About Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy

It has been said that "If waking is white, and sleep is black, then hypnosis is gray." Hypnosis is a natural state of consciousness, that we move into and out of, nearly every day. Do you recall making your way home and not recalling the last few blocks you drove? How about losing track of time and place while caught up in a great novel? And what about, on a day off, that feeling when you wake at the normal work time, and realizing that you haven't got to be anywhere, you fall back in the bedclothes and just feel a wonderful, dreamy feeling....not completely awake, but not asleep either. That state, also known as the 'hypnagogic' state, is hypnosis.

The subconscious mind has been called 'the other 90% of the mind.' It is the seat of our emotions, of imagination and dreaming; it's where the involuntary functions of the body are regulated, such as circulation, digestion and elimination. It is also a vast memory bank or computer that stores and catalogues every single one of our experiences, life long. In addition to this, the subconscious also carries out our habitual conduct, and is the dynamo that directs our energy.

It is during hypnosis that we have the best ability to access our very powerful subconscious mind. Using hypnosis, we can easily reach parts of our mind that are not normally accessible to us and make positive changes in how we live our lives.

The length of time it takes to resolve an issue will vary, according to the individual. Normally, hypnotherapy is considered brief therapy and may only require four or five sessions' work, for an issue to shift. Other concerns may warrant hypnotic conditioning, which still may be acheived in less than a dozen sessions. Hypnosis is called a 'Brief Therapy', as it does not take years of sessions to reach desired results and resolve issues. Many issues are worked through in 3 or 4 sessions.

Please note:
Hypnotherapists do not diagnose, prescribe or treat illness.