Hypnotherapy
Healing Anxieties and Phobias through Hypnosis
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Understand and overcome anxieties and phobias through Ericksonian hypnotherapy.
The challenge
Anxieties and phobias establish a silent tyranny: avoidance, anticipation, crises that spill over into every area of life. Cognitive therapies help, but do not always reach the unconscious root of these fears — the one encoded during a founding experience.
What this book offers
Ericksonian hypnotherapy works precisely at this source. This book explains the mechanisms and protocols, illustrated by real clinical cases — some of the most complex encountered in twenty years of practice.
Contents
- 1 Anxieties and phobias: definitions and mechanisms
- 2 What hypnosis can achieve where other approaches fall short
- 3 Clinical case: social phobia
- 4 Clinical case: agoraphobia
- 5 Clinical case: phobia of medical treatment
- 6 Marcel — obsessive anxiety crises
- 7 Clinical case: post-traumatic stress disorder
- 8 Conclusions: what heals, what resists
Is this book for you?
- Therapists and practitioners wishing to treat phobias using hypnosis
- Students of hypnotherapy, psychotherapy or sophrology
- Patients seeking to understand their therapeutic journey
- People with severe anxieties resistant to conventional treatments
Frequently asked questions
- Is hypnotherapy effective for phobias?
- Yes, particularly for specific phobias (animals, transport, medical or dental procedures, heights) and agoraphobia. Ericksonian hypnotherapy works on the unconscious emotional memory at the origin of the phobia — where cognitive-behavioural approaches alone may not reach.
- How many sessions does a phobia typically require?
- Between three and eight sessions, depending on the depth and duration of the phobia. Some simple phobias resolve in one to three sessions. Those linked to trauma or sustained avoidance require a more gradual approach.
- Can a long-standing phobia be treated?
- Yes. The age of onset is not an obstacle in hypnotherapy. Emotional memory remains accessible and modifiable at any age — as several clinical cases in this book demonstrate.
- Does this book include actionable protocols for practitioners?
- Yes. Several protocols are described step by step and illustrated by real clinical cases: hypnotic desensitisation, traumatic memory rewriting, anchoring a new emotional response. They are directly usable by trained practitioners.
Healing Anxieties and Phobias through Hypnosis
Understand and overcome anxieties and phobias through Ericksonian hypnotherapy.