Cognitive Hypnotherapy

That also means that the Hypnotherapist can’t read your mind, take control over you or make you do anything you wouldn’t want to do. You will not lose your consciousness, you won’t fall asleep forever or be sleeping at all, and it is definitely not dangerous.

There are so many misunderstandings with Hypnotherapy I want to start by explaining what it is not. It is not anything like you might have seen on TV, in shows in hotels or on stage. These are purely for people’s entertainment which has nothing to do with Hypnotherapy. That also means that the Hypnotherapist can’t read your mind, take control over you or make you do anything you wouldn’t want to do. You will not lose your consciousness, you won’t fall asleep forever or be sleeping at all, and it is definitely not dangerous.

Actually in Cognitive Hypnotherapy we believe you are in trance all the time with your eyes wide open! You go through different stages of states of trance during the day. Does that surprise you? For example, you are in trance when you watch TV and you don’t recognise what’s going on around you. You are in a trance when a spider becomes bigger and more dangerous in your eyes. You are in a trance when you are driving home and you can’t remember the last few kilometres you’ve driven. In Hypnotherapy we use techniques of relaxation to achieve your desired outcome of a problem. It is a bit like meditation, the only difference is that you are guided through it and that you have agreed on a purpose before going into relaxation.

La técnica de Hipnoterapia cognitiva puede ayudarte a obtener el control de problemas o situaciones donde te sientes impotente, bloqueado, paralizado y con miedo. Es un enfoque terapéutico que combina ideas extraídas de la teoría cognitiva, psicología evolutiva y PNL (programación Neurolingüística). También utiliza una teoría de los “Estados de trance” propuesto por Steven Wolinsky, dentro del enfoque desarrollado por el autor del libro «Wordweaving» (Tejer palabras) por Trevor Silvester (fundador del Quest institute), el cual contiene sugerencias para crear una terapia breve y efectiva.

En la hipnoterapia cognitiva trabajamos con cada cliente de manera diferente, según su propia visión del mundo, necesidades y posibilidades de vida.  «No hay ninguna técnica que pueda funcionar igual con todos, pero todos pueden beneficiarse por lo menos de una de las técnicas». (Trevor Silvester)