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chantaspell
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 Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 5:44 pm Post subject: Is hypnotherapy the answer? |
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Hi
I have been approached by someone with a problem. I am not a hypnotherapist myself and wondered if I should refer them on to one. The client is a 31 year old male and fit and healthy. He describes his problem like this:
| Quote: | Hi, here is the problem in a nutshell.
1) I am scared/phobic of travelling by plane, train and boat.
2) I am scared to travel a long way from him.
3) I feel deeply insecure and have low self esteem - i over commit to relationships and end up feeling awful.
I don't think I am capable of doing these things. When I think about doing them I feel scared, low and worried that something bad could happen to me if I did them. With that in mind, I would say I am quite resistant to overcoming them, although I do want to overcome them.
If I am single, and stay in and around Exeter I generally feel OK (a bit insecure and worried that life is passing me by). When there is some pressure on me to travel I start to feel bad: anxious, low appetite, difficulty sleeping, difficulty concentrating, lack of passion for life.
When I do make myself travel away from Exeter (which I do from time to time) nothing bad actually happens - I may feel a bit worried, that's all. Problem is, this doesn't seem to desensitize me to travelling, I don't seem to be able to build on it much and travelling abroad still seems like a very distant dream!
History
Until I was about 10 I travelled pretty normally - plane, boat, train, car. After that I started to get panic attacks first on boats, then scared of flying and finally agrophobia set in from about 20-25.
Before I was 10 I was still a very nervous insecure child - with fairly emotionally distant (but not abusive) parents.
What I think I need
I think I need to feel secure in myself much more, and get over the idea that I can't do anything and never will be able to, and that I am incapable and maybe unworthy. I feel that a powerful force within me does not want me to succeeed, for example when I try to go on a train I prefer to see myself failing, so I stop myself from doing this.
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Obviously quite deep issues....hypnoanalysis anyone?
Many thanks for your ideas. |
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Paddy Landau
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Hypnoanalysis is probably not the right approach.
I would suggest a combination of hypnotherapy and CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy).
The client may want to talk to his doctor about this first, as there may be some help that his GP can give.
Provided that there is no physical cause behind the behaviour (which his GP can check), this should be reasonably straightforward.
There are several aspects, so it may take a number of sessions to fully resolve.
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chantaspell
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Hi and thanks for the response. I can't comment on the difference between hypnoanalysis and hypnotherapy (perhaps you could say more about why you don't think it would be right?) but I will just add that the patient says that CBT didn't work well for him, meaning that he didn't feel empowered or encouraged by achievements to move onto the next level - and that the feelings were more spurious and hard to grasp than simple negative cognitions.
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Paddy Landau
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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| chantaspell wrote: | | ... the difference between hypnoanalysis and hypnotherapy |
Hypnoanalysis is the combination of analytical therapy (derived from Freud, and mostly discontinued as having little therapeutic effect) and hypnosis.
Hypnotherapy uses hypnosis for a type of therapy that modifies unconscious or automatic behaviour and thought patterns.
CBT does this, too, but in a very different way.
Sometimes, CBT doesn't work for some people. In those cases, hypnotherapy can often work well. This presumes that there is no physical cause behind the symptoms, which is why I suggested that your client check with his GP first (even though it's unlikely to be the case).
Another possible route is the use of a life coach. The reason I mention this is the wording: "he didn't feel empowered or encouraged by achievements to move onto the next level". That's typical of the mindset that a coach would deal with. If he goes this route, find a life coach that specialises in this type of problem.
Yet another possibility -- one that works well for some but not for others -- is EFT (emotional freedom technique). Find out more at the EFT website.
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