FAQ's
The answer is simple - and it all has to do with self improvement & behavior modification.
Hypnosis should be looked at as a tool for learning. In actuality, hypnosis itself is a focused state of awareness. Since my goal as a hypnotherapist is to help you achieve your personal goals and desires, being in this state allows me to work with the subconscious mind to help create new thought patterns and encourage positive changes.
Hypnotherapy is one of the fastest ways to change thoughts, behaviors, and feelings using two key concepts:
Homeostasis and Neuroplasticity
Homeostasis is our innate unconscious drive to “stay the same”, that is to say resist all changes at a subconscious level.
On a personal, spiritual and behavioral level, neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to change throughout an individual’s life.
Our ability to changes beliefs, emotional responses and behavioral habits is dependent on the flexibility of or our mind. Hypnosis, Therapeutic Imagery, NLP, MER, EFT, and Mindfulness are a few of the tools used in hypnotherapy to facilitate the internal, emotional, and behavioral flexibility.
Change your mind, change your life.
Everyone can be hypnotized. In fact, people go into a light state of hypnosis every night on their way to sleep and every morning as they are waking.
All hypnosis is self-hypnosis. A hypnotist is simply a guide in the process. That means that you can only be hypnotized if you want to be.
Belief in hypnosis is not required for hypnosis to be effective. Hypnosis is a science. The only things that are required are the desire for change, the ability to listen and a willingness to follow directions.
The one thing that everyone has in common is a feeling of calm, peacefulness, and relaxation that begins during the hypnosis session and stays with you for hours or days afterwards.
There is no such thing as a hypnotized feeling and most clients on completion would say they “felt deeply relaxed and aware”. Others may feel lightness or a tingling feeling, others feel heaviness while others report they did not feel anything.
No. If the hypnotherapist were to give you suggestions that you didn’t agree with or were morally against your beliefs, you would reject them.
You are allowing the hypnotist to guide you into your deeper and broader memory and other resources. You are free to reject and receive any suggestion at any time.
No, you cannot get stuck. Since hypnotic levels are altered states between being fully awake and being completely asleep, you would merely fall asleep and wake up when you are ready.
No. Since you are in charge, and letting yourself be hypnotized, your own mind determines how much or how little you wish to contribute to a hypnosis session.
Hypnosis can help in so many different areas. It’s always best to talk to the Hypnotherapist and make sure the energy is good between you. If a Hypnotherapist does not offer a free consultation, go to someone who will!
It’s always difficult to say how many sessions would be needed until more is known about the issue. Generally speaking, 6-8 sessions is the average.
Hypnosis Myths
There are a LOT of hypnosis myths out there!
So, we’d like to answer a few of the most common myths. Hope you find it interesting!
Here goes…
Afraid not — although all those old Hollywood movies would have us believe otherwise.
Hypnotists don’t have any special powers. They simply have the knowledge and experience to help induce a deep state of relaxation and deliver the right kind of message to your inner mind.
Effectively, all hypnosis is *self-hypnosis*. You’re the one doing the work and changing your thought patterns. The hypnotist (or the hypnosis recording) simply facilitates the process and makes it stronger.
Wrong way round! It’s those who can focus and have a more creative mind that get the best results with hypnosis.
That’s because all hypnosis is self-hypnosis. You’re not being influenced by someone else. You’re actually guiding yourself. And those people with greater focus and imagination get much more powerful results with this process.
In an article for Psychology Today, Dr Deirdre Barrett, Ph.D. wrote an article titled ‘The Power of Hypnosis’, in which she noted that “modern research shows that being hypnotizable is correlated with intelligence, concentration and focus.”
Totally untrue. Your personal values and beliefs always remain intact during hypnosis.
With hypnosis, you simply allow yourself to enter into a state of heightened suggestion. At that point, you can ‘reprogram’ your thinking patterns. You’re the active participant in this. If a hypnotist tries to tell you to do something that goes against your values, you’ll naturally reject it and jump out of your trance-like state.
This one is getting so old now, it’s almost funny. You can absolutely never get stuck in any form of ‘hypnotic trance’!
There has never ever been a single recorded case of this. The state you reach during hypnosis is similar to that of daydreaming. You’re just super-relaxed. You can ‘wake up’ again whenever you want to. Usually that will be at the end of the session, when guided to do so by the hypnotherapist.
Hypnosis doesn’t go against any religion at all, and it isn’t what some consider the “occult.” Hypnosis is simply a safe and natural method of relaxing your mind and feeding yourself with positive affirmations and ideas.
Hypnosis is a branch of psychology and has absolutely zero connection to any religion whatsoever.
Another myth. There have been countless studies that have proved the efficacy of hypnosis in a wide variety of settings.
Hypnosis was approved for medical use in 1958 by the American Medical Association, and almost all modern hospitals now utilize hypnosis to some degree. It has a reported 90.6% success rate in stopping smoking. (The University of Washington School of Medicine.) It was found to be over 30 times more effective than regular weight loss routines. (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.) It was found to bring ‘immediate’ and ‘significant relief’ to 75% of women who used it to assist with their IBS symptoms, with 80% still reporting improvement up to six years later. (American Psychological Association.)
It has also been proven to dramatically reduce migraines, speed up recovery from surgery, reduce the intensity of pain, help overcome drug addiction, relieve chemotherapy symptoms, and lower blood pressure. It’s been found to be as effective as Ritalin in treating ADD in children. And those are just a few of the actual medical applications!
Hypnosis has also been used by thousands worldwide to improve confidence and self-esteem, release addictions, let go of fears and phobias, lose weight, stop smoking, improve brainpower, and much more.
A research study by American Health Magazine found hypnosis to be more effective than other forms of self-change, such as behavior therapy and psychoanalysis. It reports that hypnosis had a 93% success rate after just 6 sessions — compared to behavior therapy with 73% after 22 sessions, and psychoanalysis with 38% after 600 sessions.
The answer is simple - and it all has to do with self improvement & behavior modification.
Hypnosis should be looked at as a tool for learning. In actuality, hypnosis itself is a focused state of awareness. Since my goal as a hypnotherapist is to help you achieve your personal goals and desires, being in this state allows me to work with the subconscious mind to help create new thought patterns and encourage positive changes.
Hypnotherapy is one of the fastest ways to change thoughts, behaviors, and feelings using two key concepts:
Homeostasis and Neuroplasticity
Homeostasis is our innate unconscious drive to “stay the same”, that is to say resist all changes at a subconscious level.
On a personal, spiritual and behavioral level, neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to change throughout an individual’s life.
Our ability to changes beliefs, emotional responses and behavioral habits is dependent on the flexibility of or our mind. Hypnosis, Therapeutic Imagery, NLP, MER, EFT, and Mindfulness are a few of the tools used in hypnotherapy to facilitate the internal, emotional, and behavioral flexibility.
Change your mind, change your life.
Everyone can be hypnotized. In fact, people go into a light state of hypnosis every night on their way to sleep and every morning as they are waking.
All hypnosis is self-hypnosis. A hypnotist is simply a guide in the process. That means that you can only be hypnotized if you want to be.
Belief in hypnosis is not required for hypnosis to be effective. Hypnosis is a science. The only things that are required are the desire for change, the ability to listen and a willingness to follow directions.
The one thing that everyone has in common is a feeling of calm, peacefulness, and relaxation that begins during the hypnosis session and stays with you for hours or days afterwards.
There is no such thing as a hypnotized feeling and most clients on completion would say they “felt deeply relaxed and aware”. Others may feel lightness or a tingling feeling, others feel heaviness while others report they did not feel anything.
No. If the hypnotherapist were to give you suggestions that you didn’t agree with or were morally against your beliefs, you would reject them.
You are allowing the hypnotist to guide you into your deeper and broader memory and other resources. You are free to reject and receive any suggestion at any time.
No, you cannot get stuck. Since hypnotic levels are altered states between being fully awake and being completely asleep, you would merely fall asleep and wake up when you are ready.
No. Since you are in charge, and letting yourself be hypnotized, your own mind determines how much or how little you wish to contribute to a hypnosis session.
Hypnosis can help in so many different areas. It’s always best to talk to the Hypnotherapist and make sure the energy is good between you. If a Hypnotherapist does not offer a free consultation, go to someone who will!
It’s always difficult to say how many sessions would be needed until more is known about the issue. Generally speaking, 6-8 sessions is the average.
Hypnosis is a fascinating subject that has long been surrounded with too much Hollywood myth.
We hope this has helped to clear up a few misconceptions!