Hyponotherapy is a heightened state of concentration and focused attention. Guided by a trained, certified hypnotist or hypnotherapist, hypnosis allows you to be more open to suggestions to making healthful changes in your perceptions, sensations, emotions, memories, thoughts or behaviors.

What is Hypnotherapy?

Hypnotherapy is a type of psychological therapy that uses hypnosis to help treat certain mental and physical health conditions. Placing the body under an altered state of consciousness, a hypnotherapist can guide their client through inner experiences such as feelings, cognition and imagery. ​​ ​ ​ Hypnotherapy is a type of psychological therapy that uses hypnosis to help treat certain mental and physical health conditions. Placing the body under an altered state of consciousness, a hypnotherapist can guide their client through inner experiences such as feelings, cognition and imagery.

History

Dating back to the late 18th century, Franz Mesmer, a German physician, developed mesmerism - a studio regarding the balance of magnetic power in our body using animal magnetism - which was then continued by one of his followers, James Braid, who coined the word ‘hypnosis', originating from the Greek word for ‘sleep’. ​​​ ​​ ​​ Then, in the mid-19th century, Josef Breuer, an Austrian physician and colleague of Sigmund Freud, treated a patient named Anna for hysteria using hypnosis. Freud also explored the unconscious process of hypnosis as a form of alleviation for his clients, which was a significant finding regarding.