Sister,

Thank you very much for your post !!!

I know of one state that hypnotherapists are considered psychotherapists and are made to care ID to that effect. The state I am in is not that way. The association I belong to strives very hard to make a place for us at the professional table as a stand alone profession. We have come a long way, but have a long way to go.

For the most part the clients that use hypnotherapy do so for a rather short period of time compared to "Talk" therapy. Most of the time the clients won't have more then 6-10 sessions a week apart. For the most part we are able to achieve their goal in that period of time.

The hypnotist you worked with must not have given you a good explanation of what hypnosis is or how it works for you to be weirded out by it. He has NO control over you. And your right, I didn't work becuase you were going to prove him wrong !!!! But that is for a different discussion.

Again, thank you for your post - it was very informative as to your position and beliefs.

Rick