What is Hypnotherapy?
Introduction
 Hypnotherapy
otherwise known as hypnosis is a form of treatment that employs relaxation and
focus techniques to achieve a heightened state of concentration similar to a
trance. This trance will have the person in a removed state of mind that will
have them ignoring his or her surroundings. Although the person is in a hypnotic
state of mind, their thoughts can be directed towards a specific idea or task.
Therefore, the changes that they undergo will be unconscious and have the
individual having a heightened form of responsiveness.
Hypnotherapy Background
Hypnotherapy has a long history tracing back to the ancient people using it in
their religious ceremonies. This was practiced mainly within the older cultures
and found its way back into modern day society in the 1900’s being used by a
successful psychiatrist named Milton Erickson. It was not until 1958 when the
American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Psychological Association (APA)
officially recognized Hypnotherapy as an authorized medical procedure.
The basis of Hypnotherapy believes that when something happens in our life it
creates a physical and emotional reaction attached to the memory. For bad
memories, the therapist will take you through hypnosis to deduce the events that
led to the memory and discover your internalized feelings and find creative ways
to replace the memories with healthy thoughts.
Hypnotherapy Treatment
 Hypnotherapy
can be considered an additional treatment option for persons who need counseling
and some forms of therapy. This form of treatment allows individuals to release
a hold on their sub-conscious and explore any painful thoughts or feelings.
Sometimes there may be hidden memories that are not known by the conscious mind
and needs Hypnotherapy to reach those feelings. Using this method may also make
the person immune to pain and relate any thought in an unbiased way.
Hypnotherapy is mainly used in two ways when treating psychological matters.
The first is suggestion therapy, which sees the person while in a hypnotic state
being open to change or suggestions by individuals. This method is mainly used
when trying to change a behavior of an individual for example anger management
issues or even smoking. It's also very useful in changing an individual’s
perception of certain events such as reactions to pain.
The next approach of Hypnotherapy is the analysis method. This way utilizes
the person’s calm state of mind to have them describe a troubling issue or a
painful memory. This can be used to uncover deep buried feelings that someone
may not be talking about and it may be affecting them.
Stages of Hypnotherapy
There are many stages of Hypnotherapy which are distinct steps that the trained
therapist will have to go through to ensure proper procedures are followed.
After the patient has been settled and hypnotized, the next thing to do is to
discover the problem that the individual is facing. Afterward, the therapist
must reform the problem in the mind of the individual and allow them to relax
and disassociate themselves from the problem. While disassociating from the
problem, the patient can respond in an unbiased frame of mind and comply with
suggestions and ideas from the therapist. After exploring all the issues the
therapist will return the patient to their initial state of awareness and have
them reflect on what happened. This is usually done to test if the conditioning
of the Hypnotherapy has been successful.
Hypnotherapy Concerns
 Hypnotherapy
is an innovative treatment strategy as it opens the vulnerable individual to
frank discussions and suggestions. Since this is seen by some as an effective
way of treatment, there are many conditions that Hypnotherapy can address. Some
of them are
phobias,
sleep disorders, grief/pain and other various mental disorders that people
can go through.
Although Hypnotherapy is a creative way to treat some disorders, some
individuals would have to be further observed as applying this treatment on
persons with mental problems might not be appropriate. Therefore this simply
means that before a person is recommended for this treatment they will have to
be evaluated. This is an important feature as so persons may have mental
problems that will require treatment in the form of drugs and you will not want
to apply a treatment that is not appropriate.
There are some persons who have questioned the methods employed by
Hypnotherapy as they argue that this method may allow the person to formulate
memories that may not be true and waste resources treating something that is not
there. So in administering this form of treatment the therapist has to be very
careful and apply a specific methodology when doing this.
The procedure is not dangerous as there is nothing life threatening about it.
The therapist has to operate based on some guidelines and procedures so the
greatest risk is having a false memory and treating something that isn’t there.
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