What Can Hypnosis Really Do?

What we can definitely conclude is that hypnotherapy is not a panacea or cure-all. It is very effective, especially for those who are susceptible to it. For such people, it can be something to use throughout life, much like meditation or yoga, to enhance wellbeing.

For some people, unfortunately, it will not work at all. It is thought that hypnosis is highly effective for approximately one out of every seven or eight people, and that it will not work for approximately one out of every seven or eight people.

For those for whom it does not work, reasons can include lack of confidence in the hypnotherapist, resistance due to fear of losing control, or in some cases brain damage. For the majority of people, however, hypnosis works to varying degrees.

What is certain is that you cannot know what hypnosis can do for you unless you make a serious effort with the method. As with most things in life, the more you put into it, the more you get out.

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Self-Hypnosis

This technique is to be practised daily for five to ten minutes. The need to practise must be emphasised in order to obtain permanent results.

Whenever you wish to go into a state of self-hypnosis, make yourself as comfortable as possible and close your eyes.

Take a few deep breaths. Make them deep enough so that you can feel both your chest and stomach rise as you breathe in, and fall as you breathe out. This should be done at a level comfortable for you.

As you breathe in relaxation, see if you can give it a colour. This is optional — it is equally acceptable simply to feel more relaxed.

As you breathe out tension, you may see a colour or something that your mind links with tension leaving your body, or you may simply feel the tension leaving.

If you see a colour that your mind links with relaxation coming in, see if you can bring it down through the muscles of your body, as this will help them relax even more.

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Other Uses of Hypnotherapy: All the “S’s”

Self-healing

Self-healing is perhaps a less well-known use of hypnosis and is sometimes linked in people’s minds with faith healing. It differs from faith healing in that people themselves, through self-hypnosis, deal with disease or disorder through positive suggestions and creative imagery.

Faith healing is a passive process in which the person submits to the will of the healer and allows healing to occur. This can work, just as self-hypnosis can work, but in either case not for everyone.

There has been a great deal of research into the use of hypnosis in healing, and hypnosis has been shown to be very effective. A hypnotherapist will usually guide the person through the procedures until they feel confident enough to practise self-hypnosis. Self-hypnosis for relaxation and focus can be particularly effective.

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Hypnosis and Past Life Regression (PLR)

I have known about past life regression (PLR) in a meaningful way for about 40 years. I heard about a famous Welsh hypnotherapist called Arnall Bloxham in 1976 when I became a lecturer in psychology and sociology in a college in Wales.

He had successfully conducted past life sessions that made the national press because they could be authenticated. What really made his name was a case study of a woman who experienced a very vivid session in which she was chased by soldiers into the crypt (cellar) of a church somewhere in the north of England. She was murdered by the soldiers in the crypt.

This regression was carried out in the 1960s, centuries after the occurrence itself. The church was traced, but no crypt was found. However, the researchers were more thorough than usual and suggested excavation work to see what was below ground level. The crypt was found, and it did fit the description given.

Even supposing that some of this is made up, the basic fact that the church crypt was seen in the regression and then confirmed in this way is impressive evidence in itself.

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What makes relationships work…?

In a general way, some pointers will be given about how to make relationships work that the author has found by looking at research as well as his own experience.

What is covered are such things as:

active listening
expectations
resolving conflict (looking at the problem rather than blaming the person when there is conflict)
being concerned for the partner’s well-being
effective communication
being assertive
being oneself in the relationship from the start

This includes not hiding anything or being on one’s best behaviour initially and then letting it all go downhill subsequently when the relationship seems to be established.

This latter point is about being open and honest, but without being offensive. Sometimes complete openness and honesty can verge on being offensive if the other person doesn’t want to know absolutely everything.

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What Can Hypnosis Really Do?

Self-Hypnosis

Other Uses of Hypnotherapy: All the “S’s”

Self-healing

Hypnosis and Past Life Regression (PLR)

What makes relationships work…?

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