Is hynotherapy an accepted medical practice?
Hypnotherapeutic treatment has been approved by the BMA (British Medical Association) as a form of ‘orthodox’ practice (as opposed to complementary or alternative medicine) for 120 years.It is an art/science mixture that has been developed over many centuries.
The BMA has endorsed the teaching of hypnosis in medical schools since 1955 but unfortunately, few doctors are able to spend enough time with a client to effectively use it. Therefore, despite reams of undisputed medical proof that it works, it's not something your GP is likely to use with you. Even for those doctors able to invest more in their patients than 10 minutes and a prescription, the lack of a clear agreement on why hypnosis works can be challenging for the logically trained mind. Some of our best doctors do use it but the uptake, in general, is disappointingly slow.
You retain
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all times. My job is to skillfully guide you through the process.
How does hypnotherapy work?
Why hypnotherapy should be quite so effective at creating change is a mystery but it's clear that its effectiveness comes from harnessing the abilities of the human mind - the most powerful and complex organ in the known universe! More specifically it's the ability to access and unlock the subconscious mind, an approach that is unique to hypnotherapy, which can make the changes so profound, far-reaching, and long lasting.
What is the subconscious mind?
Our subconscious is way and above the major part of who we are. All our vast array of behaviours, memories, habits, responses, physical and mental learnings, view of the world itself etc, ... are all locked away there. It is capable of processing many strands of separate thoughts, filtered through our experiences and opinions, to serve up an instant 'instinctive' decision to a complex choice... all of which it achieves in a split second.
Our conscious mind is by definition the part of us we are aware of - but it is only the 'tip' of the massive underwater 'iceberg' that constitutes our whole being. Other therapies just treat the tip but hypnotherapy can treat the whole iceberg! Conscious problems are easily dealt with by the conscious mind and don't need the help of a professional. For everyone coming to see a therapist the problem will lie locked in the subconscious. Put simply, hypnotherapy can unlock the part of the mind where the problem lies, then talk directly to it.