Hypnosis vs. Hypnotherapy

There are many different courses that call themselves “hypnotherapy certification programs” but are not truly that. There is a big difference between “hypnosis certification” and “hypnotherapy certification.”

A hypnotist (not a hypnotherapist) will mainly use relaxation and hypnotic suggestions to address a behaviour. The hypnotist may ask the person to associate a nasty, disgusting substance with the food or drug they are addicted to, which may work for a few days or weeks. However, if the compulsive eater, say, encounters a situation where someone they love deeply threatens to leave, they are immediately back to consuming their addictive substance of choice. The pattern itself of using substances (food, drugs, etc.) to medicate unpleasant feelings has not been changed or healed.

In hypnotherapy, we can regress, through the senses, to discover and re-wire these patterns. When anchored in the nervous system and strengthened by the client between sessions, new i-Statements stick for more than just a few days. This is a fundamental reason why the mental health professional must discern the difference between hypnotherapy certification and hypnosis certification.

A professional therapist can easily learn to put someone into hypnosis, but then the question becomes, “what do I do now?” Just putting the person in the state of hypnosis and giving suggestions does not resolve the deeper issues. ‘Hypnosis’ and ‘hypnotherapy’ have been used interchangeably and they are two very different concepts.

Consistent research and methodology refinement has allowed hypnotherapy to progress as an advanced form of therapy to the point where clinical hypnotherapy is now regularly considered as a treatment option. Working in tandem with a group of powerful psychotherapy techniques, hypnotherapy can create a highly potent, pivotal change in a person’s outcome and ultimate experience of life.

Reference / Source: https://web.wellness-institute.org/blog/what-exactly-is-heart-centered-hypnotherapy