The Healing Qualities Of Clinical Hypnosis
By Anne Wolski, Thu Dec 8th
Copyright 2005 Anne Wolski
Hypnosis is a naturally occurring altered state of consciousnessin which the subconscious part of your mind is accessed enablingthe hypnotist to affect a particular problem by suggestion.Basically, the individual is put into a trance-like state whichallows one's attention to focus on a particular suggestion whilebeing free of distraction.
Many people fear being hypnotized because they falsely believethey will have to give up control of their mind. Not true. Thinkabout when you are so engrossed in a movie and you find yourselfin tears. During these movies you are so involved that youactually felt emotion. You were literally in a hypnotic trance.Most importantly, though, you still had the power to emerge fromthat state if desired. Your mind may be guided by a movie,self-hypnosis tape, or hypnotist, but you still have the powerto resist. If you fully believe and acknowledge that you havethe power to resist any control of emotions, then hypnosis isnothing to fear.
Your mind is an untapped source of amazing power. If you changeyour mind, you must change your life. The most effective way todo this is to change your subconscious mind. Hypnosis is widelyrecognised as the easiest method we can employ to change thesubconscious mind.
Hypnosis can be used as a healing tool in a variety of problemsincluding:
Weight loss, Quit smoking, Insomnia, Stress management, Selfesteem, Motivation, Memory, and
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When used as an accessory to psychotherapy, hypnosis can helpclients enter a relaxed, comfortable, trance state for obtainingspecific therapeutic outcomes. With clinical hypnosis, thetherapist can make suggestions designed to help the clientformulate specific internal processes (feelings, memories,images and internal self-talk) that will lead tomutually-agreed-upon outcomes.
Although clinical hypnosis is widely recognised as an effectivemethod of treatment in many conditions, it doesn't always workfor everyone. Many people need a combination of various methodsof therapy and hypnosis is often used with other forms oftreatment. However, the anecdotal evidence of the healingqualities of hypnosis would indicate that it is, indeed, anextremely effective option.
It is not even necessary to be hypnotised by a hypnotherapist assuch. There are many self-hypnosis CDs and videos available onthe market today. These allow you to affect change in thecomfort of your own home.
It's really a misleading notion when people say they werehypnotized. What they really mean is that they allowed theirmind to be hypnotized or they allowed a hypnotist to givesuggestions that they chose to follow. Just remember that no onecontrols your mind unless you first grant permission!
About the author:Anne Wolski has worked within the health and welfare industryfor more than 30 years. Go tohttp://www.magnetic-health-online.com to see many wonderfulhealth articles, many of them written by doctors and others whohave been involved in the health industry for many years.
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