There are many people who prefer alternative medicines over regular medical help and assistance. One of the more recent alternative medicine crazes would be hypnosis. There are many professionals who study in hypnotherapy and claim that the process over a period of several sessions can improve, if not completely help a person?s addiction to smoking, drinking, and overeating. Hypnosis is also a great psychology thing, in which a person can mentally heal a past memory that he, or she, has blocked. This form of health alternative medicine hypnosis and hypnotherapy is still under scrutiny by many medical professionals, but the hypnotherapy industry is rather popular.