What is hypnosis? 

Hypnosis is a state of relaxed focus.  Hypnosis is perfectly natural and safe.  When you drift off to sleep, you briefly pass through a natural state of hypnosis, and you do the same thing in the morning when we wake up.  It’s that fuzzy mental place when you are neither fully awake nor fully asleep.  You are also in a hypnotic state when we are driving on an open highway and you suddenly “awake” and wonder how much time has passed and how you have managed not to have an accident.  Being engrossed in a TV show, listening to music, or reading an article or book can also produce hypnosis.

Your Louisville Hypnosis Academy Certified Hypnotherapist will assist you in learning how to achieve this state, and she or he will guide you to a level of hypnosis where your subconscious mind is receptive to suggestions.  These suggestions will enable you to use the power of your own mind make the changes in your life that you desire.

Hypnosis can help you change old (often destructive) habits and behaviors and provide you with the motivation to do the things that you have been unable to fully accomplish or that you may have been putting off.

Hypnosis has been used by medical professionals for hundreds of years, and hypnosis has been sanctioned by the medical community for over 50 years as a way to help patients overcome chronic pain, create anesthesia, and heal psychogenic illnesses.  For example, hypnosis has been shown to help mothers experience pain-free childbirth, and hypnosis and self-hypnosis have demonstrated effectiveness in reducing stress and stress-related illnesses.

We urge you to read the Frequently Asked Questions page of this website that will hopefully dispel some of the myths about hypnosis and hypnotherapy that have been created by television and Hollywood.  In the end, hypnosis is a tool that can help you take back control of your life just like it has helped millions of other people regain control of their lives.

At the Louisville Hypnosis Academy, we utilize a systematic, highly effective, and proven type of hypnotherapy called 5-PATH®.  On top of the education and certification that is required to become a Certified Hypnotherapist, 5-PATH® Certified Hypnotherapist undergo extensive additional training, and they must pass a rigorous additional examination.  The 5-PATH® 

program is used by selected professional Certified Hypnotherapist throughout the United States and in many countries around the world.

Your Louisville Hypnosis Academy Certified Hypnotherapist will also be a 5-PATH® Certified Hypnotherapist.

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What is hypnotherapy? 

Hypnotherapy is the applied use of hypnosis.  Therapy can be defined as anything that is done to move someone toward health and wholeness.  Thus, hypnotherapy is the use of hypnosis to help you move toward health and wholeness.

Hypnotherapy is also used to help you reach goals--many times when all else has failed.  

Self-hypnosis may also be part of your hypnotherapy program.  Ask your Louisville Hypnosis Academy Certified Hypnotherapist if using self-hypnosis is recommended to help you reach your goals.

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