Hypnotherapy has taken great strides forward and is an accepted and successful therapy these days, but there are still misconceptions and dark areas associated with it. Lets take a look at the reality with a description of the process.
A hypnotherapy session will take place in a comfortable and quiet environment, and during the first session you can talk in confidence about the issues you wish to overcome. It gives you the opportunity to ask questions, and a chance to explain how you are feeling, and your concerns.
Sometimes it is the first time a client has been allowed to talk in depth and to be listened to. This in itself is therapeutic.
The hypnotherapist will provide you with information about hypnosis, as well as what to expect during the session. In fact everything that you need to put you at your ease as you work towards your goal.
The first session will often take two hours in order for the therapist to get an understanding of the problem and explain the process involved with your therapy, as well as a session of hypnosis. Follow up sessions will often be at least one hour and a half.
Hypnotherapy is the use of hypnosis in a therapeutic condition, using the brains natural ability to produce a deeply relaxed state. Deep relaxation is often called a trance and is a powerful learning tool. When in hypnosis you are more open to new ideas, suggestions and discoveries, allowing you to make the positive changes you want to achieve your goal.
Hypnosis is similar to day-dreaming, with feelings of deep relaxation and concentration, you sit in a comfortable chair with a pillow behind your neck and a small rug over you, you close your eyes, and the therapist starts talking, hypnosis is brought about by suggestion, beginning with the suggestion of relaxation. Your breathing gets slower and more relaxed, and the mind becomes focused on suggestions made by the therapist, it is gentle and relaxing and very powerful.
These suggestions and visualisations help you to make positive changes within yourself, so that you can overcome irrational fears, phobias, negative thoughts and work on deep emotions.
At the end of your session the therapist will bring you out of your experience and you will feel wonderful, alert and relaxed and refreshed. You are then often invited to talk about it if you wish.
The number of sessions required depends on your progress and your problem, every person differs, and every problem is different. Except for stop smoking programmes which are usually covered in one long session with a follow up if required, other problems can take anything from 3 sessions.
