What Is Hypnotherapy, And What Are The Risks Or Dangers?
The chances are that if you've been looking for hypnotherapy in north west areas such as Cheshire you've already had a good think about the benefits of hypnotherapy itself.
Certainly the good news is that today the idea of hypnotherapy is much more in the public eye, and people are much more likely to consider hypnotherapy as a viable way to help them overcome a range of problems or conditions.
Over the past few years hypnotherapy in the north west has proven to be more and more popular, with more people each year adding their names to the list of people who have discovered the very real, very tangible and very worthwhile benefits which hypnotherapy can have.
But if you're looking in to the idea of hypnotherapy in Cheshire, but you haven't quite convinced yourself just yet, then let me help by offering a few bits of information which often crop up in any conversation about what hypnotherapy really is, its ability to work as a form of therapy, the dangers or risks associated with hypnotherapy and the misconceptions relating to hypnotherapy as a form of treatment.
First of all - what really is hypnotherapy? The first way to answer this is to ask what hypnosis is, since hypnotherapy is obviously a branch of hypnosis.
Hypnosis is simply a state in which you become completely relaxed, but awake.
It is a condition which occurs when the conscious mind becomes so relaxed it takes a back seat in the whole business, letting your subconscious step forward and take charge.
This provides a great opportunity for therapy because in most of our day to day dealings with relationships, people, situations and problems it is often our conscious mind which takes control.
This can result in us reacting, responding and behaving in a way we feel is rational and appropriate, but which is really our conscious mind taking control.
In many cases this might be fine, but when challenged our conscious mind can often start to erect barriers and create defences, and this stops therapy from really getting to the heart of the issue.
It is the subconscious which usually has a much better understanding of how we tick, and just like an engine under the bonnet of a car, is the real driving force behind the way we behave.
By switching off the conscious mind for a while there's less of a barrier, and more opportunity for an understanding to reach our subconscious, having much more impact and effect.
Are there dangers associated with doing this? Not at all.
Hypnosis is not a strange or supernatural condition.
It's simply a state of relaxation and is in fact so utterly normal that we all slip into it several times a day.
Whenever you go to bed and start to relax, you slip into a state of hypnosis before you actually drop off to sleep.
The same is true when you wake up.
The same is also true when you start daydreaming, and then suddenly 'come to' again with a jolt.
There is no danger, and no risk.
You are not asleep, but conscious throughout, and able to wake up whenever you feel like it.
You cannot be made to do things you don't want to, because your sub conscious mind is still very much awake and in control of you.
It's happy to accept suggestions and ideas, but not if those ideas go against your principles or beliefs or wishes.
Hypnotherapy in the north west is a tremendous way for people to help overcome fears and phobias in a way that does not require medication, and which requires the most natural thing in the world - for you to stop worrying for a moment, and relax.
Certainly the good news is that today the idea of hypnotherapy is much more in the public eye, and people are much more likely to consider hypnotherapy as a viable way to help them overcome a range of problems or conditions.
Over the past few years hypnotherapy in the north west has proven to be more and more popular, with more people each year adding their names to the list of people who have discovered the very real, very tangible and very worthwhile benefits which hypnotherapy can have.
But if you're looking in to the idea of hypnotherapy in Cheshire, but you haven't quite convinced yourself just yet, then let me help by offering a few bits of information which often crop up in any conversation about what hypnotherapy really is, its ability to work as a form of therapy, the dangers or risks associated with hypnotherapy and the misconceptions relating to hypnotherapy as a form of treatment.
First of all - what really is hypnotherapy? The first way to answer this is to ask what hypnosis is, since hypnotherapy is obviously a branch of hypnosis.
Hypnosis is simply a state in which you become completely relaxed, but awake.
It is a condition which occurs when the conscious mind becomes so relaxed it takes a back seat in the whole business, letting your subconscious step forward and take charge.
This provides a great opportunity for therapy because in most of our day to day dealings with relationships, people, situations and problems it is often our conscious mind which takes control.
This can result in us reacting, responding and behaving in a way we feel is rational and appropriate, but which is really our conscious mind taking control.
In many cases this might be fine, but when challenged our conscious mind can often start to erect barriers and create defences, and this stops therapy from really getting to the heart of the issue.
It is the subconscious which usually has a much better understanding of how we tick, and just like an engine under the bonnet of a car, is the real driving force behind the way we behave.
By switching off the conscious mind for a while there's less of a barrier, and more opportunity for an understanding to reach our subconscious, having much more impact and effect.
Are there dangers associated with doing this? Not at all.
Hypnosis is not a strange or supernatural condition.
It's simply a state of relaxation and is in fact so utterly normal that we all slip into it several times a day.
Whenever you go to bed and start to relax, you slip into a state of hypnosis before you actually drop off to sleep.
The same is true when you wake up.
The same is also true when you start daydreaming, and then suddenly 'come to' again with a jolt.
There is no danger, and no risk.
You are not asleep, but conscious throughout, and able to wake up whenever you feel like it.
You cannot be made to do things you don't want to, because your sub conscious mind is still very much awake and in control of you.
It's happy to accept suggestions and ideas, but not if those ideas go against your principles or beliefs or wishes.
Hypnotherapy in the north west is a tremendous way for people to help overcome fears and phobias in a way that does not require medication, and which requires the most natural thing in the world - for you to stop worrying for a moment, and relax.
