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You may have heard these different words and phrases bandied about – ‘hypnosis’, ‘hypnotherapy’ and ‘cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy’. Hypnosis is not a school of therapy; it is an altered state of consciousness under which different psychotherapeutic frameworks can be applied e.g. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy (CBH) uses only one model of therapy, CBT, and combines this with hypnosis.  The CBT model is solid, evidence based and comprehensively researched.  It is also recommended by NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) for the treatment of many disorders including anxiety and depression.

CBH is technically diverse.  Most techniques are cognitive or behavioural but, sometimes, we combine techniques from various psychotherapies too.  The difference is that in CBH these techniques are selected deliberately from a cognitive and behavioural context to guide the practice of CBH and for each client.   

There are many advantages to working with CBH and, indeed, research highlights the benefits of the addition of hypnosis to CBT practice.  Other advantages include the following:

• The addition of hypnosis can shorten treatment.
• Hypnosis enhances imagery.
• Hypnosis can enable the therapist and client to identify deeply held beliefs and attitudes.  It provides access to unconscious beliefs.
• Hypnosis helps build rapport between the client and the therapist which strengthens the therapeutic relationship.
• Hypnosis can be used to induce deep relaxation.  The client can learn self hypnosis to produce similar relaxation.
• Hypnosis is an excellent state for receiving helpful suggestions based on CBT philosophies.

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