Hypnotherapy uses guided relaxation, intense concentration, and focused attention to achieve a heightened state of awareness that is sometimes called a trance. The person's attention is so focused while in this state that anything going on around the person is temporarily blocked out or ignored. In this naturally occurring state, a person may focus his or her attention -- with the help of a trained therapist -- on specific thoughts or tasks.

The hypnotic state allows people to explore painful thoughts, feelings, and memories they might have hidden from their conscious minds. In addition, hypnosis enables people to perceive some things differently, such as blocking an awareness of pain.

It has been practised in various forms for thousands of years by many cultures including Druid, Celtic and Egyptian. Today, hypnosis is recognised by the scientific community as an effective healing tool, although how it works is still something of a mystery.

The brain has different levels of consciousness, or awareness, ranging from fully alert to drowsy to fully asleep, with variations in between. Hypnotic states occur naturally and spontaneously. Everyday examples include: daydreaming, being absorbed in a pleasant task and losing track of time, doing a mundane task (such as washing the dishes) while thinking about something else, to the degree that you can’t actually remember performing the task, getting lulled into a dreamy state by boredom, for example, when listening to a dull speech.

Clinical hypnosis deliberately induces this kind of relaxed state of awareness. Once the mind is in a relaxed state, any therapeutic suggestions can have great effect on attitudes, perceptions and behaviors. The way that this occurs isn't fully understood. Some researchers believe that hypnosis promotes particular brain wave activity that allows the mind to take in and adopt new ideas, while others suggest that hypnosis accesses the ‘unconscious mind’, which is more open to new ideas than the rational ‘conscious mind’.

The cause to your sexual problem may be physical or psychological in nature. In such instances it is possible to use hypnotherapy as a supplement to medical treatments, for instance in helping you to heal faster after an operation.

In many cases, however, sexual difficulties are the result of some underlying psychological issue, which can be triggered by stress, anxiety or fear.

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