HYPNOTHERAPY:Complementary approaches in healthcare

RT LaBaugh, Clinical HypnotherapistFall 2010 1

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What is hypnotherapy?How does it work?When does it work?Who benefits?

Overview

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Hypnosis: • highly focused attention• altered state• resting arousal

What is hypnotherapy?

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Therapy: • treatment (managed)• therapia (healing)• talk

What is hypnotherapy?

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Hypnotherapy: • altered state • suggestibility• healing

What is hypnotherapy?

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Science• not really clear• history• feedforward/feedback• psychosocial, behavioral

How does it work?

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Model of the mindHow does it work?

subconsciouscritical factorconscious

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Readiness and Indications• suffered enough• existential crisis• excited imagination• expectation

When does it work?

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Process• pre-talk• induction - relaxation• deepening • testing• suggestions• return • post-talk

How does it work?

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Phenomenon• highly relaxed state• focused attention• time distortion• dissociation• high suggestibility• hyperacuity• anesthesia/analgesia

How does it work?

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Contraindications• better modalities• major psych issues• low scale • medical clearance

When does it work?

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Special areas of application

• psychological• medical and dental• educational• social

Who can benefit ?