Monday, March 1, 2010

Hypnosis versis Psychotherapy?

I have seen many clients create breakthroughs after years of psychotherapy through hypnosis. My personal feeling is that these clients understand their issues but don't know how to go beyond understanding to health and happiness.

Hypnotism can give them the boost to take this knowledge and actually make real changes in their thinking, emotions and behavior.

But Dr. Alfred Barrios (Ph.D. UCLA) goes beyond my perspective. He suggests that hypnotherapy on its own is faster and far more effective than psychotherapy. Dr. Barrios is a Clinical Psychologist who is reported in American Health Magazine as having conducted a study of various psychological intervention techniques. Interestingly, the technique that proved to generate the greatest success in providing lasting change was hypnotherapy.
Psychotherapy: 38% recovery after 600 sessions (approx. 11 1/2 yrs @ 1 session per week.)
Behavior Therapy: 72% recovery after 22 sessions (approx. 6 months @ 1 session per week)
Hypnotherapy: 93% recovery after 6 sessions (approx. 1 1/2 months @1 session per week)
Maybe you lost weight with me or stopped smoking using hypnosis or even improved your golf game in the work we did, but if you are feeling stuck in your life, I invite you to consider hypnosis. I have seen it work for many, many clients with a wide variety of issues.

I don't consider hypnotherapy a replacement for psychotherapy but it can provide the jump start you have been missing.

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