Hypnosis is a state of deep relaxation within the body and a state of increased and heightened awareness within the mind. You will be fully aware the whole time, and some people feel like their body is very heavy, while others experience a floating sensation. Your eyes are closed and you probably won’t even feel like you’ve been hypnotised. Everyone I’ve ever encountered has loved the experience.

It is important to understand that hypnosis is not a “do to” process.  The process of hypnosis is totally in the control of you the recepient. The ability to “be hypnotized” is totally based on your willingness to follow instructions from your counselor. It is nothing new to you, we all go in and out of hypnosis dozens of times a day.  It is simply focused attention. 

Trust your counselor in this situation to evaluate the level of relaxation you achieve without your trying to judge it for yourself.  People are always amazed at how well they do, while thinking they did not. 

The realm of benefits from hypnosis seems without limit. Hypnotherapy is used in the areas of emotion, performance, physical body, habits and more.  Some of the more common associations include: 

Overcome additions like smoking, alcoholism, drugs use, gambling or excessive shopping and more.
Lose weight and weight control
Feel more self-confident
Combat insomnia
Divorce Recovery
Pain Manangement
Stress and Anxiety Relief
Promote body healing
and so much more. 

Your number of sessions will all be about the intensity of the issue you want to overcome and in some cases, how long the issue has existed.  Issues that deal more with habit and behavior can be remedied in one or two sessions. Issue with a deeper history or origin of the behavior may take more. 

Learning pain control, sports performance, medical issues, hypno-birthing, life coaching and program based approaches obviously would involve more work.  Almost all situations, even the more severe, can be resolved in five to six sessions.  My recommendation is to go forward without the concern of “performance anxiety”. I tell those that ask to allow yourself the possibility of ten, know that most can be done in five to six and we would know after your first visit if one to three is a better number. 

The beautiful thing about hypnosis is you don’t ever hear of anyone going to their hypnotist for 10 to 15 years like is said of some that go to regular therapist. 

I like to look at the overall savings that hypnotherapy will bring to your life, rather than the cost. For instance, how much money would you save if you didn’t smoke? How better would your quality of life be without overeating, out of pain or releasing a lifetime of emotional distress?

But, specifically, the costs can vary wildly depending on your practitioner from $100 to $195 per sesson. Many practitioners offer special lower rates based on household income or by purchasing several sessions at one time. Either way, I feel it is well worth the initial spend.

There are also recorded programs for different types of issues for a more “do it yourself” approach.

There is actually no public education or degree programs for hypnosis.  Quality training and certifications are the methods of acreditation of techniques and practices. The worlds oldest hypnosis organization the National Guild of Hypnotists maintains lists of certified hypnotists by area. 

https://ngh.net/request-form/

 One of the most successful methods of hypnosis processes is 5-PATH.  Certified 5-PATH Hypnotists can be found on: 

http://www.hypnosis-directory.com/

Of course recommendations from friends and family can be a great way to find a good hypnotherapist.