Hypnotherapy

[Roxy708]

I was considering pairing up a study of hypnotherapy with my studies of psychology. I was considering a form of "solution" and part of that solution would be is to utilize in hypnosis in a way to relieve a variety of things. But to make a long story short I would like to figure out if there is a way to assist people that have mental/psychological issues with hypnosis, my goal is here is to promote the many tools the mind/brain has that can be utilized in to provide a solution for itself. Medicine pretty much alters/changes chemicals in the brain and body alone (specifically speaking about psych meds), which I believe only provides a temporary solution to people and not the proper solution that could be given. Though I am not shinning a negative light on medicine though I am saying not everything that shows something severe can always be "fixed" with a pill which I see almost oftenly. Oftenly it can be temporarily fixed but at a time things can become worse and these medicines can be used for overdose/suicidal purposes. But then when it comes to hypnosis/therapy it cannot be utilized in the negative way that medicine can be. Hypnotherapy can alter the chemicals in the brain/body just as medicine can as well, but from my belief it's more to the point than just the sake of being drugged.

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[ClinicalABA]

Could you be more specific about what you are looking to do? Are you looking to learn more about hypnosis and it's application to clinical populations? Are you actually looking to design/conduct a study examining outcomes of hypnosis? Either way, you probably want to start by digging into some of the peer-reviewed literature. Be wary of more popular media (e.g. "self-help" books, magazines) It's a topic rife with junk science, misconceptions, poorly defined terms, etc. From your post (including your status and signature) it seems like you are early in your studies- undergrad or high school. At this point in your study, you might regularly be finding that much of what you believe/want to believe about a topic (or at least know about from popular sources) is overly simplistic or just plain not correct. That's what makes studying these things kind of cool- you'll not only learn about the topic, but also about how you learn about things, form opinions and theses, revise or reject these based on evidence (hopefully you'll do this last part). Have fun. It's a potentially interesting topic.

 

[Doctor Eliza]

The American Society of Clinical Hypnosis is a good resource (I believe their website is asch.net). They have info for professionals and the public.

They offer training to licensed medical professionals (including mental health professionals) who would like to appropriately use hypnosis as an adjunct to their work. They do not believe that things like stage (entertainment) hypnosis are ethical and do not believe in using hypnosis to "discover" repressed memories. They offer scientifically grounded and clinically appropriate training. As the previous post suggests, there is a lot of junk of there with regard to hypnosis.

Best,
Dr. E

 

[Roxy708]

Could you be more specific about what you are looking to do? Are you looking to learn more about hypnosis and it's application to clinical populations? Are you actually looking to design/conduct a study examining outcomes of hypnosis? Either way, you probably want to start by digging into some of the peer-reviewed literature. Be wary of more popular media (e.g. "self-help" books, magazines) It's a topic rife with junk science, misconceptions, poorly defined terms, etc. From your post (including your status and signature) it seems like you are early in your studies- undergrad or high school. At this point in your study, you might regularly be finding that much of what you believe/want to believe about a topic (or at least know about from popular sources) is overly simplistic or just plain not correct. That's what makes studying these things kind of cool- you'll not only learn about the topic, but also about how you learn about things, form opinions and theses, revise or reject these based on evidence (hopefully you'll do this last part). Have fun. It's a potentially interesting topic.

I would like to raise an acknowledgement on how most doctors go about treating most patients even though I understand in their vision/knowledge that giving some people medicine might give them somewhat a solution. But then what I am also trying to make awareness of is that medicine isn't constantly and always needed to "fix" problems. Hypnotherapy in my view can bring about quite abit of fascinating results. I see it as a "natural cure".

Are you looking to learn more about hypnosis and it's application to clinical populations?

Yes I am.