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Hypnotherapy, as the name suggest, is therapy that is carried out while the client is in hypnotic state.It can be describe as an effective and speedy form of psychotherapy using hypnosis to gain access to the client's subconscious mind .Well let's put it this way, everybody uses hypnotherapy every day or some form of it because it is imagery driven. Say you are getting yourself psyched up to go and apply for this job.You are hyping yourself up, you are hypnotizing yourself you are changing yourself from one state to another so you can present a better image. So it is changing the emotional and physical and mental image of yourself into another state. You are projecting yourself into another state.
Doing Hypnotherapy Using Suggestion, Age Regression and Other Insight Techniques
Calvin D. Banyan, MA, BCH, CI
What Hypnosis Is and What It is Not
I have heard many different definitions of what hypnosis really is. Thus far, I have found them all unsatisfactory, at least from a therapists point of view. First of all, hypnosis is not, merely a trance state, although, hypnosis does exist as a focused state of concentration, and trance may be a part of it.
Also, because and individual is in hypnosis does not mean that client is operating under the will of the hypnotist/hypnotherapist, although, the client in hypnosis is highly suggestible, and may feel a desire to conform to the demands of the situation, such as participate in the therapeutic alliance and work toward the therapeutic goals.
Hypnosis is not placebo, but the client has had his or her critical faculties altered. This can lead to all of the know effects of placebo. It is well documented that many physiological changes can occur because of simply hypnotic suggestions, such as blistering, and healing of warts.
Hypnosis is not relaxation, nor is it dependent on the client=s ability to relax. Good hypnotic techniques do not depend on relaxation, although most inductions and deepening techniques, urge the client to go Adeeper@ into relaxation. It appears that the process of the therapist guiding the client into a state of relaxation, sets up the process of selective attention (a requirement of hypnosis). This selective attention can then be further encouraged in the clients mind and emotions by a properly trained hypnotist/therapist.
So then what is hypnosis? Hypnosis is simply a mental state in which he or she is susceptible to suggestion, period. It does not matter whether the individual is lying down with eyes closed or standing in front of a person in authority (i.e., a physician, clergy, or parent). If this person is in a state of high susceptibility to the suggestions, comments, or ideas presented, he or she is in hypnosis, and profound and lasting changes in expectations and beliefs can occur instantly. This can be accomplished by formally sitting in a client/therapist situation, where the therapist uses a hypnotic induction technique, or by a parent or other authoritarian figure making a powerful statement while a child is experiencing a highly emotional state.
Another acceptable definition of hypnosis consists of two parts. Hypnosis is, the bypass of the critical faculties of the conscious mind (suggestibility), and the establishment of acceptable selective thinking (the process of working toward suggestibility). I first heard this definition from Gerald Kein, one of the very best trainers of hypnotherapists. This is how the United States Government defines hypnosis.
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