Rebooting the Soul: Hypnocoding as a Return to the True Self

An Interview with Hypnotherapist Alex Peter Ivanov

 — Interviewer: Alexey, you refer to your method as “hypnocoding.” It sounds almost like an engineering term. What do you mean by it?

 —Alex Peter Ivanov: I use the word “coding” deliberately — though I understand that, in popular psychology, it’s surrounded by myths. For me, it’s a metaphor closely aligned with technical reality. The human brain is a biological computer, designed with the same precision as the electronic machines that, by the way, were inspired by how our own minds function.
Just as engineers install programs into microchips, I help people, in a hypnotic state, to install a new behavioral program. This isn’t a metaphor — it’s neurophysiology. New neural connections. New behavioral patterns. And most importantly — they’re not imposed, but aligned with the person’s own deeper desires.

— Interviewer: So you’re not simply removing an addiction — you’re helping someone form an alternative?

— Alex Peter Ivanov: Exactly. Liberation without a new meaning is just a void. I don’t simply “take away” alcohol or drugs. Together, we ask: Who do you want to become? What kind of life do you want to live? And then I don’t impose — I tune. I don’t suppress craving — I create new attraction. The person leaves not with a ban, but with a purpose.
That is the “reboot” — the return to the self. The version of oneself that, if you like, was embedded in us by God. Or by nature, evolution, the universe. Everyone chooses their own vocabulary. But the essence is the same: to live in alignment with who you truly are.

— Interviewer: You mentioned that some patients come with previous experience of intramuscular injections — a kind of medication — which they call “the doctor coded me.” What are your thoughts on such approaches?

— Alex Peter Ivanov: It’s one of the most dangerous misconceptions. An injection is a chemical illusion of control. Fear-based suggestion is not therapy. If someone tells you, “If you drink, you’ll die” — that’s not coding, that’s coercion. But the soul cannot be healed through fear. It seeks hope. It seeks truth.
The real root of addiction lies in deep inner conflict — pain, resentment, unresolved emotions. No injection can heal what has been forming for years. Only when a person consciously chooses a new life does that life become sustainable.

— Interviewer: And still — why hypnosis? Why did that become your primary tool?

— Alex Peter Ivanov: Because hypnosis is the language of the subconscious. It bypasses the surface noise of the mind and speaks directly to the part of you that actually makes decisions. In trance, a person hears themselves — honestly, without fear, without excuses — perhaps for the first time. And once they hear, they can finally choose.
My role is to be a guide. Not a conductor, but a tuning fork. I don’t instill strength — I remind them that the strength is already there.

— Interviewer: What happens during the session itself? Can it be described technically?

— Alex Peter Ivanov: Technically, yes — but a dry description won’t capture the essence. We first define the goal. Then I gently guide the person into a hypnotic state — not through force, but through consent. That’s where the “reprogramming” begins — not through imposition, but through aligned suggestion. I don’t say “You won’t drink” — I help them say “I choose sobriety.” Not “I have to”, but “I want to.”
When that formula is spoken sincerely, new neural circuits begin to fire. At that point, it’s no longer a battle with addiction — it’s a new internal architecture.

— Interviewer: Your work sounds like it lives at the intersection of science, psychology, and something almost spiritual. Is that intentional?

— Alex Peter Ivanov: Everything is connected. A person is not just a body or a set of symptoms. In me, both the psychologist and the hypnotherapist are at work — and perhaps something more ancient too, what used to be called a soul healer.
Sometimes people say, You don’t treat — you guide. I don’t argue. What matters is that the person rises and walks their path. A new path. A free one.

Closing Statement

Alex Peter Ivanov: You don’t come to me — you come to yourself. I simply walk beside you while you remember who you really are.

I don’t erase your pain — I help you translate it into strength. And when you say, “I don’t want to drink anymore, because I want to live” — that is the moment I work for.
I don’t rewrite your fate. I simply help you access a new chapter — one you’re ready to write yourself.