Hypnotherapy - How does hypnotherapy work? |
| Hypnotherapy would be an excellent tool for a typical client who wants to change or improve something in their life, but hasn't been able to affect that change on their own. We will use an example of using hypnotherapy to treat the issue of procrastination (of doing paperwork) to explain how hypnotherapy works. The hypnotherapy process is basically four steps: |
|
1. Hypnotherapy exposes the client to understand the behavior.
Hypnotherapy requires the client to understand the behavior. The hypnotherapist exposes the subconscious motivators of the client's behavior. The perception of the client's subconscious mind is that the paperwork activity is painful. The client's subconscious behavior is AVOIDANCE due to this perceived pain or fear.
2. Hypnotherapy includes a corrective plan or strategy.
Hypnotherapy includes a corrective plan or strategy for the client. The strategy for procrastination would be to alter or change the perception of the pain (or drudgery of paperwork). The client would do the paper work for a short period, and then takes a break instead of do everything all at once. The client would more likely to actually do some paperwork because of this change of perception.
3. Hypnotherapy is to give corrective suggestion while the client is hypnotized.
Hypnotherapy is to give corrective suggestion while the client is hypnotized .The hypnotherapist guides the client into the state hypnosis when the state of mind has an increased suggestibility. The hypnotherapist will verbally repeat the important parts of the new strategy, such as "we want you to make short periods of paperwork a priority in you're life. Knowing that you will limit these periods to just 20 minutes; this makes it easier and more doable than in the past." Or, the hypnotherapist may have the client visualize doing the paperwork while feeling relaxed, hearing the timer ding, and feeling a little grin or smile beginning to form on their face.
4. Hypnotherapy evaluates and reinforces the corrective suggestion
Hypnotherapy need evaluation and reinforcement of the corrective suggestion depending on the response of the client. In a subsequent hypnotherapy session, the client and hypnotherapist evaluate what change has occurred. Was the client successful by doing some paperwork? If so, the strategy becomes reinforcing the change (or new behavior), and making it stronger and stronger. The ultimate goal in this case is to create a new automatic habit of doing paperwork.
|
| This hypnotherapy modality, or process, has hundreds of applications. Hypnotherapy is an excellent tool to treat many issues such as better study habits, test anxiety, fears and phobias, sales techniques, assertive communication, preparation for childbirth, preparation for surgery, relationship enhancement, happiness, anger management, the list goes on and on, including procrastination.
| |
Featured
