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is Hypnotherapy and How Does it Differ From Hypnosis?
Hypnosis is a totally natural state of mind. When under hypnosis
you will feel very relaxed, just like that wonderful feeling
when you are tired lying in your bed and you are so overcome
with comfort that you wish the moment could last forever. Through
simple hypnotic, relaxation techniques you can easily attain
this state at which time it becomes easy, with the help of
a trained hypnotherapist, to visualise yourself becoming healthier,
happier, more confident, a non-smoker. Whatever it is that
you want to be!
Hypnotherapy, or self-hypnosis once you've learnt to use the
tools for yourself, can be a very effective tool for asking
the right kind of 'internal' questions. For instance, have
a think about the following:
1. What do you want your life to be like in a year's time?
Make your answer as compelling as possible - what do you really
want it to be like?
2. What changes will you need to make for this to happen?
Don't just think logically. What changes will you have to make
in the WAY that you think?
3. Could anything negative happen if you do make these changes?
In other words, how much do you really want it?
How about committing to spending the rest of today thinking
over these exciting questions but not actually being aware
that you are doing so? Does this sound a bit strange? It shouldn't,
because that's what people do when they are described by others
as 'preoccupied' or 'stressed' or 'anxious'. This deeper level
of thinking is the level at which hypnotherapy or self-hypnosis
can have proven effects.
Many people claim that they have never been hypnotised, but
they do admit to having drifted off whilst thinking about a
loved one, forgetting large chunks of a car journey (commonly
known as highway hypnosis), or 'going somewhere else' while
reading a book. These are all examples of natural trance states.
One of the great things about hypnosis is that in the hands
of a reputable practitioner it is harmless and produces no
damaging side effects, whilst providing positive therapeutic
benefits.
What Does Hypnotherapy Involve?
Hypnotherapy is a two way process between the therapist and
the client, a professional partnership. A person cannot be
hypnotised unless he or she agrees and co-operates - this cannot
be stressed enough. Also whilst hypnotised, nobody can make
you do anything which you do not want to do. Even those people
on television eating raw onions and pretending to be Madonna
are doing it because they want to! They have chosen to participate.
It must be emphasised here that what hypnotherapists do is,
by definition, therapeutic. Stage hypnosis is very different.
It is a form of entertainment.
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