Hypnotherapy – FAQ's

No, you can't. There are many depths of hypnosis and sometimes some people will go past the “working” state, hypnotic somnambulism, in to a wonderful state of euphoria and possibly even deeper, appearing for all intents and purposes to be unconscious. Hypnotic unconsciousness is completely different from medical unconsciousness because those people in a really [...]

Anywhere from seconds to a lifetime. Remember that only suggestions that are acceptable to you will be “allowed” in to your subconscious mind; we are not all gullible so not all of us will eat the same brand of chocolate bar, use the same brand of washing powder or vote for the same political party [...]

The results? No. Absolutely not. If I could guarantee that someone will do something only because I say so, I would have been whisked away by MI5 or MI6 a long time ago, in fact I would probably be running both of those organisations by now. I work with a client's own desire, determination and commitment [...]

How are you getting on with your New Year’s resolutions? The vast majority of people fail to achieve their goals so why is this? I believe it is down to the misunderstandings we have about willpower.   Willpower is not designed for long term change, willpower is like mental adrenalin. When your hand flings your [...]

Remember how after watching an episode of your favourite soap you could tell someone what happened although you wouldn't remember the episode word for word, well the same can be said for a session of hypnotherapy. The vast majority of people remember the session, but not word for word, although sometimes some people will have such a [...]

Not unless you want to. Sometimes it may be beneficial to reveal a secret so that therapeutic change can take place but someone will only reveal a secret because they choose to, they want to, as opposed to me “making” them tell me. No-one will say or do anything in hypnosis that they don't want to [...]

Fear or the simple fact that they don't want to be hypnotised. If someone does not allow themselves to be hypnotised, they won't be. The fear of hypnosis usually means that someone is afraid that they will say or do something that they don't want to say or do, when of course no-one can be made [...]