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About Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy

Hypnosis is quite a natural state often experienced in everyday life. Have you ever driven home or been on a journey and suddenly realised on arrival at your destination that you cannot remember parts of the journey? Or been deeply engrossed in a good book or daydream and the telephone rings and disturbs you with a start?
These are examples of natural hypnosis.

In Hypnotherapy, the Hypnotherapist guides you safely into a relaxed state in order to help identify and resolve problems and symptoms.

Once in a relaxed state, the conscious or rational thinking part of the mind which is active during waking time normally (concerned with mathematics, reading, writing, language, logic, reason, analysis and ego), can be relaxed and so allowing the subconscious mind, which is alert at all times, even when asleep (can be irrational and is concerned with bodily functions, imagery, visual, creativity, dreams, recognition, symbols and emotions), to respond more readily to the helpful suggestions made for the client to unlearn and modify unhelpful, unuseful behaviour and thought patterns. The conscious mind can only deal with a limited amount, around 7 items of information. Whereas, the subconscious mind has the capacity to deal with many more pieces of information simultaneously. So, it makes sense that the subconscious mind is encouraged to be more prominent during a session of hypnotherapy.

Hypnotherapy is very safe and effective and can be applied to a variety of symptoms and problems and there are no side effects.

Many people have misconceptions about Hypnotherapy given their experiences with stage hypnosis and worry that they will be lead to doing something way out of character for them and even beyond their control e.g. pretending to be like a chicken!

The client has an awareness of what is happening and is monitored closely by the therapist during a session. This is done by visual observation and by measurement of biofeedback (a meter which is attached to the first and second fingers measuring changes in moisture of the skin which is a good indicator of emotional processes). If the need arose, the client can be guided safely back to a normal alert state again.

The majority of people can achieve a state of hypnosis and this will vary in depth from person to person.95% of the population can be hypnotised and the benefits of hypnosis do not necessarily depend on the depth of trance, as excellent benefits can be obtained even from a very light depth of hypnosis.

What is important, is for the client to have a determination to overcome the difficulty they are facing and be open and receptive to suggestions made which are solely for their benefit.

People often feel relaxed and describe a state of hypnosis as a pleasant and worthwhile experience.


	About Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Hypnosis is quite a natural state often experienced in everyday life. Have you ever driven home or been on a journey and suddenly realised on arrival at your destination that you cannot remember parts of the journey? Or been deeply engrossed in a good book or daydream and the telephone rings and disturbs you with a start? These are examples of natural hypnosis. In Hypnotherapy, the Hypnotherapist guides you safely into a relaxed state in order to help identify and resolve problems and symptoms. Once in a relaxed state, the conscious or rational thinking part of the mind which is active during waking time normally (concerned with mathematics, reading, writing, language, logic, reason, analysis and ego), can be relaxed and so allowing the subconscious mind, which is alert at all times, even when asleep (can be irrational and is concerned with bodily functions, imagery, visual, creativity, dreams, recognition, symbols and emotions), to respond more readily to the helpful suggestions made for the client to unlearn and modify unhelpful, unuseful behaviour and thought patterns. The conscious mind can only deal with a limited amount, around 7 items of information. Whereas, the subconscious mind has the capacity to deal with many more pieces of information simultaneously. So, it makes sense that the subconscious mind is encouraged to be more prominent during a session of hypnotherapy. Hypnotherapy is very safe and effective and can be applied to a variety of symptoms and problems and there are no side effects. Many people have misconceptions about Hypnotherapy given their experiences with stage hypnosis and worry that they will be lead to doing something way out of character for them and even beyond their control e.g. pretending to be like a chicken! The client has an awareness of what is happening and is monitored closely by the therapist during a session. This is done by visual observation and by measurement of biofeedback (a meter which is attached to the first and second fingers measuring changes in moisture of the skin which is a good indicator of emotional processes). If the need arose, the client can be guided safely back to a normal alert state again. The majority of people can achieve a state of hypnosis and this will vary in depth from person to person.95% of the population can be hypnotised and the benefits of hypnosis do not necessarily depend on the depth of trance, as excellent benefits can be obtained even from a very light depth of hypnosis. What is important, is for the client to have a determination to overcome the difficulty they are facing and be open and receptive to suggestions made which are solely for their benefit. People often feel relaxed and describe a state of hypnosis as a pleasant and worthwhile experience.