Hypnosis

I am a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, certified by ICBCH, the International Certification Board of Clinical Hypnotherapy. 

I sometimes, when it is called for and the client is willing, I use hypnosis to facilitate progress with the issues with which we are dealing.  It is never the total focus of my therapy.  Hypnosis is always preceded by a thorough education of what the client can expect.

Why Should I consider hypnosis? **

Hypnosis

1.      Is Safe

2.      Is Effective

3.      Is Natural

4.      Feels good and is good for you.

5.      Teaches skills that can be applied to a variety of problems.

Hypnosis works because

We have total control over our body and the body’s response to its environment at all times.

We reprogram a mindset of sickness with a mindset of health.

The body responds to relaxation.

Belief is a healing force

Behavior that reinforces healing is congruent with belief.

Recovery and regeneration are facilitated by hypnosis.

Hypnosis Fact and Fiction

There are many misbeliefs or misconceptions about hypnosis, and they all stem primarily from both a lack of education on the subject and from myths perpetrated by entertainment venues and uneducated or biased persons.

FAQs about Hypnosis

            Is hypnosis effective?

The best answer is that hypnosis is effective for those whom it is effective.  It is certainly not a “magic pill” for any or all problems.  The list of approved or accepted uses for hypnosis is quite long and varied.  It is especially useful for facilitating behavioral changes such as addictions, for anxiety and depression, for memory and study skills, and others.  The list is too long for this page.

            Is Hypnosis an “altered state of mind”?

No.  An “altered state of mind” implies an external factor contributing to a change, such as drunkenness or being stoned on drugs, shock due to an injury, or the like.  Hypnosis in a natural state that we all enter a few times each day.  Researchers have divided our natural brain functions into four separate level of cycles per second.

1.      Beta, normal daytime consciousness, critical thought level.

2.      Alpha, relaxation level – beginning to awaken in the morning and crossing over into sleep at night.  Associated with imaginative thinking.  Corresponds to light and medium levels of hypnosis

3.      Theta, early stages of sleep and deep daydreaming state.  Associated with creative thinking: corresponds to medium and deep levels of hypnosis.

4.      Delta, Profound sleep; dream state.

In other words, there is no place else for your brain to go, in hypnosis or otherwise.

            Is hypnosis the same as sleep?

No.  Hypnosis is generally a profound state of relaxation and focus, but it is different from sleep.  A sleeping person cannot usually respond to suggestion.

            Is a person who is hypnotized still in control?

Absolutely and at all times.  Many people fear hypnosis because they fear not being in control.  The subject is always in control.  No one can be made to “crow like a rooster unless they want to crow like a rooster.”  In fact, all hypnosis is really self-hypnosis.  The hypnotist is really only a facilitator of the process.  It is also possible for someone to hypnotize themselves.

            Can anyone be hypnotized?

Yes.  In theory, everyone can be hypnotized, because everyone has the capacity to relax and to concentrate.  A critical criteria is the willingness and ability of the person to follow the instructions of the hypnotist.

** The above information is credited to   PeachTree Professional Education, Inc.

                                                                Richard K. Nongard, Executive Director

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