Is it true that my hypnotherapist has control of me when I am under hypnosis?

Is it true that my hypnotherapist has control of me when I am under hypnosis?

John McGrail, C.Ht. (Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist) gives expert video advice on: Is it true that my hypnotherapist has control of me when I am under hypnosis?; Is it true that only weak-minded people can be hypnotized?; Is it true that I can be put under hypnosis without my consent? and more...

Hypnotherapists cannot control you. You cannot lose control of your mind. The role of a hypnotherapist, if you will, is a facilitator. One of the most famous hypnotherapists of all time was Milton Erickson. And one of his tenets, his basic tenets, was that everybody already has within them the resources required to produce the change they wish to produce. A good hypnotherapist is a facilitator and perhaps a coach and a teacher but never a controller. We cannot control anybody else's mind. We cannot make anybody do anything or think anything or feel anything they do not wish to. If I was to be stupid enough to suggest something to a client in the deepest of trances that was in any way antithetical to their desires, goals, or desired outcomes, they'd instantly open their eyes and say, " What's wrong with you?"