The National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH) has published an article on it’s website about how hypnosis can help people with physical conditions.
It states in the article:
” It is a well-known fact that hypnotherapy can help people quit smoking, lose weight and get rid of unwanted habits but clinical hypnotherapy can also help overcome physical conditions.
For instance, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, (IBS) is routinely treated with hypnosis, and hypnotherapy is a treatment that is recommended by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE).
It continues on to explain:
” Some hospitals and GPs surgeries offer hypnotherapy as a treatment and people can be eligible for such treatment under their health plans.
Skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis have also responded well to hypnosis, says the NCH. Treatment for skin conditions will often be focused on visualisations of the problem behind the problem – like stress.
The therapist can teach a client self-hypnosis and other techniques for reducing this stress in their lives.”
The article also states:
“So what is hypnotherapy and how does it work? According to the Encyclopaedia of Mental Disorders hypnotherapy is a combination of hypnosis and therapeutic intervention in which the therapist leads a person to positive change while that person is deeply relaxed in a state of heightened suggestibility.
It is not one person controlling the mind of another. The client is not unconscious and does not lose control of his or her faculties. People will not do things under hypnosis that they would be unwilling to do otherwise. The person being hypnotised is always in control and decides how deep the trance will be, what suggestions will be accepted, and when to awaken.
Hypnosis, when using proven therapeutic procedures, can be a highly effective form of treatment for many mental, psychosomatic, and physical disorders, says the NCH. It is an evidence based therapy, with over 70,000 research references worldwide.”
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