Look into my eyes, not around the eyes... (Hypnotherapy)

Member Name: Tracy_1127

Product:	Hypnotherapy
Date:	26/08/08 (161 review reads)
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Advantages: works very well for many conditions, relaxing

Disadvantages: isn't a magic cure

As a qualified Hypnotherapist I am obviously going to review this favourably. I trained at a hospital under 2 very experienced hypnotherapists back in 1999 so I've been practising for a while now.

Firstly I'd like to point out I do not do stage hypnosis, there was the option to learn this on our course but I declined as I never wanted to go on stage and create funny situations but I wanted to be able to help people. I also did learn past life regression but do not practice this either.

Secondly I want to clear up the myth that you are not aware of what is being said to you during hypnotherapy, I have been hypnotised many times as part of the course it was deemed necessary to experience it, and it's just like the period between being awake and asleep when you are very relaxed but you hear everything that is said to you and are perfectly capable of responding.

Over the years I have seen countless people for weight loss with very good results, smokers are more hit and miss as the desire to stop smoking still needs to be there and if it isn't hypnotherapy isn't going to magically stop people smoking.

My favourite clients are always those with psychological problems, especially ones where it manifests in a physical symptom. An example is a lady who had been on anti-depressants for 15 years or her jaw would lock up. We established in one session this was due to the death of her mother, treated the cause and she stopped taking them that day with no further problems in her jaw.

Another interesting subject is phobias, sometimes the phobia people thnk they have is not what it's all about at all. A friend of mine was terrified of the dentist and asked me to treat her before she went in for a tooth out, once we got going on the session I rapidly realised she actually had a fear of needles not the dentist. We addressed this and she had the tooth removed without any extra worry.

I see a few people regularly for stress and de-stress them in an hour so they're good to go for a month or longer, however long it takes for their world to get stressful again. I also give all new clients a free consultation where I learn more about the problem and the client themselves so I can tailor a session precisely to the individual. Some people I refuse to treat, if I don't think they are serious about treatment I send them away with a task to complete before I see them again (for example cutting down the amount of cigarettes they smoke before a session) and if they don't bother trying I know they won't succeed. I also will not agree to see anyone I know I can't help.

Hypnotherapy has a wide range of uses and is very helpful for alot of people but it is not magic and cannot force someone to do something they don't want to do or find unacceptable.

There are unscrupulous therapists out there who put in time limits on their work for repeat appointments, I do not do this nor do I agree to this. When tinkering with someone's subconscious you have to remember what you've done and how you've done it so I have notes on all my clients, not that anyone else would understand my form of notes!

Basically hypnotherapy treats the subconscious not the conscious. The subconscious is always going to beat the conscious, think about a phobia, you consciously know it's silly and irrational but the subconscious doesn't so you can't just consciously think your way out of it.

I obviously often encounter non-believers, these people are usually not really non-believers and if you offer to give them a temporary headache or hot flush (it's not something you really would do, just a suggestion) they rapidly decline so if they didn't believe they wouldn't think this was possible.

I can also clear a room in seconds once people find out what I do! There are many who think they only have to look at me and they'll be under so avoid me at all cost! Popular aren't I?!

With hypnotherapy it's all in the wording so it helps if you can articulate in an appropriate style for the particular client. I won't go into the details of various methods of putting someone into a "hypnotic trance" as that would ruin the mystery! And the less peope know about how you've done it the less likely they are to unpick it.

Hypnotherapy isn't for every condition, but it does help with weight issues, eating disorders, confidence, smoking, phobias, stress, grief, deep seated psychological issues, some forms of pain and alot more besides. Prices vary for the treatment required but usually about £35 a session is pretty normal.

You have nothing to fear from hypnotherapy, it is a perfectly safe and relaxing method.

Summary: Very effective form of treatment