What is Hypnosis?
At its most fundamental, hypnosis is a means of accessing unconscious resources. It enables you to access the REM state (Rapid Eye Movement, usually found during sleep) while awake.
Hypnosis involves trance as a means of bypassing what's referred to as the Critical Faculty in order to get to the unconscious resources. The Critical Faculty is what makes us analytical and prevents us from taking everything at face value, but it can be suspended, for example, when watching a TV programme or a film or during hypnosis.
Hypnosis is a relationship between a hypnotist and the subject where there is a feedback loop that causes a hypnotic state. This hypnotic state allows information to move freely between the conscious and unconscious mind without the Critical Faculty second-guessing everything.
Stage vs Therapeutic Hypnosis
You may have seen stage hypnotists get people to bark like a dog or quack like a duck for the entertainment of the crowd, so you might think that hypnosis will mean you're out of control and that stuff is being done to you. But the reality is entirely different.
In a stage show, people are there to be entertained, and when they volunteer, they know what type of thing they're volunteering to do. What a stage hypnotist can't do is get the subject to do anything their unconscious mind does not want to do.
The same is true in therapeutic hypnosis (Hypnotherapy) – you are always in control.
In Hypnotherapy, the hypnotist facilitates changes at a deeply unconscious level so that those changes are fundamental and long-lasting. During sessions, the hypnotist and subject discuss the purpose of the session and focus on making the necessary changes for the unconscious mind to modify its operations.
Benefits of Hypnotherapy
Discover how hypnotherapy can help you achieve your goals and transform your life
Access Unconscious Resources
Hypnosis enables you to tap into your unconscious mind's vast potential for positive change.
Lasting Transformation
Changes made at an unconscious level are fundamental and long-lasting.
Performance Enhancement
Improve focus, confidence, and peak performance in all areas of life.
Overcome Limiting Beliefs
Break free from patterns that hold you back and embrace new possibilities.
Stress & Anxiety Relief
Develop powerful coping mechanisms and achieve deep relaxation.
Efficient Results
Experience meaningful change in fewer sessions than traditional approaches.
What We Can Help With
Our hypnotherapy sessions are tailored to address a wide range of personal and professional challenges. Whether you're looking to overcome a specific issue or enhance your overall wellbeing, we can help.
Visit Our Clinic
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The Osteoperformance Clinic
2 St Mark's Pl
London
SW19 7ND
United Kingdom
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