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What can hypnotherapy do for me?   
CAN i BE 'HYPNOTISED'?
What is hypnotherapy?   
HOW IT HAS HELPED OTHERS: CONDITIONS AND CASE STUDIES  
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My (Maurita's) hypnotherapy practice is guided by a transpersonal psychotherapeutic approach, which means that I appreciate not only your emotional, mental and physical selves, but your spiritual self: your True Self (or whether you call it your Higher Self, Divine Self, Inner Self, God etc). I draw together techniques and approaches from my personal and professional experience such as inner child work, past and present-life regression, neuro-linguistic programming (nlp), subpersonality work, cognitive behavioural therapy (cbt), visualisation, counselling and reiki, to help you heal and connect with the limitless potential that is within you. 

What can hypnotherapy do for me?

As Maw and Maw (1995) suggest, "Hypnotherapy is most effective when practised in conjunction with psychotherapy and is a proven technique for behaviour modification"(p55). 
All hypnosis is self-hypnosis, and that is how I work with this incredible tool, using it to help you empower yourself, to tap into your innate resources and fulfill your potential. Working holistically means I use hypnotherapy to help the mind, body and spirit. For example, on the mental level you may be experiencing persistent negative thoughts which affect you on the emotional level by lowering your mood and exascerbating unwanted feelings. This can dampen your spirit and how you view yourself, lowering your self esteem and self worth and thus perpetuating more negative thoughts. In turn, problems on these levels can eventually manifest as physical problems. All that is required to benefit from hypnotherapy, therefore, is that you want to change for the better and you can have access to deep relaxation, stillness, your True Self and heal the wounded parts of yourself that are manifesting in physical, mental, emotional or spiritual disharmony. 

Can I be hypnotised?

Some practitioners believe that all people are hypnotizable if they trust the therapist and if they are motivated and properly prepared (Winsor, 1993); Bhatt et all (1996) believing it is be a learnable skill.  
All hypnosis is self-hypnosis. No one can make you relax! If you are willing for the process to happen, then and only then will it happen. Often it is a fear that people have of they myth that they relinquish their control and won't know what is happening which holds them back. Emphasising that people are in full control that they could open their eyes at any moment usually puts people at ease. In actual fact Howie (1996) suggests that  "Hypnotherapy is a valuable tool in assisting individuals to achieve greater control"(p9].

What is hypnotherapy?

Hypnosis is just a fancy name for an altered state of consciousness that we all experience during daydreaming, falling asleep or 'automatic' driving when we suddenly realise whilst driving on the motorway that we haven't been aware of driving for the last 10 minutes. There is no mystery to it, no magic, and it is certainly not like you see on TV or in movies!  Therapeutically, we can achieve this state through guided relaxation where you will feel carefree, at ease and more relaxed than you've ever felt, yet in full control and aware of what is going on. 

The whole point, then, of this state of consciousness is that it calms the conscious mind, which is the critical mind, our defensive barrier if you like. This allows you to have access to your 'subconscious' mind (the bit we're not usually aware of), the vast store of memories, emotions, experiences, creativity and imagination. It also holds the key to your disharmony, the root cause of your problem. 

To find this root cause we employ the wisdom of your 'superconscious' mind, your intuitive self or 'all-knowing' self that knows exactly what is best for you. I don't attempt to analyse or interpret as only your mind knows the answers. Your intuitive self can then guide us in healing whatever is ready to be healed; making swift but gentle changes at your own pace. Essentially you facilitate your own healing and I am there to guide you through the process; healing towards wholeness.

Conditions and Case Studies 
Examples of a few things hypnotherapy can help

"Hypnosis, practiced by highly qualified and experienced personnel, has been applied to an increasing extent in infections, trauma, metabolic diseases, neoplasia, psychosomatic disorders, and, in short, the entire vast field of medicine" (Bhatt et al, 1996: p28).

Below are some examples of problems you may be encountering with definitions of each, along with case studies to illustrate how hypnotherapy has helped this condition. Please note that as people are unique, so is their experience of their problem and so an individualised treatment is always devised. 
This list is by no means exhaustive...

Anxiety - Abuse - Childbirth - Chronic fatigue syndrome
Depression  - Insomnia - Irritable bowel syndrome Obsessive-compulsive disorder - Phobias
Post traumatic stress disorder  
Stress - Weight reduction 

Anxiety - If you are having problems with anxiety see the article 
What to Do, What NOT to do During an Anxiety Attack. 
Burrows (1980) believes that anxiety is the commonest clinical application of hypnosis (cited by Wild, 1994). Anxiety can be characterised by one or more of incessant worry, irritability, restlessness, fatigue, sleep problems and physical symptoms such as muscle tension and perhaps panic attacks consisting of heart racing, chest pains, sweating, numbness in part of the body, shaking, clammy hands, dry mouth, dizziness, inability to concentrate and an upset stomach. Anxiety is certainly, by far, the reason why most clients come to see me. Of course it can underpin many 'disorders' whether emotional or physical.  Julie was in her 40s and had become very anxious and introverted due to past events involving the family and where they lived. She experienced many of the physical symptoms of anxiety along with irritability, worry, low mood and negative thoughts about herself. Despite feeling very nervous before our first session and she felt very relaxed throughout hypnosis and with listening to her tape between sessions, by session two she self-rated her ability to cope as 5/10, up from 2/10 from the first session. After some inner child work and with some work looking at the origins of negative beliefs about herself, by the third session, she gave her ability to cope a rating of 7/10. She was feeling much more positive, which she was surprised about as she hadn't been sure about the effect hypnotherapy could have. We finished doing some image work, particularly on fear and trust.  

Abuse - How appropriate hypnotherapy is for dealing with past abuse depends on the way the past trauma is affecting the person in the present. If a person has a tendency to dissociate, possibly leading to self-destructive behaviours, then helping them into hypnosis would not be appropriate, as this is in itself an altered state of awareness. If, however, a client manages life or has reached this stage by being helped by previous therapy, then hypnotherapy is indeed successful.
Karen had been sexually abused at the age of 8 by her father. She was depressed, and although tried to hide it, it couldn't help but affect her day to day relationships. She was very hesitant about undergoing hypnotherapy, believing that she would have to relive the experience in her mind. I reassured her that this is not always the case, and if it did happen, experiencing it in a deeply relaxed state would mean that she would cope with it. Further ways of drawing back from re-experiencing the full-effects are to view it on a cinema screen, thus defusing any strong feelings. Whatever happened, she would be in control. Karen thought it was worth a try. During a regression, she was taken back to the age of 8; not to the actual experience, but to a scenario of her younger self sat alone on her bed. This enabled Karen to have a dialogue with her younger self, to find out her thoughts and feelings, to talk to her from her wiser, adult self, who reassured her that it wasn't her fault. Karen could also take the opportunity to give her younger self anything she needed, such as unconditional love. After this one session, Karen already felt immense relief, feeling so much better in herself during subsequent days and weeks, allowing us to go on to consolidate the work and heal other aspects of her self.  This is a 'textbook' example of therapy with someone who is highly motivated and ready to heal: showing what an excellent tool hypnotherapy can be to stimulate healing for the person who is ready. 

Childbirth - Hypnotherapy is not only useful for listening to a personalised tape for deep relaxation - essential during pregnancy - but the positive suggestions and imagery can help to release fears about up and coming events, fostering a positive attitude and enhancing pre-birth bonding. Learning deep breathing and self-hypnosis can also contribute to coping with pain during labour, as can hypno-anaesthesia. I practised self-hypnosis and listened to a tape guiding me through positive suggestions and visualisations whilst pregnant last year. It helped me work through fears and feel much more relaxed. I certainly felt using controlled breathing, self-hypnosis and visualisation helped me become still and connected, aiding relaxation and my ability to cope with the c-section I had to have unexpectedly. 

Chronic fatigue syndrome - often diagnostically confused with depression as this can be an accompanying component with its low mood, lack of concentration, poor memory and low energy, CFS is usually associated with a viral infection preceding the prolonged fatigue. In mind-body health, the message of CFS tends to be one of 'slow down', 'take stock' as it literally knocks people off their feet. It is time to listen to your inner self. There can be a struggle in surrendering to what is perceived as this weakness and is a challenge to a person accepting themselves. 
Tina was in her 40s and had been diagnosed with CFS and depression. She could not accept the fact that she was reduced to spending most of her time in a chair or in bed, unable to do her normal things. She had a very poor self esteem and was holding onto immense fears from her past. It took several sessions working with her superconcious and subconscious including regressions to past and present life situations, healing relationships with her family, healing past traumas and working on a positive self image until she began to see that she could listen to this opportunity to get in touch with her inner self, learning not to judge herself but accept herself exactly as she was. Her confidence began to rebuild and her energy began to increase so much that she applied for new jobs and began to start life anew. 

Depression - characterised by one or more of such things as low mood, sleep disturbance, a loss of interest or pleasure  in things, self-reproach or guilt, fatigue, poor concentration or indecisiveness, and even thoughts of death. Depression has been described as Negative Self Hypnosis (Araoz, 1981) consisting of automatic, unconscious  negative statements and defeatist mental images that the person experiences, despite even consciously wanting to get better. Working in this cognitive model, Alladin (1994) suggests that "hypnosis provides a vehicle whereby cognitive distortions below the level of awareness can be explored and expanded"(p283). Indeed he showed that clients involved with cognitive hypnotherapy showed 1) more rapid improvement, 2) greater reduction in anxiety scored and 3) large increase in self-confidence when compared with clients who had only received cognitive therapy without hypnotherapy. One client, I shall name Robert, was forced to give up work a few years previous due to having a stroke. He was deemed medically unfit to return to his high-powered employment in banking and subsequently became depressed. His self-concept had been demolished and he could no longer see a future for himself. He had lost interest in his usual pastimes and found it difficult to concentrate on even minor tasks like reading the newspaper. Within a few sessions of hypnotherapy he had learned to relax through self-hypnosis,  his beliefs and negative thoughts about himself or his capabilities had changed, he had healed past reactions to contributing events and had a much brighter positive outlook on life. Although his confidence levels were 99%, we found the part of him that still didn't believe and negotiated with it until it was happy to make changes. 

Insomnia - The inability to sleep or stay asleep can be caused by many factors, often stress, and has debilitating physical and emotional repercussions.  Andrea came to me because she said there was no point in going to bed before 2am as she did not sleep, and then she would spend an hour or so turning over restlessly. She wanted to change her pattern to one that slotted in with her family as she was also becoming increasingly tired with their mismatched routines. Her subconscious guided us to a part that believed that sleep is wasteful which originated from a past event in her childhood. Once this was healed and with feeling more relaxed with listening to her self-hypnosis tape, she was able to go to bed earlier. 

Irritable bowel syndrome - The work 'syndrome' denotes a collection of symptoms that seem to be experienced including cramp-like abdominal pain usually after eating, swelling of the abdomen, excessive wind and abdominal rumblings, headache and back pain, general malaise, anxiety. Hypnotherapy has been shown to be very effective with IBS, working with visualisation techniques to 'symbolically' heal the gut by, for example, imagining smooth flowing warm liquid inside the raw areas. With consistent practice of this method, actual changes can be made and 'seen' - the subconscious, remember, works in a language of imagination and symbology and so responds very well to this. It also does not know that it is not 'real' and so thinks the changes are 'real' which engages the healing process. Of course in mind-body medicine the IBS can also be seen to have a purpose. Joanne had suffered from IBS for many years. To get to the root of the problem we asked her subconscious to show us the part that originated the condition and when it first appeared. It turned out that Joanne was at school having a hard time with her mother ill in hospital and her subconscious decided that the IBS was a solution to help her 'tighten up and keep a grip on things'. The subconscious always works for what it feels is our benefit, not always realising that in the long term its solution might not be beneficial. After negotiation with the part and it agreeing to help Joanne cope in other ways, i.e. by giving her strength, we asked the subconscious if all parts of her subconscious were in agreement with releasing the need for the IBS. One part objected. This led to another healing regression and negotiation. When all parts were in harmony, her subconscious working in a different way to help her now (it is usually amenable to suggestions to help in even better ways), we also completed some imagery work which was on her individualised self-hypnosis tape. In Joanne's case, she also had a few other problems such as PMS to heal which took some more sessions, eventually leading to her feeling more able to cope, more empowered with an ease of symptoms.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder - they can include recurrent thoughts, ideas, doubts, fears, images and various obsessions and impulses which involuntarily invade consciousness and are experienced by the subject as useless, unreasonable and sometimes even repugnant. 
Melanie had been experiencing the need to constantly wash her clothes, check the washing when it was drying, and had fears that the washing machine would blow up ever since her mother had died a couple of years previous. She had exhibited irrational compulsions since childhood and had extreme anxiety and low self-esteem. Over the course of 6 sessions, we worked with several 'wounded' parts of herself that stemmed from childhood and found a few related events that contributed to the root cause of the obsessions. By the fourth session she felt much freer, more relaxed, accepting of herself and able to reassure herself. By the fifth session her obsessions had disappeared by 70%. She felt much more confident and able to cope. 

Phobias have been described as irrational fears, which are out of the control of the person and which lead to avoidance of the feared situation. Bodden (1991) shows that accessing state-bound memories i.e. recalling traumatic origins of the fear, enables patients to conquer the fear completely with no further treatment necessary. This is whether the client is aware of the origin of the memory or not. Phobias can be of absolutely anything, from flying to spiders. Scott had a fear of swimming in water above his waist which he wanted to heal as he was going on holiday in 2 weeks. He said that he could only remember a time when he was 13 when he was afraid in the sea. When it came to working with the subconscious directly, it appeared that the fear originated when he was five. In regression he was able to tell me that he got into a pool and his sister and cousins began splashing him, to which he panicked (something which happened in the present). With guidance, he was able to heal himself as a child, allowing his younger self to release the belief that having water on his face and being in a pool were bad. Working with panic removing techniques, deep breathing and positive suggestions and visualisations on tape, Scott was able to swim in his local pool out of his depth yet still feeling comfortable before going on holiday.

Post traumatic stress disorder.  Hypnotherapy has been shown to benefit this often debilitating problem where people can experience anxiety, panic and flashbacks to a trauma they experienced. "Within this trance state the person's tensions are lowered so that the client is more responsive to therapy" (Baddeley, 1996:p42). Induced relaxation and positive suggestions lower the clients arousal state, enabling them to begin to feel positive changes. Positive effects may include changing sleep patterns and decreasing irritability, more energy and motivation and increased concentration. Anthony had been in a car accident two years previous. Since then he had been experiencing vivid dreams and brief 'flashback' images of snippets of the series of events, although he could not remember the whole scene himself. He also felt quite low as his injuries left him with changes to his lifestyle and self image. During hypnosis, he was able to piece together missing information and was able to release locked-in emotion associated with his trauma. He could also work on forgiveness for himself and others involved in the accident. Although he had only had one drink and was below the legal limit, he had felt guilty and subconsciously unwilling to admit what he thought was his fault. He carried a lot of self blame, sadness and anger for the ordeal and subsequent debility. Through being guided to these 'wounded' parts of himself, he was able to help them heal, allowing himself to be whole once more.   

Stress - We are all capable of feeling stressed, overworked, fraught with too little time and too many tasks. Stress has far more outreaching affects than we sometimes realise. It has been proven to affect us physically, lowering our immune system capabilities and contributing to many chronic diseases. Mark was a very successful businessman who worked long hours. Despite employing several people to undertake practical jobs, he only felt satisfied when he had done them himself. We reframed beliefs that we discovered from his childhood that were holding him back. One was that he had to work for everything and achieve the best at everything, the other was that he had to do everything perfectly. Once theses parts of his subconscious were able to release these beliefs, being made aware that they weren't necessary to his happiness today, then he was free to let himself have some free time and relax, which he had been used to practising with his self-hypnosis tape. 

Weight reduction - Hypnotherapy has had a huge input in helping  people reduce their weight. I have clients who have been following the healthy eating plans of various slimming clubs who have always come out winning the weekly prize for losing most weight! It helps to address the underlying cause of overeating, which can be healed. At the same time work can be done to help create a positive new image and work with subconscious so that the client doesn't even think about foods they would like to avoid. Clients are usually surprised when they realise they've hardly thought about having that biscuit when they return from work and find it much easier to say 'no' when they do. Suzanne had kept on excess weight after having a baby. She relied on biscuits to snack on and couldn't help herself when faced with bars of chocolate in the shops. We were guided to parts of herself that held beliefs that were holding her back. One was to always finish her plate of food, as none should be wasted. Another that her fat was protecting her from criticism from others. Working with these beliefs allowed her to release them so that her subconscious could see no reason to hold onto the excess fat, leaving her body wisdom free to balance itself at her own ideal weight. Working with visualisation techniques, symbolic imagery and postive suggestions her subconscious also built up a new image of her, something to work towards. We were also able to break the associations she had about food in certain situations and times, allowing her to feel comfortable preparing her child's food without nibbling and to give herself an added boost of motivation whenever she needed it. She continued to steadily lose weight throughout our few spread out sessions, amazed at how subtly the therapy had been working - only realising after she had left a shop and was half way home that she hadn't bought a chocolate bar. 

Other conditions hypnotherapy has been helpful for include:
Migraines, PMS, sleep problems, nail biting, hypertension, palpitations, asthma, allergies, stuttering, appetite disorders, ulcers, colitis, IBS, sexual problems, fertility problems, bed wetting, nightmares, backache, arthritic pain, rehabilitation after stroke and surgery, skin rashes, pain control, cancer: combating side effects of drugs and boosting patient morale, sports performance, public speaking, smoking and habits, psychological problems.

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Further Reading

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Grinder, J and Bandler, R (1981) 'Trance-formations. Neuro-linguistic programming and the structured of hypnosis'. Utah: Real People Press.

Karle, HWA (1988) 'Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy', Thorsons: Northamptonshire.

Kirtley, C (1990) 'Consumer Guide to Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy and Neuro Linguistic Programming', California: Two Factors Company.

Korn, ER and Johnson, K (1996) 'Visualization. The Uses of Imagery in The Health Professions', Illinois: Dow Jones-Irwin.

Markham, U (1992) 'Hypnosis: alternative health', London: Optima.

O'HANLON, W (1987) Taproots: Underlying Principles of Milton Erickson's Therapy and Hypnosis, London: Norton.

ROWAN, J (1993) The Transpersonal Psychotherapy and Counselling, London: Routledge.  

NAPARSTEK, BELLERUTH (1995) 'Staying Well With Guided Imagery', London: Thorsons.

Shorr, JE, Sobel, GE, Robin, P and Connella, JA (eds) (1980) 'Imagery. It’s Many Dimensions and Applications', New York: Plenum Press.

WAXMAN, D (1989) Hartland’s Medical and Dental Hypnosis (3^rd edition). London: Bailliere Tindall.

Zahourek, RP (1985) 'Clinical Hypnosis and Therapeutic Suggestion in Nursing', Orlando: Grune and Stratton.  

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References

Alladin, A (1994) ‘Cognitive hypnotherapy with depression’, Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy: An International Quarterly, vol 8(4), 275-288.  

Araoz, DL (1981) 'Negative self-hypnosis', Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, vol 12(1), Spring/Summer, 45-52.

Baddeley, M (1996) ‘Hypnotherapy, Gestalt, EMDR and the treatment of post traumatic stress’, The Australian Journal of Clinical Hypnotherapy and Hypnosis, vol 17(1), March, 41-47.

Bhatt, VD, Bhatt, AV, Shah, M, Bhatt, DK and Joshi, DA (1996) ‘Hypnosis’, Alternative Therapies in Clinical Practice, November/December, 28-

Bodden, JL (1991) 'Accessing state-bound memories in treatment of phobias: two case studies', American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, vol 34(1), July, 24-28

Howie, DD (1996) ‘Contemporary developments in hypnotherapy applied to addictive behaviours: part I’, Journal of Substance Misuse, vol 1, 9-12.

Maw, J and Maw A (1995) ‘Imagery, self-esteem and laughter’, Occupational Health, February, 55-57.

Stephens, R (1993) ‘Imagery: A strategic intervention to empower clients. Part I review of research literature’, Clinical Nurse Specialist, vol 7(4), 170-174.

Walker, WL (1984) 'Some uses of imaginative involvement in therapy', Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, vol 17(1), 37-53.

Wild, AJ (19940 ‘Hypnosis as an adjunct in the treatment of panic disorder’, Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, vol 22(2), 109-117.  

Winsor, RM (1993) ‘Hypnosis – A neglected tool for client empowerment’, Social Work, vol 38(5), September, 603-608.

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Mind-Body connection

Practitioners of energy medicine believe that the human energy field contains and reflects each individual's energy. It surrounds us and carries with us the emotional energy created by our internal and external experiences -- both positive and negative. This emotional force influences the physical tissue within our bodies. In this way your biography -- that is, the experiences that make up your life -- becomes your biology... Positive and negative experiences register a memory in cell tissue as well as in the energy field. As neurobiologist Dr. Candace Pert has proven, neuropeptides -- the chemicals triggered by emotions -- are thoughts converted into matter. Our emotions reside physically in our bodies and interact with our cells and tissues.
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IMAGERY

"a cognitive tool that acts as a communication mechanism among perception, emotion and bodily change" (Stephens, 1993: p170). It has been found to help reduce pain and stress, improve client's outlook on their illness, engender a feeling of control and give the client an effective tool for self-care.

Elements of the imagery envisioned during hypnosis can be utilised in the waking state in times of stress. Walker (1984) says this allows the person to "capture something of the calm detached feeling of going into hypnosis"(p44).

Posture-remedy for depression!

Alladin (1994)  suggests that "depression, like any other emotion, is a primitive mammalian response. When deeply depressed, both humans and monkeys adopt the tucking reflex (shoulders roll forward, chin and gaze move downward, and arms droop) as a defence against dominant others. Unfortunately, when this biological tucking reflex is established, sometimes one is unable to relinquish the depression through intellectual reasoning. At this point, what is needed is a biological change, which can be achieved by making a conscious effort to change the tucking posture (adopting antidepressive posture). Adoption of the antidepressive posture produces biological changes and feelings of empowerment, which in turn encourage the intellect to search for reasons for feeling better"[p281/2].

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