Geoffrey's Hypnosis Articles

Hypnotherapy & Healing

Hypnotherapy & Healing by Hypnotherapist Geoffrey JN KnightI have wanted to come out and write about healing in hypnosis, but up to now I have felt confined to the closet because most conventional medical practitioners think it's a joke, something for mass entertainment. The present-day doctor was brought up in the belief system of modern science that has driven allopathic medicine for the last one hundred... Read Full Article

 

Quitting Smoking

Quitting Smoking by Hypnotherapist Geoffrey JN Knight High Success Rate

Hypnosis has one of the highest success rates for smoking cessation because it gets right to the source of your habit. Hypnosis is all about helping you make the changes you want in your life, but it doesn’t “brainwash” you to do something you really don’t want or aren’t ready to do. If you want to give up smoking but... Read Full Article

 

Fears & Phobias

Fears & Phobias by Hypnotherapist Geoffrey JN KnightOf the emotional problems I deal with in my practice, there are three types that I encounter all the time. They are guilt, fear and depression. It may surprise many people to know that depression is a long way down the list, while guilt and phobias are by far the most common. In my medical dictionary there are 283 recognized phobias, and I am sure... Read Full Article

 

Past Life Regression

Past Life Regression by Hypnotherapist Geoffrey JN KnightRegression is a technique commonly used in hypnotherapy to find the underlying cause of some problem that a client wants resolved. Under hypnosis, the client is taken back in his or her present life to a situation or event in the past. Often this is a traumatic event which so affected the client at the time that it has had a debilitating affect on... Read Full Article

 

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by Hypnotherapist Geoffrey JN KnightObsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an illness that affects 1 in 50 adult Americans, and twice that many will have experienced it at some time in their lives. It ranges from merely annoying to an emotionally crippling condition which, if left untreated, can affect a person's relationships, work and family life and lead to depression and other problems.

The... Read Full Article

 

Enhancing Memory Recall

Enhancing Memory Recall by Hypnotherapist Geoffrey JN KnightSeptember is back to school time.  Over the coming year, students will be studying for tests or exams that could well have a critical effect on their careers and lives. Can hypnosis help them recall what is needed to pass those exams, or get a better grade?  The answer is "Yes, it can", but the end results depend on the degree of commitment of the... Read Full Article

 

Covert Hypnosis

Covert Hypnosis by Hypnotherapist Geoffrey JN KnightWithout being aware of it, we slip in and out of hypnosis all day long. When we drive that car to work each day on auto-pilot without remembering the details of the journey, we do so in a light hypnotic state. We automatically stop at the traffic lights, and obey highway driving rules without having to think. When we day dream, or get absorbed in watching... Read Full Article

 

The Mindset of Healing

The Mindset of Healing by Hypnotherapist Geoffrey JN KnightHave you ever wondered why some people get sick while others, who may be exposed to the same stresses or source of infection don't seem to be affected?  Some people's immune system is strong, helping them recover quickly while others may experience a prolonged, debilitating chronic illness. What determines whether and why a person gets sick?

Practitioners... Read Full Article

 

Children & Hypnosis

Children & Hypnosis by Hypnotherapist Geoffrey JN KnightThere are many children's problems that hypnotherapy can help with. And, the great thing is that children are usually excellent hypnotic subjects. They have such wonderful imaginations that you can induce the hypnotic state easily and rapidly by getting them, for example, to imagine taking off in a space craft or taking part in their favorite television... Read Full Article

 

Weight Loss

Weight Loss by Hypnotherapist Geoffrey JN KnightIf you are overweight, you have plenty of company. A survey carried out recently by the National Health and Nutrition Survey states that 58 million adult Americans in the twenty to seventy-four age group are overweight. Overall, about one in five Americans is overweight. A former Surgeon General, C. Everett Koop, said that "the number one public health... Read Full Article

 

Bulimia & Eating Disorders

Bulimia & Eating Disorders by Hypnotherapist Geoffrey JN KnightRecently the Surgeon General rightly stated that the biggest medical problem for the United States today was overweight and obesity.  What is not so often talked about is the other end of the scale, that is to say Bulimia Nervosa and Anorexia Nervosa. Bulimia is a condition that mainly affects young women in the West, and western cultures in other... Read Full Article

 

Illnesses & Surgery

Illnesses & Surgery by Hypnotherapist Geoffrey JN KnightI was recently asked by the mother of a child of eleven to attend her daughter in hospital the morning of a procedure where she was going to have a catheter put into her stomach.  This procedure required the catheter to be put up her nose and then, after swallowing, down her esophagus and into her stomach.  No Valium or calming drugs were permitted.... Read Full Article

 

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Irritable Bowel Syndrome by Hypnotherapist Geoffrey JN KnightDo you put your troubles and worries into your gut? Some of us experience chronic upsets in our gastrointestinal tract that range from inconvenient and annoying to totally debilitating.  When there is no obvious physical or microbial cause, these symptoms are lumped under the general heading of Irritable Bowel Syndrome abbreviated to "IBS."  This... Read Full Article

 

Motivation & the Inner Game

Motivation & the Inner Game by Hypnotherapist Geoffrey JN KnightI am often called upon in my hypnotherapy practice to help people motivate themselves more effectively.  This can extend to successfully thinking about your job or career, about making money and having abundance in your life, or to maximizing your sports performance.

Hypnosis can be a very effective way to motivate sportsmen and has been used for... Read Full Article

 

Self-Hypnosis

Self-Hypnosis by Hypnotherapist Geoffrey JN KnightEveryone has experienced a trance-like state many times.  We go into light hypnotic states every day of our lives.  Have you ever caught yourself daydreaming and not been aware of things happening around you?  Have you ever been so absorbed in a book or watching a movie that you haven't realized an hour or two has gone by? What about driving in... Read Full Article

 

Letting Go

Letting Go by Hypnotherapist Geoffrey JN KnightWe were recently burglarized.

I returned home just after nine in the evening and on entering the garage, I noticed the back door and frame had been smashed open. My heart leaped as I immediately realized that burglars had entered our house. When I opened the door, I saw the contents of every drawer in the house strewn over the floors and corridors.... Read Full Article