Hypnotherapy is the use of hypnosis as a therapeutic technique. It is approved by the American Medical Association and is known as a very effective, evidence-based solution for stress, habit control, depression, anxiety, addiction, pain management and self-improvement. In Hypnosis we work deeply with the unconscious mind, which is responsible for about 90 percent of all habits, thoughts, and actions. Your subconscious mind is a lot like a database that runs patterns of behavior (independent from the conscious mind) based on your programming from your past. In other words, you’re running on the programming of your system (the subconscious mind) majority of your day. Hypnotherapy accesses and unlocks this powerful part of the mind in order to help you quickly and easily change your old wiring and patterns of behavior.
Hypnotherapy provides an ideal environment for learning new things (re-programming the database). A comparative study published in Psychotherapy Magazine, v7n1 and in Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, and Practice found hypnotherapy to be one of the most effective of all the major therapeutic approaches:
Psychoanalysis: 38% recovery after 600 sessions
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: 72% recovery after 22 sessions
Hypnotherapy: 93% recovery after 6 sessions
is hypnotherapy safe? what does it feel like?
Majority of people, when they think of Hypnosis think of Stage Hypnosis. It's important to remember that Stage Hypnosis is used simply for entertainment purposes. Unfortunately, stage hypnosis, has undermined the credibility and therefore the therapeutic benefits of clinical hypnosis. Together, we will be utilizing Hypnotherapy in a clinical setting for the purpose of helping you meet your desired state/outcome. It is important to remember that Hypnotherapy is essentially just a receptive state of learning. It's similar to the feeling you get when you're immersed in a good movie, completely engaged with a book, or perhaps listening to a song you really like. All three of these scenarios induce "trance like states" and are not much different from the state of hypnosis. Your conscious mind will be present and aware the entire time.