Hypnotherapists
dispel myths of
their trade

BEING HYPNOTIZED
usually conjures visions of
someone swinging a pocket
watch in front of the pa-
tient’s eyes, while repeating
the phrase “‘you are getting
sleepy.””

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

According to North Vancouver
hypnotherapists Daniel Rutley and
Diane Payette, that vision could
not be further from the truth. In
fact, says Rutley, the patient is
never asleep during hypnosis.

Rutley and Payette maintain
that there are a lot of common
misconceptions about hypnosis,
and they add that hypnosis is not
dangerous, it is merely a state of
mind and a method of thinking.

Rutley, who has been a certified
clinical hypnotherapist since 1982,
and Payette, who is a registered
clinical counsellor and a member
of the Canadian Society of
Clinical Hypnosis, offer a
counselling service in North Van-
couver for people with problems
that range from depression to an
inability to quit smoking.

Payette says hypnotherapy is a
combination of hypnosis and
counselling. .

“What most people come here
for is the hypnosis part. Some
people think that hypnosis is
something magical or mystical or
that the person doing the hypnosis
has some kind of power where
they will do something to them to
help them deal with their prob-
lem,”’ says Payette.

In fact, she adds, hypnosis is a
way to help the patient relax.
Payette says that in hypnosis, pa-
tients are offered suggestions on

ways they can overcome their
problems.

Rutley adds that relaxation is
vital to problem-solving, and
hypnosis is one of the better ways
to relax.

“You don’t go under hyp-
nosis,"’ says Rutley. ‘You go
under a table or under a chair.
The other misconception is when
people say, ‘Well, what if I don’t
wake up?’ But you’re never asleep
to begin with. You can drive a
car, make love, play golf, ali in
hypnosis, and generally you will!
do a better job than normal
because hypnosis increases
awareness.””

He adds that hypnosis is a lot
like meditation.

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‘Meditation freqently gives you
a word and you focus on this
meaningless word or sound and all
of the problems with
you...disappear and all you do is
focus on this meaningless word,"’
says Rutley. ‘‘With hypnosis, in-
stead of a meaningless word, you
would have a concept, an idea, a
phrase which might be: ‘I’m a
non-smoker, Eli be calm = and
relaxed. I'll sleep well, [’ll remain
full between meals,’ things like
that.”

Rutley and Payette also frown
upon performers such as Revecn
and Romane, who come to town
offering one-session cures to peo-
ple through hypnosis.

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and Rutley say Romane has given
the profession a bad name because
he offers people guaranteed cures,
which they claim is impossible.

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