Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy in Orlando

Hypnosis is simply a state of relaxed focus. It is a natural state. In fact, each of us enters such a state – sometimes called a trance state – at least twice a day: once when we are falling asleep, and once when we are waking up. That kind of fuzzy, timeless state between dreaming and awake is a trance state. When a nine-minute snooze-button seems to give you enough time to have an hour-long dream, that’s a trance state.

There are many other times that people enter a natural state of trance. Driving, watching TV, listening to music, working on a favorite hobby or activity in the “flow” state. These are all “altered states of consciousness,” and all are various levels of trance. Trance is normal, natural and common.

Hypnotherapy is the process of using hypnosis to interact with the subconscious mind in an open-reflective process to create positive change in your life. There are many techniques and many styles and many applications of hypnotherapy. They all have several things in common: (1) a strong desire to change, (2) a state of deeply relaxed focus, and (3) language and visualization in relationship to emotions.

Generally speaking, yes. But not:

• If the person doesn’t want to be
• If the person has a below average (70) IQ
• If the person is drunk or stoned

The lightest state of hypnosis (Alpha) is achieved easily. We all enter a hypnotic state several times per day. It’s that state you are in when you are watching TV, reading a good book, or playing video games. It’s the state you are in when you are just waking up or just going to bed. You are not fully conscious, but you are not fully unconscious either. In this state you’re up to 200 times more suggestible than when you are fully awake (Beta).

When some people talk about hypnosis they state “I can’t be hypnotized” and then they will list some reason or another they believe this statement to be true IE: I’m an intellectual, I have a strong will or something of the like. The reality is that the two areas necessary for having a good hypnosis session are:

Intelligence, you need at least an average IQ otherwise a person wouldn’t have the focus necessary to follow into hypnosis.

Creativity is the other component. You need at least an average amount of creativity in order to see yourself making the changes you’re interested in.

The best part is that the more of either of these categories a person has, the better they’ll do in hypnosis!

With regards to having a strong will that’s great! That means that the changes you make will be even more unchangeable. But the very notion of being strong means you have the capacity to use it in a manner that is best for you. That means picking it up when it’s necessary, and putting it down when that’s more beneficial.

And PLEASE, if a hypnotist has told you that you’re ‘unhypnotizable’, call us and don’t give up. We never seem to run into that problem and if we do, we’ll refund you on the spot.

Chances are, if you’re reading this you definitely are!  A gullible, unintelligent or weak-minded person (example: IQ of 70) is incapable of maintaining the necessary focus and concentration necessary to go into the hypnotic state.

This isn’t true. In fact, the exact reverse is probably truer. The higher your intelligence and the stronger your self-control, the more easily you are hypnotized.  That’s because entering a hypnotic trance is all about concentrating, so people with mental deficiencies can find it difficult.

Finding it hard to enter a hypnotic state doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with you. People naturally vary in how susceptible they are to hypnosis and also how they’re reacting to their surroundings.  Studies have shown that around 30% of people are relatively resistant to being hypnotized. Although, with the right skills, an accomplished hypnotherapist can usually help someone achieve that state.

The people who can concentrate well and have a creative imagination often make the best hypnotic “subjects.” People with these valuable attributes can enter a state of hypnosis with ease. We are all susceptible to suggestion, but it is just a matter to what degree. If someone is offering something which is useful, then it’s easy to work toward achieving it. It would be quite the opposite to work against something that can help you.

Hypnosis is a series of skills and techniques used to help someone enter a state of mind where they can accept and respond to changes in their perceptions, producing better responses and behaviors in harmony with how they want to live.
The mechanism for bringing a client into the trance state is called induction. There are many types of inductions, however we utilize a method called Rapid Induction that reliably brings a client into the trance state within 3-5 minutes. From there we utilize techniques known as Deepeners to bring the client to the appropriate level of trance for the type of session we’re performing.

The Rapid Induction method uses a series of language patterns known as Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), and tonality to comfortably lull someone from the conscious waking state into the trance state.

No, hypnosis is not dangerous. Hypnosis is just a natural state of the mind utilized by the hypnotist for purposes of entertainment (as in stage) or to help the individual change certain habits or pattern of behavior. The mind has natural defenses built in which will automatically reject any suggestions it deems harmful.

“Contrary to how hypnosis is sometimes portrayed, you don’t lose control over your behavior while under hypnosis,” experts at the Mayo Clinic write. “You generally remain aware of and remember what happens under hypnosis.”

“Hypnosis is a mental state,” says Dr. David Spiegel, medical director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. “People think it is a means of taking away control, but it is actually a means of enhancing control—over perceptions such as pain, anxiety, habits, stress.”

In summary, hypnosis, when properly used, is one of the safest tools in the healing profession. As clinicians using hypnosis to help with treatment we need to be aware of the adverse effects when hypnosis is misused. It is necessary for any organization and any training program to promote not only the teaching of safe hypnotic techniques but also the restrictions of the use of hypnosis to the areas of competency of the practitioner.

As health care professionals in the public eye, we work with habit control frequently, it is not safe to assume that anyone coming for smoking cessation or weight loss is simply coming with that symptom alone. Anyone we see for hypnosis is coming with a whole baggage of attitudes, difficulties, adjustments reactions and so on. With all of this in mind (no pun intended), we offer a thorough consultation to make sure our methods are congruent with your needs and to eliminate as much possibility of ab-reaction and return emotional or behavioral outcome, habits or pattern of behavior. This includes making sure you actually want the changes and aren’t coming to us to appease others.