Hypnotherapy utilizes hypnosis as a tool. Hypnosis is a natural state of heightened awareness, where you are able to open your mind to beneficial suggestions and where you can make use of your imagination to help make positive changes in your life. It is in this state of altered consciousness that a skilled therapist can help you to access the deeper levels of awareness, to which you are usually oblivious in your normal day-to-day functioning. Today, all around the world, people use the power of hypnosis to help deal with a vast range of problems. Everyone experiences hypnosis regularly. Hypnosis is simply a state of heightened relaxation and altered awareness.