Basics of Hypnosis

Hypnosis puts a person into a deep relaxation and creates an altered state of consciousness. During hypnosis, the person is less controlled by his mind and sensitive to his feelings. Moreover, the concentration and memory: hypnotized can not remember things or situations that they have forgotten or not noticed at all aware.

Moreover, people are receptive to hypnosis as a foreign influence (suggestion). This exercise with words from the hypnotist or in the form of a visual fixation on an object, for example by the hypnotized focused on a pendulum. This is the hypnotized into a trance state, which differs significantly from the waking and sleeping state.

This condition varies in depth and intensity. Thus, the hypnotized at a superficial hypnosis for example, is quite capable of complex activities carried out - this form of hypnosis is similar to the waking state. A deep hypnosis other hand, is closer to the sleep state.

Whether a person can take the suggestion depends largely on the relationship between the therapist and the hypnotized: There must be a certain basic willingness to engage with the effects of hypnosis and it should be a positive bond between hypnotist and hypnotized as the Therapist None of the patients may suggest something against his will.
Hypnotherapy

When hypnosis is used as a therapeutic application, we speak of Hypnotherapy (by MH Erikson). Most use it in conjunction with deep psychological or behavioral methods in the context of psychotherapy.

Hypnotherapy aims through an enhanced relaxation response specifically influence certain psychosomatic symptoms or induce unconscious memories. It should enable a deeper insight into internal processes and make the susceptible hypnotized by altered processing of information for therapeutic interventions.

The hypnotic state itself should already have a therapeutic effect because it leads to the general recovery of the nervous system. It also allows the state to the hypnotic trance, to reactivate in key scenes of past and upcoming live through situations in advance and overcome internally. Another goal of hypnosis is to overcome rigid thinking and behavior patterns to open up new ways of coping hypnotized and find a solution. Unconscious processes to be activated and symptoms and experiences restructured and be evaluated.