Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy
Hypnosis And Its Applications
Most people have learned that hypnosis is merely a daydream-like state of focused relaxation and that there are many uses for this state. Often people are astonished to learn that every time they relax to concentrate on TV programming, they become hypnotized and therefore highly suggestible to the content, which includes endless numbers of commercials.
People are less aware of another use of the focused state of concentration known as hypnosis, and that is forensic hypnosis, otherwise known as investigative hypnosis. Its purpose is to refresh memories and recover details and is an application widely used by police and those wanting to find lost items.
Medical Hypnotherapy is a modality of healing that allows a client to utilize the natural state of hypnosis to identify and heal the issues that cause them persistent problems in their lives. There are many avenues to locating and reframing the root causes of various issues faced by clients using the focused state.
In some cases the client’s subconscious mind can be persuaded to resolve the issue without the client consciously knowing the underlying cause of the issue, but more often some regression technique is used to discover and dissolve the root cause. Depending on the root cause found (often an unproductive belief about safety and/or worth), the hypnotherapist guides the client to resolve or reframe the subconscious belief to a positive one, thereby allowing the client to become free of the need to ‘cope’ with the unproductive beliefs.
Medical Hypnotherapy Assistance
Often people will seek out the assistance of a hypnotist to help resolve the issue that is most pressing at the time, without realizing that many of their current, perhaps less troublesome ‘symptoms’, are related. For example a client may seek out assistance with persistent Irritable Bowel Syndrome issues, but be unaware that their teeth grinding/clenching, non-restorative sleep issues and nail biting may all be related to a deeper anxiety as well.
A proficient hypnotherapist can not only help the client identify related symptoms, but can facilitate the uncovering of the subconscious root cause of the cluster of symptoms a client may be experiencing, more often then not resulting in resolution of most, if not all, of the presented symptoms.
On the other hand, a hypnotist may try to resolve one issue at a time or not recognize the connection between all of the symptoms, with the result that often symptoms reappear or migrate to become yet another issue. This is not to say however, that the relaxation and calm state induced and the subconsciously embedded suggestions for good health and resolution provided by the hypnotist will not be helpful in reducing the intensity of the symptoms, but typically if one wants to be rid of the symptoms, one needs to discover the root cause and dissolve it.
What Is The Best Hypnotherapeutic Approach For Me?
There are several schools of thought throughout the profession about the approach that a practitioner should take. There can be as many approaches to resolving the root issues as there are hypnotherapists. Some, especially those who tend not to have training or experience with regression techniques believe that there is no need for regression work, others feel strongly that it is essential.
Some discount the ‘clusters of symptoms’ approach in favor of dealing with one symptom at a time. Others have seen great results by tackling the root cause, after which the cluster of symptoms seem to disappear on their own. What is important is that you, the client, decide if you want to get to the root of your issues once and for all, or to simply try to manage the symptoms through the use of hypnosis. If you wish to get to and understand the root causes of your present issues, a competent medical hypnotherapist fully skilled and knowledgeable in regression hypnotherapy is required.
How To Find A Qualified Medical Hypnotherapist
This is an unregulated profession (primarily because the application of hypnosis to help a person heal themselves of emotional issues is not harmful) and there are no government-set standards, therefore the task for the client is to navigate past all the questionable claims, false advertising and exaggerated credentials to find the most competent medical hypnotherapist possible.
For example, a hypnotist with little or no training in the art of regression may refer to themselves as ‘Doctor of Hypnotherapy’, Dr. so and so, or Master Hypnotherapist, thus misleading a client as to their level of skill and knowledge in the art of hypnotherapy. It is important to thoroughly check out the background, training, experience and claims made by any practitioner. It is noteworthy that no bricks and mortars educational institution offers doctorates in hypnosis or hypnotherapy for example.
Search for a practitioner who is trained and skilled in the techniques of regression and who has an approach they can clearly explain and involve you in. Medical hypnotherapy is about self-healing using a natural state of being with the guidance of a well- trained hypnotherapist, therefore seeking out and working with a practitioner who will demystify the process is vital.
Expertise And Contact Information
Grace Joubarne is fully trained and certified in various regression techniques. She has formulated a very successful emotional freedom hypnotherapy program and is a medical and dental hypnotherapy specialist.
Verifiable qualifications in Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy, regression techniques, parts therapy, pain management, weight management, fears, phobias, unwanted habits, substance abuse and dependence, anxiety, sadness and emotional issues.
Grace Joubarne, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist
GracePlace Wellness, Ottawa and Belleville, ON
1-888-390-3553 or locally 613-422-7027
