Hypnosis
is one of the oldest forms of therapy in the world and one of the least
understood. Though it has always been
linked with the mystic arts and magic’s or vaudeville performers, it is by
truth a form of self hypnosis. No one
can be hypnotized against their own will.
There
are different forms of hypnosis which combine relaxation with imagery. There are people who may go into a trance
which is like a daydream or deep meditation and is actually self hypnosis, a
state of intense concentration. The
object is to focus the mind and rid yourself of distractions and become open to
suggestions which may help in isolating the problems being treated for such as
for Mental Illness and various other physical ailments.
In
the late 1950’s the American Medical Association approved hypnosis as a form of
therapy and the American Psychiatric Association approved hypnosis as a therapy
in the early 1960’s. Hypnosis can be
used to alleviate the pain in chronic headaches and migraine headaches as well.
For
Mental illness such as Depression, Schizophrenia, Smoking and Over Eating,
hypnosis was not conclusive in the healing process and there was a fear that
psychosis could be induced especially in schizophrenic clients. The cost of seeing a hypnotist is unsure to
me though in order to find a qualified hypnotist, you first have to find a
licensed hypnotist. You can search
through the offices of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis which is one
of two recognized organizations for licensed hypnotist in this country. There are several kinds of hypnosis which was
first coined as “suggestion” and has since been known as hypnotic
induction. There are different forms of
“suggestion” in our society which include, direct verbal suggestion, voice
intonality and physical manipulation.
Hypnosis or suggestion is seen as a form of communicating with a
subject’s conscious mind, though some people think this is a way to communicate
with the unconscious or subconscious mind.
These are concepts which were brought about by Sigmund Freud and others
during the 19th century.
There is a cognitive behavioral approach to hypnosis in that cognitive
behaviorism overlap and hypnosis influence one another as they share similar
concepts and terminology.
Written
by Donald S
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