So Just what Exactly is Hypnotherapy? Hypnotherapy is the process whereby you become deeply or lightly relaxed, guided by words, phrases, suggestions and imagination. It is often one of the most important ways that we work with a client to help them. There are, as indicated, a host of techniques that can be used, from direct and indirect suggestion through to indirect metaphor. All techniques have been proven useful, though as some people respond better than others, we tend to blend them to do our best to ensure rapid, positive results. Your unconscious mind is immensely powerful and very capable of change. Hypnotherapy can help you to bring about that change.

Hypnotherapy for positive change Hypnotherapy is a very effective means of bringing about the changes you want to. While in hypnosis your conscious mind (the mind you are reading and thinking with now) is temporarily bypassed and you work directly with the unconscious mind. With hypnotherapy your unconscious mind becomes very responsive to all highly positive and beneficial ideas and suggestions when they are delivered well, essentially becoming re-educated at a deep level. Hypnotherapy is very powerful and it is useful to note that you will only accept and integrate changes that are appropriate for you, whether mentally, physically, spiritually or emotionally.

Hypnotherapy - Frequently Asked Questions. What is the difference between hypnosis and hypnotherapy? Hypnotherapy is simply hypnosis used in a therapeutic context, rather than, for example stage hypnosis, which is simply designed to entertain.

Will hypnotherapy make me fall to sleep? No. There are a wide variety of states of relaxation, from light to very deep, and hypnotherapy works equally well in any of them.

Will I lose control? No, in fact hypnotherapy can help you gain control.. of respiration, heartbeat, blood pressure etc. You remain in control the whole time and will only integrate those suggestions that are useful and appropriate for you.

Can anyone be hypnotised? Yes, as long as they want to. It's just relaxation after all. I have tried hypnotherapy before and I couldn't go into a trance, what if I can't with you? There is this big misunderstanding of what hypnotherapy (hypnosis) is. Because of stage hypnosis, which sometimes makes it look as if a person is unconscious (they aren't), people sometimes think a hypnotic trance is unconsciousness, rather than simply relaxation. Hypnotherapy isn't a general anaesthetic. If you were having dental or medical hypnotherapy for anaesthetic purposes you would be quite awake, just more relaxed and, hopefully, anaesthetised.

Might I say or do something I don't want to? No. We don't tend to have conversations with clients when using hypnotherapy and in any event your conscious will is always present.

Will I remember what went on? Yes, although there may be some or many details that you don't, in the same way that you don't remember all the details of a film you watched.

Is everything I say confidential? Totally.

Can a person be too intelligent (or too strong willed) to undergo hypnotherapy successfully? No. You use your intelligence to assist in the process. (Or you use your determination to be determined to be relaxed).

Are there any side effects with hypnotherapy? No, though as the effects of hypnotherapy on the body are sometimes akin to deep sleep, it can take a few moments to wake up (just as if you have been sleeping).

Can I get 'stuck' in hypnosis? No, hypnotherapy just creates a state of relaxation, either light or deep.

Can hypnotherapy be used for purely physical conditions? Yes, in our experience hypnotherapy can be used to help a wide range of conditions that some people may think are purely physical, including IBS, dizziness, migraines, tinnitus, impotence, physical twitching, facial ticks and many others.

How many sessions will I need? That depends upon what you want help with. We get at least one of these questions a week via email, without reference to the issue the person wants sorted. Hypnotherapy and NLP, certainly the way we work, can help you to make rapid changes but there's usually going to be a difference in number of sessions between nail-biting and decades of depression! When emailing give me a good outline of what you want. When phoning, We will ask you!

Can the effects wear off? No, we are re-educating your mind

Definitions of hypnosis : A trance-like state in which a person becomes more aware and focused and is more open to suggestion. A sleep-like state usually induced by another person in which the subject retains awareness of the presence of the hypnotist and where the subject is susceptible to heightened suggestibility. After training by a hypnotist, some migraine patients can be taught to hypnotize themselves in order to reduce stress and related symptoms.

A therapeutic technique in which the patient is placed in a trance. This places the patient in an extremely suggestive state in which false memories can be created. An alternative state of consciousness in which the attention of an individual is focused away from the present reality and towards particular images, thoughts, perceptions, feelings, motivations, sensations, behaviours or any combination of these. an altered state of consciousness induced by another person, in which one can access creativity, retrace certain inhibitions, reprogramme patterns and work with pain relief.

A state of heightened suggestibility. Method used to transform a person into a trance-like state. A state of altered consiousness, usually induced artificially. A trance state in which you are receptive to suggestions that may help you to heal yourself. A psychophysicological state induced-like sleep. It is an altered state of consciousness, characterized by a heightened sense of suggestibility and weakens critical judgment in which the subject is responsive to suggestions of the inducer, the hypnotist.

A deep state of relaxation where an individual is more susceptible to suggestions. A trancelike condition usually induced by another person in which the subject is in a state of altered consciousness and responds, with certain limitations, to the suggestions of the hypnotist. A trance-like state in which response to suggestions or commands is increased. A state that resembles sleep but that is induced by suggestion.

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