Licensed Hypnotherapists hold a recognized professional license in fields like medicine, nursing, psychology, dentistry, chiropractic, and counseling. They have taken additional training to achieve certifications specific to Hypnosis.
The difference between hypnosis and hypnotherapy
Hypnosis is a state of mind connected to deep relaxation, narrowed focus, and increased suggestibility. Hypnosis is an intermediate state between sleep and wakefulness.
A qualified hypnotherapist should be at least a good listener. Hypnotherapists tend to work in a limited number of sessions – usually less than half a dozen – unless additional problem issues arise.
This is just a brief overview of some of the most common hypnotherapy treatment areas: Increasing confidence, Breaking bad habits such as smoking, nail-biting, bed-wetting, and so on, Removing phobias, Managing pain, Enhancing performance in artistic, academic, and athletic fields, Controlling weight and improving eating habits, Correcting eating disorders, Curtailing excessive alcohol use.
Non-licensed (Lay) Hypnotherapists do not have professional licensing. They have received training from non-accredited hypnosis schools that generally do not come under state or federal regulation.
Hypnotherapy vs. Psychotherapy vs Hypnosis
Psychotherapy does not usually focus on a single problem and is about exploring feelings. Psychotherapy does not start with a concept of how many sessions will be required, and places no limits on the number of sessions needed.
Hypnotherapy vs Psychotherapy
Hypnotherapists tend to work in a limited number of sessions –usually less than half a dozen – unless additional problem issues arise. Hypnotherapy is simply a method of putting your trance state to work solving your problems. However, the techniques of psychotherapy are sometimes used by hypnotherapists who particularly need to go into past personal history issues. Saying that, most hypnotherapists are very here-and-now orientated and unlike psychotherapists, don’t generally spend time talking about your childhood. However, this depends on the problem being brought to the hypnotherapist.
