Hypnotherapy comes from the Greek word “hypnos” which means sleep and the Greek word “therapeia” which means to give a service. The Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders defines it as a combination of hypnosis and therapeutic intervention. Its main purpose is to coax the client’s inhibiting factors into opening up to a more positive direction. Since these inhibiting factors are rooted deeply into the client’s subconscious, there is a need to put the client in a more accepting state that can only be reached through hypnosis.
