Hypnotherapy FAQs

Hypnosis is a focus of attention and quietening of the critical, analytical conscious mind.

This focus of attention offers peaceful inner awareness and the ability to relax deeply enough to recognise and use inner resources that otherwise may be overlooked.

It is not an unusual, strange or altered state, nor are you are not in control. In fact, you always remain completely in control as is a state of mind that you will enter frequently. Think of it like drifting off, daydreaming or losing track of time.

When you’re in a hypnotic state of mind, you are able to pay closer attention to your own inner guidance, enabling your subconscious mind to make changes more easily. You will always remain completely aware of your surroundings and everything that is being said to you.

It is the understanding of the inner workings of your own subconscious mind and consciously taking action that leads to truly successful change and long-term results.

Absolutely, but some people find they go into hypnosis more quickly and easier than others.

Some people have more resistance of letting go and want to have a sense of control, which is an issue to be looked at in itself.

In recent years, people have become more open to self-improvement. It is no longer a taboo to examine the workings of your own mind. In fact, it is now seen as a strength to be mentally and emotionally self-aware.

Under hypnosis, you can change your default thinking patterns and people are increasingly putting their minds as their top priority when it comes to wanting long lasting change.

Hypnotherapy has been proven to be the most effective form of therapy in the shortest amount of time. Even back in the 1970’s hypnotherapy had a success rate of 93% after just 6 sessions, compared to behavioural therapy which had a success rate of just 72% after 22 sessions and to psychoanalysis which had just 33% effectiveness after 200 sessions.

It is also the only form of therapy to treat smoking addictions with a 90% success rate.

It is a shame, as people tend to only consider hypnotherapy as a last resort when everything else hasn’t worked, even though hypnotherapy can be effective in a short amount of time.

Absolutely, for many clients they may start to feel the benefits after one session. However, for clients suffering with anxiety and depression, 2-3 sessions is usually more effective in addition to the practice of self-hypnosis which is something that you will do yourself to preserve the benefits long-term.

• The average person experiences hypnosis at least twice per day
• Stage hypnosis and Clinical hypnotherapy are very different
• You can hypnotise yourself
• Hypnosis can be used as an anaesthesia to control pain
• It is not mind control
• Your brain works differently which in a hypnotised state
• The subconscious mind is 10,000 times more powerful than the conscious mind
• You have to want it to work
• The use of hypnosis can be traced back to over 5000 years ago in Ancient Egypt to the sleep temples
• When in hypnosis, you can re-live all sorts of amazing experiences in great detail. Given the right depth, you can feel the adrenaline as you were back on a rollercoaster or re-live the butterflies you felt when you met your first love.
• Hypnosis can be used as a form of regression therapy. There have been cases where people have regressed back to past lives and have even regressed back to being a baby in the womb, feeling and hearing their mother’s heartbeat around them. If an asthmatic person regresses you will usually discover that they had a difficult birth. Often, they will also have difficulty expressing their emotions through crying.