Hypnosis is both a state of mind and a process - a process of inducing a trance state. We all go in and out of trance many times in a day without realising it. For example the lovely space between wake and sleep or driving somewhere arriving at your destination without remembering the trip. Or have you ever been watching TV and "disappeared" somewhere in your mind without even closing your eyes? The subconscious mind has taken over, it is that part of our minds that runs the show, so to speak. The part of our minds that makes up 95% of our capacity and holds all our memories, everything we've ever experienced, seen, heard, touched, tasted and so on.

It's in this subconscious part of our minds that old unhelpful beliefs are stored and acted upon without our conscious awareness. We may wonder why we react a certain way, or hold negative beliefs about ourselves or why we have certain fears or phobias. Hypnotherapy induces this trance state to access that part of our minds that we can't do with our conscious, analytical minds getting in the way and by so doing helping people to move towards their goals, desires, health and wholeness.

Hypnosis uses imagination and focus to access the subconscious mind and in this state one can make empowering changes that open new doors of possibility in all areas of our lives. You, the client is at all times in control of the process, the Hypnotherapist is the facilitator helping YOU to remove the blocks holding you back. Everyone is a good subject for hypnosis and there are as many ways of going into trance as there are people, it's all about finding what works for the individual. Another way to look at it is - hypnosis is the facilitation of naturally occurring phenomena (daydream state/trance) that we amplify through the use of direction and suggestion.