The Healing Qualities of Clinical Hypnosis
Copyright 2005 Anne Wolski
Hypnosis is a naturally occurring altered state of consciousness
in which the subconscious part of your mind is accessed enabling
the hypnotist to affect a particular problem by suggestion.
Basically, the individual is put into a trance-like state which
allows one's attention to focus on a particular suggestion while
being free of distraction.
Many people fear being hypnotized because they falsely believe
they will have to give up control of their mind. Not true. Think
about when you are so engrossed in a movie and you find yourself
in tears. During these movies you are so involved that you
actually felt emotion. You were literally in a hypnotic trance.
Most importantly, though, you still had the power to emerge from
that state if desired. Your mind may be guided by a movie,
self-hypnosis tape, or hypnotist, but you still have the power
to resist. If you fully believe and acknowledge that you have
the power to resist any control of emotions, then hypnosis is
nothing to fear.
Your mind is an untapped source of amazing power. If you change
your mind, you must change your life. The most effective way to
do this is to change your subconscious mind. Hypnosis is widely
recognised as the easiest method we can employ to change the
subconscious mind.
Hypnosis can be used as a healing tool in a variety of problems
including:
Weight loss, Quit smoking, Insomnia, Stress management, Self
esteem, Motivation, Memory, and Gambling.
When used as an accessory to psychotherapy, hypnosis can help
clients enter a relaxed, comfortable, trance state for obtaining
specific therapeutic outcomes. With clinical hypnosis, the
therapist can make suggestions designed to help the client
formulate specific internal processes (feelings, memories,
images and internal self-talk) that will lead to
mutually-agreed-upon outcomes.
Although clinical hypnosis is widely recognised as an effective
method of treatment in many conditions, it doesn't always work
for everyone. Many people need a combination of various methods
of therapy and hypnosis is often used with other forms of
treatment. However, the anecdotal evidence of the healing
qualities of hypnosis would indicate that it is, indeed, an
extremely effective option.
It is not even necessary to be hypnotised by a hypnotherapist as
such. There are many self-hypnosis CDs and videos available on
the market today. These allow you to affect change in the
comfort of your own home.
It's really a misleading notion when people say they were
hypnotized. What they really mean is that they allowed their
mind to be hypnotized or they allowed a hypnotist to give
suggestions that they chose to follow. Just remember that no one
controls your mind unless you first grant permission!