Hypnotherapy Notes
Notes on hypnosis, and on the practices beside it
Hypnotherapy, Reiki, biofeedback, meditation and intuition, one question at a time. Every note opens with its short answer and then goes down, step by step.
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Hypnotherapy for a problem
Hypnosis for Low Self-Esteem and Self-Worth
Raising self-esteem is not a cure-all, and the research says so. It also distinguishes between self-worth that depends on constant praise and success and self-worth that holds steady…
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Hypnotherapy for a problem
Hypnotherapy for Fertility and the Stress of Trying to Conceive
Hypnotherapy is not among the treatments the NHS describes for infertility. Where it may help is with the stress of trying to conceive, which the NHS says can…
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Meditation and breath
Does Meditation Really Change the Brain? What Happens Over Time
Not in the way popular headlines suggest, at least not after a short course. A 2022 trial that its authors describe as the largest and most rigorously controlled…
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Biofeedback
Biofeedback for Migraines and Headaches
Headaches are the use of biofeedback with high-confidence evidence behind it. A 2008 review of 94 studies found medium-to-large improvements in adults with migraine or tension-type headache, mainly…
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Hypnotherapy for a problem
Hypnosis for Fear of Spiders and Insects
Fear of spiders is one of the most commonly described anxiety disorders, according to the Wikipedia article on arachnophobia, which describes treatment by systematic desensitization: a form of…
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Hypnotherapy for a problem
Hypnosis for Fear of Driving
Fear of driving often begins with a crash. According to the Wikipedia article on fear of driving, traffic collisions are the most common cause, and studies report that…
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How hypnosis works
How Biofeedback and Hypnosis Work Together
They can be combined, and an early example shows how. Autogenic training, a relaxation method derived from hypnosis, was paired with temperature biofeedback at the Menninger Foundation to…
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How hypnosis works
Conversational Hypnosis: What It Is and Whether It Can Be Misused
"Conversational hypnosis" refers to hypnotic language used inside an ordinary conversation, without the formal induction, the closed eyes or the reclining chair. The idea traces back to Milton…
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Hypnotherapy for a problem
Hypnosis for Compulsive Shopping
Compulsive buying affects an estimated 1.8 to 8.1 percent of adults, according to the Wikipedia article on compulsive buying disorder, and it often travels with low mood, anxiety…
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Meditation and breath
How to Do a Body Scan
Lie down or sit comfortably, close your eyes if you like, and move your attention slowly through your body, in the MBSR version from the toes to the…
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Hypnotherapy for a problem
Hypnotherapy for Assertiveness and Setting Boundaries
Assertiveness is not a personality type you either have or lack. Behavior therapists and cognitive behavioral therapists have taught it as a learnable communication skill since the second…
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Hypnotherapy for a problem
Hypnosis for Menopause Symptoms: Hot Flashes, Sleep, and Mood
For hot flashes, yes: the North American Menopause Society's 2023 position statement on nonhormone therapies recommends clinical hypnosis, based on what it rates as good and consistent evidence…
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Hypnotherapy for a problem
Hypnosis for Social Anxiety and the Fear of Being Judged
You rehearse a sentence three times before saying it, then replay the conversation for hours afterward. The NHS guidance on social anxiety describes this pattern: social anxiety is…
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Hypnotherapy for a problem
Does Hypnosis Work for Weight Loss?
The research suggests hypnosis can help with weight loss, especially when it is combined with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and the benefits are measured over time, but the…
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Hypnotherapy for a problem
Can Hypnotherapy Help With Anxiety? What to Expect
Can hypnotherapy help with anxiety? Research suggests hypnosis can reduce anxiety, and that it works best alongside an established psychological treatment such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) rather…
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Reiki
Can You Do Reiki on Yourself?
Yes, within the practice's own rules, once you have been trained. The International Center for Reiki Training says that after you receive the attunement you can treat yourself…
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Mind and body
How to Stop Self-Sabotaging Your Own Success
A student spends the night before an important exam at a party. If the exam goes badly, the hangover takes the blame, not the student's ability. Psychologists call…
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Hypnotherapy for a problem
Hypnotherapy for Body Image and Your Relationship With Food
Can hypnotherapy help you feel better about your body and calmer around food? It may help with stress, self-criticism and rehearsing new habits, but body image problems and…
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Intuition
Biological Intuitive Certification: What the Training Covers
Training in the Biological Intuitive Technique comes from the practice that presents the technique as its own method, and the certificate is one that practice itself recognizes. Before…
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Hypnotherapy for a problem
How to Stop Overthinking: Can Hypnosis Quiet a Racing Mind?
You are trying to work, and the same decision keeps turning over: what you should have said, what might go wrong, what you will do if it does…
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Reiki
How Does Distance Reiki Work?
In practitioners' own account, a second-level practitioner uses a dedicated symbol, together with a photo, a written name or simply a thought of the recipient, to send Reiki…
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Reiki
How to Become a Reiki Master
You become a Reiki master by completing the earlier levels and then a master training with an existing master; Wikipedia and Cancer Research UK both describe the master…
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Hypnotherapy for a problem
Can Hypnotherapy Help With Depression? What It Can and Can't Do
Hypnotherapy is not an established treatment for depression, and the research on it is thin. The NHS overview of depression describes watchful waiting, exercise, guided self-help, talking therapies…
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Mind and body
How to Keep the Results After Your Sessions End
Results from hypnotherapy do not have to fade when the appointments stop, and in irritable bowel syndrome, where long-term follow-up data exist, they often have not. The part…
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Hypnotherapy for a problem
Can Hypnosis Help With Chronic Pain?
It may help some people, as one part of pain care. The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health says a growing body of evidence suggests hypnosis may…