![]() Your therapist merely controls the trance state, so you can have productive insights during your session. Once you’re in the trance state, a hypnotherapist can’t (and wouldn’t want to) control your mind. ![]() Whether you want to break a bad habit, understand the past more clearly, or even visit a past life, you’ll need to open communication between your “normal mind” and the unconscious part of your brain. Hypnotherapy lets you access your unconscious and allows it to communicate with your conscious mind. Hypnosis is the state of mind resulting from a trained therapist relaxing you into a trance state. People with hypnophobia don’t want to lose control of their normal state of awareness.Ĭonnecting With Different Parts of Your BrainĪfter my clients and I talk about their fears and misunderstandings, I fill them in on the science of hypnosis and hypnotherapy. We’ll even talk about hypnophobia, the fear of going to sleep or being hypnotized. Or, we might discuss what will happen to their brain while they’re in a hypnotic state, and how they’re going to be “back to normal” when it’s all over. I joke with my clients about how they might be worried about working with a hypnotherapist who could mysteriously declare, “You are now under my power…” Their preconceived notions come from the way our culture sees hypnosis, as well as the powerful potential that hypnotherapy holds as a therapeutic tool. ![]() That’s why, when clients come to me for hypnotherapy, we begin with a frank talk about what being hypnotized is, and what it isn’t. But I believe no one should ever be afraid or uncomfortable about the process. ![]() ![]() It’s natural to be afraid or skeptical of something you don’t understand. When I talk to the clients at my hypnotherapy practice about the therapeutic benefits of hypnotherapy, these are just some of the concerns they share. “I’m scared to be hypnotized!” “What if I don’t come out of it?” “Will you make me cluck like a chicken?” ![]()
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