They wonder if they need to be of a certain mental caliber (both strong-minded and weak-minded). Some wonder if they must be able to really relax for hypnosis to work, and that they’re so stressed that they will be unable to reach a state of deep relaxation (you don't have to be relaxed, as sometimes, hypnosis is used at accident scenes, to calm a person before emergency services arrive, certainly not a relaxing state…)

We get the idea of hypnosis being a state of being out of control from movies and television. This myth is based on the mistaken idea that hypnosis is something that a hypnotist “does to you.” Hypnosis is a state of heightened focus and concentration which you control. No one can force you into hypnosis.

Once a client has been taught to reach a certain depth in a hypnotic state (and taught to carry out the proper suggestions in this state), there are many issues for which unassisted self-hypnosis has proven to be beneficial. Other issues may require the added assistance of a skilled and board-certified hypnotist like Kacee. For issues that may require such assistance, Kacee, as a trained, skilled hypnotist, can help you accomplish more impactful change in just a few sessions than clients are sometimes able to accomplish in years with other modalities.

There are three simple requirements necessary for hypnosis to occur:

• Minimal level of intelligence
• Ability to follow simple instructions
• Willingness to be hypnotized

No one can make you do anything that goes against your values and morals. If we could, we would have plenty of hypnotists who would have no need to maintain private practices; we would specialize in bank robbery!

Anyone who wishes to be hypnotized can easily be hypnotized under the right conditions. It is a misunderstanding that strong-minded people cannot be hypnotized. In fact, strong-minded people often have the greatest successes as they use their strong mind to accept positive suggestions more readily.

Hypnosis is a learned skill, like dancing. Some of us are more naturally adept at it initially, but anyone can improve with a little practice. Your mind does not have to be quiet or still during your hypnotic state, which often makes hypnosis preferable to meditation for some busy, analytical people.

Hypnosis is an interactive process —the hypnotist communicates with you during your session to create the most powerful change work for you, based your information provided, and goals you desire to achieve.

Not. Even if the hypnotist were to leave building and forget the client, the client would either: drift into natural sleep for a bit or simply open their eyes and emerge from hypnosis.

Hypnosis is not sodium pentothal. You are always aware in the process and in control of what you say or don’t say at all times during your session.

Hypnosis is not mind control. It’s a heightened state of awareness, a tool which you use to access the power and creativity of your own mind and create the positive changes you desire, in your life. Your mind’s critical filter, whose only job is to protect you, ensures that your morals, values, and beliefs are all kept intact, and allows only new positive suggestions into the subconscious mind.