A hypnotherapist is a practitioner of hypnosis who guides their patients into a meditative state called hypnosis. This state of hypnosis and the practice of hypnotism have been studied and researched for man years.
For some hypnotherapists, the goal of hypnotism is to move the patients mind into a state of meditation that allows them to more easily accept treatment for an underlying disorder. Only once the patient is in this state of hypnotized meditation cans one people receive the correct treatments.
Different people seem to react differently. While a small percentage of people, roughly 20% cannot be hypnotized, according to a recent survey it appears that 25% of people can in fact be easily hypnotized, with the remainder of the population lying somewhere between these two states. This difference in the ability of people to become hypnotized leads people to believe that hypnotism is certainly not an exact science.
The explanation above sounds a little complex, so an example is in order.
Lets take the example of a chain smoker. One way that a hypnotist may treat this smoker is to first hypnotize the smoker into a deep meditative state. Once in this meditative state the hypnotherapist will ask the subject about all the reasons why they smoke and all of the negative thoughts that they have about smoking and the negative affects that smoking has on their life. The hypnotist will then ask the smoker to think of good thoughts that they would experience if they gave up smoking. These thoughts are repeated as part of the therapy and these thoughts are also spoken out loud. In this way the hypnotist helps to change the perceptions of the patient about smoking.
For successful treatment, the patient must continue to actively focus on the positive and negative perceptions they experienced during hypnosis after they have finished hypnosis. This can be done either on your own at home, or more effectively with repeat treatments with a qualified hypnotherapist.
Many people have found this sort of treatment to be very affective, and even encourage others to use it after successfully quitting smoking.
Like anything in life, its always challenging to try something new, and our fears of the unknown often hold us back, but really what have you got to lose ?
Ingrid Preube
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