What is Hypnosis:
Hypnosis it’s a state of unconsciousness produced through suggestion or hypnotism techniques. It is also understood as a type of artificial sleep and induced by external agents or by the person themselves (autohypnosis).
In this state the mental processes They undergo a modification at various levels such as perceptual and sensory, in which elements of the unconscious can become more evident. Hypnosis is characterized by a increased receptivity and of the suggestion capacity.
Hypnosis is used especially in the field of psychology. There are many variants and Applicationssome of which carry some controversy.
This word comes from Greek ὑπνοῦν (to numb), and the suffix -sis. The plural form of this word does not vary.
clinical hypnosis
The clinical hypnosis is a suggestion technique used as therapy control and/or behavior modification. It is sometimes used for treatment of disorders such as eating disorders or states of depression.
Hypnosis can be used in this context as part of a treatment in which other techniques and products such as medication can be used.
Clinical hypnosis is usually applied by a qualified professionalgenerally a psychologist I hypnotherapist. There are also variants such as autohypnosis.
See also Psychology.
regressive hypnosis
The regressive hypnosis either regression hypnosis it’s a type of clinical hypnosis. It is a therapeutic technique which tries to bring the person to a transitory mental state in which they relive or remember events from their personal past.
In a generic way, it can be said that aim is to find the origin of psychological problems such as phobias, anxiety and/or addictions. Reliving past events can allow the person to understand these reasons or motives and analyze them from a new perspective.
ericksonian hypnosis
The ericksonian hypnosis is a technique either hypnosis method with therapeutic objectives that owes its name to the American hypnotherapist Milton Hyland Erickson.
This method is part of the call ericksonian psychotherapy and does not use suggestion except through natural processes and relaxation. The use of language on the part of the therapist is important in this model.