Before
treatment a case history would be taken, this would help the therapist to have
an understanding of the patient's problem. The full hypnotherapy process would
also be discussed.
Hypnotherapy is
basically a state of relaxation the therapist will lead the patient into
relaxation; using the technique that is known as progressive relaxation may do
this. Or utilizing different breathing techniques to achieve this relaxed
state. Once this relaxed state is achieved the therapist will use a deepening
technique, such as walking down a staircase or going down on an elevator.
This will lead
into an imaginary journey, such as walking along a beach or perhaps a walk into
the countryside. The sort of imaginary journey is something that
therapist and patient discuss beforehand.
For simple
problems such as giving up smoking or stopping biting nails
or confidence building, suggestion therapy is used. For
deep-rooted problems analysis therapy is used.
The Patient is
then brought out of hypnosis.
Suggestion Therapy
Suggestion
Therapy is used for simpler problems, such as smoking, nail biting, pre test
nerves, slimming, relaxation, confidence boosting etc., it requires one or
two sessions, with perhaps a booster session, several months on. Usually
the clients receives one or two sessions of therapy and prior to being
awoken are given the major post hypnotic suggestion, that helps them to
see them selves in a new way, i.e. as a non smoker or a confident person.
Sometimes this is backed up with a tape or CD made during the session
which when they listened to will strengthen the suggestion in
their mind for the type of therapy of habit cessation they've had.
Analytical Therapy
This is used to
discover causes of psychological problems Hypno analysis can be summarized briefly
as the doctrine of "cause and effect". Every effect (the
symptom) must have a cause. Hypno analysis reveals and thus removes the
cause and consequently relieves the symptoms, just like Freudian analysis
therapy but 1,000 hours of standard therapy can be covered by 12 hours of
hypno-analysis. While working with patients the combination of suggestion
and analytical therapy can be used together and quite often is.