What is a Hypnotherapist?

From movies and television shows, people often get the idea that when a person is in hypnosis, they are under someones control, or someone else has power over them. In fact, by the person's desire to be hypnotized, they are allowing the state to take place, and are in total control of their own mind and body.  In the clinical setting, a Hypnotherapist helps facilitate the hypnotic state, and provides a safe, controlled, and confidential environment. A professionally trained Hypnotherapist is someone who helps the client to bring about the accomplishment of the client's goals using hypnosis. By applying hypnosis to modify human behavior and perception, the Hypnotherapist helps people achieve things like, but not limited to, stress relief, stop smoking, lose weight, enhanced sports performance, motivation, and with Doctor referral certain other health issues. There are many applications of hypnosis.

Sometimes, a Hypnotherapist may be involved with helping a person with a medical or psychological problem, but only under the written referral of the appropriate licensed professional. Here, the Hypnotherapist's work is an adjunct to the treatment of the individual. In an integrated therapeutic approach, Hypnotherapy can be a helpful partner to the medical community. To further understand what a Hypnotherapist is and does, take a look at "What is Hypnotherapy?"