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·        Hypnotherapy is a form of therapy that uses Hypnosis as the therapeutic tool. It is especially effective where the aim is to sort out specific symptoms or habits.

·        Hypnotherapy works directly on the unconscious mind, where all our learning, memory, experiences and habits reside. Using direct suggestions that make sense and are acceptable to the person at all levels, lasting change can happen surprisingly easily and quickly.

·        A common example would be the use of Hypnotherapy for weight loss or to help stop smoking. With Hypnosis you no longer need endless willpower to not have the cigarette or snack. The old habit or craving is turned off or replaced, so you no longer keep thinking of the very thing you are trying to forget. Your mind is no longer fighting itself, so it becomes much easier to achieve the desired result.

·        Hypnotherapy is the preferred treatment for problems such as anxiety attacks, fears and phobias. These are resistant to most other forms of treatment. Often the “fear of the fear” has become the problem. Hypnotherapy breaks the vicious circle of fear and anxiety in the unconscious mind. The problem is not overcome by being “strong” or “facing it”, but by replacing the fear and anxiety so that they are no longer an automatic response to the situation or thought.

·        There are so many strange ideas around about Hypnosis that the safest starting point is to assume that what you have heard about it up to now - is probably wrong.

·        One of the commonest misconceptions is that the Hypnotist can somehow control the person's mind and make you do things that you would not otherwise do. Another, is that you go into some sort of unconscious trance, where you lose all awareness.

·        Neither is true. For Hypnosis to work it requires you and your mind to collaborate - you remain aware and in control. If the Hypnotist suggests anything that you do not agree with you will choose to ignore it.

·        When you see someone performing on TV or stage apparently doing the Hypnotist's bidding, remember the many other TV shows where members of the public do the most outrageous things, with no Hypnosis involved, simply because they want to perform.

·        However at the other extreme, provided it is being used to achieve something which you do want and are motivated to achieve, Hypnosis can have remarkable power. The most dramatic you may well have seen on TV documentaries where major operations have been performed with no other pain control, only Hypnosis.

·        Provided it is what you want, anyone can be hypnotized. It is never "done to you", it is always a collaboration. This applies to the process of being Hypnotized as well as to whatever goes on in Hypnosis.

Chris Tyce TD, MCIM, ANLP, NRHP

·        The Hypnotic state is only achieved  when a person lets themselves accept  suggestions from the therapist to allow themselves to enter a relaxed state, where their mind is still aware and open to accepting suggestions, while their body is in a state akin to sleep.

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·        The therapist and client must always discuss and agree on the desired goal and the way they would like to approach it, then the client will be willing to accept the suggestions during the Hypnosis.

·        The only obstacle to Hypnosis is anxiety about it due to misconceptions. Once someone has experienced the comfort of hypnosis and let go of their curiosity it is easy to be able to really relax and enjoy it, and for hypnosis to become a very powerful and useful tool.