WHAT IS HYPNOSIS?
HYPNOSIS is a consensual state of heightened focused awareness and concentration combined with deep physical relaxation allowing access to the subconscious mind.
WHAT IS HYPNOTHERAPY?
HYPNOTHERAPY is a technique that uses hypnosis to access the subconscious mind and deeper aspects of the brain, namely the hypothalamus, the medulla oblongata, and the corpus callosum. It is in these areas of the brain that emotions, memory, and instincts lie...all the habits and motivations we are ordinarily unaware of. Hypnosis is a state of focused awareness and hypnotherapy is the use of hypnosis for a specific therapeutic goal such as weight management, smoking cessation, improved academic or athletic performance, as well as the removal of emotional and psychological blocks. Hypnosis provides access to the subconscious so that the desired therapeutic goals are achieved quickly and directly. The power of hypnosis combined with therapy can create rapid change, more so than traditional therapies, and help you achieve your self improvement goals.
WHAT IS A HYPNOTHERAPIST?
"Hypnotherapist---induces hypnotic state in client to increase motivation or alter behavior pattern through hypnosis. Consults with client to determine the nature of problem. Prepares client to enter hypnotic states by explaining how hypnosis works and what client will experience. Tests subject to determine degrees of physical and emotional suggestibility. Induces hypnotic state in client using individualized methods and techniques of hypnosis based on interpretation of test results and analysis of client's problem. May train client in self-hypnosis."
- U.S. Department of Labor Directory of Occupational Titles. D.O.T. 079.157.010.
"We can not live in the afternoon
of life according to life's
morning; for what was great
in the morning will be little
in the evening, and what in the morning was true will at
evening become a lie."
~ Carl Jung ~
