How Hypnotherapy Works
We all know that we have two brain hemispheres, two perceptions, two consciouses - but few people realize their own incredible ability to use one to heal the other! Hypnosis works because 'the imagination is more powerful than the intellect'.
That is quite a statement! But if it were not so, no one could have a problem! We would simply rationalize what is bothering us with our conscious minds and be cured! Therewould be no fears or phobias and we could all take our own good advice about our health, happiness and well being!
Our minds are like an iceberg. The conscious mind like the visible ice above the surface of the water, knows what we know. Our deeper subconscious mind supports what is above, knowing WHY we know it!
Just imagine that your head has two separate rooms with a brick wall in between. Your conscious room is critical and judgemental, it reasons and calculates - it's the one that tells you not to smoke or that the trauma you faced is all in the past. Your unconscious mind is the part you dream with. It listens to music, it records events and feelings and keeps from or passes them to you. It communicates mostly with pictures and emotions.
When you tell yourself to do or not do something you probably feel annoyed when you go ahead and do it anyway! It is so frustrating! As if there is another person in there ignoring you! In fact, you are right. Your subconscious mind has it's own version of your life, and it can be quite different to the one you consciously understand! It doesn't hear what you say when you shout through the wall, and is unaware of your requirement to change.
Likewise, when you go to sleep and dream, your unconscious mind presents to you in code form - in 'images', its view of your life. Things you have perceived at work, on TV, in your relationships, from childhood and all your lifetime experiences. It is contacting your conscious mind to do something about it all, but your conscious mind doesn't understand the code even if it bothers to remember it, and doesn't know how to make the changes by itself!
Although this lack of communication between the two minds is frustrating, it is tremendously useful to me! Issues can be dealt with in the context of imagery without the argument, debate, denile and discussion that the conscious mind insists upon.
So, to stop bad habits, fears, anxiety and stress, to increase confidence, motivation and self esteem, you need the co operation of both your conscious and subconscious minds! Shouting through the wall between the rooms will not work! There is a door in that wall that you need to unlock and recruit the help of your unconscious mind to make all the changes you decide upon. When you have this support, you gain 'peace of mind' and co-operation is so much more productive than conflict!
Trance is the door. Hypnosis is the key and I can be your guide for the journey!