What is Hypnotherapy?
While the Zen Level Method is a unique process it does have it's roots in psychology, NLP, clinical counseling and traditional hypnotherapy ideologies and methodologies. Here is a crash course into the science behind the Zen Level Method.
Definition of Hypnosis -
As of 2025, a widely accepted definition, such as that used by the American Psychological Association (APA) Division of Psychological Hypnosis, describes hypnosis as; A state of consciousness involving focused attention and reduced peripheral awareness, characterized by an enhanced capacity to respond to suggestion.
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Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 9th Edition says hypnosis is; The induction of a specific altered state (trance) for memory retrieval, relaxation, or suggestion. Hypnotherapy is often used to alter habits (e.g., smoking, obesity), treat biological mechanisms such as hypertension or cardiac arrhythmia, deal with the symptoms of a disease, alter an individual's reaction to disease, and affect an illness and its course through the body.
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Ok, so what does that all mean?
The diagram below illustrates how the 3 parts of your mind work to create the current version of you.
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As you can see, the places that require access for change are all located below the conscious level. It is for this very reason that hypnosis based therapy has the potential to be very effective and efficient!
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This is where the Zen Level Method comes in. With extensive knowledge of how the mind works, and utilizing the hypnotic state, clients can work on levels of the mind typically unavailable to them under normal circumstances.