WHAT
IS HYPNOTHERAPY?
How
does hypnotherapy help?
Hypnotherapy
enables you to relax and switch off unwanted thoughts
and feelings.
Hypnotherapy
enables you to focus your attention more effectively
on your goals.
Hypnotherapy
enables you to use your imagination as a tool to
create your future.
How
is someone hypnotised?
Simply
by the voice of the hypnotherapist. Sometimes I might
hold a client's hand, but otherwise no physical
contact is involved.
How
would I feel in a hypnotic trance?
The
best way to understand what Hypnotherapy is like is to
ask someone who has experienced it. On coming out of
hypnotic trance, my clients say things like:
"I felt more relaxed than I have been for many years."
"I didn't realise how tense I had been previously."
"I was as relaxed as if I was asleep- yet I could hear every
word you said."
"I felt I could have snapped out of it at any time, if I had
wanted to."
"It was so enjoyable, I didn't want to come back."
"It was like a very deep meditation."
"It was so easy."
"I feel really positive now!"
Can
anyone be hypnotised?
In my
own hypnotherapy practice I can hypnotise about 98% of
people.
Is it
guaranteed?
I can
guarantee to work to the best of my ability to help
you, and to let you know if I don't think I can help
you. However, no Hypnotherapist can guarantee to solve
your problems, because that depends on your full
commitment and cooperation. As the old saying goes,
"You can take a horse to water, but you cannot
make him drink".
Is hypnotherapy ever scary?
For the
so-called "deep trance subjects" hypnosis
can feel strange at first. But these are the very
people who can benefit the most from hypnotherapy.
Can
hypnosis be misused? Is it always safe?
Many
therapists, in a well-meaning attempt to reassure
potential clients, claim that hypnotherapy is always
safe. The truth is that it is only safe if the
hypnotherapist is competent and ethical.
How
do you reassure anxious clients?
I
allow, or even encourage, them to bring a relative or
friend to sit with them during the session. Also I
belong to the National Register of Hypnotherapists and
Psychotherapists (NRHP), and the United Kingdom
Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)- both these
professional bodies have Codes of Conduct and
complaints procedures.