People should be able to deal with things on their own. 

Nothing is farther from the truth! We all need others to lean on at times, and we all desire to be seen and known deeply by another. We may also require a different perspective in order to see ourselves and our situation clearly. While turning to a friend for advice may work in some instances, there are times when all of us could use an unbiased, professional opinion. It takes great courage to admit to yourself that you need help. It takes even more courage to ask another for help. Rather than a sign of weakness, it is a sign of strength when someone wishes to improve his or her life, and has the courage to seek assistance in this process. 

The more accurate statement is that people, like everything else, are changing constantly. This change often occurs in spite of our best efforts to hold on to and maintain what is familiar – even if it's misery. Change is relentless and inevitable. It both creates and undoes us. What causes our distress is a more or less rigid attachment to the way things were a decade, a year, a month, or a moment ago.
It is vital that we adapt to our bodies as they grow (stronger or weaker, faster or slower), as well as to the changes in those we love, the changes in our work life, and the changes in the world around us.
 Psychotherapy can help us accept our losses more gracefully, evaluate our possibilities more fully, and participate more proactively in the process of our own lives. 

People often fear that being hypnotized will make them lose control, surrender their will, and result in their being dominated, but a hypnotic state is not the same thing as gullibility or weakness. The main thing to remember is that hypnosis is a collaborative process. In order for it to work, it relies on you joining in with it, rather than allowing it to be done to you. While hypnotized you are not only fully aware, but also in full control. It is impossible to be made to do anything that you don’t want to do while in a hypnotic state, and you can come out of hypnosis at any time you like. Hypnosis is a fundamental and perfectly natural human experience, and a powerfully effective way for us to gain more control over our lives.

Quite the contrary! Anyone can be hypnotized, but it does require an ability to focus, concentrate and follow direction, which means that it’s often the case that the more intelligent you are, the more likely you are to be successful with hypnosis. The most difficult hypnotic subjects to work with are those that are under the influence of drugs or alcohol – precisely because they often can’t focus enough to engage in the process.