Hypnotherapy is a form of therapy that is rapidly growing in popularity. Used for everything from obesity and terminal illness to quitting smoking and curing phobias it’s not hard to see why this seemingly mystical method of treatment is attracting so much attention.
This article will examine the practice of Hypnotherapy and its effectiveness in making changes to both conscious and unconscious behavioral processes.
Unconscious and Conscious Minds
Hypnotherapy is based on the principle that we have two ‘minds’. As science confirms, we have a left hemisphere that deals with logic and thought processes and a right hemisphere that is not logical but emotional and governs such processes as creativity.
Hypnotherapists recognize that the cause of a lot of problems such as phobias and the associations that cause us to smoke or overeat are a result of miscommunication and misrepresentation of certain aspects of reality within our minds.
Inducing a State That Is Conducive To Healing
Hypnotherapy then recognizes that if a certain mental state is produced, commands or directions can be interpreted in a way as to powerfully effect the mind of the client.
If you were to try to convince someone to stop smoking you would find it difficult because you would have to penetrate their thinking and logic (that causes them to smoke) and influence the emotional part of the brain enough that it would create a command to itself to stop smoking.
While this can be done it is rarely successful and relies on many factors being present in the client. Hypnotherapists achieve this goal by inducing a ‘trance’ or a mental state in a client that is conducive to this positive change.
Through various means of communication the therapist will distract the logical thinking mind and without the patient’s recognition, implant a command into the unconscious mind that will cause behavioral change.
Because it seems to passive and lacking in force, the patient generally receives the treatment well and assuming the therapist does everything correctly, the treatment is successful.
Milton Erickson
Milton Erickson is considered to be one of the foremost pioneers in the field of hypnotherapy. There are many accounts of his ability to cure patients of varying types of inflictions with his creative use of language and ability to induce powerful trances in even clients who were non believers in the power of hypnosis.
One story is recounted of how Erickson cured a man who had needed to urinate every 30 minutes for the past 20 years. The man came to Erickson after reportedly having seen 100 physicians and even 4 supposed hypnotherapists, none of whom could achieve the appropriate causative outcome.
Through an intense one and a half hour talk where he utilized many of the key aspects of hypnosis, the man left Erickson’s office and walked back to his home and began going about his day. It wasn’t long before he noticed it had been 6 hours since he had needed to urinate.
Andrew Hansen
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#1 by The Friendly Asker on November 4, 2009 - 2:03 am
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How would hypnotherapy/inner healing go against Christianity?
What do you guys think and why? I’ve heard the rumor that hypnotherapy/inner healing goes against Christianity. However, I know a liscensed Marriage and Family Therapist who is a Pastor and practices hypnotherapy/inner healing. This is something I am also interested in. And I’m not talking about the stuff you see on television, but actually putting someone in a trance state (they are awake during session) in order to resolve their unconcious issues.
#2 by kiakrash on November 4, 2009 - 7:05 am
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Hypnotherapy is great if you like copping feels during the session, the client isn’t aware of what your doing.
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#3 by batgirl2good on November 4, 2009 - 7:07 am
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It wouldn’t. I don’t think so, at least.
Where did you hear this? Give a link, please.
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#4 by somethingtrinity on November 4, 2009 - 7:09 am
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I believe that being in a trance state would allow satan to enter. When God heals we are not in a trance state, but well aware of what is taking place.
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#5 by messageoflove on November 4, 2009 - 7:11 am
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From what I understand, some christians sects frown on this or other things like meditation because they believe that you are emptying your mind so that satan can enter. Of course this is nonsense and it is more likely that they are afraid people will confront serious issues that would involve the religion (like repressed memories of sexual abuse form priests). I think even Christ would agree that it is better to know all of your issues and heal from them than let them lay toxic in your soul.
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#6 by rp_joe on November 4, 2009 - 7:13 am
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"putting someone in a trance state "
We need to understand that it is a very serious matter to entrust ourselves over to another person, even if we trust them. The hypnotized person comes under the will and bidding of the hypnotizer. Our will is essentially neutralized and can be suggested to believe and do whatever is asked by the hypnotizer. Our control subjugated to the will of the hypnotizer can affect the mind as well as the body. Putting oneself in a hypnotic state is yielding oneself to a vulnerable position.
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http://www.letusreason.org/Nam3.htm
#7 by thecelticwolf2001 on November 4, 2009 - 7:15 am
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Well first of all, Christians are very finicky and when they run into something new or different from what they believe they are automatically against it. They allow themselves to be governed by oppression. And what I mean by that is: they dont think with their own brains, they look at an outdated book for all the answers. They do not walk in someone or some ideas shoes, if you will. They allow themselves to be dictated. They just need to experiance other non chirstian things before just taking what their leaders say for the "word."
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I was a misled christian a long time ago, who now knows better and rather than allowing my reiligon/faith dictate my opinions, I, me will make my own conclusions.
#8 by Liz C on November 4, 2009 - 7:17 am
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it could well be a good idea as long as both understand each others beliefs and listen for what God had to say and it helped with inner issues
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