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Introduction to Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy is a kind of therapy that is used on a subject with the help of hypnosis—which comes from the Greek term ‘hypnos’ or sleep and the shorter term for neuro-hypnotism which means the sleep of the nervous system. Hypnotherapy is many things to different people though. Hypnotherapy is many things to different people. It can be in the form of traditional hypnotherapy, hypnoanalysis, Ericksonian hypnotherapy, or cognitive and behavioural hypnotherapy. It can be used in childbirth hypnosis, psychotherapy, and cognitive hypnotherapy and Bulimia. The person who practices Hypnotherapy is called hypnotherapist.
How hypnotherapy works
Hypnotherapy comes in different forms but generally, the use of hypnosis makes determines the practice. It is also a regulated type of occupation due to the severe danger that it poses to the subjects. A therapy session usually includes:

-consultation with the subject. A professional and accredited Hypnotherapist knows better than immediately put her or his subject into a trance. He or she will first make an interview with the subject to get to the bottom of the problem. This procedure will also enable the hypnotherapist to assess how far back he needs to ‘dig in’ on the subject’s past to eventually find the answers to the problem. The therapist is supposed to make the subject admit the roots of his or her problems and move on from there. And all of these can only be achieved when there is proper consultation with the subject. Having none just jeopardizes the subject into futile questioning and digging in his or her past thereby life.

-preparation of the subject. Consultation with the subject does not prepare the subject but the hypnotherapist on what he needs or has to do in order to provide the solutions on the problems of his or her subject. Now that the therapist already knows what to do, he should also let his patient know what he is supposed and not supposed to do. This will be done by telling the subject what is going to happen, how long it will take, and what might come up within the therapy session. Putting a subject in a trance and eventually, in hypnosis will not be possible if the subject is not willing to do it or at least disapproves of a part of the entire process. But then, a subject to hypnosis usually understands what is going to happen when he or she asks help from a hypnotherapist. For that the job of the therapist in convincing the subject to enter into hypnosis is no longer a difficult. Still, letting him or her know of what the entire process will take is necessary.

-testing the suggestibility of the subject. Once the hypnosis process starts, the hypnotherapist is not supposed to immediately apply what he does best—prying answers from his or her subject. He or she needs to test the emotional and physical suggestibility of the subject first. This is very important because who knows when the subject is still not into his or her hypnotic stage and is still vulnerable to the intrusive questions of the therapist. Also, in the part of the therapist, he or she cannot ensure him or herself that the answers his or her subject will give are the truth. When the nervous system of an individual is sleep which is clearly his or her hypnotic stage, he or she can provide the truest answers to questions. He hypnotherapist job is to lead the subject to that stage safely and suggest in the most measured way to keep the subject from emotional or physical danger throughout the period.

-inducement of hypnosis on the subject. The main purpose of the hypnotherapy is to provide the much needed help of a professional in the field to the subject. The inducement of hypnosis to a subject may be in different forms, depending on the hypnotherapist who is taking charge of the entire process. After testing the suggestibility of the subject that comes after discussion of the problem and the procedure of the therapy, comes the official hypnosis stage. At first, the subject will be asked to close his or her eyes and meditate. For more effective and faster transition, the subject will likely be asked to channel his or her consciousness to something until she or he starts to feel sleepy. That sleepiness is the nervous system that is trying to rest through the help of hypnosis. As soon as the subject seems unconscious, the hypnotherapist will test the suggestibility of the subject. If it proves that the subject is ready for the therapy, then the professional will start with his or her interrogation process.
Occupational Accreditation of Hypnotherapist
The government of any state or country cannot permit any unprofessional hypnotherapist to induce hypnosis to a subject because of the vulnerability it can imbibe. That is the reason why the profession is also regulated in different countries. Among them are:

The United States In the United States, hypnotherapists are governed by the Department of Health under the Department of Labor’s Directory of Occupational Titles D.O.T. 079.157.010. The main office is in Washington DC.

The United Kingdom Hypnotherapy is an accredited stand-alone therapy vocation in the United Kingdom. It is under the UK National Occupational Standards of the Department of Education. It is regulated solely by the UK Confederation of Hypnotherapy Organisations (UKCHO)—a non-profit father of all organizations for hypnotherapy in the United Kingdom.

Australia In Australia, though, there is no government agency that regulates professional hypnotherapy and thus anyone who thinks they know the craft can assume the use of hypnotherapist as occupational title. But it is still for the Australian Hypnotherapists' Association—a non-government peer group that works to regulate the professional use of hypnotherapy—to accredit full-time Australian hypnotherapists.

In other countries though, hypnotherapy is sometimes part of the practice of certain professions such as in the practice of psychology and psychiatry in profession. Under any circumstances though, its use is regulated to protect subjects from abuse.







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