Hypnotherapy - yay or nay?

I'm going to hypnotherapy...I booked it weeks ago before I started CBT and because I know the lady I didn't want to cancel.

Has anyone been before? Did it help?

[jpars]

Yay, but it's best to practice yourself too with your earphones

[Hidden]

A friend hypnotised me once, he now does it professionally in harley street london, and it certainly made me relax, and feel good.

I've not used it for anxiety though, but relaxing is definately a part of the healing process.

Give it a go, nothing ventured nothing gained

Wishing you well

B

xxx

[teajay]

I had a few sessions... felt relaxed afterwards. I couldn't afford to have sessions on a regular basis. I did get a selfhemos a lot hypnosis tape. I played that a million times.

[agora]

Was wonderful for me, very relaxing...but then I realised the 'therapist' put on her recorded tape a quarter of the way through the session and nonchalantly started flicking through magazines. £55 a time too! The last straw was when I noticed she had some sort of shrine devoted to American Indian stuff.

[marty175]

Hypnotherapy has helped a lot of people to manage and overcome their anxiety problems. I am slightly biased because I'm a therapist and one of the things I use to help clients is hypnotherapy. But I've seen the results hypnotherapy gets for my clients and I know that hypnotherapy helped me manage and overcome my anxiety over the years.

If you're interested in how hypnotherapy can help you:

1) Decide what your goal is/what you want to work on. Hypnotherapy is powerful and it's not a cure. It helps with some problems and not others. Have a clear idea in mind about what you want help with so that you can find out if hypnotherapy can help you.

2) Do your homework. Research hypnotherapists in your local area. Some will offer free consultations with no obligation where you talk to them over the phone or in person and discover whether hypnotherapy can help you solve your problem. It's always fine to ask questions. Want to know about your therapists training and experience? Ask them. Want to know which professional bodies they belong to and what code of conducts they abide by? Ask them.

3) Ask if they can offer a discount. Hypnotherapy can be quite expensive in some areas. But we're not in this job for the money. We're in it to help people and we recognise that times are tough these days. If you don't ask you don't get so ask about fees and if there are any offers or discounts available.

4) If any hypnotherapist claims they can cure you of anything, report them to their governing body. Hypnotherapy is not a cure for anything and if someone promotes it as a cure then they are doing something illegal.

[Holisticstress]

EMDR would help, please remember that hypnotherapists come from all walks of life not all have the mental health background that may well be needed if there is an abreaction. Always go for one with the background.EMDR practitioners only are allowed to traing if they have the correct regulated and accredited background