FAQ

Absolutely not. You are always in control and fully aware of any suggestions given to you even when you are in trance. The mind will reject any negative or undesired suggestion automatically. When you are in trance, you are in a heightened state of awareness.

Hypnotherapy, or Hypnosis, is certainly not mind control. All hypnosis is self-hypnosis. The hypnotherapist is unable to make you do or say anything against your will unless you wanted to. During hypnosis, you remain in control and are awake and alert the whole time.

Yes, Clinical Hypnotherapy is certainly safe. In fact, through the years, there has been absolutely no evidence to even suggest that Clinical Hypnotherapy or hypnosis causes any physical, emotional, or psychological damage of any kind. Instead, since relaxation is the primary focus, they actually help to relieve stress, tension and anxieties, which further serves to help you achieve a greater state of relaxation in a far shorter period of time than while in the natural sleep state.

No, you are definitely not asleep, though to an observer, you appear to be sleeping because you are in a state of deep physical relaxation. You are completely awake and aware of your surroundings. While in Trance, you are actually more alert and aware than you typically are in your normal waking state.

Quite the opposite! A gullible, unintelligent or weak-minded person is incapable of maintaining the necessary focus and concentration necessary to go into the hypnotic state. Many of our clients are Graduates, or working professionals or both.

Most people remember everything that went on while they were in hypnosis, but sometimes, if they went into a particularly deep state, they may forget what happened. Sometimes the therapist will suggest that the client forget what happened (with the client’s consent obtained prior to hypnosis), and they do. Other times people have the misconception that they are supposed to forget everything, so they do – because they gave themselves the suggestion to forget!

In any case, your unconscious mind will remember the things that are important to you.

The depth of trance depends entirely upon the individual’s willingness to let go and simply follow the therapist’s instructions. Some people are naturally able to enter a deeper hypnotic state (somnambulists), while others are capable of entering into deeper states because they have experienced trance in the past, practice yoga or meditation.

The depth of trance a person goes into is not the most important factor for achieving beneficial results, the crucial point is that you are willing to give Hypnotherapy a chance to work.

Absolutely not! The Hypnotherapist is just an ordinary person albeit with the required professional knowledge and practical skills to carry out the appropriate therapeutic treatments.

No! A Hypnotherapist cannot make you do anything against your will, morality or ethics. What has been portrait in the movies is pure fantasy. Your mind has the in-born, natural defenses to protect you against harmful or undesirable suggestions and will automatically reject them.

The majority of people who undergo hypnotherapy will emerge from the state of physical and mental relaxation when guided by the therapist. There may be rare occasions where the client chooses to remain in the hypnotic state because they either entered a particularly deep trance or it feels so good they want to remain in hypnosis. They will eventually drift into a natural sleep state and wake themselves up naturally.

The number of sessions required is contingent on the complexity of the presenting symptom as well as the individual’s circumstances and commitment to therapy. Certain symptom can be successfully treated in a single session while others require 5 or more sessions.