What’s the Point of Seeing a Hypnotherapist?

Most people end up seeing a hypnotherapist after having seen and trying every other possible treatment in order to fix their issue or problem. Other than this being quite a shame, it’s a difficult process that sufferers go through in order to find help. If I had my way, people would first go to a hypnotherapist after seeing their doctor if the issue or problem would be best suited to actually being fixed by hypnotherapy. Most smokers for example, will first try patches, then maybe the nicotine gum, and if neither of those two things work, it’s probably off to the doctor in order to get some quit smoking drugs to help them fight the cause. Many people will find success with these methods, but as countless studies illustrate, hypnotherapy and hypnosis seem to be the best form of treatment to get people off cigarettes.

Hypnotherapy seems to be also quite good at issues pertaining to pain and pain management, as well as phobias and similar anxiety based conditions. Hypnotherapy has been used for centuries and is not a new science - the fact of the matter is, there is still loads of research that needs to be done in order to find out and understand why the process of hypnosis works so well.

The fact of the matter is we have two minds, the subconscious and consciousness. The subconscious is more or a less a control panel that advocates certain automated decision making. Repetitious patterns can imprint certain learnings into the subconscious mind. When we learn how to drive a car it’s quite difficult at first, but sure enough, after some time, the learning process engrains into our subconscious mind and we don’t have think about the process anymore. Hypnosis has the ability to shortcut the learning process by lowering the critical barrier of consciousness which therefore allows us to receive direct suggestion to make changes to the subconscious mind, withdrawing the need for lengthy talk therapy or repetitious learning.