Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Explained by Alan Gilchrist

What is Hypnosis?

"You are getting sleepy, very sleepy" . That's the normal catch-phrase that most people will associate with the stage hypnotist, the showman with hypnotic eyes that could pierce a stone, swinging a watch at his "victim".

The statement above is probably the  one of the most common perceptions that people would have about hypnosis or hypnotherapy. It certainly is  a mythical one and over the last 25 years I have spent quite a lot of time attempting to dispel this myth. Hypnosis or Hypnotherapy has long been associated with stage shows and the mysterious, so it is for that very reason I had this website designed to help set the record straight.

Please feel free to browse through my web site, and I really do hope you will be enlightened and amazed about the  wonderful benefits that can and is achieved by using my techniques of Fast Track Hypnosis.

Many people assume they can be made to do something completely against their will while under hypnosis.
If that were so you would find me, not in my  Belfast office, but down at my bank manager and swinging a little watch at him, telling him to forget all about my overdraft. In fact, if that could be done we would all be hypnotists doing exactly the same!" Stage Hypnotists  simply like to give the audience the impression they are in control of a person's mind.

                     No one can be hypnotised against their will, or forced to do something objectionable.

Hypnosis particularly used in therapy ( Hypnotherapy) helps to give clients a great deal more control over their lives- not less!. There is another myth - a person might be unable to ever come out of hypnosis if something unfortunate happens to the Hypnotist. Again, if true, there would be millions of bodies lying in a trance all over the world and we would all read about it. It simply cannot happen!

Fast Track Hypnosis or Hypnotherapy is used to improve a person's general functioning - mentally and/or physically and can be used with great effect to help correct a  very wide range of problems (See Problems web page). Hypnosis  is only a state of  complete relaxation with an altered state of heightened awareness. This simply  means that people are not treated with hypnosis but are treated in hypnosis. While a person is in this state the subconscious mind can then accept positive suggestions. This in turn then helps to alter past behavioural problems, such as phobias, stress, confidence,  blushing, etc, in addition to the simple ones such as, stopping smoking, lose weight, weight control, etc.