DLScott CH.t. / CDP
One of the most frequent request that I receive from potential clients is help with obsessive compulsive behaviors or addictions. This can and does include, stop smoking, alcohol, and drug abuse / addiction, eating addiction, and some form of behavioral issues such as sexual addiction or performance anxiety.
Hypnosis is not a magic bullet, it will not magically cure any condition or eliminate any behavior, but it what it will do is increase your own ability to eliminate or manage any issue or condition that you are trying to deal with.
One of the most well known hypnotists of the twentieth century was Dr. Milton Erickson. He often told clients that “you have tried to solve the problem at the conscious level of your mind, and have failed miserable, now it is time to resolve the issue at the subconscious level of your mind”. Dr. Erickson’s statement is based on the fact that there is a well known rule of the mind called the law of conflict. When the subconscious and the conscious portions of the mind are in conflict, your subconscious will always win. This fact has been proven over and over again by smokers who try to quit smoking without outside help, or substance abusers who can’t quit by just will power alone. Along with these common addictions there are dieters who can’t seem to lose weight, or people who are frozen by the fear of public speaking, or people who suffer from performance anxiety while engaging in the sexual act. (Just look at the sales figures of such drugs as Viagra to get an idea of how prevalent these issues are).
People are paying millions of dollars a year on prescription medications to help them alleviate their obsessions, addictions and compulsions, and yet the problems persist.
The American Medical Association, and the American Psychological Association recognized hypnotism as a valid medical procedure in the year 1958, and in the year 1995 the National Institute of Health recommended hypnotherapy as a treatment for chronic pain, both physical and emotional.
Hypnotherapy is an effective tool in reducing the fear and anxiety that accompany pain and uncomfortable medical or dental procedures, and has also proven very effective at eliminating the root causes of stress and anxiety associated with a variety of behavioral issues such as substance use, sleep walking, nail biting, smoking cigarettes, eating disorders, phobias, and even thumb sucking.
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