What happens during the first hypnosis session with a hypnotherapist?

What happens during the first hypnosis session with a hypnotherapist?

John McGrail, C.Ht. (Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist) gives expert video advice on: What happens during a typical hypnosis session?; What can I expect while I discuss my hypnosis goals with a hypnotherapist?; What is happening to me when I am in a hypnotic trance? and more...

A typical first hypnotherapy session, at least the way I conduct my practice, involves, it's a little bit longer, first of all. I want to invite the client in and get to know her or him a little bit, establish a personal relationship, we've usually spoken on the phone and decided to work together and yet there's that critical meeting. And so I spend a fair amount of time meeting the client and understanding what it is they really want to work on. Then I take the time to thoroughly explain how hypnosis works and why it works the way that it does, and what the client can or cannot expect to feel. And through the process I do a little testing to see how they process language and I do a little exercise to see how their mind and body works together, and then we just gradually introduce them to the concept of entering hypnosis, we just make it as easy and painless as it can be, and then we start the therapy. That's usually a typical first session. And that will be about a ninety minute session.