The major benefits of using hypnosis are its robust and time-efficient effects. Images can be created in the mind "as-if" the corrective experience is taking place as desired at that very moment. Rather than having to re-create an experience in life, which may not be feasible, within hypnosis the healthy experience can take place realistically within the mind- on the spot and also, as needed in the future. Therapeutic approaches that utilize any type of imagery techniques are utilizing the tools of hypnosis, although they may not begin with a formal induction into trance and may not call the intervention "hypnosis".

A clinical hypnotist simply serves as a facilitator to guide the process. A licensed therapist performing hypnosis is ethically required to make only those suggestions that support agreed-upon outcomes. As in choosing any health care professional, care should be exercised in selecting a hypnotherapist. We emphasize that we are not "hypnotists", which requires no training or certification, but licensed health care professionals who use hypnosis along with other tools of our profession.

We have been trained and certified by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, an internationally recognized organization with the highest standards for its practitioners.