For a long time, hypnosis had its image distorted by an inappropriate use of its techniques in tv shows, circus attractions and theatrical spectaculars.
Happily, with science contribution, hypnosis’ use was demystified and it’s seen today as a modern and efficient technique.
The hypnotherapy is a millenary technique that allows the access to unconscious resources to increase your personal skills, make behavior changes and establish deep levels of communication. These resources are memories, understandings and perceptions that we store in our mind throughout our lives. They’re responsible, at most of times, for bordering our behavior and even for developing health problems.
Most of therapys uses trance to acess the unconscious resources, but in different ways. Thehypnosis’ trance follow us throughout our life, but we mostly not notice. It’sa moment when you turns towards your inner side, our unconscious, movingtowards ourself, helping the therapist that helps you how to breathe and how tofeel your body. However, the patient stays conscious while on trance anddoesn’t do anything against his will.
Natural situations of hypnosis’ trance happens every day in our lives,but we pass by them without knowing. It happens, for example, when you drive towork, the time passes by and you only realize when you get there. What happened in the between? You’re in trance. You’re conscious for the entire time, but your focus and thoughts where in somewhere else, as if you had turned on the automatic pilot of your conscious to drive there. When you simply can’t get our eyes off the tv or when you get awareness of what’s around you, you’re also experiencing a hypnosis’ trance.
Hypnosis’ use is gentle and leads to a nice feeling of physical, mental and emotion relax. Besides, it’s completely safe and doesn’t have any sideeffects. Hypnosis speeds up the process of conventional therapy and shorts up the treatment time, that’s why its called “Brief Therapy”.
It’s been applied successfully in childs and adultsto promote behavior changes, addictions overcomes and treatment of emotionaland psychosomatic disturbs. Most common examples are: treating depression,stress, shyness, somnambulism, panic sindrom, Obsessive–compulsivedisorder (OCD), stammering, phobia, insomnia, obesity, quiting smoke anddrug addiction, memory improvement, increasing your self-esteem, losing weight, changing habits and behaviors, eliminate anxiety, etc…
“Deprecate hypnosis' importance nowadays represents, despite opposing to several reports elaborated by specialized comissions all over the world, means also shutting your eyes to its resources”
Brazilian Medical Magazine
Myriam Durante
Psicoterapeuta
