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  Formal Application of Hypnosis in Therapy 

 

Most probably you have seen either in a movie or a street performer hypnotize someone into following their command.   Audiences will laugh when a volunteer is hypnotized into doing dumb things which they later will not have memory of. This makes hypnosis skill something many people desire to learn even though many still doubt whether it is a real thing.

 

 Hypnosis is not magic instead it is a science of making a person lose their free will and therefore are open to any suggestions you make. The history of hypnosis is long with no exact period it was discovered although it has been there for the ages.  The techniques to making a person hypnotized vary throughout the time periods.  Such as.

 

 One class is the Neuro-linguistic programming commonly known as NLP hypnosis at hypnosis101.com/.  The techniques used alters how the brain receives and interprets messages from other body parts.  Some people may argue that NLP is not hypnosis but given it focuses on inducing a brain state that a person is open to commands makes it hypnosis.

 

 The recent class of hypnosis is known as Ericksonian hypnosis at hypnosis101.com/. Which instead of using the traditional method of commanding a person to follow a set of instruction, the person will be issued with suggestions. Therefore a person does not fight the commands instead the mind will evaluate the suggestions given and in many times comply. 

 

 Many people are unaware of the other application of hypnosis apart from the use by artist as a magical art.  However, there are formal schools that teach hypnosis.  The school have formal documents issued as evidence that a person is a certified hypnosis expert.  The person will seek to get a work license. Check out http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/patrik-svensson-illustration_56140206e4b0368a1a613c8d to learn more about hypnosis.  

 

Therefore a person is a licensed hypnotherapist, who has acquired authorization to use hypnosis to treat patients. The hypnotherapist main patients are persons suffering from anxiety disorders, excessive stress, and negative habits such gambling.  Many hypnotherapists uses hypnosis also with formal medications to treat their patients.  Some hypnotherapist use NLP hypnosis to assist people to develop healthy life habits such as commitment to their goals in life. 

 

 Hypnotherapist had a wide area of operation and given they are somehow messing with a person's brain it is essential to be very careful.  The rules and regulations set by the hypnosis therapist are not very clear on things that a person may be arrested for doing on a patient.  Hence patients should not entirely rely on hypnosis for treatment instead they should consult about other treatment if they feel there is no change in their conditions.

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