WHAT IS HYPNOTHERAPY
Have you ever been hypnotized? Do you think that the only time you might be hypnotized is by a hypnotist or hypnotherapist or when you practice self-hypnosis on yourself?
You have been hypnotized many times, you just didn’t realize it. Some people prefer to call it an altered state of mind; others may say the unconscious mind or environmental hypnosis.Remember at time when you were driving down the road and you had your conscious mind deep in thought and then suddenly you got to where you were going, and you thought, “I don’t remember turning that corner or how did I get here so fast?” Your conscious mind was on the problem so who took you where you were going? Your subconscious mind did! You were in an altered state of mind. You were in environmental hypnosis. By the time you finish this course you will understand just how much you are influenced by not only the suggestions in your everyday life but even your own self talk. You live in a world of suggestions every day of your life. It is a normal and natural state.
Hypnosis is the ability to use words in a particular manner to achieve a specific outcome through a heightened state of suggestibility. Suggestibility is the extent to which a person is able to accept suggestions as being true. 
Hypnotherapists purposely invoke this heightened state of suggestibility to bypass the conscious mind and directly access the subconscious mind where underlying issues may exist. During a hypnosis session, positive suggestions are made by the hypnotherapist to help patients relax and better deal with underlying thoughts and emotions that may contribute to an individuals psychological problems. Hypnotherapists are able to positively affect the beliefs, habits, perceptions and behaviors of an individual through hypnosis.
Areas of Focus
Clinical hypnotherapists help their clients to overcome specific symptoms and/or reach specific goals. For example, hypnotherapists often work with individuals who suffer from pain or who would like to quit smoking. The therapist’s goal is to assist clients in achieving objectives by reconditioning their minds through hypnosis, suggestive influence, and guided mental imagery. Below are just a few of the issues that you will learn to work with as a Clinical Hypnotherapist
| Eating Disorders | Sleep Problems |
| Smoking | Weight Loss |
| Impulsive Behavior | Fears, Phobias, and Anticipatory Anxiety |
| Control of Emotions | Rejection |
| Relationship Dynamics | Stress Management |
| Self-Improvement | Substance Abuse |
| Motivation | Taking Control of Thought Process |
| Decision Making | Pre-Birth Regression and Genetic Memory |
| False Memories | Blocking Pain (Medical Referral) |
| And Many More |
How Will Hypnotherapy Training Benefit Me?
Parents:
This course will help you to understand how your child’s suggestibility develops as well as how to use that knowledge to help your child deal with peer pressure and other problems during those crucial elementary, middle and high school years.
Ministers and Teachers:
Reach your congregation and students by understanding how to create rapport, use power statements, visualization, imagery, and suggestions about any subject in a way that compliments the learning process for both left and right-brain dominant individuals.
Medical Patients:
Since the subconscious mind cannot analyze nor recognize the difference between visualizing an event versus going through the actual process of an event, it is understandable how a past negative medical experience may create “White Coat Syndrome,” etc. Learn how the techniques used in Clinical Hypnotherapy can easily retrain the subconscious mind to perceive medical situations in a more positive light. Hypnotherapy may also be used to:
• Reduce pain in cancer patients
• Lower blood pressure
• Reduce stress and anxiety
• Facilitate the healing process more quickly
Employers:
Absenteeism, substance abuse and other problems resulting from stress take a heavy financial toll on companies. Reducing stress and increasing motivation can result in higher productivity and financial gain.
Athletes:
Hypnosis can be extremely effective with sports and athletic training by enhancing an individual’s focus, concentration, and self confidence.
Students:
Improve concentration, memory, and study habits.
EVERYONE:
This program will enlighten you as to why you behave the way you do and show you how you can change that behavior by working with the subconscious mind through hypnosis. Improve your self confidence and self esteem. Enhance your focus, concentration and memory. Rid yourself of fears and phobias. Learn how to deal with life situations in a calm and clear-minded way.
Become a Clinical Hypnotherapist