What does ‘hypnosis’ mean? The word hypnosis comes from the greek word ‘Hypno’ which means sleeps. Hypnotherapy thus, verbatim, means “sleep – therapy’.In many ways this couldn’t be further from the truth. During hypnosis clients are not a sleep, many people often say in fact that they are fully awake and conscious during the entire [...]
A very common question I get is what exactly is hypnosis? Now I have heard all sorts of explanations and definitions of what hypnosis is and what it might be, but I’m going to tell you what I think of when I think of hypnosis. Hypnosis is basically a guided trance or guided meditation. It [...]
Sometimes, it seems as if you cannot solve a problem. You try and try repeatedly to lose weight or stop smoking. You may succeed for a little bit but always the cravings return. Soon you find yourself back smoking or overeating. You feel discouraged and are beginning to think nothing can help you change. You [...]
I was recently asked to review a book which contained a really good explanation of the classic eye-lock process and I thought I’d write about it today… Whether used as an induction or as a process of priming for hypnosis, such as a suggestibility/susceptibility test, it is also used a great deal by hypnotists doing [...]