Hypnosis is often associated with stage hypnosis shows and other mystical things, but hypnosis is not at all mystical and is a perfectly natural state of mind that we all go into hundreds of times every day.

       I am sure you’ve experienced driving in your car but not knowing the exact things you did (like every turn of the indicator or wheel for example) – this is when you are in a very light hypnotic state. On a subconscious level, you were still in control of the vehicle you were driving. The same happens when you are focused intensely on a movie or book. Someone talks to you while you’re watching the movie or reading and you can’t hear a word they’re saying.

In therapy, hypnosis usually involves the person experiencing a sense of deep relaxation with their attention focused inward and appropriate suggestions made by the therapist.

     Hypnosis is not a state of deep sleep. It does involve the induction of a trance-like condition, but when in it, the patient is actually in an enhanced state of awareness, concentrating entirely on the hypnotist’s voice.
In this state, the conscious mind is suppressed and the subconscious mind is revealed.

      The therapist is able to suggest ideas and concepts to the patient, the seeds of which become firmly planted.
The practice of promoting healing or positive development in any way is known as hypnotherapy.

As such, hypnotherapy is a kind of psychotherapy. Hypnotherapy aims to re-program patterns of behavior within the mind, enabling irrational fears, phobias, negative thoughts, and suppressed emotions to be overcome.