What Is Hypnotherapy and 15 Ways It Can Change Your Life

Have you ever felt like you’ll never break a certain habit? Or have you been struggling to get a restful night of sleep?

Hypnotherapy is a powerful alternative therapy that takes your entire being – your mind, body, spirit, and emotions – into consideration. Here, we’ll cover what hypnotherapy is and how hypnotherapy can transform your life.

What Is Hypnotherapy

Hypnosis therapy is a safe, simple technique used for hundreds of years to treat and address a wide range of physiological and psychological issues. It is a trance-like state intended to heighten concentration and focus while making the subconscious mind more open to suggestions.

Hypnotherapy is usually performed by a hypnotherapist using mental images, guided relaxation, and verbal repetition. In this state of heightened focus and dream-like relaxation, it is believed the brain is more open to positive suggestions that can help reinforce positive habits.

Does Hypnotherapy Work?

Many people wonder ‘Does Hypnotherapy Actually Work?’. Hypnosis therapy can help replace thought processes with more positive patterns, often considered a “rewiring” of the brain.

By tapping into the subconscious mind and replacing automatic thinking with more positive thoughts and patterns, many people experience a variety of benefits from hypnotherapy.

During a Hypnotherapy session, you remain in complete control while being guided to a deep state of relaxation where the mind becomes more receptive to positive suggestions that align with your goals.

Benefits of Hypnotherapy

There are a variety of benefits of hypnotherapy, depending on your goals and how many sessions you have. Some benefits may be felt immediately after a hypnosis therapy session while other results may take several sessions to notice.

Some of the potential benefits of hypnotherapy include:

• Increased feelings of relaxation
• Feeling refreshed
• Experiencing a powerful release
• Increased connection to your intuition
• Decreased phobias
• Decreased feelings of anxiety
• May help you break unwanted habits
• Can help you move toward your goals
• Improved self-esteem

15 Ways Hypnotherapy Can Change Your Life

Although this is not a comprehensive list, here are 15 ways hypnotherapy can help transform your life.

1. Dental Phobia

The shrill, high-pitched noise from the drilling.

The needles.

Cavity fillings.

Many people are so anxious about dentist appointments that they stop going or avoid dental checkups as much as possible. 1 in 6 adults in Australia report feelings of dental anxiety.

Whether you had a negative experience at a dental appointment or have always had a fear of the dentist, hypnotherapy can help reprogram the fear and anxiety surrounding dental visits and dental procedures.

2. Sugar Addiction

While many of us equate addiction to drinking or drug problems, there are many substances and habits the brain can become addicted to.

Are you addicted to sugar? Hypnosis for sugar addiction can be a powerful way to tap into your subconscious mind and promote healthier habits.

3. Insomnia

Insomnia is a sleep disorder characterised by difficulty sleeping. Whether you struggle to fall asleep or find yourself waking many times throughout the night, it can be exhausting and frustrating.

Lack of sleep can lead to physical and mental health problems, including:

• Irritability
• Mental fog
• Difficulty concentrating
• A weakened immune system
• Poor mood
• Obesity

Hypnosis therapy for insomnia can help:

• Decrease bedtime restlessness
• Help you relax easier
• Help your body fall into a restorative, deep sleep
• Help you stay asleep
• Help you overcome excessive thinking
• Help you feel relaxed, rejuvenated, and refreshed in the morning
• Help promote the release of stressful thoughts by replacing them with relaxing, calm thoughts

4. Eating Disorders and Overeating

Making healthier food choices and exercising are key components to maintaining a healthy weight, but it can be difficult to remain disciplined and stay on track.

Hypnotherapy for eating disorders and overeating can address and remove the unconscious and emotional factors that play into an unhealthy relationship with food. Negative thought patterns and habits can be replaced to encourage an improved relationship with food and a natural desire to make healthier choices.

5. Smoking Cessation

It’s costly.

It speeds up ageing.

It significantly increases an individual’s risk of premature death.

Many smokers are aware of the negative effects of smoking and are desperate to quit, but it is an extremely difficult habit to break. While patches or pills are a common way to try to quit smoking, these do little to address the root cause.

Hypnotherapy for smoking cessation is a safe, drug-free approach that can help you address your smoking habits and change your thought process surrounding cigarettes. This can help remove the emotional connection to smoking and transform the brain’s response to smoking. Hypnosis can also help ease the withdrawals, cravings, and irritability that often accompany the quitting process.

Healing is different for each individual, but one 2-hour hypnotherapy session for smoking may be enough to help you quit.

6. Weight Loss Support

Does hypnotherapy work for weight loss? I hear this question often and the answer is a resounding ‘yes’, and science may be beginning to agree. Studies show that combining hypnosis with diet and exercise may be more effective than diet and exercise alone.

The idea is that the mind can be influenced to change habits like overeating, meaning hypnotherapy can help with weight loss. While further research is needed, hypnosis therapy for weight loss may be an excellent way to complement your diet and exercise routine.

7. Tinnitus

Have you ever had whistling sounds, buzzing, hissing, or ringing in your ears? If so, you know how annoying and distracting tinnitus can be.

Although there is no cure for tinnitus, hypnosis may help manage it. Hypnosis can be used to help the subconscious mind learn to automatically tune down the annoying noise.

8. Chronic Pain

Pain is the nervous system’s way of letting you know something may be wrong. In some instances, the nervous system may be sending pain signals even after healing has occurred. Using hypnosis, we can work to reframe the subconscious thinking patterns and ‘turn down’ the pain dial.

9. Anxiety

Millions of Australians struggle with anxiety. This condition can lead to significant disruptions in daily life and an immense amount of stress.

Anxiety is often a result of something that happened in the past. Hypnotherapy works to identify the root cause of anxiety so it can be addressed and managed. Hypnosis can identify the issue and use the subconscious mind to reframe the negative thinking pattern.

10. Bereavement

Grief can be debilitating, leaving an individual suffering from depression, insomnia, and anxiety.

Hypnotherapy can be a powerful tool for bereavement support by providing positive suggestions to cope with grief symptoms.

11. Improved Athletic Performance

Did you know famous professional athletes such as Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan have used hypnotherapy to improve their athletic performance?

Athletes turn to hypnotherapy to help calm the mind, relax the body, de-stress, and improve concentration and focus so they can perform at their best.

12. Chemotherapy Support

Hypnosis can help ease the side effects of chemotherapy to make it more tolerable, while also helping to support the recovery process.

Hypnosis can also be used to help reduce the anxiety and stress experienced by cancer patients.

13. Post-Surgery Recovery Support

If you’ve ever had a surgical procedure, you know how slow the recovery process can feel. Hypnotherapy can be used to disrupt the brain’s pain signals while supporting the body’s natural healing processes and immune system.

14. IBS and Gastrointestinal Disorders

Although the root cause of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is debated, the disease itself can be debilitating. Stress is believed to play a role in worsening symptoms of IBS and other GI disorders.

Along with appropriate diet changes, hypnosis can be used to help address IBS and other GI disorders. Hypnotic suggestions and relaxation techniques can be used to help patients improve their quality of life and manage their symptoms.

15. Alleviate Obsessive Thought and Compulsive Habits

For some individuals, hypnotherapy can help alleviate compulsive habits and obsessive thoughts. Hypnosis therapy provides deep relaxation, which may help to soothe anxiety and obsessive thoughts.

Want To Learn More About How Hypnotherapy Can Change Your Life?

If you want to transform your life or address a certain habit, I invite you to reach out to me for a Free Clarity Call. I specialise in Hypnotherapy for weight loss, emotional eating, insomnia, and smoking cessation.

As a licensed and certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, I also regularly help my clients with hypnotherapy for:

• Alcohol addiction
• Stress
• Anxiety
• Habit control (nail-biting, thumb sucking, etc.)
• Pain Relief
• Sport performance
• Fears and phobias

Please feel free to contact me today to learn more about how hypnotherapy can help you or ask any questions.