What is Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy is a type of therapy that aids in counselling or therapy. It can help with certain conditions and change habits using hypnosis. There are a range of conditions that hypnotherapy treats, such as phobias, anxiety, stop smoking, alcoholism, nail biting and aid in weight loss.
In this article we will be looking at the benefits of hypnotherapy and if hypnotherapy is for you.
How does Hypnotherapy work?
When discussing the hypnotherapy session plan beforehand, the hypnotherapist will usually have a consultation with the client. A consultation helps both the hypnotherapist and client know what treatment plan works and what the sessions will entail. The visualisation technique is a technique used in hypnosis that enables the client to imagine themselves as a better self. This gives motivation for a possible scenario where a condition such as anxiety goes away or is manageable.
Suggestion Therapy
During hypnosis, a professional hypnotherapist gives out verbal cues to help you feel relaxed. ‘You are now feeling relaxed.’ This helps the mind to focus and be open to helpful suggestions when treating the condition or changing a habit. There are many different techniques of hypnosis such as ‘visualisation’. This does depend on the individual, condition or habit.
Analysis Therapy
This approach enables the hypnotherapist to find out the psychological root cause of a disorder or symptom. This is then treated through hypnosis based on the treatment plan the individual and hypnotherapist agreed upon during the consultation
Hypnotherapy benefits
- Provides a clear state of mind when focusing on the condition or habit that needs treating. Hypnosis can help you to be put into a deep relaxed state. This makes you more open to suggestions from your hypnotherapist that can help your condition.
- Insomnia and sleep struggles can be treated. Hypnosis puts you into a deep relaxed state. Verbal cues are used to help you be in a trance, which then will help you to fall asleep.
- Habits such as smoking, nail biting or drinking too much alcohol can have an affect on your physical health as well as your mental health. Depending on the amount of Hypnotherapy sessions, this can help with stopping these habits for good. This in turn will benefit you by promoting overall good health.
- It can help with mental health issues such as Anxiety or Depression. Finding the psychological root of the problem or trauma and treating that problem.
In hypnotherapy you’re in full control and do not have to take on the hypnotherapist’s suggestions if you do not want to.
Important
If you do have psychosis or a certain type of personality disorder, hypnosis is not the treatment for you. Please speak to your GP or health professional if you are thinking of having hypnotherapy.
