To minimize risk of exposure to and spread of the COVID-19
virus and COVID-19 variants, I am continuing to suspend in-person hypnotherapy
sessions with me in my office. Meanwhile, phone, and Zoom consultations ARE and
WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE!
(This blog was originally posted on June 10, 2015)
Sometimes, an
issue that a client presents to the hypnotherapist during a therapy session is
a symptom rather than the cause of another problem. For example, increased
anxiety and various signs of physical discomfort such as light-headedness,
headache or nausea may suggest that the individual is experiencing symptoms of
low blood-sugar levels rather than just responding to a specific stress
trigger. Low blood-sugar levels can also trigger a phobic reaction. (For more
information about this relationship, see my blog titled Nutrition
and the Development of Fears and Phobias.) In this case, it is important
for the hypnotherapist to work with the client’s physician to create an
appropriate nutrition program to control the blood-sugar level and incorporate
suggestions about nutrition and healthy eating during hypnosis to reduce these
symptoms.
However, it is
also possible that a client’s behaviors or emotional responses/reactions are
actually manifestations of his or her repressed emotions: i.e., a body
syndrome. Once a licensed medical doctor has ruled out a physical etiology (cause)
of the symptom, the hypnotherapist may explore the cause of the symptom in the
context of body syndromes. For example, persistent pain in the client’s
shoulders and upper back (Responsibility
Syndrome) may provide a secondary gain of being “allowed” to avoid
participating in certain activities undesirable at work or with the person’s
family.
For example, Hypnosis Motivation Institute founder John Kappas, Ph.D., explained how a
client’s persistent hoarse throat and fatigue was actually a symptom of her
subconscious resistance toward the woman’s husband/manager’s pushing her to
accomplish something. The client, a singer, also experienced symptoms of low
blood-sugar that were brought on by her husband’s demands for perfection in her
performances. The hypnotherapist determined that his client was subconsciously
motivated to use her hoarse throat as a way to avoid having to sing when she
didn’t feel like it. Consequently, Dr. Kappas approached her therapy by first
addressing her behaviors (e.g., feeling tired and hoarseness). He explained how
her nutrition contributed to her feeling tired and recommended ways to change
her diet that would increase her energy. Next, he explored with her the various
reasons why (cause) she was experiencing the hoarseness and addressed the
client’s perception of her husband’s perfectionist tendencies as a source of
her stress and subconscious resistance.
Once the client
understood how the various sources of perceived external and internal pressure
on her to perform were affecting her behavior, the hypnotherapist discussed
ways of treating her symptoms. First, Dr. Kappas encouraged her and her husband
to separately work with a therapist to work out some of their professional
conflicts. Then he worked with the client to help her husband agree that they
could change their interactions with each other and how this behavior change
could be achieved. Ultimately, the woman’s symptoms would dissipate as her
relationship with her spouse/manager improved, thus ameliorating her
subconscious desire to avoid singing/performing because their pattern of
interacting with each other became less stressful.
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Hi, there. I am Tom Neil and I want to explain how life had been for my younger brother living with schizophrenia and how he had been permanently able to survive this debilitating disease via a naturopathic, herbal method.
ReplyDeleteMaicon - my kid brother was twenty years old when he was brought to the emergency room by the campus police of the college from which he had been suspended several months ago. A professor had called and reported that he had walked into his classroom, accused him of taking his tuition money, and refused to leave.
Although he had much academic success as a teenager, his behavior had become increasingly odd during the past year. He quit seeing his friends and no longer seemed to care about his appearance or social pursuits. He began wearing the same clothes each day and seldom bathed. He lived with several family members but rarely spoke to any of them. When he did talk to them, he said he had found clues that his college was just a front for an organized crime operation. He had been suspended from college because of missing many classes. My sister said that she had often seen him mumbling quietly to himself and at times he seemed to be talking to people who were not there. He would emerge from my room and ask my family to be quiet even when they were not making any noise.
My father and sister told the staff that Maicon's great-grandmother had had a serious illness and had lived for 30 years in a state hospital, which they believed was a mental hospital. Our mother left the family when Maicon was very young. She has been out of touch with us, and they thought she might have been treated for mental health problems.
Maicon agreed to sign himself into the psychiatric unit for treatment. The whole family except I had agreed to have Maicon transferred to a mental asylum. I knew inwardly there was still some plausible means by which my kid brother could overcome this condition. I knew botanical means of treatment will be more favorable than any other type of treatment, and as such, I had taken a keen interest in the research of naturopathic alternative measures suitable for the treatment of schizophrenia. I had pleaded for some little patience from the family in the delay of the transfer, I was looking forward to proving a point to the entire family, of a positive botanical remedy for this condition.
It was during my ceaseless search on the internet I had been fortunate enough to come across Dr. Utu Herbal Cure: an African herbalist and witch doctor whose professional works had majored on the eradication of certain viral conditions, especially schizophrenia, ( improving the memory capacity positively), via a traditional, naturopathic process and distinguished diet plan. It was by the administration of this herbal specialist that my brother had been able to improve his condition for better.
Before the naturopathic remedy - Maicon's story had reflected a common case, in which a high-functioning young adult goes through a major decline in day-to-day skills. Although family and friends may feel this is a loss of the person they knew, the illness can be treated and a good outcome is possible.
My brother Maicon is just like many other patients out there suffering from this disease. Although he was able to overcome this condition via a naturopathic herbal remedy administered by this African herbal physician and saved completely thus, rekindling the lost joy which had been experienced by the family members.
I wish to use this opportunity to reach across to anyone who may happen to be diagnosed with this disastrous condition to spread the hope of an everlasting herbal remedy that is capable of imposing a permanent end to this disease.
For more information concerning this naturopathic herbal remedy, feel free to contact this African herbal practitioner via email:
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