What’s The Difference Between Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy?

This question isn’t really worded correctly because hypnosis is the state of consciousness entered during hypnotherapy.  You could call it the ‘method’.  For more information on what hypnosis is, see our earlier article Hypnotherapy.. ?  Could I Lose Control?

Hypnotherapy is when a hypnotherapist uses hypnosis for therapeutic purposes.  Hypnotherapy is very different to stage hypnotism, when hypnosis is used for entertainment purposes and to make others laugh.  Our earlier article The Big Difference explains the difference between stage hypnotism and hypnotherapy.  In fact, the two are so different that if you were to ask a hypnotherapist to go on stage and perform stage hypnotism, 99% of them probably wouldn’t be able to.