“Contrary to popular belief, hypnosis is not a state of deep sleep. It does not involve the induction of a trance like condition, but when in it, the patient is actually in an enhanced state of awareness, concentrating entirely on the hypnotist’s voice. In this state, the conscious mind is suppressed and the subconscious mind is revealed. 

The therapist is able to suggest ideas, concepts and lifestyle adoptions to the patient, the seed of which become firmly planted. 

The practice of promoting healing or positive development is known as hypnotherapy. As such, hypnotherapy is a kind of psychotherapy. Hypnotherapy claims to re-programme patterns of behaviours within the mind, enabling irrational fears, phobias, negative thoughts and suppressed emotions to be overcome. As the body is released from conscious control during the relaxed trance-like state of hypnosis, breathing becomes slower, the pulse rate drops, and the metabolic rate falls. Similar changes along nervous pathways and hormonal channels enable the sensation of pain to become less acute and the awareness of unpleasant symptoms, such a nausea or indigestion, to be alleviated”.

-Hilary Jones-