More on myths about hypnosis
People often fear that being hypnotised will make them lose control, surrender their will, and result in their being dominated, but a hypnotic state is not the same thing as gullibility or weakness. Many people base their assumptions about hypnotism on stage acts, but fail to take into account that stage hypnotherapists screen very carefully their volunteers to select only those who are fully cooperative, with probable exhibitionist tendencies.

Stage acts help create a myth about hypnosis which can sometimes discourage people from seeking legitimate and successful hypnotherapy.

Another myth about hypnosis is: People lose consciousness and have amnesia. A small percentage of subjects, who go into very deep levels of trance will fit this stereotype and have spontaneous amnesia. The vast majority of people remember everything that occurs in hypnosis. This is beneficial, because the most of what we want to accomplish in advanced hypnosis may be done in a medium depth trance, where people will tend to remember everything.

In hypnosis, the patient is not under the control of the hypnotherapist. Hypnosis is not something imposed on people, but something they do for themselves. A hypnotherapist simply serves as a facilitator to guide them.

Advanced Hypnotherapy does not utilise deep hypnosis.