No Nonsense Hypnotherapy

A Guide

The terms Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy tend to be used interchangeably. There's much more to it than that. No-Nonsense Hypnotherapy is a further distinction, so let's get going....

Psychologists have asked me whether hypnosis is social compliance, or an altered state of consciousness. I say, "Yes". They ask again and I reply, "Absolutely!" They end up looking puzzled - they just don't get it.

It is only in the last decade that scientists have 'proved' that hypnosis exists, by being able to measure it. That leaves me wondering what we've been doing for the last 5,000 years.

Instead of it being some weird and wonderful thing, what if absolutely everything was hypnosis? Would that alter the way you think about things? Well, it is.

Have you ever read a good novel... a real page turner? You may have felt compelled to keep reading and been saddened that you had come to the end.

Your eyes were merely seeing black dots, upside down, on white paper. Your brain inverted them, converted them to words. Your conscious mind converted them to pictures, and your subconscious mind responded with feelings. In a word, hypnosis.

Every time you are doing something without thinking, you are using hypnosis:

• Driving (when you don't remember part of the journey)


• Daydreaming


• Putting on a pair of trousers (which leg goes in first?)


• Watching Television

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