What if I can't be hypnotized?

What if I can't be hypnotized?

John McGrail, C.Ht. (Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist) gives expert video advice on: How does hypnosis work?; Can I hypnotize myself, or do I need someone else to hypnotize me? and more...

Well, the good news is that hypnosis is not a magic bullet, and there are many, many tools that can effect therapeutic change. The chances of not being able to be hypnotized are pretty slim. In all the years that I have played with hypnosis before I chose it as a career, I've been seeing people in a clinical setting and I have literally only had one client who refused to go into hypnosis. And what happened with this particular individual was that every time the transition began they would come out of it. So the inability to be hypnotized is, in my parlance, somewhat dubious. People who come to me want to experience hypnosis; they want change. Out of thousands of hypnosis clients, only one refused to actually enter the state. If you come to see me and you don't have good results, which I would hope wouldn't happen, certainly another hypnotherapist might have better. I have actually referred clients out to other people who I thought might be a better fit for them, because rapport is as important as anything in hypnosis. The tool is the tool, and what you do with it, how you use it, and who you're working with is very, very important in terms of success.