Earlier I talked about why hypnosis is seen as the best way to address the unconscious mind, which is prone to resistance to change, making it hard to alter unwanted behaviours and beliefs. Hypnosis is one of the only ways to open up the unconscious for suggestion, making it one of the few ways to address problems with your thought patterns. Still, the question remains – what is it that makes hypnotherapy so effective?

How Hypnotherapy Works

Hypnotherapy is not a form of sleep – indeed, it is far more like a more extreme version of being awake, with an awareness of one’s own self that is nearly impossible outside of such a trance like state. The words of the hypnotherapist will draw your attention away from your conscious/analytical mind, and in doing so lowers the barriers that stop your unconscious mind from reaching consciousness.

Only with these barriers gone is your unconscious ready to be changed. Imagine hypnosis as you would a battle between your “old” beliefs and a new state of consciousness. The old beliefs have more experience and are able to battle back the new ideas, which are trying to take over your mind. However, hypnosis is like a diversion that draws the old belief army away, leaving the mind open for the new ideas to take over.

That is why hypnosis works so well – it opens the pathway for the new beliefs to be placed. Once the new beliefs have been given a home, the unconscious mind will start influencing the conscious mind in more positive, healthier ways.

7 February 2011