Hypnosis is a state. Hypnotherapy is the work we do once you’re there!
Hypnosis is a natural, trance-like state similar to what it feels like when you meditate. It happens to all of us every day without us even realising it. Have you ever driven somewhere and not remembered the full journey, yet arrived safely? Or found yourself lost in a daydream, completely unaware of time passing? That’s hypnosis. It also happens naturally in those few moments just before you fall asleep at night.
It’s a gentler experience than most people expect. You can open your eyes, shift position, cough or scratch without affecting the process at all. You are aware the whole time and in full control.
Hypnotherapy is the therapeutic process that takes place within that state. In a therapy setting, that natural openness is used intentionally. It allows us to communicate with the subconscious directly, helping to shift the beliefs, patterns and associations that are actually driving the problem. To put it simply: hypnosis opens the door. Hypnotherapy is what we do once we’re through it.
This is why so many people come to us having already tried counselling or talk therapy. They understand their problem. They can explain it in detail. They just can’t seem to change it. That’s because understanding something consciously and resolving it are two very different things. The subconscious is where the pattern lives, and hypnotherapy is one of the most direct ways of reaching it.