I am continuing to suspend in-person hypnotherapy sessions with me in my office. However, phone, and Zoom consultations ARE and WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE!
(This blog was
originally posted on August 1, 2016)
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When trauma or extreme emotional distress occurs, if the person cannot
(verbally) express and work through and resolve feelings about the event, these
emotions may be manifested as physical symptoms. As I explained in a previous
blog titled Body
Syndromes, these symptoms are likely to occur in areas of the body that correspond
to the trauma or presenting issue. For example, if a woman is raped she may
subsequently experience vaginal tightness that prevents any kind of sexual
pleasure and even find intercourse painful.
When psychologist and hypnotherapist John Kappas, Ph.D., treated these
symptoms in hypnotherapy, the Hypnosis
Motivation Institute founder recommended explaining how the client’s subconscious
denial of the rape may have contributed to these symptoms. If appropriate and if she
was ready to deal with the trauma, a hypnotherapist could help her go through
the stages of loss during hypnotherapy, he said.
Dr. Kappas also advised including the client’s husband/partner in the
therapy using the Systems
Approach even if the other person is not present during the sessions. This
inclusion is necessary because the client’s past trauma is likely affecting
their sexual relationship; or, finally confronting the emotional trauma caused by the rape, in therapy, may have
repercussions on the current relationship.
“It’s possible that removing the denial will reveal traumas,” the HMI
founder warned. Therefore, the hypnotherapist must correct the client’s denial
mechanism but not remove it completely. The hypnotherapist would also need
to bring up more of her physical
suggestibility to help her work through her physical symptoms*, he added.
*California law allows access by California residents to complementary and alternative health care practitioners who are not providing services that require medical training and credentials. The purpose of a program of hypnotherapy is for vocational and avocational self-improvement (California Business and Professions Code 2908) and as an alternative or complementary treatment to healing arts services licensed by the state. A hypnotherapist is not a licensed physician or psychologist, and hypnotherapy services are not licensed by the state of California. Services are non-diagnostic and do not include the practice of medicine, neither should they be considered a substitute for licensed medical or psychological services or procedures.
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Sara
R. Fogan, C.Ht. is a certified hypnotherapist based in Southern
California. She graduated with honors from the Hypnosis Motivation Institute in 2005. Sara has been
voted the Best Hypnotherapist in Santa Clarita, California, four years in a row
(2019-2022). For more information about Calminsense Hypnotherapy® and to set up
an appointment, please visit http://www.calminsensehypnotherapy.com/
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