Through
TV, movies and stage hypnosis, many people have the idea that hypnosis
and hypnotherapy involve someone else "controlling your mind" and
making you do things. In fact, the hypnotherapist is only a guide who
helps you increase
the control you have over your mind, body and life. [More Information]
History of Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy
has been practiced - under various names - for thousands of years, but
in the past 200 years it has been systematized and scientifically
studied.
Hypnotherapy works by
quietening a part of your mind which exercises a "critical" role and
keeps you from communicating directly with your subconscious mind. The
subconscious is the part of your mind which deals with your emotional
reactions and the physical consequences of them, so once communication
with it
is opened, remarkable changes can be made.
