Hypnotherapy is a therapeutic interaction between a therapist using clinical or conversational hypnosis and a client.
It can be understood as a form of psychotherapy in which counseling skills are used, contact or a therapeutic relationship is established, and problems and goals are defined.
What is the difference between hypnosis and hypnotherapy?
Hypnosis can be understood as a state in which the ability to respond to ideas is increased. Hypnotherapy is the use of hypnosis for medical or psychological problems.
What is hypnotherapy?
Hypnotherapy is a therapeutic interaction between a client and a therapist using clinical or conversational hypnosis. These are therapeutic procedures that are carried out while the person is in a hypnotic state. In most countries, it is understood as a form of psychotherapy and not as an independent therapeutic approach. Therefore, some professionals do not use the term hypnotherapy and instead call it therapeutic hypnosis.
When is hypnosis therapeutic?
When hypnosis is used and combined with therapeutic suggestions or procedures, it has therapeutic value. A hypnotist (stage hypnotist) can hypnotize a person but does not perform any therapy, in contrast, a hypnotherapist (practitioner of therapeutic hypnosis) incorporates therapeutic suggestions or procedures into the hypnosis process in order to effect change in the individual.
Who is a hypnotherapist?
A fully qualified hypnotherapist is a professionally trained psychotherapist, doctor, social worker, psychologist, or other health professional who uses hypnosis. Competent and ethical performance of activities requires knowledge of modern psychotherapy and clinical skills.
Who is not a hypnotherapist?
Some practitioners of hypnosis and hypnotherapy may refer to themselves as hypnosis practitioners, primarily to avoid violating regional and licensing laws regarding the use of the term therapist.
Who can practice therapeutic hypnosis, hypnotherapy?
Professionally trained therapists use therapeutic hypnosis to treat diseases or symptoms of diseases. A hypnosis practitioner who helps a client improve their career prospects or performance (coaches, "coaches") should not use procedures and approaches that could be classified as therapeutic - we can claim that they are useful and useful, but not therapeutic. A stage hypnotist is a practitioner of hypnosis, but not therapeutic hypnosis.