What does the hypnotist / hypnotherapist do?
The sole fact of reading the word ‘therapy’ maybe has put in alarm some health-care professionals, here, so I think it’s better to immediately clarify the meaning of the words. Now, the term hypnotist indicates an expert in hypnosis, an operator that is able to use self-hypnosis and to also teach it to other people for their self-improvement. However, in the United States and in United Kingdom (for example), physicians often refer their patients to a professional and certified hypnotist, i.e. they write a true prescription for hypnotic treatment for clinical and medical purposes. So, in this case, the hypnotist should be considered more correctly as a hypnotherapist, because he operates in a clinical sphere following the orders of the doctor; in other words, he becomes a sort of ‘drug’ to be used only under medical prescription. For this reason, the terms ‘hypnotist’ and ‘hypnotherapist’ indicate the same operator who works in different contexts. Other terms are often used, depending o
