James Sherfey, CH, MS Ed., BS Ed.

Certified Hypnotist

Hypnosis and Neuroplasticity:  Hypnosis Changes the Brain Quickly and Permanently!


As a hypnotist, I always knew that our brains can change easily and permanently.  Modern science has only recently discovered this exciting ability of our brains: it is called neuroplasticity.

This discovery of the brain's ability to change and adapt, even into old age, has given the practice of hypnosis even more respect and credibility.  Modern hypnotists are trained in techniques to utilize the brain's neuroplasticity to make positive changes quickly and permanently.

What is hypnosis? The following is a good basic definition:

Hypnosis is a state of heightened awareness that is characterized by an accelerated ability to learn new patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving.  It is a highly focused state of awareness.       

Hypnosis is not sleep! 

Hypnosis is a natural and normal learning state that we all experience. We enter hypnosis when we become deeply absorbed in a movie, television, a book, or our own thoughts and feelings.  It is this quality of focus and absorption into our subjective experience that characterizes a hypnotic state. 

When guided by a skilled hypnotist, hypnosis can quickly and permanently help you make dramatic lifestyle change--like becoming a nonsmoker--in as little as one session.  At Columbus Hypnosis for Health, we are dedicated to providing the most advanced and successful smoking cessation methods to our clients. The methods we use are so effective that most clients become nonsmokers for life after a single "One and Done Session".