Intuition
What Is the Biological Intuitive Technique?
The Biological Intuitive Technique is presented by the hypnotherapy practice that offers it as its own method, so what it is said to do comes from that provider’s description: an intuitive assessment, sometimes combined with Reiki, that aims to identify the root cause of a behavior or belief before hypnotherapy begins. A similar idea has a longer history under the name medical intuitive: a practitioner said to find the cause of a condition through insight. Claims of intuitive diagnosis may not be supported by scientific evidence, so no part of it should replace a medical assessment.
What does the provider say it does?
In the provider’s description, the technique is used at the start of hypnosis work for people who are unsure what lies behind a limiting belief or an unwanted habit. The practitioner uses intuition, sometimes alongside Reiki, to point to a root cause, which the hypnotherapy that follows then addresses. Ask any practitioner offering it to explain exactly what they do in a session and what the result is meant to tell you.
How does it relate to medical intuition?
As a close relative, not as the same thing. The Wikipedia article on medical intuitives describes a medical intuitive as an alternative medicine practitioner purported to be able to use intuitive abilities to find the cause of a physical or emotional condition through insight rather than modern medicine. It traces the practice back to Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, whose intuitive healing practice began in 1854.
What does the evidence say?
About intuitive diagnosis, the same article reports that the ability to accurately diagnose diseases may not be supported by scientific evidence, and that many medical professionals and psychologists attribute perceived successes to wishful thinking, confirmation bias, the placebo effect and the tendency of self-limiting conditions to improve on their own.
About the components: a Cochrane review found insufficient evidence to say whether Reiki helps anxiety or depression, and the NCCIH describes hypnosis as studied for a range of conditions, with evidence for some, such as irritable bowel syndrome. Evidence for hypnosis does not transfer to an intuitive assessment added before it.
What should you keep separate?
Your health. If an intuitive assessment names a physical cause, such as a problem with an organ, treat that as something to check with a doctor, not as a finding. Do not start, stop or delay any treatment because of it.
Questions to ask before you book
What happens during the assessment, step by step? What will you tell me at the end, and how should I use it? Has anyone outside the practice that offers it described or tested this technique? Will you refer me to a doctor if anything health-related comes up? Clear answers to those four tell you more about the service than its name.
This article is general information, not medical or psychological advice; talk with a licensed clinician about your own situation.