There are a lot of psychotherapists using hypnosis in psychotherapy. That could be quite good and fortunately it often is but sometimes they do make a mistake
What is Psychotherapy?
Psychotherapy is a conversational treatment method for mental disorders and problems. Thus, psychotherapy can be given as "individual" psychotherapy, group psychotherapy or systemic treatment.
If you unexpectedly experience a major change in your life or you find yourself in a crisis situation and can no longer respond well or you feel lost, psychotherapy can help you see what is really happening and restore your balance and equilibrium in life.
Psychotherapy is a resource that can be used when you need support. And that, of course, is totally fine. It's good to be supported when you need it, only in what way? First, it's good to get a few things straight, such as....
What exactly are Psychic Disorders?
Mental disorders are basically all forms of behavior that do not work well and have a mental cause. Depression is one example, where the person experiences a dejected mood for a period of time or a loss of interest and enjoyment in daily activities.
Depression can very well be seen as an unwanted, negative form of self-hypnosis. To do something about depression, it is actually a good idea to see a psychotherapist or hypnotherapist. If psychotherapy is going to use hypnosis, it is good to realize that they are two different fields where different thinking often prevails.
Hypnotherapists observe that depressed people are constantly in a negative form of self-hypnosis. It is an unwanted piece of behavior that is not working and that has a cause somewhere. Now the psychotherapist thinks similarly only who often actually believes there is a cause and that is the difference.
In psychotherapy, an important fact is that insight produces change, but that idea is long gone. What's more, there is no "real" cause for depression either so then you can search for a long time as a psychotherapist. After all, it is all based on subjective perception.
So what exactly does the Hypnotherapist do?
The Hypnotherapist consciously induces a state of trance during therapy. This state normally occurs when, for example, we are daydreaming or completely absorbed in a movie or book.
In hypnotherapy, this trance is usually much more intense than in everyday life. Applying Hypnosis involves the use of various interventions such as: Regression, Coaching, Mindfulness, Visualizations, or dreaming. By (re)discovering your own abilities, creativity and new insights, you are better able to overcome obstacles in your life.
The biggest mistake is that Hypnotherapy is not a stand-alone psychotherapy, but the application of hypnosis as a method within a therapy. Hypnosis can basically be used within any form of therapy.
A hypnotherapist traces the cause and transforms it. Whether it is true or not is irrelevant, because the unconscious program that resulted is not working properly. And that is the problem, not the cause. When that program is transformed there is a change.
That's the big difference from psychotherapy hypnosis or hypnotherapy. It is not about whether it is true or not, it is about modifying the unconscious program to one that works well for the client.
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