How Does Hypnotherapy Work?
Nervous symptoms and unwarranted discomforts are the product of unresolved inner emotional conflicts. In hypnotherapy you are helped to understand your conflicts. In this way it is possible to do something constructive about solving them.

Can Physical Problems Be Caused By Emotion?
Many physical symptoms are psychosomatic in nature, which means that they have an emotional or nervous basis. When you come to think of it, it is not so strange that emotional strain or worry can produce physical symptoms. After all, every organ in your body is connected to your brain by nerve channels; thus it is logical that when your nervous system is upset by some conflict or crisis, you may feel the effects in various organs of your body.

If I Cannot Solve My Personal Problems Without Help Does That Mean I Have A Weak Will Or Am On The Way To A Mental Breakdown?
No. It is sometimes difficult to deal with conflicts when you are too close to see them clearly. The fact that you desire aid is a compliment to your judgment and is no indication that you are approaching a mental breakdown. Hypnotherapy allows you to step back and focus on the whole issue by expanding your awareness of yourself in a non-threatening environment where real progress may be made.

What Happens To Information About Me?
In all scientific work records are necessary since they permit the therapist to track progress and suggest additional areas in which to work. All of these records are, of course, highly personal and totally confidential. No outsider, not even your closest relative or family physician, is permitted to see your case file without your written permission.

Exactly What Is Hypnosis?
Hypnosis is a state of altered consciousness that occurs normally in every person just before entering into the sleep state. In therapeutic hypnosis we prolong this brief interlude so that we can work within its bounds.

Can Everybody Be Hypnotized?
Yes, because it is a normal state that everyone passes through before going to sleep. However, it is possible to resist hypnosis
just as it is possible to resist going to sleep. Even if one resists hypnosis, with practice the resistance can be overcome rapidly.

What Is The Value Of Hypnosis?
There is no magic in hypnosis. There are some conditions in which it is useful and others in which no great benefit is derived. It is employed in medicine to reduce tension and pain, which accompany various physical problems, and to aid certain rehabilitative procedures. In psychiatric practice it is helpful in short-term therapy where resistances have been encountered.

Who Can Do Hypnosis?
The professional person requires special training in the techniques and uses of hypnosis before being considered qualified and must be certified by a State Accredited or Approved training program, as well as being registered with a recognized Hypnosis Certification Board.

Why Do Some People Have Doubts About Hypnosis?
Hypnosis is a much-misunderstood phenomenon. For centuries it has been affiliated with spiritualism, witchcraft and various kinds of mumbo-jumbo. The exaggerated claims made about it by undisciplined persons have caused confusion. Some doctors and psychiatrists also doubt the value of hypnosis because of their limited experience with its modern uses.

Can Hypnosis Be Dangerous?
The hypnotic state is no more dangerous than the sleep state.

What Does It Feel Like To Be Hypnotized?
The experience of being hypnotized is no different from the experience of relaxing almost to the point of going to sleep, never quite reaching sleep, just hovering far enough into consciousness to remain aware. Most people give up hypnosis after a few sessions because they are disappointed in their reactions, believing that they are not suitable subjects. The average person has the idea that they will go through something different, new and spectacular in the hypnotic state. Often people equate being hypnotized with being anaesthetized, or even being asleep, or unconscious. When in hypnosis you discover the mind is active.  You hear every sound in the room and suggestions can be resisted if you wish.  Your attention may wander and your thoughts are coherent.  You will find that you have not fallen asleep and when you open your eyes, you remember everything that happened. From these observations many people develop the belief that the session has failed, however, upon closer observation they realize that they feel very relaxed, refreshed, and good about themselves.

How Does Hypnosis Work?
The human mind is highly suggestible and is being bombarded constantly with suggestive stimuli from the outside, as well as suggestive thoughts and ideas from the inside. A good deal of suffering is the consequence of "negative" thoughts and impulses invading one's mind from the subconscious. Unfortunately, past experiences, guilt feelings, and repudiated impulses and desires are incessantly pushing themselves into awareness, directly or in disguised forms.  They sabotage one's happiness, health and efficiency. By the time one has reached adulthood, one has built up "negative" modes of thinking, feeling and acting which persist like bad habits. And like most bad habits, these patterns are hard to break. In hypnosis we attempt to replace these "negative" attitudes with "positive" ones. However, it takes time to disintegrate old habit patterns, so do not be discouraged if there is no immediate effect. You need to start at some point or else nothing happens.  As with most efforts to make change, repetition and practice yield the best results.