This technique occurs during a state of focused relaxation, where the client’s subconscious mind is open to suggestions. Although relaxed, the client is always in complete control. The therapist facilitates communication between the right and left sides of the brain with the client in a state of consciousness somewhere between waking and sleeping. The client benefits the most when the desire to be hypnotized is there, and he/she knows the environment is completely safe and peaceful. Hypnotherapy can include regression work or “progression,” to visualize future positive outcomes and possibilities.