GIMSTER, if you can try to "deprograme" your belifes about hypnotheripie, it can be an exilent healling tool. If you can do this and manage to feel you can relax and trust enough whomever the hypnotheripist is then a lot can be gained from healling sessions.
Cheek out the persons personalitie, do you like them are they warm, do you have confidences in them, thse personal qualities are important as hypnotic states is dependent on relaxasion and trust. Secondlie cheek out their credentials, who and how were they tranned, do they belong to any recognised professional bodies, how long have they been practicing etc.

If i can provide any furtheir tips into this i be happied to. As part of my psychologie tranning i undertook hypnotheripy/hypnoanalises as an additional tool to be used in healling.

good luck in finding good healing methods whatever they may be.