Self Hypnosis Cds – How Can They Help Me Change?

The next best thing to a hypnosis session with an experienced hypnotherapist is the repeated listening to of self hypnosis cds, tapes, or mp3’s.

Although the practice of self-guided self hypnosis (without a hypnotherapist or self hypnosis cds) can be very powerful it still requires you to think of what to do next and which way to turn.

Self guided hypnosis you might say is similar to driving a car. The driver of the car can enjoy the views but he/she must make the decisions about the direction and speed and where to go next.

On the other hand listening to a self hypnosis cds can be like the experience of the passenger in the car. The passenger can enjoy much more of the view and not have to concentrate on anything particular. The passenger can go with the view from the car window or choose to drift away with his/her own thoughts.

Although it can be argued that the suggestions and therapeutuc processes in a self hypnosis cd remain fixed, it is also a fact that the listener will not remember everything in the recording consciously. So on subsequent playings the listener becomes aware of parts of the recording that they do not hear consciously before.

Also the repitition of beneficial suggestions which is then heard over and over again, consciously or unconsciously helps with their acceptance. Let’s face it, if we hear something often enough we begin to believe it. A self hypnosis cd makes use of this fact and something else…

If, like the passenger of a car, the conscious mind wanders off, it is less likely to reject positive suggestions. This being the case those positive suggestions are more easily accepted as true in the stronger part of the mind, the unconscious mind.

All in all, self hypnosis cds are a great way of dealing with and releasing patterns, urges and other unwanted or unhelpful behaviours.

Self Hypnosis Cds – Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy on a Hypnotic Cd

The purpose of this brief article is not to offer an opinion about the use of hypnosis as used by any modern hypnotherapist. The British Medical Association BMA and American Medidal Association AMA have long since acknowledged its place as a useful psychological intervention method.

Additionally, self hypnosis is being taught to expectant mothers with amazing results to help reduce any discomfort during childbirth. Dentists may use it to either help with a patient’s dental phobia or to help reduce the use of chemical anaesthesia.

A hospital in Manchester teaches it’s IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) patients self hypnosis. These patients have taken control of this debilitating condition and have managed to reduce the embarrassing and often painful symptoms of IBS through regular use of self hypnosis. 

It seems that the issues, problems and ailments that hypnosis can help with is endless.

Taking self hypnosis and putting it on a medium such as cassette tape, cd or mp3 is not as easy as it might seem. It takes skill and much experience in the field of practising hypnotherapy to get it right. 

Duncan McColl, an experienced hypnoanalyst has captured the full potential of self hypnosis in a series of amazing hypnotic cd recordings. I say, series but this is really an understatement.  He has over 600 different recordings aimed at specific problems.

Judging by the testimonials he receives, he has developed an almost miraculous knack of knowing (maybe I should say insight) of how to release people from the most stubborn and debilitating psychological and physiological burdens.

Duncan has a way with words you might say and has the most comforting and yet encouraging of voices too. He has used his hypnoanalytical skills and experience to create self hypnosis cds that also include principles from behavioural science, Zen, Sufism, and esoteric Christianity.

Duncan refers to his recordings as “Conscious Self Hypnosis” and some of these will be the subject of articles to come.

For a flavour of just some of the subjects Duncan has made available take a look at this catalog of self hypnosis cds and hypnotic mp3 downloads