Hypnosis is often described as a state of deep relaxation but this is not strictly true as you can ben hypontized without being relaxed - however, hypnotherapy is normally performed in a quiet, calming place like any kind of therapy. Hypnosis is being a state of trance. It is not nearly as mumbojumbo as it sounds - we are in various forms of trance for most of the day: just before we get up in the morning, sleep, when concentrating etc. The beauty of hypnotherapy is that it works just like normal therapy but using the trance state as a sort of 'tool' to get you to deal with things on a more subconscious level.