10 Benefits of Hypnotherapy

10 Benefits of Hypnotherapy:

1. Addictions - Do you have an addiction? Whether to food, alcohol, gambling, cigarettes, or whatever the case may be, hypnotherapy can help. Through the use of hypnosis, you are able to create new associations of being in control of your behavior, which replace the old subconscious associations of engaging in your addiction for pleasure.

2. Stress Reduction - Under stress, the mind and body cannot function properly. The fight/flight survival mode is active and this prevents normal body functions, like digesting food, from occurring. Hypnosis has the ability to relax your body and mind, bringing you back to a balanced state, allowing your system to receive much needed replenishment, rejuvenation, recharging, healing, and rest.

3. Sleep - Sleep disorders affect millions of people, from insomnia to imbalanced sleep patterns to sleep walking, or to simply not being able to sleep well. Is a sleep disorder affecting you? As human beings, we need sleep in order to be able to function. During Deep Sleep, our body is able to produce serotonin and take care of its regular processes. JUST 15 minutes of Hypnosis is equivalent to 4 HOURS of DEEP SLEEP!

4. Chronic Pain - In scientific psychological studies, hypnosis is proven to be an effective pain management technique. If nothing else is working for you when it comes to controlling your pain, or if you don't want to take prescription pain killers, perhaps you should give hypnosis a try. People have even been known to go through surgery using hypnosis as a replacement for anesthetic! [NOTE: Pain management is taught only after a medical diagnosis from your doctor and with a doctor's referral.]

5. Weight Management - Because hypnotherapy allows you to gain access to your mind on a deeper psychological and emotional level, the root cause behind over-eating or holding onto weight is able to be addressed. Being hypnotized is like giving your brain new software to run new programs, allowing you to be in control of what you eat.

6, Anxiety/Depression - The techniques learned through hypnosis are designed to interrupt old thought patterns that are driving the unwanted emotions. Hypnosis clients themselves come up with what they would like to replace the unwanted emotions with. The new replacement, positive emotion, is then programmed into the subconscious mind, creating a state of well-being and living for the client.

7. Memory Enhancement - Every second, 2 million bits of information are flooding into your awareness. However, your conscious mind can only pick up on about 134 bits at a time, while your subconscious absorbs it all. Under hypnosis, the subconscious mind is at the forefront, providing the client access to memory. Have you lost your wedding ring, or perhaps a set of keys? Hypnosis may be able to help you recover it!

8. Changing Behaviors - Hypnosis is all about Behavior Modification. Do you find yourself getting irritated often? Do you have trouble managing your anger? Often, these behavioral patterns are learned in childhood, or link to a specific incident. A hypnotic suggestion given while under hypnosis has the ability to eradicate the old messages telling you to behave in certain ways, and replace them with new messages about more appropriate ways to behave. Emotions drive our behaviors, and using hypnosis, you can change the way something makes you feel, thus changing the behavior.

9. DEEP RELAXATION - Similar to meditation, hypnosis has a relaxing effect on the mind and body. When relaxed, the mind can become more creative and better at problem solving, while the body can become less at risk for heart disease or high blood pressure. If you have trouble relaxing, hypnosis may be right for you.

10. Self Esteem Booster - How we feel about ourselves is all about our self-talk. You know, that inner voice that talks to you all day in your head!! This voice comes from the subconscious mind, and it has become so automatic, we feel there isn't a way to stop the negative messages being fed to us. However, because hypnotic suggestion deals with the subconscious mind, it is able to change the inner dialogue to more desirable, positive messages of encouragement and confidence! Imagine how it would feel to find yourself listening to a kinder, more supportive inner voice.