The fight, flight, or freeze response is deeply embedded in everyone.The fight, flight, or freeze response is deeply embedded in everyone.  Hypnotherapy is a practice that seeks to help you connect with your subconscious, so that you can change your instinctual response to fears.  For many people, hypnotherapy can help change damaging patterns and can be a powerful tool in addiction recovery and healing from trauma.  Author, clinical hypnotherapist, and transformation coach, Carrie Freeman, explains what hypnotherapy is and debunks some popular myths about this life-changing therapy.