Hypnosis
Hypnosis is a state of focused concentration or attention guided by the clinician. The person under hypnosis is fully aware of his environment, is awake, and can decide to comply or not comply with any suggestion made by the therapist. Using hypnosis with a client, the therapist acts as a facilitator who recognizes and promotes use of the strengths that the client already possesses.
Hypnosis allows additional relaxation, imagination or focus capitalizing on skills already developed in these areas, or teaching new ones. It can help to make changes to better cope with, and therefore improve, life. It can assist clinically in such areas as anxiety or stress reduction, pain management, behavioral change (smoking cessation, overeating, exercise, public speaking), fear of flying, dogs, spiders, etc.
