What is Hypnotherapy?

Within the subconscious mind resides our imagination, emotions, memories, our automatic body responses, habit patterns, and our most deeply held beliefs about ourselves and what we believe is possible for us.

 

It is these deeply held patterns and beliefs that drive our decisions and shape our lives and the quality of our perceptions. When we desire to make a lasting, positive change in our lives, it is these subconscious patterns that we must change.

 

Hypnotherapy is a safe, proven, and effective tool for directly accessing the power or the subconscious mind.

 

As with the majority of the healing arts and sciences, the practice of Hypnotherapy has evolved and changed over the course of its lengthy history.

 

Modern hypnotherapy is a collaborative effort wherein the client and Hypnotherapist interact and work together, via the pleasant and naturally occurring phenomena we have labelled “trance” (the same state that everyone experiences while awakening from a good night's sleep) to bring about the positive changes that the client has identified as desirable, and to achieve lasting improvement in the quality of the client's life.

 

Imagine

Imagine that you have a very powerful ally, one that has infinite potential, creativity, wisdom, knowledge, compassion and strength. This ally remembers everything that you have done, protects you every moment of every day, has 100% trust and belief in you're and is there to help you achieve virtually anything you desire. ….. a perfect companion. This ally is your subconscious mind . It controls the systems in your body: like the beating of your heart, digestion, releasing of the hormones, metabolism and the like. Its contribution to your body is something you don't think about, it is just there and it happens. The subconscious mind, in addition, is the part of you that emotions and feelings come from, the part of you that plays an important part in your decisions, sometimes without your full awareness . It stores all information from your past and contributes to your feelings, emotions, thoughts and decisions based on past experiences and information. Most importantly, your subconscious mind is there to help you.

 

What is Hypnosis?

Hypnosis is a natural and pleasant state of the human mind. It involves focused attention: concentration on an object, an idea or an activity with full involvement, while attention to anything else is temporarily suspended. We can experience this “trance-like” state in everyday living, for example: becoming totally involved watching a movie or a sports game, driving on a familiar route where you do not quite remember part of the journey, waking minutes before an alarm clock on a significant day, daydreaming, reading an absorbing book, noticing a smell or hearing a song which takes you back in time reminding you of an event which has been stored in your memory. Hypnosis is a relaxed state of mind where one can indeed focus on an idea, an aspect of one's life, a dilemma or a challenge. It is used by sports people and corporate management for motivation, in advertising to attract you to certain ideas, by public speakers and politicians to captivate their audiences and by many therapists to effectively change or improve many aspects of people's lives.

 

What is Hypnotherapy & How Does it Work?

Simply put, it is therapy under hypnosis. During hypnosis, the body and conscious mind are in a relaxed, natural state, while the subconscious mind remains awake and receptive to suggestion. Hypnosis is an education-communication process to a person's mind that allows his/her conscious and subconscious minds to believe the same message . Hypnotic suggestions bypass the intellectual mind, called the "conscious", and zero in on the subconscious. When given a new suggestion that is within the bounds of a person's belief system and moral orientation, the subconscious mind accepts it literally as a new reality. The ability to re-program emotional attitudes and reactions is a latent talent within every human being. Hypnosis is the most functional and reasonable way to build new behaviours, create new patterns and find alternate ways of dealing with situations, thereby enforcing positive changed and restoring well-being of mind and body.

 

What Can Hypnosis be Used for?

  • Releasing and managing stress, anxiety, panic or depression
  • Learning or increasing relaxation
  • Controlling pain of all kinds – learning self-hypnosis is a large part of this
  • Giving up habits like smoking, alcohol, drugs, gambling, nail biting, grinding teeth etc
  • Weight changes – slimming, increasing or body shaping
  • Overcoming sleep difficulties or insomnia
  • Overcoming fears and phobias like heights, elevators, water, needles, insects etc
  • Developing self-esteem and / or self-confidence
  • Changing unwanted repeated behavioural patterns
  • Memory improvement & concentration (including exam preparation)
  • Expressing, releasing and managing emotions such as anger
  • Healing physical, mental or sexual abuse
  • Grieving and loss
  • Healing past traumas or hurts
  • Increasing motivation
  • Improving physical health
  • Pre / Post surgical and dental procedures
  • Obstetrics preparation and training

 

 

Why Hypnotherapy

Because it is effective, powerful and it works . It also works faster than other modes of therapy as it directly deals with the subconscious mind.