caycedo's first complementary method
- Jacobson's progressive relaxation: releasing muscular tension
- Yoga: stimulating breathing and relaxing muscles
- Schultz autogenic training: self-relaxation through suggestion
- Méthode Coué: positive thinking
- Tibetan Buddhism: an invitation to contemplation
- Japanese Zen: meditation practice
- Greek philosophy: including Plato, Aristotle and Hippocrates
- Phenomenology : learning non-judgment
Initially practised exclusively in hospitals by doctors, sophrology was totally democratized in 1977, when training was opened up to non-physicians, allowing the discipline to become truly emancipated.
This richness makes it a comprehensive method focused on the experience of the body and consciousness.
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The 4 degrees of sophrology
Sophrology comprises 12 degrees, the first four of which are used in therapeutic support.
With the help of dynamic relaxation exercises and visualizations, known as sophronizations, we explore these four degrees, enabling us to work in a truly phenomenological way*:
DEGRÉ I • Vivance** du Corps
Concentrative relaxation
Inspired by Hindu techniques such as yoga
Better concentration and body perception
DEGRÉ II • Vivance de l’Esprit
Contemplative relaxation
Inspired by Tibetan Buddhist techniques
Mindfulness and self-image enhancement
DEGRÉ III • Vivance de la Rencontre du Corps et de l’Esprit
Reflective relaxation
Inspired by Japanese Zen techniques
Meditation and integration of body-mind patterns
DEGRÉ IV • Vivance de la Totalisation
Social relaxation
Inspired by phenomenology
Development of existential and individual values
*Phenomenological: learning to be non-judgmental
**Life: Also refers to the presence of the living or the perception of the living in consciousness.
Sophrology, hypnosis, which therapy for my needs?
Sophrology is a gentle, progressive method combining breathing techniques , body relaxation and positive visualization. It is particularly well-suited to chronic, long-term problems such as recurrent stress, underlying anxiety, sleep disorders, chronic pain, persistent fatigue, lack of concentration or loss of motivation. With regular practice, sophrology enables you to reconnect with your sensations, calm your mind and strengthen your ability to adapt to everyday challenges.
Unlike hypnosis, which is often used to treat more occasional, intense or irrational problems (such as phobias, addictions or compulsive behaviours), sophrology is more concerned with long-term anchoring and empowerment. It works gently, respecting each individual's rhythm, and promotes lasting change through greater self-awareness.
The MOSAIC method: a complementary tool inspired by EMDR
In addition to her sophrology sessions, Florence also uses the MOSAIC method, a gentle and effective therapeutic approach derived from EMDR.
It's for everyone, including those who feel a diffuse sense of unease without knowing exactly what's causing it - anxiety, anguish, emotional blockages...
The session begins by identifying a problematic situation or an uncomfortable feeling, such as a situation that generates anxiety.
Alternating bilateral stimulation (tapping on the knees or alternating sounds in the ears) activates neuronal connections in the brain, helping it to move beyond the situation and reconnect with more soothing, supportive feelings.
The aim is to enable the brain to "reprogram" a more appropriate emotional response, so that we can experience what we deeply want to feel.
Source: Dr. Stéphanie Khalfa, http://therapiemosaic.com/
Your treatment at a glance
Our rates for Sophrology
(subscription valid for 1 year)
| Session | Duration | Rates |
|---|---|---|
| First session | 1 session lasting 1 hour and 30 minutes | CHF 170 |
| A session | 1 session lasting 1 hour | CHF 150 |
| 5-Session Pass | 1 session (1.5 hours) + 4 sessions (1 hour) | CHF 720 |
| 10-Session Pass | 1 session (1.5 hours) + 9 sessions (1 hour) | CHF 1320 |
| 5-Session Follow-Up Package | 5 sessions (1 hour) | CHF 700 |
| 10-Session Follow-Up Package | 10 sessions (1 hour) | CHF 1300 |
FAQ – Sophrology
Yes, there are fun exercises designed for children.
Yes, the goal is to become self-sufficient by doing simple exercises at home.
None; it is a gentle method with no side effects. However, we reserve the right to refuse certain cases.
Please wear comfortable clothes, but you don't need to wear workout clothes.
This article discusses sophrology: “What is sophrology?”
Sophrology has immediate benefits, but requires regular training, known as sophro-training, outside the sessions with the therapist, for deep, lasting effects.
Through its breathing and dynamic relaxation exercises, inspired by meditation, the practice of sophrology acts directly on the parasympathetic nervous system and induces a state of physical and mental relaxation which can act at different levels, such as improving digestion, sleep and stress reduction...
Although there are currently no large-scale studies* demonstrating its efficacy, patients' accounts of their sophrology practice are very encouraging and positive.
Breathing exercises (such as cardiac coherence) and meditation have been shown to have very positive effects on our bodies, activating our parasympathetic system and reducing our stress levels.