Wie funktioniert eine Hypnosetherapie?
How does hypnotherapy work?
We are all familiar with hypnotic or trance-like states from everyday life. They happen again and again and usually go unnoticed. For example, when we are driving and suddenly wonder why we are already there and have covered the distance completely "in our heads". Or when we immerse ourselves in a book and seem to be in the middle of the action, in which we even perceive the colors of the curtains on the protagonist's neighbor's house. These states are similar to hypnotherapy, although in hypnotherapy this state is induced deliberately and in a more focused way.
After a discussion about the objective of the hypnotherapy session and the client's wishes, the hypnotherapist begins the induction, the process of moving from conscious to subconscious awareness. The client begins to relax while the hypnotist guides them into this state of complete relaxation, both physically and mentally. Once this state of complete relaxation and calm has been achieved, the subconscious mind opens up and the problem or issue can be addressed together with the therapist. The hypnotized person can be approached at any time and is in no way at the mercy of the situation. On the contrary, he or she is in a state similar to that just before falling asleep. When body and mind are relaxed, but by no means switched off.
During hypnosis, the hypnotized person can perceive unconscious memories, recognize patterns and track down the reasons for their addiction, phobia, depression, anxiety, intemperance, violence, etc. in order to subsequently resolve them. During hypnotherapy, the therapist anchors desired behavioral changes ("you are now a non-smoker" or "your fear of the dark is no longer necessary today - let it go") in the client's subconscious, who perceives them as a new reality as soon as he/she is brought out of the trance (dissolution of hypnosis).
