Training to Bring a Client to the Hypnotic State
There are lots of ways to train in hypnosis. My initial training was as a licensed mental health professional. I actually could have used my license to practice hypnosis but I decided that becoming a certified hypnotist would be in the best interests of my clients.
Why Hypnosis?
I’ve just realized that I have been a Hypnotist for 9 years. I also have been a Psychotherapist for 15 years and have worked as a Substance Abuse Counselor and an Assistant Substance Abuse Counselor for several years before that. The more I work with hypnosis, the more find that it can be used more quickly and more effectively than my other disciplines.
How to do Hypnosis Free
I suppose there are any number of ways that you could get free hypnosis. I have had several people try creative methods.
Hypnosis and Nail Biting
Stopping fingernail biting can be very difficult. Sometime you manage to stop fpr a while and the nails grow out a bit and suddenly they are down to the quick again.
A Look at the New Hypnosis Client
If any of us who have been hypnotized can look back to the time before that happened we would see that we had a lot of misconceptions about how hypnosis might feel or what we might do under hypnosis.It is important to remember that any new client that walks into our office has those same misconceptions.
Hypnosis and Success: Part 2
In the previous post I talked about how many successful people are able to enter a state of hypnosis to achieve a state of creativity. Some are able to enter this state spontaneously and others can learn how to enter it. Hypnosis and meditation seem to be closely related if not the same thing.
Treating Panic Attacks With Hypnosis
Panic attacks can disrupt your life. You can be in the middle of a routine daily behavior and a panic attack can kick in. First, you have trouble breathing. Your heart starts beating faster. You think you might be having a heart attack. There is a sense of impending doom. You are not sure what is wrong but you begin to think something is very wrong. Then you focus on the feelings and as you think about them they increase. Now, you can’t breath, your chest hurts the sense of impending doom increases. Then the cycle just increases and it is a cycle that just continues to spiral. This describes a severe panic attack.
What Can You Do With Hypnosis?
One of the most memorable answers to the question “What can you do with hypnosis?” is “What the mind can conceive, hypnosis can achieve”. Naturally, there are some things that people probably will not achieve. I don’t think any of us are going to be able to fly without some type of aid although I have had reports of people levitating while hypnotized I have never seen this myself so I consider it anecdotal and questionable. The book Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy says that unaided flying is easy. You just throw yourself into the air and try not to hit the ground. I don’t think we will be able to do that. But I do believe that any reasonable goal can be achieved with hypnosis and some goals that many people do not consider reasonable.
The Subconscious Mind at Work
Nobody knows exactly where to find our subconscious mind. When we talk about things like this we are probably more comfortable imagining that it is a definate entity that sits somewhere in our body, usually in our brain, and can be identified on an anatomical chart.
Choosing a Hypnotherpist
I think a lot more people would go to see a hypnotherapist if they had some way to know how to determine if he or she were capable of helping them make the changes they want to make. As hypnosis gains in popularity, there are more therapists available and most of them are competent. To be sure that you are choosing a hypnotist that can serve you well keep several things in mind.
