Your visit usually lasts about an hour to an hour and a half. You will be asked to fill our forms for our records. Then I will explain what hypnosis is and what it can and cannot do. Then we will ask a few more questions that are not on the form. We'll discuss various aspects of your problem, and we will develop a plan. Please remember that all information that you give us will never be discussed with anyone else. I will take you into trance briefly to let you experience it firsthand. Usually I will then guide you back into trance and complete the session with you. The session starts with you describing in details what it is you want to change. I will clarify some points and make sure I understand what I need to do.
You can't do anything wrong. All that is required is that you relax and focus on your breathing.
Many people don't know what to expect the first time they go into trance. Remember:
Hypnosis is safe and enjoyable.
You are never really asleep.
Hypnosis is not a polygraph.
You will be aware of what is going on at all times.
You cannot be persuaded to do anything against your own values.
You will be able to come out of hypnosis any time you want to.
You are always in control of what you say and do.
Hypnosis is not dangerous and there is no side effects.
What you will feel is amazingly relaxed, you will feel that nothing really matters right now, that you could do anything you wanted but can't be bothered, that you just want to go on lying there and enjoying this amazing feeling. At the end of the session you will feel deeply relaxed and refreshed. Most people report that they feel as if they have just wakened from a long nap. _