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TOP 7 QUESTIONS WE HEAR FROM PATIENTS

 

5. What are the risks of hypnosis?

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Side effects of Hypnosis include tiredness, crisis of identity, insomnia, irritability, fears, panic attacks, deficit of attention, distorted sense of self, confusion, sexually abberant behaviors, unexpected trance-like state, delusional thinking, depression, dizziness, syncope, fearfulness, feelings of guilt, ...

 

6. What is a hypnotherapist?

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Hypnotherapy is a form of psychotherapy used to create subconscious change in a patient in the form of new responses, thoughts, attitudes, behaviours or feelings. It is undertaken with a subject in hypnosis.

 

7. If I’m hypnotised do I give up control?

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Do we give up control of our mind to someone else when we are reading a book or watching a film? In situations like this you are in a hypnotic trance, although you still have the power to emerge from that state if wished. Whatever or whomever hypnotizes you; you always have the power to resist

1. How much does it cost for hypnotherapy?

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The average seems to be somewhere between $75 and $125 per session, with session commonly being between an hour and an hour and a half long. Some Hypnotherapists offer pay-one-price programs - for smoking cessation, for example, where you pay $300 or $400 for all the sessions in the program.

 

2. Can you be hypnotized to do something against your will?

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The hypnotist has no control over you at all, and cannot make you do things against your will. All hypnosis is really self-hypnosis in that it is self-directed and self-controlled. Hypnosis is possible only if there is cooperation between you and your hypnotist. Only you can decide to allow yourself to be hypnotized

 

3. Is hypnosis covered by health insurance?

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In most cases, hypnosis is NOT covered by insurance. However, you will have to check with your individual provider to find out if they cover sessions supervised by a registered psychologist and to what extent.

 

4. How does hypnosis really work?

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Hypnosis is thought to work by altering our state of consciousness in such a way that the analytical left-hand side of the brain is turned off, while the non-analytical right-hand side is made more alert. The conscious control of the mind is inhibited, and the subconscious mind awoken

 

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