The side effects of hypnosis are positive.

Hypnosis and hypnotherapy is widely regarded as one of the safest ways to make lasting positive changes to your health and wellbeing. You already know how to reach hypnotic states because you have been doing it your entire life, whether you knew it or not.

For example, you reach a state of hypnosis when you daydream, remember an event that happened in the past, drive a car, read a book, watch a good movie, listen to music, lie down to rest, etc. The whole point of hypnosis is for you to achieve greater personal control, a greater sense of well-being, and a more relaxed and peaceful mind and body.

Research has shown few serious side effects to hypnosis. In fact, most of the side effects of hypnosis are positive.

Sleeping better is the number one side effect of working with hypnosis.

Many clients have multiple issues that come up even if they come in with only one problem they want to solve. Hypnosis is able to resolve complex issues on every level, even if you are not consciously aware of them. Some clients discover the cause of one problem and clear it and find that other issues are resolved as well. I call it "extra wellness" when several problems get resolved while you are working on another one.

A possible cause of reports of negative side effects usually comes from misuse of “direct suggestion”, which I rarely use. My approach is very adaptogenic. For instance, instead of saying, for example, “you will now stop feeling angry”, I use wording that is more open so your unconscious can adapt it in the most beneficial way without negative effects, such as “you will maintain your goal of being completely free of all old responses, emotions, habits, beliefs and behaviors ….creating a healthy body and mind…”

Some patients have experienced mild feelings of fatigue or disorientation following their hypnosis session. Please be sure to report such feelings to me because they can easily be resolved.

Also, research has shown that events recalled during hypnosis are neither more nor less likely to be accurate than those recalled in a usual waking state of consciousness, although recollections are sometimes experienced more vividly.

And please note that if hypnosis is used for decreasing pain perception, medical consultation and referral from your doctor may be required.

At no time will the use of hypnosis involve any attempt to provide medical or mental health therapy. Always follow the advice of your doctor or other professional medical practitioner. Hypnosis is not meant as a substitute for standard medical, psychological or psychiatric treatment and consulting hypnotists are required to advise you to seek your doctor's approval for any medically or psychologically diagnosed conditions or disorders. Hypnosis techniques are adjunct to symptoms and are a complementary alternative for self-healing, self-help, and behavior modification. Results are ultimately achieved through the client's own personal efforts at applying these techniques over time.