Hypnotherapy: what it is and what are its benefits
Clinical hypnosis, also known as hypnotherapy It is a powerful and effective tool to improve the health and well-being of people.
Although some individuals are apprehensive when considering hypnotherapy as a psychological treatment, usually due to the misconceptions that they have been able to see on television or in movies, there are many studies that have proven their effectiveness in addressing a multitude of problematic
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How hypnotherapy works
As a psychological therapy, hypnosis is called "clinical hypnosis" and allows the patient to experience a feeling of deep relaxation, while his attention is focused towards his interior (your emotions and internal sensations) and to the appropriate suggestions made by the therapist, who help you make positive changes.
Contrary to popular belief, hypnosis it is not a state of deep sleep in which the person loses the will, the control and consciousness, but is characterized by inducing the patient to a condition called trance, in which he is actually in an improved state of consciousness, concentrating totally on what the therapist is telling him. It is about letting the patient get carried away, because if he does not get carried away there is no hypnosis.
The trance is used as emotional disinhibitor , and the suggestion is used to cause changes in the cognitive, physiological, emotional and behavioral processes of the patient, who will be influenced by hypnotic suggestions to the extent he considers appropriate. If the patient wants, he can finish the process at any time. The role of the therapist is simply that of facilitator of the experience.
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Benefits of clinical hypnosis
Hypnosis It is a very useful therapeutic method and there are many scientific tests that have shown this, but obviously you have to know how to distinguish between clinical hypnosis and the version offered by hypnosis in movies or on television. The numerous investigations carried out indicate that this method can produce a real and powerful effect on the body and the mind.
In summary, hypnotherapy:
- Empower yourself in front of life and help overcome obstacles and reach goals in a natural and relaxing way.
- Encourages self-knowledge and it helps a person to know himself better.
- It gives the possibility of finding creative solutions to the problems that arise favoring active thinking.
- It makes it possible to change the limiting beliefs for empowering beliefs thanks to the suggestion.
- It helps to improve sleep and combat insomnia.
- Helps reduce pain of fibromyalgia, arthritis and cancer.
- It reduces and controls anxiety and stress.
- It favors the activation of resources and self-healing and self-regulation mechanisms.
- Positively influences the improvement of self-esteem, self-confidence and motivation.
- It favors self-awareness and improves the relationship with ourselves. It helps resolve internal conflicts.
- Encourages personal development and the change of negative habits.
- Improves concentration and targeting.
What hypnotherapy is used for
Hypnotherapy can be applied to many psychological, emotional and physical disorders. It is used to relieve chronic pain, repetitive acute pain, pain from psychosomatic problems (for example, headaches, migraines, fibromyalgia, pain from cancer, etc.), to prepare for childbirth and to reduce the need for analgesics.
In psychotherapy, It has been shown to be effective for the treatment of mood disorders (including depression) and for various anxiety disorders: panic attacks, specific phobia and social phobia, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). etc.
In addition, hypnotherapy It is especially indicated to reduce stress and overcome addictions such as smoking and alcoholism, sleep disorders, sexual problems and eating disorders (anorexia and bulimia). Children are usually easy to hypnotize and hypnotherapy can help with nocturnal enuresis and chronic asthma.
Hypnotherapy is one of the safest, fastest and most effective forms of treatment for most psychological and emotional problems. It promotes an attitude of independence and empowerment to deal with problems and can also accelerate the healing process of many physiological problems.
Where to find psychologists specialized in hypnosis
Now, hypnosis is a psychotherapeutic tool and therefore It should not be used in isolation, but integrated into psychotherapy . If you are interested in benefiting from this treatment, it is necessary to be clear that not anyone who has studied this technique is able to deal with psychological problems.
To be able to offer clinical hypnosis with maximum guarantees It is necessary that hypnotherapists are, in addition to experts in hypnosis, health professionals specialized in psychological therapy. One of the clinics that is at the forefront in terms of this form of therapy is the Madrid Psychology Center El Prado Psychologists, which has some of the best psychologists specializing in hypnosis.
The Prado Psychologists is a psychology clinic that is qualified as a Health Center by the Community of Madrid. It has a team of hypnotherapists with extensive training and experience in clinical hypnosis, who apply this technique to treat different problems. Prado Psychologists can offer you solutions and can help you overcome the difficulties you are going through, so that you can recover your emotional balance and live a full and satisfying life.
Other effective therapeutic methods
Even though we often associate psychological therapy with a serious problem , there are many people who come to the psychologist for the most varied reasons: improve social skills, learn to know each other better, maximize personal development or improve communication with the couple ... This clinic does not exclude any psychotherapeutic model, because its objective is to adapt better to the needs of each patient and thus be able to perform an individualized psychological treatment.
His method of intervention stands out for offering brief treatments, and as a reference center, he is at the forefront of psychology, applying the latest advances in research and incorporating into psychotherapy brain change tools, such as brain integration techniques ( TIC) or mindfulness.
