A look into how hypnotherapy works

Hypnotherapy has become a popular therapy technique, though many people are sceptical due to the use of hypnosis. Would you trust it? If you’re unsure what it is or what it’s used for, read more about hypnotherapy below:

What is hypnotherapy?

The brain is the most sophisticated computer of all times! It stores all our thoughts and emotions, keeping track of events in our life that it believes to be important. Every day that goes by, any feeling of anger, fear or anxiety recycles through our thoughts, potentially causing problems in our lives. Luckily, there are methods of dampening the force of these thoughts. Hypnotherapy is a guided state of hypnosis used by clinical hypnotherapists as a method of treatment for various ailments. Hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness whereby the subject is bypassing the critical faculty of the conscious mind. During hypnotherapy, undesirable programs can be eliminated and replaced with desirable ones! The time it takes to complete this task is dependent on what is being treated.

What is it used for?

Hypnotherapy is used to treat many different things. It is often used to treat anxiety, substance abuse, phobias and more. Sleeping patterns, communication, conditions such as teeth grinding and much more can be changed and improved through hypnotherapy. In certain cases, hypnotherapy is used along with other medical treatment.

The process

The process of hypnotherapy follows 5 steps; preparation, induction, deepening trance, therapy and full consciousness. The preparation stage does not involve hypnosis but is rather an introduction to the idea of hypnotherapy. Patients are briefed on what to expect. Stage two – induction – is the beginning of hypnosis. This will usually take up to 5 minutes and involves relaxing the patient into a mild state of hypnosis. The third stage is also about deepening the hypnosis and preparing the patient for therapy. Therapy comes after stage three. In the fourth stage, the unconscious mind can be altered in a positive way. The final stage is the termination of hypnosis when the person is brought back to full consciousness.