Hypnotherapy, also known as hypnosis or hypnotic suggestion, is a type of mind-body modality that helps create an altered awareness state that gives access to the subconscious mind.

In his theory of relativity, Albert Einstein demonstrated that the human body is simply energy like all things in the world.

Our physical body is surrounded by an energy field called the subtle body, also known as aura. The subtle body has different vibration energies:

1. Etheric energy - contains physical memories and is close to the physical body
2. Astral energy - contains emotional memories (including unresolved or frozen memories from our ancestors or past lives, some of the most negative emotions being fear, rage, shame, guilt, anger, sadness, hatred, and despair). It is believed that this energy field extends to a half-meter around the physical body.
3. Mental energy - contains thoughts and extends up to several meters around the physical body. Even thoughts not expressed vocally have incredible power and can influence people around you. An example would be friends saying the same thing simultaneously or when we feel someone's heavy energy, even though they may not speak a word.

In hypnotherapy, we work with all these energy levels - physical, etheric, astral, and mental. 

Results of a Comparative Study by American Health Magazine have shown the following:
Psychoanalysis - 38% recovery after 600 sessions
Behavior Therapy - 72% recovery after 22 sessions
Hypnotherapy - 93% recovery after 6 sessions

So it's for you to decide!

The number of sessions required depends on your needs, goals, presenting issues, and suggestibility. For example, it may take only 1 session to get rid of fear, but substance abuse such as smoking or drinking usually requires 5-7 sessions. But you can always explore more if you want.

Also, following your therapist's guides at home and doing your homework helps to achieve more efficient results. 

Most people feel very relaxed, like being in a meditative state, savasana or Yoga Nidra (yogic sleep). It is a state between sleep and awake with slower brain waves. 

Everyone can be hypnotized as long as they are willing to. However, trying to prove to your therapist or yourself that you can't be hypnotized will jeopardize your experience, and hypnosis won't work. Believe it or not, hypnosis is a natural state we all experience daily. For example, we often get hypnotized when driving or watching TV. 

Your natural ability to be hypnotized also depends on your suggestibility (emotional or physical).

The answer is no. A therapist cannot make you do anything you don’t consciously want to do. Both your conscious and subconscious minds will be present and awake, but your conscious mind will not be in control, whereas the subconscious mind will be in control, and that's what gives us an opportunity to remove unwanted "garbage".

Usually yes! I call it "watching a movie". You may not remember every little detail, and some people may experience amnesia during hypnosis if they go too deep. But most of us can recall their session clearly. 

Traditional psychology has already established that our personality is shaped by the memories of the events we experience in our lives. Regression therapy focuses on past events and how they influence our present-day behavior.  It is thanks to this tool that we can access the “files” in our “database” that are hidden and can’t be accessed on the conscious level (e.g., prenatal or early childhood). But we are also shaped by our past lives (or ancestral memories, collective consciousness, if you prefer this explanation), and regression therapy helps us get to the bottom of these events and their influence on our lives. 

Some examples of the problems and their potential correspondence to past life experiences based on “Healing the Eternal Soul” by Andy Tomlinson

Insecurity - from being abandoned or dying in a past life as a child.
Depression - often originates from hopeless thoughts from a past life of a slave, or dying in a famine, etc.
Phobias and irrational fears - unusual phobias such as fear of drowning, suffocation, fire, animals, knives, etc.
Obsessive thoughts - traumatic death or reckless actions. For example, obsession with cleanliness could come from a traumatic death in filth, and the obsessive habit of checking again could result from carelessness that led to the loss of a loved one.
Guilt - betrayals, killing loved ones, or leading many people to death.
Unexplainable pains, tensions, or numbness - past lives with traumatic injuries or deaths (e.g., injuries to the head, chest, beatings, or throat issues from hanging or strangling).
Panic attacks - traumatic deaths with rape, torture, interrogation, dying in the well, etc.
Anger or rage outburst - loss of family and possessions by invaders, torture, betrayal, and unfair expulsion from communities.
Relationships that fall apart repeatedly - betrayal by loved ones and various perpetrators and victim roles.
Feeling detached and isolated from other people - being shunned or excluded by the communities (e.g., religious, tribal, village, etc.).

Past Life Therapy is an expanded and more specialized form of regression therapy. When processing a childhood event or a trauma gives only half of the results, past life therapy will help go farther back to locate any unresolved "file" or a "program" of the past that keeps playing in our present.

Generally, past-life therapy is a quicker approach (though the sessions may take longer and are more intensive than traditional psychotherapy).
“In a maximum of 12 hours of regression therapy, I can accomplish what will take a psychoanalyst 3 years” - Denys Kelsey.

The most common issues to seek past life regression therapy for:

1. Phobias and fears
2. Relationship problems with specific people or people in general
3. Depression
4. Physical complaints without any reasonable medical explanation or not responding to medical care
5. Sexual problems
6. Addictions
7. Obesity and eating disorders

A past life regression therapist will only work with clients who want to work, are able to take responsibility for their actions, can explore their thoughts and feelings, and can distinguish fact and fiction.

There are 2 types of past life therapy sessions:
1) exploration - when a client is seeking knowledge, understanding, and insight (e.g., life plan or life purpose, talent seeking, what is the relationship with a specific person, why do I have this birthmark, etc.)
2) therapy - an improved state (e.g., more energy, removal of an inexplicable physical or emotional pain, changing patterns and self-perceptions, etc.)