Hypnosis, or hypnotherapy in its clinical use, is quite simply one of the most powerful

devices for personal development and positive change.

The hypnotherapist is the person to help you make the change.

How? Because it utilises the most powerful part of our creative

potential - our imagination.

The practice of hypnosis has been around for a very long time.

Unfortunately over the years, hypnosis has picked up all sorts of weird associations from stage hypnotists, the movies, the media and superstition.

As you are thinking about having some Clinical Hypnotherapy as a treatment, but is nervous at the prospect of what it entails. By experiencing a 30 minute "taster" session, this will give you the genuine opportunity to experience first hand, the wonderful and unique feeling that hypnosis produces. That way you can learn about Clinical Hypnotherapy, ask all the questions you want, whilst experiencing the positive benefits that Clinical Hypnotherapy can offer, and take away your fear and nerves and misconceptions once and for all! And if you choose not to go ahead with therapy afterwards, that just fine. There is absolutely no pressure at all for you to commit for further sessions.

The most common question I get asked is: What is it like to be hypnotised?
The hypnotic state is a truly personal thing. It is like asking someone what does sleep feel like.

To start with, there are a number of ways a person can be guided into the hypnotic state.

A good hypnotherapist will utilise a method best suited to you.

The hypnotherapist only uses the sound of their voice to get you into hypnosis, and maybe relaxation music in the background.

The session starts with the hypnotherapist suggesting you are starting to feel relaxed. As you then begin to enter deeper into hypnosis, you will start to notice your eyelids will become heavy, and a wonderful sense of tiredness will gradually move all over body, and you start to give way to a delightful feeling of deep relaxation. Your body then starts to feel even more tired and heavy, and even more relaxed. You experience the feeling you can not be bothered to move, as you feel so good and relaxed. This is the same feeling that happens to you naturally late at night when preparing to go to sleep. Hypnosis, however is not sleep. You will not be unconscious, but rather in a heightened state of focused attention. You will not abandon your judgment or surrender control of your mind or body. Most likely, you will remember the entire session although your sense of time may be distorted. You may hear every word that is being said, or you may float or drift in and out of conscious awareness. Chances are you will not "feel" hypnotised and may at first wonder if the session was effective. Rest assured that the entire session was designed to reach your subconscious with the message necessary for your success and positive change. Hypnosis is based purely on the art of relaxation. You are either in hypnosis or not.

The session ends with you being gently brought from hypnosis and given a few moments to become fully alert (somewhat like waking from an afternoon nap). You will be able to drive, go to work carry on with everyday living, just like you normally do ... BUT you will feel very, very relaxed.

Hypnosis myths, legends and misconceptions - the TRUTH!

Hypnosis is a form of mind control, exerted by the hypnotherapist

on "weak minded" subjects.

It’s been said many times, and it needs to be said once more: all hypnosis is ultimately self hypnosis. Unless you are willing to be hypnotised, unless you agree to allow a hypnotherapist to help you achieve a hypnotic trance state, and unless your subconscious mind agrees with the suggestions the hypnotist may make – it just doesn’t happen.

You are always in full control of your mind.

Hypnosis is like being put to sleep: you lose consciousness, you’re not aware of your surroundings, and afterwards you can’t remember what happened while you were hypnotised.

There is no loss of consciousness in hypnosis. Often, people who have been hypnotised report being totally aware of what was going on. The hypnotic state is very much like meditation, but differs in that with hypnosis, there is a stronger internal focus. People who are hypnotised for the first time are frequently disappointed to find that they experience nothing overwhelming. They feel mildly relaxed but they remain in touch with reality and in control of their thoughts.

If you feel relaxed - it's "working".

I didn’t get hypnotised, I heard every word that was said!

A state of deep relaxation means that you are relatively free of the usual busy thought-traffic that bombards your mind in everyday consciousness. Without all the usual distracting clutter, your mind is able to direct itself and focus much more clearly. As you achieve relaxation, the hypnotherapist might suggest that you imagine yourself in your favorite place, at your favorite time of year. In a relaxed state, you are able to do this ease and believability. In other words, you can hear the birds around you or feel the warmth of the midday sun. The hypnotherapist merely guides your journey. When hypnosis is used for therapeutic purposes such as to stop smoking, the therapist uses phrases (suggestions) based on what you have stated as a desired outcome (“you enjoy breathing deeply”, “you feel calm throughout the day”, etc.). You will hear these phrases with a depth of focus not normally accessible in the ordinary waking state.

People who are in a hypnotic trance will reveal their deepest secrets

or say or do things they will regret.

When one is in a hypnotic trance (deep relaxation) they can hear every word the hypnotherapist is saying, and they can choose how they want to respond. The person in trance always remains in full control. When you see “show hypnosis” on television and audience members are jumping about the stage clucking like chickens – remember that they volunteered to do that in full knowledge that they would be expected to do something “crazy”.

Sometimes hypnotherapy is used for purposes of revealing repressed memories or information. Persons undergoing hypnosis for those reasons choose to reach deeper trance states than normally used in hypnosis. They are actively seeking to reveal the repressed information. This type of hypnotherapy is called analytical therapy.

A hypnotherapist cannot make someone reveal any information against their will.

It’s possible to become permanently stuck in hypnosis,

and not be able to come out of it.

You can’t be permanently stuck in hypnosis any more than you could be permanently stuck in a waking daydream. You’re “in a trance” many times every day; every time you shift your focus just a little, to become absorbed in a book, a television program, or even driving on the road. The trance state is natural to us as human beings; we pass in and out of it constantly, without even noticing the transitions.

Hypnotherapists have special powers, possibly psychic

or related to the occult.

The only “special power” hypnotists have is the power of observation, and a knowledge of the human mind and psyche through their professional training.

Keep in mind that all hypnosis is ultimately self hypnosis: in the end, it’s you yourself who decide to be hypnotised, or not to be hypnotised. The idea that hypnosis is related to the occult is pure Hollywood. The producers of films are not always as interested in truth about their subjects as they are in drama; and rightly so, that’s their job – to keep the public entertained. It does hypnosis a great disservice, however, to portray it as somehow evil or manipulative, a kind of brainwashing or mind control. Hypnosis is a tool is help promote positive change.

Hypnosis is not effective for changing your health or your life.

It is worthwhile noting that in 1955, the British Medical Association approved hypnosis as a viable treatment option. Hypnotherapy in the UK is used nowdays for a wide variety of medical and non-medical interventions such as: Pain Management clinics within hospitals, in surgery, dental practices and in managing IBS, anxiety, depression just to name a few .

The American Medical Association also approved hypnosis as a valid therapeutic method in 1958. The previous year, 1957, saw approval by the Roman Catholic Church of hypnosis

as an option for therapy.

More and more people are turning to Hypnotherapy as it is a natural, pain and drug free way of promoting and obtaining change in your life.

Curious, interested, excited, eager?

Well go and book your taster session NOW

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