Hypnotherapy is a Form of Complementary Therapy
What is hypnotherapy?
Hypnotherapy is a form of complementary therapy that utilizes the power of positive suggestion to bring about subconscious change to our thoughts, feelings and behavior.
How does it work?
Hypnosis is thought to work by altering our state of consciousness in such a way that the analytical left-hand side of the brain is turned off, while the non-analytical right-hand side is made more alert. The conscious control of the mind is inhibited, and the subconscious mind awoken. Since the subconscious mind is a deeper-seated, more instinctive force than the conscious mind, this is the part which has to change for the patient’s behaviour and physical state to alter.
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Hypnotherapy is a talking therapy involving hypnosis which focuses a clients imagination and subconscious to help bring about positive changes to their thoughts, feelings or behaviour. Together the hypnotherapist and client will decide on the desired changes to work on prior to the hypnosis occurring.
Hypnotherapy is the use of different types of therapy in hypnosis, along with the mind’s own natural abilities, to resolve issues, relieve emotional burdens and achieve personal goals. It is a safe, effective process and involves the client and therapist working together to bring about positive changes in how they think, feel and act.
Hypnotherapy is a kind of psychotherapy. Hypnotherapy aims to re-programme patterns of behaviour within the mind, enabling irrational fears, phobias, negative thoughts and suppressed emotions to be overcome. As the body is released from conscious control during the relaxed trance-like state of hypnosis, breathing becomes slower and deeper, the pulse rate drops and the metabolic rate falls.
Unlike counselling, psychotherapy or psychology which may involve looking at a number of issues in a conscious way, hypnotherapy often focuses on a singular issue and works with the unconscious. However this doesn’t mean you risk losing control or that you can be manipulated to do or think things you don’t want to. At all times when being hypnotised the client actually should remain in control and although very relaxed, should be able to talk or get up and leave the room if they want to.
Contrary to popular belief, hypnosis is not a state of deep sleep. It does involve the induction of a trance-like condition, but when in it, the patient is actually in an enhanced state of awareness, concentrating entirely on the hypnotist’s voice. In this state, the conscious mind is suppressed and the subconscious mind is revealed. The therapist is able to suggest ideas, concepts and lifestyle adaptations to the patient, the seeds of which become firmly planted.
This method of hypnosis is not meant to cure or directly change a patient’s behavior. It’s meant to locate a cause and treat it through psychotherapy.
Why Hire a Hypnotherapist?
Hypnosis could prove to be a valuable weapon in fighting a multitude of psychological, physical, or behavioral issues.
Hypnotherapy, while thought of by some as something non-scientific, is a regulated, legitimate form of therapy that can both explore and use a person’s subconscious to better help them through psychotherapy, and also act as a method of therapy that helps relieve a person of symptoms and problems they are afflicted with. Hypnotherapy has proven to be extremely effective in cases with patients suffering from pain and addiction.
Hypnosis can also help a patient to develop a deeper understanding of self. Whether a victim of past trauma, or someone struggling with depression who doesn’t quite understand the cause, hypnosis might just be the answer you’ve been looking for.
What issues is Hypnotherapy suitable for treating?
- Fears and Phobias ( flying, public speaking etc.)
- Weight Loss
- Comfort Eating
- Anxiety disorders, Panic Attacks
- Insomnia and Sleeplessness
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Mild Depression
- Habitual Behaviour (smoking, stammering,snoring,teeth grinding, sleepwalking, nail biting,bed wetting)
- Relationships
- Allergies
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Pain Management
- Sexual Problems
- Confidence Issues
- Memory
Types of Hypnotherapy
- Traditional/suggestion hypnotherapy
- Analytical hypnotherapy/hypnoanalysis
- Solution focused hypnotherapy
- Hypno-psychotherapy
- Clinical hypnotherapy
- Cognitive/behavioral hypnotherapy
- Hypnotherapy and NLP(Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP))
- Time Line Therapy™