Have you ever thought, what medical benefits exist for hypnotherapy as a treatment option? Today, through this guide, we are going to take a look at eight different medical benefits of hypnotherapy.

8 Medical Benefits of Hypnotherapy

The following is a list of eight medical benefits of hypnotherapy. Each one was selected to give you an overview of the different conditions that can find hypnotherapy a useful avenue and treatment option for managing the symptoms that come with the different medical reasons to try hypnotherapy.

1. Hypnotherapy for Pain

Hypnotherapy is supported as medically beneficial for alleviating pain because of how it works and interacts with different parts of the brain. If you live with one of the following conditions where pain is a symptom, giving hypnotherapy a try may be a good choice for you:

  • Arthritis

  • Fibromyalgia

  • Back pain

For more information, read: Does Hypnotherapy Work for Pain

  1. Anxiety

Anxiety is a mental health condition that has been documented as being successfully managed through hypnotherapy. The good news is despite there being many types of anxiety and varying levels of anxiety, hypnotherapy can be a great choice of treatment, especially for those looking for natural and alternative treatment options outside of the typical medications.

For more information, read: Hypnotherapy for Anxiety

  1. Depression

The patterns that lead to feelings of depression and the interactions occurring in the brain that influence a person's risk level for depression can all be effectively aided with hypnotherapy. Want to know how? Read: Hypnotherapy for Depression

  1. Cancer

Cancer can be a complicated condition to manage and overcome. It is a battle with a fight that can be won. And as a cancer patient fights their personal battle for survival and strives for survivorship, hypnotherapy can be a highly effective and useful treatment for managing the symptoms that come with different types of cancer.

  1. Breast Cancer

Hypnotherapy has many medical benefits for breast cancer. Breast cancer patients during their battle and after can experience hot flashes. Hypnotherapy can help alleviate this. Hypnotherapy can also be medically beneficial for managing the side effects associated with cancer treatments like surgery and chemotherapy. For more information, read: Hypnotherapy for Breast Cancer

  1. Weight Loss

Weight loss has benefits for your overall health and wellness. In fact, it is one of the four lifestyle choices that you can make to prevent cancer. The good news? One of the medical benefits of hypnotherapy is the impact it can have on efforts made to lose weight. Hypnotherapy on its own will not enable weight to just fall off but, it will increase your success meeting your weight loss goals when combined with diet and exercise. Want to know about success rates and how hypnotherapy works as a medical benefit for weight loss? Read: Hypnotherapy for Weight Loss

  1. ADHD

ADHD and its symptoms can interfere with day-to-day living. The job that you want to hold, the grades you want your child to achieve - can both become challenging where ADHD is involved. Hypnotherapy can serve as a medical benefit for ADHD by helping those living with ADHD regain a sense of control and self-esteem. Want to know more about how hypnotherapy can be used as a treatment option for managing ADHD symptoms? Read: Hypnotherapy for ADD/ADHD

  1. IBS

IBS can be impacted positively by hypnotherapy. From a medical standpoint, hypnotherapy can be beneficial for helping people who live with IBS because it can serve as a natural and noninvasive treatment option for managing symptoms. Want to know how and why hypnotherapy works for IBS? Read: Hypnotherapy for IBS

Other Medical Benefits of Hypnotherapy

There are many other medical benefits of hypnotherapy including pregnancy, labor and delivery, brain fog, headaches, and different additions to name a few. If there is a condition that is troubling you, consider talking to a hypnotherapist and see if they may be able to treat and help you achieve the level of overall health and wellness you deserve.

Up next, what about daily hypnosis?

Should you Try Daily Hypnosis for Its Medical Benefits?

Each of these medical benefits of hypnotherapy does not have to be boxed into an experience that you only experience when you are in hypnotherapists office or in the midst of a hypnotherapy session.

When you go to a hypnotherapy session, your session is often recorded. Often, a hypnotherapist also sells audio CDs or teaches self-hypnosis. What does this mean? It means all the medical benefits of hypnotherapy that we just learned about can continue to be experienced outside of an office space. In fact, the tools and skills you gain through hypnotherapy sessions for its different medical benefits and its impact can be greatly enhanced if you use self-hypnosis and hypnosis on a daily basis.

Want to know more information on daily hypnotherapy, read: Benefits of Daily Hypnosis

What are the Side Effects of Hypnosis When Used for its Medical Benefits?

Some people want to know, is hypnosis dangerous? The short answer? No. It is not a dangerous therapy. Essentially hypnotherapy does not have any harmful side effects

So when should you be on the lookout for adverse side effects associated with hypnotherapy?

If you currently live with a mental condition, psychosis or have a family history of either - this is when you should be on the looking you should be on the lookout for adverse side effects from hypnosis. Want to know what types of adverse side effects to look out for? Read: Side Effects of Hypnosis

References:

Hypnosis. (2017, September 24). Retrieved February 21, 2019, from https://nccih.nih.gov/health/hypnosis

Vickers, A., Zollman, C., & Payne, D. K. (2001). Hypnosis and relaxation therapies. The Western journal of medicine, 175(4), 269-72. Retrieved February 21, 2019, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1071579/