What is Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy?
There can often be confusion between the terms Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy. Hypnosis may be described as an altered state of awareness or consciousness, which is different from the normal waking state and sleep and has been described as similar in some ways to meditation, particularly with regard to the presence of focussed attention. Indeed at times there can be little to distinguish hypnosis from the familiar state of physical and mental relaxation which children, yound people and adults can drift into at times.
Who for example, has not experienced becoming so absorbed in a book or TV programme that they have failed to hear the initial calling of their name. Going into the state of hypnosis whilst it can be relaxing and tension reducing is not in itself therapy.
In contrast, Hypnotherapy is when a subject in hypnosis, receives a therapeutic intervention. In other words, it is when Hypnosis is used as an adjunct to the professional training of the therapist.
My therapeutic approach is to use hypnosis as an adjunct to my years of professional training and experience in applied pyschology and together with solution focussed brief therapy and EMDR as appropriate.
What is EMDR?
In brief, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is described as an exposure treatment in which patients perform saccadic eye movements while thinking about a traumatic experience. EMDR has been declared an effective evidence based treatment for PTSD in the professional treatment guidelines of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychiatric Association.
The efficacy of brief EMDR treatment to produce substantial and sustained reduction of PTSD and depression in most victims of adult-onset trauma is supported by evidence. eg Vanda Kolk et Al, J Clin Psychiatry 2007, 68: 37-46
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