CLINICAL HYPNOTHERAPY EXPLAINED

Hypnotherapy is a safe, effective branch of psychotherapy. Through simple techniques that can be learnt easily, it uses hypnosis for therapeutic change by accessing the subconscious mind during trance. Trace is a normal state that we go in and out of each day.

For example, you may have been driving home when your conscious mind comes back into control and you realise you have arrived home with little recollection of how you got there. This is one example of the unconscious mind taking over to direct behaviour that would otherwise be conscious. Another example is when people comment of being ‘in a daze’ or ‘daydreaming’. This is simply trance.

Trance is a normal, pleasurable and useful state. Although we go into trance every day, the difference between the examples above and the trance you experience with a Hypnotherapist is that with the latter you are being safely guided into trance with a distinct beneficial purpose. While in a trance with a Hypnotherapist, you are in rapport with that person. Your unconscious mind opens itself to receiving positive information directly and uncritically from the therapist.

The subconscious is where many problems lie: it decides whether to put that cigarette or biscuit in your mouth before you are aware of making the decision. By communicating with your unconscious mind during hypnosis you can make changes you have wished for- and enjoy yourself.