Frequently Asked Question

DOES HYPNOSIS WORK?
Hypnosis helps you achieve a state of focused awareness while bypassing the analytical
part of your mind. The analytical mind acts as a comparing mechanism, constantly
evaluating new information against existing beliefs to determine what is true or false.
While this protects us, it can also make changing habits through willpower alone
challenging—especially if you already believe change is difficult or impossible.

During hypnosis, this analytical filter is set aside, allowing positive and beneficial
suggestions to reach your subconscious mind directly. Without the comparing
mechanism rejecting new ideas, your subconscious is more receptive to change. As a
result, new beliefs and habits are accepted more readily, allowing you to experience
positive results more quickly.

IS HYPNOSIS SAFE?
Hypnosis is completely safe—it’s a natural and common state of mind that you enter
every day. You experience hypnosis when you daydream, get absorbed in a great movie,
or become immersed in a book. During these times, you remain consciously aware and
in control, just as you do when guided by a professional hypnotherapist. Hypnosis
simply helps you access this focused state intentionally for positive change.

WHAT IS HYPNOTHERAPY?
Hypnotherapy is the practical application of hypnosis to create positive change. Through
hypnosis, individuals can uncover the subconscious reasons behind their symptoms,
behaviors, or habits. Once these underlying factors are identified, specific techniques
are used to release them and establish new, healthy patterns of thinking at the
subconscious level. This process is what defines hypnotherapy.

CAN I BE HYPNOTIZED?
Absolutely! You’ve already experienced hypnosis whenever you’ve been absorbed in a
great movie or a captivating book. Hypnosis is a natural state of mind that everyone
enters regularly, often without realizing it.
At Hidden Pathways Hypnosis, all you need is a willingness to follow gentle guidance to
reach a state of focused awareness. If you can do that, you can experience hypnosis too.