What is Hypnosis?

Hypnosis is a naturally occurring state of mind. You experience it at least twice a day!

You know how it feels when you get thoroughly lost in a piece of music, a good book, or a daydream. Your attention is completely captured and everyday reality fades into the background as your mind carries you away into your imagination, but you are still conscious. This is actually a form of trance; we all go through a similar phase just before we go to sleep and just after we wake.

Hypnosis is this same kind of feeling. It is a very pleasant feeling of calmness and deep relaxation.

Different people can experience hypnosis in slightly different ways. For some people, entering hypnosis can be rather disappointing because they expect to suddenly ‘go under’ some strange spell - but it isn’t like that at all. For most people, there is no sudden feeling of ‘going under’. Some may notice that they feel rather heavy, whilst others may feel light and ‘floaty’ and some people experience nothing other than a feeling of deep relaxation. The experience of hypnosis is a very personal thing, but basically, it is just a very calm and pleasant feeling – rather like being in a daydream.

"Jenny made me feel very comfortable and at ease by explaining what was going to happen and what she planned on doing. I was aware of what was happening throughout and at no point during the session was worried about what was going to happen."
RE from Gloucester

In hypnosis the client will always be in control; the hypnotherapist does not take over the mind, and you can come out of the hypnotic state whenever you choose.

What is hypnotherapy?

Hypnotherapy is a safe and natural way of using hypnosis to make positive changes in your life. In this relaxed state you can learn or relearn very quickly; this is why you can experience such benefits from hypnotherapy.

The subconscious mind is a store of all your memories and experiences – all the things that have had a hand in how you think, feel and behave today. The object of therapy is to discover the underlying cause of your problematic behaviour and satisfactorily resolve the associated conflicts. The therapist can also make positive suggestions to reprogram the negative thought or feelings that the subconscious has previously retained; thoughts or feelings that hold you back or produce your problematic behaviours.