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What is Hypnotherapy?
Healing by trance has been acknowledged for centuries and has been observed and used - in one form or another - in virtually every culture throughout the world.
Hypnosis (from the Greek 'hypnos',meaning 'sleep') is a state of mind enhanced by (although not exclusisvly) mental and physical relaxation in which our subconscious is able to communicate with our conscious mind. This state of mind may be brought about either by self-hypnosis or with the help of a trained professional, who utilises the state to encourage positive change to occur. The process is referred to as 'Hypnotherapy'.
Hypnotherapy is a psychological and counselling therapy which attempts to address the client's subconscious mind by using a broad spectrum of techniques. These range from: metaphors and symbolism, story telling, to direct suggestions and analitical techniques for the treatment of emotional, psychological or physical disorders, unwanted habits and undesirable feelings.
Hypnotherapy is considered to be a fairly short-term approach in which beneficial change should become apparant within relativley few sessions.
Who can be hypnotised?
Virtually everyone can be hypnotise, but some are more readily hypnotisable than others. Also, it will depend upon one's willingness to be hypnotised at the time. This willingness will depend upon a number of factors some of which are the person's particular needs and their trust and confidence in the therapist.
Hypnotic trance is a natural state of mind and in most cases light to medium trance is enough to outcome the beneficial. When you are hypnotizied, you are not asleep. Your conscious mind is always aware of what you are experiencing while you are hypnotizied. You are always in control of what you say.
Some common questions:
1 Q. Do I lose control?
A. General consensus indicates that regardless of how deeply poeple may go in hypnosis they actually remain in full control of the situation.
2 Q. What can I expect?
A. I usually say to my cleints to be open minded. But whatever the problem I work on or the techniques I use, at the end of the session the client usually feels very relaxed with an increased sense of well-being.
3 Q. How many sessions will I need?
A. This varies from person to person and also depends on the problem. Some poeple respond quicker than others (or perhaps they are more ready to face their inner-selves).For example,for Stop Smoking usually one session is enough,Comfortable Childbirth is a course of six sessions and Losing Weight takes a few sessions.
4 Q. Does Hypnotherapy have any side effects?
A. Hypnotherapy is one of the safest therapies without any side effects.
