Amanda Joubert

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HYPNOTHERAPY

The most frequently asked question is: "Will I act like a chicken?" or "Will you take control of my mind"

Most of us have seen stage hypnosis or know someone who has taken part in a stage show. These  experiences are far removed from clinical Hypnosis which is a well recognised and serious therapy used in the treatment for many disorders.

Clients who visit a Hypnotherapist spend most of their session sitting or reclining comfortably, feeling extremely relaxed, listening to the hypnotherapist giving suggestions, and perhaps using metaphors which help them achieve the therapeutic results they have agreed upon .

Hypnotherapy is a gentle experience. Your body becomes very relaxed, yet your mind becomes very focused. You usually hear everything being said but you are so relaxed it is like observing from a distance.

When you experience hypnotherapy you are not under the "control" of the therapist and if you wanted to, you could get up and leave at any time. However, you are usually so comfortable and relaxed that this would be the last thing on your mind.

Did you know that…

... your brain is more active when you are asleep than when you are watching TV

Hypnotherapy is a process of communication

Hypnotherapy is an education-communication process that allows a persons conscious and subconscious minds to agree in the same positive message.

During hypnosis, the body and conscious mind are in a relaxed state while the subconscious mind stays alert and receptive to suggestion. In this state the person suspends critical judgement and exercises selective thinking.

Hypnosis is a way of accessing the subconscious mind.

The root cause of most physical and emotional

problems is in the subconscious mind, created by decisions and beliefs formed because of a past experience that is often  outside conscious memory or awareness. Hypnosis is a way of accessing and releasing that information and the accompanying emotional distress.

Because hypnosis accesses the subconscious mind, it can also be used to improve performance. people have successfully increased sales, improved their sports performance, improved memory, improve health habits and master stress and anxiety through the use of Hypnotherapy.

Clinical Hypnotherapy is widely used to assist in pain control and to change unwanted habits. Hypnosis is also used for motivation and to achieve many other therapeutic gains.

Using Hypnosis, the changes you want can come about easily and effectively. Many clients have tried to change life patterns for a long time, and know that will power alone is not working for them. This is because most of our behavioural patterns are created subconsciously.

When a person experiences trance or hypnosis, they don't have to consciously think about their problem, or about what the therapist is saying because the therapist is talking  to the sub conscious part of the clients mind.

this is the part of the mind that is dominant during trance experience, it is part of the mind that automatically does what you need to do while you consciously tend to an activity at a more aware level.

Driving a car is a good example of the "automatic" action. You can drive safely while thinking about something else entirely because your subconscious mind knows how to drive and "takes over" the behaviour when you need it to. During Hypnotherapy, if the therapist operates skilfully, the client, who has all the resources to make effective change, will sub consciously sort things out and make changes for him or herself.

When this is achieved, the changes created are therapeutic and long lasting.

Hypnosis has a long and effective history of bringing change to peoples lives and we know of no client who has experienced trance and not had a positive and beneficial change.

Trance or hypnosis is a natural state, one you are very familiar with although you may not call it by that name.

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