Each person who starts looking into hypnotherapy and searching for the best hypnotherapist for them and their needs also needs to determine the type of hypnotherapy that will best fit their needs. Why? So they can find a hypnotherapist that is trained in the type of hypnotherapy for their individual needs. But how do you know which type of hypnotherapy is best for you?
Let's get started . . .
How to Choose the Best Type of Hypnotherapy for you
To help you choose the best type of hypnotherapy is best for you, we have split the different types of hypnotherapy into the three different aspects of life that hypnotherapy can be beneficial for:
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Fears and phobias
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Goals
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Health conditions
The nine types of hypnotherapy we will be considering for fears and phobias, goals, and health conditions are:
1. Clinical Hypnotherapy
2. Suggestion Hypnotherapy
3. Ericksonian Hypnotherapy
4. Hypno-psychotherapy
5. Hypnoanalysis
6. Cognitive Hypnotherapy
7. Past life Regression
8. Solution Focused Hypnotherapy
9. Self-Hypnosis
Let's first look at fears and phobias . . .
Fears, Phobias and Choosing the Best Type of Hypnotherapy for you
From fear of heights to a phobia of flying or spiders - hypnotherapy can be a helpful treatment option for gaining control over a fear.
If you have a fear or phobia you are seeking hypnotherapy treatment for, there are different types of hypnotherapy that may be best for you:
Cognitive hypnotherapy: Defeating your fears through cognitive hypnotherapy may be the best choice for you if you see yourself needing a type of hypnotherapy that is known for helping a person change thinking patterns. Fear can be helped with this type of hypnotherapy by helping change the thinking pattern that perpetuates the fear.
Hypno-psychotherapy: Overcoming your fears through Hypno-psychotherapy may be the best choice if you would like the hypnotherapist you work with to also have a background in traditional psychology and psychotherapy. Do you think overcoming your fear or phobia would benefit from both hypnotherapy and psychotherapy? This is how hypno-psychotherapy comes into play for fears and phobias.
Now, let's look at achieving goals and what might be the best type of hypnotherapy for you. . .
Goals and Choosing the Best Type of Hypnotherapy for you
Do you have a goal of losing weight? Or is there another hurdle blocking you that you would like to overcome and reach? There are three different types of hypnotherapy that may be best for you:
Solution-focused hypnotherapy: Seeking solution-focused hypnotherapy may be the best choice for you as you seek to see any goal can be achieved - if you are wanting a type of hypnotherapy that will help you find a solution in to put your energy toward.
Hypnoanalysis hypnotherapy: Utilizing hypnoanalysis to accomplish your goals may be the best type of hypnotherapy for you if want to be able to accomplish a goal by understanding the root cause behind a hurdle you are seeking to get over to accomplish your goal.
Past life hypnotherapy: Attaining your goals through past life hypnotherapy may be the best choice for you if you believe the goals you have and the roadblocks that are in between you and attaining your goals is a challenge from a past life.
What about health conditions? Let's explore which type of hypnotherapy may work best for alleviating symptoms of health conditions:
Health Conditions Choosing the Best Type of Hypnotherapy for you
From stress, anxiety, depression, to cancer and other health conditions "hypnotherapy can be beneficial but which type may be best for you if you are looking into hypnotherapy for a health condition" There are three different types of hypnotherapy that may be best for you:
Clinical hypnotherapy: If the medical or health condition you are looking to treat with hypnotherapy is already being treated at a hospital or another location where medical conditions are treated - clinical hypnotherapy may be the best choice for you.
Suggestion Hypnotherapy: If you think direct suggestions in hypnotherapy would best alleviate the symptoms you are experiencing - suggestion hypnotherapy may be the best choice for you.
Ericksonian Hypnotherapy: If you think indirect suggestions along with metaphors and storytelling in hypnotherapy would best alleviate the symptoms you are experiencing - Ericksonian hypnotherapy may be the best choice for you.
Where does Self-hypnosis Fit in?
Wondering why self-hypnosis is not listed under fears and phobias, goals, or health conditions? The wonderful answer is self-hypnosis is a type of hypnotherapy that can be used no matter the type of hypnotherapy the hypnotherapist you choose to see uses.
So, self-hypnosis is a type of hypnotherapy that can also be used no matter if you have a fear you are looking to overcome, a goal you are looking to achieve or health condition you are looking to minimize and reduce its symptoms, self-hypnosis can be helpful in three different parts in the hypnotherapy treatment journey:
Before: Before you attend your first hypnotherapy session with a hypnotherapist, you can still experience the benefits of hypnotherapy through self-hypnosis if you choose.
During: As you attend hypnotherapy with a hypnotherapist, you can use self-hypnosis in between your hypnotherapy sessions. You might call this your homework of hypnotherapy but the grade you will receive will come in the form of growth, progress, and and the many benefits of hypnotherapy.
After: After you decide you are done with in-person hypnotherapy, or the treatment plan the hypnotherapist laid out in your first session with you, self-hypnosis can be used at the conclusion of hypnotherapy treatment to maintain and continue the progress experienced through hypnotherapy.
2 Questions to Ask your Hypnotherapist About Self-hypnosis
If you want to use self-hypnotherapy based on the same type of hypnotherapy your hypnotherapist uses, you can ask the following two questions:
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Do you teach self-hypnosis?
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Can you provide me self-hypnosis scripts I can use?
These two questions will ensure you can use the type of hypnosis that works best for you when you use self-hypnosis.
Final Advise on Choosing the Best Type of Hypnotherapy for you
The types of hypnotherapy suggested for fears, goals, and health conditions do not have to be boxed into what each type was suggested for. When it comes to choosing the best type of hypnotherapy for you and your needs - no matter if your needs for a hypnotherapist are for a fear, goal, or health condition, you must consider the following factors:
Comfort: Do you feel comfortable with the type of hypnotherapy you have chosen?
Connection: Do you feel connected to the type of hypnotherapy you have chosen?
Results: Are you are experiencing the results with the type of hypnotherapy you have chosen?
These three factors are important to consider because each person is unique. If you find one type of hypnotherapy is not leading to what you were seeking, try another. You may be surprised at what type of hypnotherapy is the best for you and your personal needs.
Hypnotherapy Practitioners
Once you have an idea of the type of hypnotherapy may be best for you, the next step is to find the best hypnotherapist for you. If you would like help with that, check out our guide: 15 Questions to Ask to Find the Best Hypnotherapist for You.
Heal.me has many practitioners who specialize in hypnotherapy to treat and being around positive results for any fear, goal or health condition you may be experiencing.
More Information
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References:
Hypnosis. (2017, September 24). Retrieved January 8, 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 January 8, 2019, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1071579/
