Medvesta Hypnosis Healthcare

General information

The first task of a Hypnotherapist is explaining to patients what hypnosis is and what it isn’t.

Even though stage hypnotists and TV shows have affected the public image of hypnosis, an increase in scientific research supports its benefits in treating a variety of conditions, including pain, depression, anxiety and phobias.

Hypnosis works and the finding have discovered that as undeniable. It really does help people but hypnosis is not a therapy in and of itself. Many people do not look at it that way.

Hypnosis has created a highly relaxed state of inner concentration and focused attention for my patients, and technique can be designed for different treatments, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy. Patients also can also strengthen themselves by learning to hypnotize themselves outside of my office to decrease chronic pain, improve sleep, or lessen some symptoms of depression or anxiety.

Hypnosis has been used for hundreds of years for pain control, including during the Civil War when Army surgeons hypnotized wounded soldiers prior to amputations. Still today, studies also have confirmed that hypnosis is effective in implementing pain control.

In one study, researchers tested the effectiveness of a 15-minute pre-surgery hypnosis session versus an empathic listening session in a clinical trial with 200 breast cancer patients. In a 2007 article in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (Vol. 99, No. 17), the team reported that patients who received hypnosis reported less post-surgical pain, nausea, fatigue and discomfort. The study also found that the hospital saved $772 per patient in the hypnosis group, mainly due to reduced surgical time. Patients who were hypnotized required less of the analgesic lidocaine and the sedative propofol during surgery.

Hypnosis not only helps patients to reduce their distress and have positive expectations about the outcomes of surgery, but also in everyday life.
Other areas where I have used hypnosis are related to the following circumstances:

Trauma (physical and emotional abuse)
Arthritis, ulcerative colitis and other gastrointestinal difficulties
Bed-wetting (enuresis);
Sports and athletic performance;
Smoking cessation;
Obesity and weight control;
Sleep disorders;
Concentration difficulties, test anxiety and learning disorders