Hypnotherapy is where a certified hypnosis helps you break bad habits or release stress through hypnosis. This is done by inducing the client in a trance much like sleep that is done by suggestion. Hypnosis is very popular dating back to centuries, there are many types of hypnosis now. There is hypnosis for entertainment only which is just entertainment purposes and there is therapeutic hypnosis. A certified hypnosis will be required to have hypnotist professional liability insurance. Usually this type of hypnotist will either work at a hypnotherapist’s center or will be self employed. Either one must have hypnotist E & O insurance.  Not all hypnotist deal with the client face to face anymore. Some hypnotists just sell tapes where the client can listen to these for relaxation purposes and some hypnotists teach self hypnotism. This is why there are several types of Hypnotist insurance liability professional insurance available for these professionals.  Another new type of hypnoses is virtual hypnosis, some say this is only for entertainment and some agree that does help the client resolve some bad habits. There is always going to be Liability insurance available for hypnotists. There are not many E&O markets for this type of risk but it is available for a certified hypnotist.