I apparently am not a 'suitable candidate' for hypnotherapy 
Why not? I felt so uptight with the first 2 that I tried I listened to and analysed everything they said so it didn't work. I felt completely different with the 3rd one and told her how I'd responded so she tried a different tack. We used to start with a general chat then do some relaxation then she would just talk to me. Have you tried any of the Paul Mckenna cd's? they would give you practice at how it feels. I attended a self hypnosis workshop. As part of the day we had a group hypnotherapy session. We all thought we'd been asleep for a couple of minutes but it was an hour. If you get the right person it's amazing.
