Hypnotherapy could be described as:
experiencing hypnosis with a trained practitioner.Like psychotherapy, the goal is to create positive change in a person’s life. In many instances, hypnosis can do so in a more rapid timeframe. A clinical hypnotherapist or trained hypnotist guides their client towards long-lasting change via the unconscious mind.
While a habit takes a minimum of 21 days to create, hypnotherapy can help start the process of change in a matter of hours.
Even though hypnotism may seem like a modern technique, it has over 125 years of science and
research behind it. Many studies have shown hypnosis is highly effective in helping restructure the brain’s neuroplasticity—be that stopping an addiction, improving medical conditions, relieving chronic pain, or addressing mental health issues.
Clinical hypnosis uses a great deal of neuroscience, utilising these tools effectively when a person is in a hypnotic state, or trance. Many of these techniques are drawn directly from psychology, psychotherapy and talk therapy.
During hypnosis, your brain waves go deep into
theta frequency. Theta waves oscillate between 4 Hz to 8 Hz (cycles per second) and are linked to experiencing emotions, daydreaming, intuition, relaxation, accessing the subconscious mind, and REM sleep.
By working in
theta, the critical area of the mind (the wall between the conscious and subconscious) can be bypassed. Your unconscious mind can then process and accept suggestions for change by committing these ideas to memory.
Hypnotherapy helps us change the negative thoughts and limiting beliefs that run on continual loops in our brain. These repetitive thoughts cause undesired actions and negative thoughts or behaviours. By disrupting that loop, the action that follows naturally falls away.
Disclaimer: results for hypnosis may vary from person to person depending on the presenting issue.