This is a list of benefits for client when having sessions online:
- Greater confidentiality because clients will not be seen going into an office.
- Greater convenience for clients because they don’t have to travel.
- Saves time because of not having to travel to appointments.
- Sessions may be more accessible because there may be no hypnotists in their area.
- May feel more able to self-disclose because of distance.
- May feel more able to self-disclose when in a familiar home environment.
- Weather is not a factor unless it affects the Internet connection.
- Some clients cannot leave their homes, and online hypnosis enables them to have sessions.
- Some clients are so introverted or shy they will not have sessions if they have to look a hypnotist in the face in the same room.
- May be fearful of being alone in a room with someone of the opposite gender.
- May not be able to have sessions because of transportation issues such as not having a car or unwilling to drive.
- May be better able to schedule sessions with me when they don’t have to factor in travel time.
- Can have hypnosis sessions when traveling like on a business trip.
- Client saves money.
- Client may be more hypnotizable and go deeper because she/he is feeling safe because of the home environment or because of distance from the hypnotist.
- Can adjust the room temperature according to what she wants rather than what the hypnotist wants (but if too warm may increase the likelihood that she will go to sleep).
- Less likely to react to smells or chemicals that she may have reacted to in the hypnotist’s office.
- Experiencing the transformation in the home may better enable the client to continue to experience the positive effect of the session.
- The client does not have to get up and go right after the session; they can just sit there and process for a while.
- Clients who are physically disabled can have sessions without the physical or emotional discomfort of onsite sessions (avoid possible embarrassment about their immobility).