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Life Coaching: The Use of Hypnosis
The hypnotic state
The article 'Hypnosis: An Altered State of Consciousness', by the Mayo Clinic explains hypnosis as an artificially induced change in an individual's consciousness which helps in dealing with different medical conditions (Mayo Clinic staff, 2014). Various benefits accrue to an individual when they are under hypnosis. These include: increased focus, open mindedness, and increased responsiveness to suggestions. According to Smith (2005), these benefits are valid because in 1964, John Solomon, a psychologist, established the connection of the mind and the body and concluded that increased levels of stress and depression highly aggravate medical conditions such as arthritis, because the mind is indeed linked to the body. Jovanov (1995) also used unique software and special methods to investigate how the brain works during meditation, in an attempt to find out the role meditation plays in the healing process. His findings revealed a connection between the psycho-physiology of the healing process and the altered states of the mind. More specifically, consciousness uses signal generators that affect the output influenced by action, and meditation affects the input range that deals with the perception block (Jovanov, 1995). All three authors confirm that hypnosis...
Hypnosis is more effective when combined with other treatment plans, and it can fail to have the desired effect in some people (The Mayo Clinic staff, 2014). The staff also stress that only experienced hypnotherapists are able to pinpoint the best techniques to deal with different situations. Some of these techniques include: talking gently to the patient to give them options of getting what they want, using vivid imagination to create better pictures of those goals or teaching the patient the art of self-hypnosis.
Apart from reinforcing my understanding of hypnosis, the article also helps in falsifying existing myths about this technique. Individuals do not act involuntarily when they are under hypnosis; in fact, they are able to pay more attention and to concentrate (Mayo Clinic staff, 2014). A hypnotherapist does not also gain unlimited control over the patient and there is no risk of amnesia after recovery. The success of…
References
Jovanov, E. (1995). On the Methodology of EEG Analysis during Altered States of Consciousness. VXM. Retrieved 12 February 2015 from http://www.vxm.com/21R.94.html
Smith, J. (2005). Relaxation, Meditation, and Mindfulness: A Mental Health Practitioner's Guide. NY: Springer Publishing Company
The Mayo Clinic Staff. (2014). Hypnosis: An Altered State of Consciousness. Goal Oriented Hypnotherapy. Retrieved 12 February 2015 from http://www.gohypnotherapy.com/hypnosis-information/hypnosis-articles-essays-on-hypnotherapy-written-by-hypnotherapists/mayo-clinic-staff-on-hypnosis/
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