Is Cape Town Ready to Go Beyond Hypnosis?

A good hypnotist anywhere can show their clientswith modern techniques have learned hypnosis
good modern techniques that go beyond hypnosisafter an emotional or physical condition has
and help even further. For example, I have metattracted them to hypnosis. Most cannot take
people whose lives had changed for the muchfive years out of their lives to train in a new
better after their hypnotist added Reiki to theircareer. So no matter how good the hypnotist is
treatment, such as a Capetonian whose hypnotistand no matter how cutting-edge their techniques
was in Johannesburg. And I have met people whoare, they are now limited in what they can say to
swear by EFT Tapping after their hypnotist hadthe potential client. And this limits the public's
introduced it to them; two of these advancedchoices and therefore the advice they can get
hypnotists were in Cape Town. Hypnosis is a talkabout hypnosis and beyond.
technique, and the added element of energyAnother challenge for Cape Town is income.
healing elevates a hypnosis treatment beyondIncomes are lower than in Johannesburg, for
anything hypnosis alone can achieve.example. So many Capetonians cannot justify the
There is much misinformation about hypnosis, sobudget to try unfamiliar alternatives.
when anything other than being in deep trance isHaving said all that, Cape Town is actually seeing
suggested, the average person is very skepticalan emergence of new alternative therapies, but
and afraid to try. Stage hypnosis has much tothey are usually presented in down-market
answer for. The public see someone act like aflea-markets and sold next to a stall selling
chicken in trance and assume that they can beunhealthy highly-coloured sugary sweets to
made to completely change instantaneously if onlychildren. This does not give the alternative health
they can be hypnotized. And in Cape Town, thereindustry a good name or image. And so any good
is still limited access to the internet but manytreatment that takes the client beyond hypnosis
hypnosis shows, so the public do not have accessis badly represented and not taken seriously. Cape
to information about modern techniques that canTown needs high-quality alternative health shows.
help them beyond hypnosis. And let's face it; aI envisage this will eventually happen as better
stage gimmick done for fun is totally differentalternative health associations take their services
from serious recovery from an addiction or ato the public.
deep-rooted emotional condition.So to answer the question, is Cape Town ready
And with the change of law in South Africa, manyto go beyond hypnosis, I would say yes, maybe
good hypnotists can now no longer say that theyin five years or so. In the meantime, it is up to
do anything therapeutic. This is because now aeach hypnotist with energy techniques to educate
hypnotherapist in South Africa has to havetheir clients about the new advances. Education is
studied psychology for four years at universitythe key. And if you are looking for help with a
plus done an MA in psychology on top beforecondition for which you have been told hypnosis is
being able to call themselves a hypnotherapist.the answer, do an internet search on the
This puts the emphasis in training on some prettycondition, and see what turns up. Also ask
outdated psychology, and for way longer than ispotential hypnotists what other techniques they
even needed in most other countries. Foruse, and be open to trying new things. You may
example, in the UK, a psychotherapist only needsbe pleasantly surprised.
two years training. Most really good hypnotists