Hypnosis

off and/or worsen a prevailing hemorrhagic occurrence in hemophiliacs. This is a fact associated with adults as well as children. When applicable, hypnosis has been found to be a very great coadjutor for anxiety control. Observations have pointed out that when a hemophiliac is tranquil and relaxed,…

study under the influence of French neurologist Jean Charcot (Freud, Sigmund). Charcot was a director of a mental hospital which was “treating nervous disorders by the use of hypnotic suggestion”; Freud was inspired by Charcot’s treatment of using hypnosis in treating patients (Freud, Sigmund). Freud then started to think of numerous ways to help treat mental illnesses and ways to explain human…

HYPNOTHERAPY CASE STUDIES ADDRESSING MOTION SICKNESS When the average person thinks about motion sickness, images of riding on a roller coaster or other thrill-seeking ride comes to mind. However, individuals from all walks of life experience this type of travel sickness whenever partaking in any mode of transportation fast or slow. Is this all in the mind and can it be overcome? This article will explore case studies where hypnotherapy was used to overcome bouts of travel related sicknesses.…

three different principles of learning which are classical conditioning, operant conditioning and cognitive learning. Can behavior principals play a role in clinical hypnosis? In the following paragraph, we will evaluate the principles of classical and operant conditioning, learning and the role of behavior principal in clinical hypnosis. Classical conditioning was first discovered by Ivan Pavlov while experimenting with a dog. In the experiment, a bell was rung at the same time food was…

In the late 1880s, Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot, chief physician of Salpetriere Hospital, discovered Hystero-Epilepsy after the documented symptoms the first patient had at the time and the information on mental health they had in that era. Few believed Dr. Charcot, particularly Joseph Babinsky, one of his old students, and even more thought he created the disease when he presented the idea. It was even assumed the symptoms had been the cause of a supernatural etiology such as reincarnation and…

Hartman and Diane Zimberoff in their article Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy in the Milieu of Integrative Medicine: Healing the Mind/Body/Spirit, “The unconscious contains all of our emotions, creativity, intuition, and a whole host of resources that control our bodily functions such as breathing, heart rate and metabolism. When we learn to relax into a trance state, we then have access to this other 90% of our mental capacity.” There are many ways that hypnosis can be beneficial such as treating…

Problem Statement Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorders affecting more women than men under the age of 50 (Lindfors, Ljótsson, Bjornsson, Abrahamsson, & Simrén, 2013). El-Salhy and Gundersen (2015) defines IBS as intermittent left lower abdominal pain/discomfort, altered bowel habits and abdominal bloating/distention. Although IBS is not known to progress into a more serious disease or cause death, it can drastically reduce…

heightened state of awareness. Hypnosis was originally used to control pain for surgery patients all over the world before anesthesia was discovered. This type of hypnosis is done in a trance state to guide thoughts and ideas to promote relaxation. Hypnotherapy can be used to ease stress, depression, anxiety, and cease habits such as smoking. Another reason why people use hypnotherapy is to ease the pain. Over 75% of arthritis patients found a great deal of relief when using hypnosis. Many…

people believe that therapists and hypnosis bring on these memories. They believe that the therapist may influence someone to believe something that didn’t happen to them. Recovered memories and hypnosis are often known to be related. A recovered memory is a memory that was once repressed. Hypnosis can be a useful medical tool; it may help someone with smoking cessation, chronic pain, and other stress-related problems. But scientific data suggest that using hypnosis to recover memories…

Using clinical hypnosis to manage tinnitus has been an alternative therapy technique that has been used for over thirty years. Tinnitus can happen at any age where there is a correlation between the ringing and buzzing in one ear or both. There are varying levels of this condition where some people experience symptoms of low level humming while others may have high-pitched sensations. Many instances of this bothersome issue are preceded by hearing loss which can be due to inner ear damage from…