March 29th, 2009
Hypnotherapy
To the contrary of what most people assume, hypnotherapy is a treatment that empowers the individual to make changes in their lives. Nobody can be hypnotised against their will, during a hypnotherapy session, the client is always completely in control and can chose to reject any suggestions made at any point. It is a mistaken belief, instilled by stage hypnosis, that we lose control of ourselves and are open to all manner of suggestions.
Let me reassure you that hypnotherapy works purely to enhance your own intention to heal or change your life. If you want to change something in your life, but a part of you is resisting the change, then hypnotherapy, or some other type of regression will work wonders for you.
We all slip in and out of trances (our own self-hypnosis) many times each day. Sometimes when we sit at our desks, we find ourselves drifting off or perhaps sitting at traffic lights we allow ourselves to experience a similar kind of trance. Hypnosis or hypnotherapy works to recreate this state from which we can redirect our subsconscious minds to do what our conscious mind choses. This allows us to let go of subconscious patterns that are unhelpful in our lives.
Hypnotherapy and regression works for just about anything, including pain relief (particularly effective for childbirth), weight management, smoking and other addictions, insomnia, phobias and work related issues such as preparing for interviews, being on stage or presentations.