Depression and anxiety People suffering from anxiety and depression often find that prescription
medicine is not enough to alleviate their symptoms. Many of these people resort
to hypnotherapy. Hypnotherapy allows people to deal with the triggers of their
depression and eliminate them, one by one. Ongoing treatment with
hypnotherapy can lead to a significant reduction in symptoms and help those
struggling with these disorders to lead more fulfilling lives.
Many cancer patients and PTSD sufferers may struggle with anxiety and
depression and with more doctors turning to complementary medicine as a
support to the traditional approach, hypnotherapy is helping many who suffer
needlessly.
Addiction recovery People fall victim to various addictions due to their environments, their
upbringing and genetic pre-disposition. This makes some people more prone to
the enticement of gambling, drugs and alcohol, as well as addictions to food and
sex. There are various hypnotherapy methods in use which are very helpful for
people seeking to overcome addiction. These methods allow addicted people to
regain control over their thoughts in order to leave addiction and live full,
healthy lives.
While this is not suggested as a panacea to the pressing problem of addiction, it
is known to work in some cases.
Its use as a complementary therapy for those undergoing addiction treatment is
gaining currency in the therapeutic community.
Addicted people are often burdened with negative self-image problems that 12
Step programs fail to address. In fact, groups like AA, which force people to
stand in front of a group and proclaim their addiction as an immutable life reality
may exacerbate the merry-go-round effect experienced by many addicts. By
working with the neural pathways of the brain, a skilled hypnotherapist can help
patients get off the merry-go-around. By guiding their
patients through fundamental changes in their self-perception; moving them
away from a negative self-image toward a positive one, hypnotherapists are
treating many addicted people and helping to free them from the grip of addition.
treating many addicted people and helping to free them from the grip of addition.
