Hypnotherapy

The term “hypnosis” comes from the Greek word hypnos, meaning “sleep.” Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy is a perfectly natural, safe, relaxing state of mind, much like a daydream. Hypnotherapists use guided imagery and focused concentration to help you achieve a heightened state of awareness that may also be referred to as a trance. The person’s attention is so focused while in this state that anything going on around the person is temporarily blocked out or ignored. In this naturally occurring state, a person may focus his or her attention on specific thoughts or concerns. This allows you to reprogram your own subconscious mind to explore and heal painful thoughts, feelings, and memories that might have been hidden from your conscious mind. By working with hypnosis you can alleviate or heal chronic physical pain and emotional illnesses; such as anxiety and addictions. When something happens to us, we remember it and learn a particular behavior in response to what happened. Each time something similar happens, our physical and emotional reactions attached to the memory are repeated. In some cases these reactions are unhealthy. In some forms of hypnotherapy, a trained therapist guides you to remember the event that led to the first reaction, separate the memory from the learned behavior, and replace unhealthy behaviors with new, healthier ones. Everyone in the world goes into a hypnotic state many times a day. Have you ever driven to a familiar place and suddenly you don’t remember how you got there? Were you ever focused on a movie or a television program that you didn’t hear someone calling your name? These are light forms of a hypnotic state. Hypnosis is natural, completely safe and you are relaxed and in control.