The word Hypnosis sometimes conjures up an image of a swinging watch, a spooky voice commanding "You are getting sleeeeeeepy,"or people in a nightclub uncontrollably barking like dogs. While stage hypnosis (hypnosis for entertainment purposes) certainly has its place, Dr. Irwin is a hypnotherapist serving Los Angeles, Tarzana and Santa Monica. She is a hypnotherapist who practices a completely different style of hypnosis, Therapeutic Hypnosis, using hypnotherapy to help people effect positive changes in their lives (see 101 Issues Successfully Treated by Hypnotherapist in Los Angeles - Dr. Nancy Irwin).

Many people are hesitant to be hypnotized because they fear losing control. Actually, the opposite is true: hypnosis gives you more control! The process accesses your own personal power. The hypnotherapist simply guides you to your power, facilitating the process. Hypnotherapy does for the mind what massage does for the body. When you are on a massage table, you trust the massage therapist to treat your body properly. However, you are still in full control. At any point during the massage, you could choose to stand up and walk out of the room. Clients always have a choice and their free will. If you leave Dr. Irwin's office, after a smoking cessation hypnotherapy session, you WILL have the self-control to never smoke again.

Hypnosis is a naturally occurring state that everyone experiences several times a day. We bookend our day in trance: it's that relaxed, "Ahhhh" woozy, "zoned out" state that you feel when you get in bed, turn out the light, and roll over to go to sleep. Hypnosis is an extremely powerful state to be in. Dr. Irwin is a hypnotherapist that will put you in this powerful state using hypnotherapy.

The best candidates for hypnotherapy are those who are bright and open-minded. They understand that the process of hypnotherapy is not about being commanded, rather a new lifestyle is being suggested to you. With your free will, you can take the suggestion, or not. No one ever does anything in the hypnotic trance that they don't really want to do anyway. After a visit with a hypnotherapist like Dr. Irwin, you will see how this Hypnotherapist, who practices Therapeutic Hypnosis, can help you make the difference.

Through hypnotherapy, you are able to access your subconscious power and align it with your conscious wishes to give you 100% of your mental power in the direction you choose to go! You can change unhealthy habits, discover your inner self or your life purpose, find physical pain relief, personal empowerment, smoking cessation, overcome sexual dysfunctions, fears and phobias, and essentially "reprogram" your mind to break through your fear into achievement, attract more of what you want, and deflect what you do not want in your life. Dr. Irwin specializes in successfully treating child sexual abuse, clergy abuse and incest. Dr. Irwin is a hypnotherapist who can also use past life regression hypnotherapy for those clients who are interested.

A recent article in the Los Angeles Times highlight the amazing benefits of hypnosis.