Hypnotherapy aims to access a state of consciousness known as hypnosis, which is generally understood to be a state of selective attention/focus, often with an accompanying sense of deep relaxation. When you move into this state of  selectively focused attention and relaxation, your subconscious mind can be more easily accessed and you are more receptive to learning new things. This can be very useful as the subconscious mind is the part of us where we hold many 'programs' or 'scripts' that drive certain habits, patterns, beliefs, thoughts, emotions and traumas that may be affecting us without us even knowing about it. Hypnotherapy allows us to access these 'programs' and re-write them. Furthermore, the state of deep relaxation that Hypnotherapy can induce is in itself extremely conducive to our well-being (especially with our modern day, fast paced and stressful lifestyles) and can enable us to tap into our greatest creative potential and consciousness expansion.

 

Unfortunately, many people carry misconceptions about hypnotherapy and hypnosis due to misrepresentations by the media (e.g. that you'll end up running around like a chicken, being brainwashed, handing over all your money, or never coming out if it - not to mention the 'look into my eyes whilst I wave this clock around in front of your face' stereotype). In fact. all hypnosis is really self-hypnosis - i.e. you are actually doing it to yourself and so it is under your control - and it is a perfectly natural and potentially very healthy state that we all move in and out of to different degrees on a daily basis. For example, being absorbed in activities such as watching T.V, reading a book, listening to music all involve being in a state of hypnosis.