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Trance is a state of mind that occurs naturally throughout our lives in our day to day living. Trance is a powerful focus on a particular event to the exclusion of everything else. The event might, for example, be imagining a future or past occurrence, or performing a skill to a high level of proficiency.
Trance may also be induced by a hypnotherapist who deliberately focuses the attention of a client on to one particular item to the extent that the surrounding environment is ‘forgotten’.A skilled and experienced hypnotherapist is able to put anyone into a trance state (including anyone who resists going into trance, by means of focussing on their resistance).
People vary in the degree and depth of trance which they experience. A small number go into a very deep trance and recall nothing in their conscious mind when they come out of trance. At the other end of the spectrum there are people who experience only a light trance and who hear consciously everything the hypnotist said: the majority lie somewhere in between.The important aspect of trance, whether it be deep or light is that the hypnotists has been able to communicate with the client's unconscious.
The unconscious is that store of memories, experiences and skills which are not in conscious awareness. Some of the store of unconscious material is available to the conscious mind, but not all. In the trance state, much more is available.
An able and experienced hypnotherapist is able to use this extra material to help client/patient’s solve their difficulties and improve their situation or performance.