Does Hypnotherapy Really Work?

Hypnotic therapy is really effective. It is a method of psychotherapy that guides patients into a special state of consciousness, namely the hypnotic state, through a series of techniques. In this state, the patient's suggestibility is enhanced, and the hypnotic therapist continuously suggests, allowing the patient to experience a series of changes. These changes involve perception, cognition, and behavior, and through these changes, the patient can achieve the effect of reducing or eliminating symptoms. In medical terminology, it is called "hypnotism." For example, as a treatment method, hypnotism is relatively simple in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder and patients who constantly feel pain in certain areas without organic lesions through suggestion to eliminate symptoms. However, in terms of eliminating the psychological dynamics that produce these symptoms, it is entirely a process of psychotherapy. However, hypnotizing people through hypnotism is not necessarily for psychotherapy. Some hypnotism is also used for stage performances, etc. Such hypnotism differs from hypnotic therapy in clinical work in terms of methods, approaches, and other aspects. Hypnotic therapy is the application of hypnotism in clinical work and is one of many psychotherapy methods. Therefore, it also has its indications and contraindications. Hypnotic therapy is mainly used for neuroses and certain psychosomatic diseases. For patients with severe functional organic diseases, hypnotic therapy can be used as an adjunctive method to drug therapy.