Hypnotherapy? Anyone tried it? Any good?

[Runnerbean]

I'm interested in hypnotherapy and if it has helped anybody with health issues. I have suffered with panic attacks for years and more recently tinnitis. Anyone tried it?

A little butterfly kindly brought me your way. I hope I can help in some way.

Hypnothrapy is very powerful treatment for Panic attacks, if you have a good practiioner, within a short time they can stop them dead. It also depends on how much you want to let go of the behaviour patterns that make you more succeptable (sp?). I had them acutely after the birth of my dd, so so bad I couldnt hold her , drive , go out or anything for some time. I saw mine for some months and she did help the healing of other issues in my life also that brought me to the place were I was having the attacks. The therapist will want to treat the reasons for them aswill as the condition, so you may not be hypnotised each time you go , but they may want to talk a little about your worries , fears etc and then they will do intense work with you on how to go about moving forward and out of mindsets holding you back. I had weekly homework to help with negatives and then lots on positives. Some weeks I had amazing experiences with it and she always made sure I left feeling uplifted. A lot of it is on visualisation and a sort of meditation , which for relaxation and calming is a great technique to master. They will also help with breathing for relaxation. Let me know if you want to know more about the process. I do have some old old threads about it in archives also.

Have you found someone to treat you ? If not make sure they are accredited with the correct qaulifications/associations, I will look into which one my therapist was joined with. If you want to ask me more runnerbean please do , it was quite a positive experience for me, but a lot of work too, I had to face all sorts of things, but thats all in the healing you have to do. I am quite a changed person since. Id love to have Paul Mkenna do his magic though, she wasnt quite like him, but still quite powerful.

Melsy,

Thankyou for your reply, it was very interesting. I had my first panic attack 15 years ago and for a while I could barely leave the house. I'd just left college and travelling to work just by bus was a nightmare. (Excuse me if I waffle on a bit here, I don't really talk about this very often).
I went off to Israel with a friend, to sort my head out, and worked on a Kibbutz for about 6 months then travelled across Europe. God knows how I did that now!! I seemed to be OK whilst i was away but the attacks returned with a vengeance when I got home.
My doctor prescribed beta blockers which helped a little. I then went off, on my own, to Australia for a year, again, i don't know how I managed it as travelling to my local shops alone was an impossibilityl!!

Yet again on my return the attacks returned, but I seemed to be managing them better. Gradually, after returning to college then going on to work I seemed to have mastered control over the attacks, although they always seemed to be not far away and tiredness could spark one off.
After the birth of my first dd 7 years ago at a low point they seemed to get worse again. I seemed to be anxious about everything and I know exactly what you mean about not being able to hold the baby!

Hypnotherapy had never been suggested to me, although my husband has mentioned it jokingly, but I have always wondered if it could help, especially after seeing Paul Mkenna do his stuff on This Morning.
I don't really know where to start looking to find someone reputable. I tried to search the archives about hypnotherapy before starting this thread but couldn't find anything.

I developed tinnitis 2 months ago and I know that this can be stress related so I'm looking for alternatives to popping pills!

It sounds as if something here is the trigger and when you escape you mind set is different. A therapist will work out what that is with you.A good therapist will talk about the past , to get a sense of your pyshche etc, but they wont allow you to harbour on it , as excersises and hypnosis is about how to look forward from it and re programme your mental behaviours.

It really is a great compliment to the anti d's , but with it I managed to get myself off them quite easily. I will list some of the associations for you, one of which my therapist is joined with. Apart from that I think you have to use your intution and gut feel if you do a sort of interview on the phone with them,may be have the same set of qeustions to ask a few different practioners in your area. the other thing is to have a one off session ,which can cost anything between £35-50 , and see how you feel after and what vibe you get from them. I think you soon know if it feels wrong or right. You can always come on here and talk about it.

Ill be back , when I can find some of the info.

My therapist is registered here \link{http://www.hypnotherapists.org.uk/\National council for hypnotherapists} Its got a great search section , by name region, specialism etc . I think for peace of mind I would want them to have the highest Membership Grade possibble ; registered or accredited , as that ensures a no of hrs practised and no of clients seen and other important criteria.

It seems archives isnt functioning like it used to , as I was going to list some of my old threads on my experiences.

Hi Runnerbean. I used a hypnotherapist, though for slightky different reasons. I had an intense fear of flying, which resulted in severe panic attacks when i tried to fly (on aeroplane!). I only went for two sessions. I did talk quite a bit, but it was more her listening than working through issues. I could not belive the results. I flew on a short flight a couple of months ago and was fine, well nervous, but unrecognisable compared to the previous time. My dh was amazed. I am quite anxious/phobic about other things in my life, but I wuold say it also indeirectky helped that. I am going to go back just to 'consolidate' the flying phobia treament, but i would definitely recommend it.

Hi Runnerbean, I don't know a huge amount about hypnotherapy myself but my dh is a hypnotherapist and seems to have amazing success with the people he treats! He started out as a counsellor and later trained as a hypno because he was seeing so many clients with panic attacks and phobias and wanted a more focused way of helping them. Says he now combines both approaches with most people, which seems to give the best of both worlds. Might be worth seeking out someone with similar qualifications?