Many people come to a session unsure what they will experience – curiosity and openness are all that’s needed. Each experience is unique, and sessions unfold differently for every person.
Below are some anonymised client experiences (shared with permission).
Transcript Excerpt from BQH Session
Client: It’s real white, but not snow – more like a parched desert. Bright sun. It’s arid and dry.
Katherine: Do you see any other colours?
Client: I see cracked earth – ground so dry it’s split open. There isn’t any water around, or if there is I don’t know where to look. It’s full sun, dry, cracked earth.
Katherine: Do you get a sense that you have a body?
Client: Yes, I’m walking… wandering. I feel like I have a male body. I see long toes.
Katherine: What colour are your toes?
Client: Almost the same colour as the earth – a dark sandy, orangey brown.
Katherine: Do you have anything on your feet?
Client: I think I did once, but not anymore.
Katherine: And if you scan up your body, what are you wearing?
Client: Just rags now, very sparsely dressed. I feel like survival is becoming difficult, but I’m not afraid. I know this might be the end. I keep going because it’s my only chance, even though I’m not sure I’ll make it.
Katherine: Do you sense what time of day it is?
Client: Daytime – high noon. Full sun, no shelter.
Katherine: Do you have anything with you?
Client: Nothing. I’ve been wandering for a long time.
Katherine: Do you have a sense of your age?
Client: Old for this time – maybe thirties or forties, which is considered old then. Among my people I would be one of the older, wiser ones. Someone had to go searching, and it was me.
Client: It feels almost sacrificial. I had already lived a long life for that time, so I volunteered to search for water or food for the community. I knew I might not return, and that was acceptable if it helped the group survive..I didn’t find anything…I lost my way and now I’m just wandering. That’s why it feels like this is the end.
Katherine: When you look around, do you feel okay about that?
Client: Yes. I feel resigned. I don’t feel bad.
Katherine: Can you see anything around you – any structures?
Client: Nothing. Not even a cactus. Just vast dry land. Far in the distance there might be a hill, but it’s so far away it could be my mind playing tricks. I walk toward it hoping for vegetation or water, but I’m not hopeful.
Katherine: You can move forward now and find yourself at that hill.
Client: I never reach it. I lie down, and that’s the end.
Katherine: What’s happening now?
Client: I understand that I sacrificed myself for the greater good. Even though nothing came of it, the community will know not to go in that direction. That alone makes it a life well lived. I didn’t have a partner or children, so it made sense that I was the one who left. It feels like something good I did for them. I never felt deeply connected there, so there isn’t much sadness. No one is mourning me, and I’m not mourning them. I’m at peace with it.
Katherine: As you leave that life, what do you see? Is anyone there to greet you?
Client: Yes… it’s much better on the other side. I feel belonging – something I never had in that life.
Katherine: Is someone with you?
Client: There are many people. Everything is light. They surround me with love and presence. They’re happy to see me, and I’m happy to see them. It was so long being on Earth without belonging – I missed them.
Katherine: What are they doing?
Client: They’re just surrounding me with love, being present. They know I went through that life and that I missed them. They’re shedding light on me, letting me know I’m back and loved. I had forgotten that feeling. I was meant to have a solitary life. It was a lesson I needed, even though it wasn’t comfortable. I went through it as well as I could. They’re telling me I did well.
Katherine: You feel like you’re home. What do you feel you learned from that life?
Client: It was my time to sacrifice. I had to learn to be alone, because there is peace when we are alone with ourselves. I had relied on others before, and I needed to rely on myself and become content in solitude. It was simple, but lonely – and valuable. I’m glad I experienced it.
Katherine: Is there anything your present self can learn from this?
Client: She’s very social, and it drains her. She forgets the peace found in solitude. Quiet time is the first thing she sacrifices when life becomes busy – work, family, community commitments. Time alone is important. It may not feel exciting, but sitting quietly is a skill she needs to practise because there is real benefit there. She simply needed to be reminded.
Excerpt from a Regression Session
Client: It’s a cottage in the light… on the outskirts of somewhere more industrial and grey
Katherine: Do you recognise the cottage?
Client: It feels like a storybook cottage – white windows, roses in the garden.
Katherine: Do you feel drawn to go inside?
Client: Yes. It feels friendly. The grey buildings feel oppressive, but the cottage is welcoming.
Katherine: Do you have a sense of who you are?
Client: I think I’m male…a young boy, not very well kept – a little grubby.
Katherine: And when you go inside, what do you notice?
Client: Things everywhere. Books on every table, shelves completely full. It isn’t arranged to look pretty for visitors – it’s lived in.
Katherine: Does it feel familiar?
Client: Yes…like I spend time here. It isn’t mine – maybe a teacher’s, someone wiser.
Katherine: Can you look at one of the books?
Client: They’re handwritten, like journals. I can’t really read the words – it’s more the pattern of the writing that feels familiar.
Katherine: What else draws your attention?
Client: There’s a darker area near the doorway… almost like a presence. Not frightening – just curious. It feels like an old man… someone familiar.
Katherine: How do you feel near this presence?
Client: Blessed. Like he taught me things…helped me escape from ordinary life. He told me a lot I didn’t fully understand then. Even though he’s gone, his presence is still here.
Katherine: If you imagine what he might say to you now, what comes?
Client: He says there is only one question in all of life… but he doesn’t tell me what it is. He looks at me kindly – almost amused – like I’m still learning.
(scene transition)
Client: Now I’m beside my mother. She’s ill…I’m holding her hand, trying to send love to her.
Katherine: Can she sense you?
Client: Yes…she recognises me even though she can’t speak. We just sit quietly together.
Katherine: How does the room feel?
Client: Still. There’s a painting of her when she was young – she’s beautiful, but it makes me sad as it’s like a lost version of her beside who she is now. I know I may not see her again for a long time… but I feel we’re connected, like an elastic thread stretching between us. I want to do better to make her proud. I promise her I will study hard.
(later life scene)
Client: Now I’m a man in a city. Sharp suit, polished shoes – people know I’m successful.
Katherine: What do you do?
Client: I tell people how to achieve success. I direct things. But much of it feels like appearance – the office, the desk – more for show than necessity.
Katherine: What are you feeling?
Client: Pride… but also uncertainty. My business success, all the things, money do not satisfy me.
(later still)
Client: I’m older now, elderly. I have a daugher, she is showing me an award she’s received for helping people. She doesn’t care about the recognition, she just loves her work…doesn’t need the award, but it means a great deal to me.
Katherine: Why is that?
Client: She’s taken a better path than me. She has success – through compassion. I feel great pride for her, but regret for myself…I wish I had seen that money and wealth were not the important things earlier in my life.
Katherine: Did you learn anything else in this life?
Client: Compassion – My daughter showed me that it is far more important than material wealth.
Katherine: What wisdom can [client name] take from this life into her current life?
Client: To let success be measured by how much compassion she brings into the world – not by money, status, or getting it right. Follow what feels meaningful and trust that when she puts her energy into what genuinely helps and uplifts, everything else will fall into place.
These examples illustrate just a few of the many ways a session can unfold. Some experiences are symbolic, some deeply emotional, some practical and reflective. Each is guided gently and at the client’s own pace.