What is hypnotherapy?

The simple answer, hypnosis is a state of mind in which we become highly responsive to suggestion. In this state of mind we can change the way that we respond or react to what happens in our life.

What clinical hypnotherapy is not?

It is not the same as stage hypnosis that we see on TV or the stage. It is not about entertainment it is therapy.

With clinical hypnosis you, the client, are always in control, you will not do anything that goes against your belief system. What the hypnotist is doing is guiding you through the process, technically you are actually hypnotising yourself. Pretty well everyone does this almost every day, they just don't realise that they are doing it.

For the technically minded

For the technically minded let me explain a little of the states of the mind.

Let’s start with the conscious mind, this is where we spend most but not all of our awake time during our lives. The conscious mind is where we keep our short term memory, our will power and it is where analytical and rational thought occur.

The sub-conscious mind holds our permanent memory of everything we experience in life including our reactions to the experience; its purpose is to react immediately to commands given by the conscious mind and to rely completely on decisions made by the conscious mind.

But the conscious mind depends upon information supplied by the subconscious mind in order to make decisions. The information supplied is based on the record held of past events and outcomes in the subconscious including how we reacted to situations in our life. If you’re past experience is that ‘smoking is good’ then your subconscious mind reinforces that message over and over, ‘smoking is good’, ‘smoking is good’. If you are bullied at school or at work and that experience frightened you then every time that you experience bullying your subconscious mind will remind you to 'be frightened'.

When these experiences are repeated over and over they become very strong. But using hypnosis we can change the messages provided by the subconscious. If we change the subconscious memory so that the record of smoking is ‘this is bad for me’ then you will stop smoking. If we change the record to ‘I am not scared, I am strong and I will not let people dominate me’ then bullies will no longer control or affect your life.

The mind is incredibly powerful; through hypnosis you can tap into that power and use it to your advantage. The range of benefits that you can gain through hypnosis is very broad, quit smoking, fears and phobias, your golf swing, self confidence, sleeping the list goes on......

At Tamborine Hypnosis we are about helping people with genuine needs, for example we will not help a bully to become a better bully or an alcoholic to be a better alcoholic. With some conditions we may also ask you to seek medical advice before commencing hypnosis, if your condition is physical then you may be better served by a physician or a physician working in conjunction with a hypnotherapist.

To see a range of common reasons why people use hypnosis click on the 'Therapy' page or call us to see how we may help you as an individual.