What makes hypnosis different from cognitive therapy?
Cognitive counseling deals with issues at a cognitive (or conscious) level; and many of life’s problems require just that. When someone has to make difficult cognitive decisions, competent professional help is absolutely essential. For example, hypnosis is not a substitute for marriage counseling. But when it comes to changing habits or behaviors regulated by the subconscious, there is nothing faster than competent hypnosis to facilitate subconscious change. However, hypnosis is NOT A PANACEA for all life’s problems, and it should not be advertised as such. It’s also important to understand that a competent hypnotist who is NOT a licensed professional (i.e. counselor, psychologist, psychiatrist) recognizes that he or she is not licensed to diagnose. However, a competent hypnotist can formulate a professional opinion on the cause of a problem. A competent hypnotist asks the client’s subconscious mind to disclose the cause, and then either proceeds or refers accordingly, based on the inf
