It
should go without saying that any tool that alleviates stress should have
a place in the treatment of medical ailments, but often this simple link
is overlooked both by those in the health professions and the patients or
clients themselves. The fact is that stress causes many of the illnesses
we struggle with in the first place, it definitely contributes to the
worsening of conditions, and it is also a by-product, if you will, of
being ill. Besides addressing this basic and very important component of
illness and disease, hypnosis has many other more direct applications in
helping people return to health through the use of visualization,
regression to the cause of the condition, learning to actually control
body processes, and other techniques.
Hypnosis has been
found to be a powerful adjunct in the following conditions:
Migraine and
other headaches
Chronic pain
Cancer
Cardiovascular
conditions including high blood pressure
Respiratory
conditions such as asthma
Intestinal
conditions such as IBS and ulcers
Hemophilia
Pre- and
post-surgery healing
Childbirth
Raynaud’s
disease
Warts and other
skin conditions
Diabetes
Fibromyalgia
Sexual problems
Of course, it
would take a much larger space to include a full list, but I think you can
begin to see the broad scope of application for this wonderful modality.
Often, when conventional treatment alone is not having the desired result,
harnessing the patient’s own internal resources through the use of
hypnosis will bring about the desired breakthrough. Healing is best
accomplished by addressing the whole being: body, mind and spirit.
Hypnosis is a direct link to accessing these other dimensions of self and
should be considered in any case where there seems to be a lack of
responsiveness to the standard approach.