Wavelengths Hypnotherapy
Increasing Public Awareness
of the
Uses of Hypnosis
Today’s Session
with
Ernest Van Den Bossche, BCH
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9 - 9:50 – About Hypnotherapy
10 - 10:50 – Demonstrate
11 - 12:00 – One on One’s
Hypnotherapy
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Conscious and Subconscious Mind
Super Conscious / Spiritual Mind
Bypass Critical Factor
Induction and Relaxation
Positive Suggestions and Affirmations
Hypnosis
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Safe – Imagination & Belief
Natural – Daydreaming 1st Stage
Expedient – Removes Conscious
Struggle
Proven Over Centuries – Practiced
in Ancient Greece & Egypt
AMA Approved
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Hypnosis was approved for medical
and dental use by the British Medical
Association in 1955
Approved by the American Medical
Association in 1958
The “H” Word - Hypnosis
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James Braid – Scottish Neurosurgeon
In 1843 he published Neurypnology: or the Rationale
of Nervous Sleep, his first and only book length,
exposition of his views.
In this book he coined the words hypnotism,
hypnotize, and hypnotist, which remain in use.
James Esdaile, M.D.
April 4, 1845 - Calcutta, India - Used “mesmerism”
(Franz Mesmer) on a patient during surgery for
anesthesia. Induced natural anesthesia before
discovery of chloroform.
Hypnosis - Also Known As
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Mesmerism
Guided Imagery
Creative Visualization
Power of Suggestion
Researchers & Practitioners
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M.D.s
Psychiatrists
Neurologists
Surgeons
Certified Hypnotist and
Hypnotherapist
Medication Side Affects
 Constipation
 Nausea
and Vomiting
 Sleepiness
 Slowed
breathing
Hypnosis Side Effects
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Sleep Better
Feel Better
Decrease Stress
Decrease Pain
Better Quality of Life
Increase Self Esteem
Self Confidence
Who Should Use Hypnosis
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You!
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Post surgical
Headache
Pelvic pain
Fibromyalgia
Coxygodinia
Acute pain
PAIN
“An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience
associated with actual or potential tissue
damage, or described in terms of such damage.
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
FOR THE STUDY OF PAIN -
Costs
“Ouch! Pain Costs Employers
$80 Billion Annually”
Summarized from a Reuters Health/ABC
News Story, August 21, 2002
The Challenge of Pain Management:
Disabling Chronic Pain
• More than 50 million Americans are partially
or fully disabled by chronic pain
– 4 in 10 with moderate to severe pain do not
have adequate relief
– 26 million have frequent or persistent back pain
– 1 American in 6 has painful arthritis
– Pain contributes to impaired ambulation, sleep
disturbance and depression
The Challenge of Pain Management:
An Organizational Issue
• The costs of mismanaged pain are
indirect and often unrecognized.
• Unrelieved pain:
– Causes needless suffering
– Extends hospitalization
– Provokes ER visits, MD consults
– May cause partial or complete disability
– Diminishes patient satisfaction
The Challenge of Pain Management:
Acute Pain
• According to the American Pain Society
– About 23 million surgeries occur in U.S.
annually. Only about 1 in 4 patients receives
adequate pain relief.
– Annually, Americans sustain 65 million
traumatic injuries including 2 million burns
JCAHO - New Standards - 4
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of JCAHO Standards calls for
patients to be taught that pain management
is a part of treatment
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Offer patients, families instructional material about
pain management, to meet their ongoing needs
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Provide educational materials that are easy to
understand
Pain the 5th Vital Sign
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Joint Commission Association of
Health Care Organizations (JCAHO)
– Pain the 5th Vital Sign
– Specific for non-pharmacological
management of pain
NONPHARMACOLOGICAL
TREATMENTS FOR PAIN
• SURGICAL PROCEDURES
Tumor debulking
• ANESTHETIC PROCEDURES
Adrenalectomy / Hypophysectomy
• NEUROSURGERY
Cordotomy / Rhizotomy
Deep Brain / Dorsal Column
Stimulators
Cingulotomy
• PHYSICAL METHODS
Acupressure / Acupuncture
TENS / Electrode Implants
Myofascial TPI’s
Peripheral Nerve Blocks
Spinal / Epidural Blocks
Stellate Ganglion Block
Lumbar Sympathetic Block
Celiac Plexus Block
• PSYCHOLOGIC TECHNIQUES
Hypnosis / Biofeedback
Psychotherapy
Nonpharmacologic
Pain Management
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Psychological Approaches
– Cognitive Therapies
• Relaxation
• Imagery
• Hypnosis
– Biofeedback
– Behavior Therapy / Psychotherapy
National Institutes of Health
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NIH research supports for pain and sleep
– Hypnosis
– Relaxation techniques
Hypnosis and relaxation techniques how
do they differ
Benefits of Hypnosis
in Birthing
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Reducing Pain
Promoting Relaxation
Reducing Stress
The Challenge of Pain
Management: Cancer Pain
• About 800,000 new cases of Cancer occur
annually in the U.S.
– At diagnosis 35-40% of cancer patients experience
moderate to severe pain
– Roughly 75% of those with advanced disease
experience pain
– Only about 30% of cancer patients with pain get
adequate relief
Benefits of Hypnosis
in Cancer Care
The American Cancer Society
endorses as a means of:
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Reducing Pain
Promoting Relaxation
Reducing Stress
Improving Quality of Life
Pain Studies
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1983 - Stanford University, 54 women with metastatic
breast cancer were followed for one year.
Some were offered group therapy each week,
A portion of participants were trained in self-hypnosis
directed at reducing cancer pain.
The hypnosis techniques taught patients to allow the
pain to happen, but also to imagine simultaneous
sensations in the pain areas, such as feelings of freezing
cold or warm tingles.
Patients were taught to focus their attention on these
alternate imagined sensations instead of the pain
sensations.
By changing their own perception of pain, the patients
taking part in both group therapy and self-hypnosis were
found to have the lowest pain rating of all 3 groups.
Improving Quality of Life
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Reduce stress and pain in biopsy
Reduce pre-surgery anxiety and stress
Can reduce surgical bleeding
Hypnosis speeds recovery from operation
Enhance the body's immune system
Brings positive attitude into everyday life
Additional Benefits in
Cancer Care
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Nausea
Vomiting
Anxiety
Reducing Hot Flashes
Nausea and Vomiting
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Reduced stress, anxiety and fear
reduces distress of the stomach area.
The ability to focus on the positive
decreases negative reactions.
Reducing Hot Flashes
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Current research is underway to
the reason and extent to which
hypnosis reduces hot flashes.
The mind has control of bodily
functions and YOU have control of
your mind.
Hypnosis in Reducing Pain
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Either imprinting or conditioning for
transmitting, is stamped into the pain
pathways, creating a memory of the pain
that replaces normal memory.
Hypnosis stops the pain memory before
it gets to the brain.
Hypnosis is occasionally used during
minor surgical and dental procedures,
and during childbirth.
Hypnosis Techniques
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Glove anesthesia
– Numbness from local
anesthesia
– Cold
– Arm or leg falling
asleep
Bouncing ball
Shrinking ball
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Erase pain scale as deepen
hypnosis
Coloring book or computer
graphics
Color
Warm orange colored
liquid
Cell memory
Age regression
Religious and spiritual
needs
Interview Client
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What would you do differently if your
pain scale decreased by 2 points
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What would you have to do to me to
make me feel the way you feel? (Bill
Brewer)
WIIFM
What’s
In
It
For
Me
All pain has a REWARD attached to it.
Age Regression, Wain
Wain (1992) advocates the use of age
regression with many problems. It
allows control of the pain prior to its
inception and permits the patient to
understand the psychological control
he has over his pain, thus decreasing
anxiety and fear so often present in
this type of patient.
Promoting Relaxation
Hypnosis brings a state of deep relaxation.
 The relaxation during hypnosis
makes it easier to observe
anxieties, fears, pain, and other
difficulties from a new perspective.
Stress Symptoms - Physical
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Headaches
Digestive problems
Insomnia
Oversleeping
Rashes/skin problems
Sexual difficulties
 Elevated B/P
 Chest pain
 Night sweats
 Body warmer or
colder than usual
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Techniques
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Healing from within
Conversing with discomfort
Does it have a purpose
Is it willing to be let go
Secondary gain
Confusion
What would you do differently
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SLEEP
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Anxiety
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There may be many reasons for anxiety.
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The mental physical reaction is a habit.
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Hypnosis is the best avenue to the
subconscious mind to create new
positive habits.
In Summary
80% of Chronic Pain & Co-Morbid
Medical Conditions are Attributed
to STRESS
Self-Hypnosis “IS”
Stress Management
End First Session
Hypnotherapy
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Conscious and Subconscious Mind
Super Conscious / Spiritual Mind
Bypass Critical Factor
Induction and Relaxation
Positive Suggestions and Affirmations
Will It Work for You?
Key Factors:
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Belief – Desire – Expectancy
Client = Willing Participant
Hypnosis Is In Play All Day
Only YOU Can Allow or Prevent
DEPTH
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Beta 14 + cycles/sec = Conscious
Alpha 7-14 = Subconscious
Theta 4-7 = Superconscious
Delta 0-4 = Unconscious
Learning Channels
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Auditory
Visual
Feeling
Two Kinds of Hypnosis
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Hetero-Hypnosis – With a Hypnotist
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Self-Hypnosis – By Self
Self Hypnosis
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Cheek (Cheek & Le Cron, 1968) has taught that
probably all hypnotic phenomena involve selfhypnosis. This is a method essential in the
management of pain and discomfort.
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Wolberg (1948) reported that medical problems
that respond to hetero-hypnosis need to be
reinforced by self-hypnosis. This is especially true
of problems in which pain is involved.
Emile Coue’
Coue’s laws of suggestion
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Suggestions only become permanent with repetition
Suggestions tend toward dominant effect
Law of reverse effect
Law of will power vs imagination
How Hypnosis is Applied
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Guided Hypnosis
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Sessions - Certified Hypnotist
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Individual or Group
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Audio CD
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Self Hypnosis
Steps of a Session
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Induction
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Relaxation
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Deepening
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Suggestions
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Return
Formula for Success
Why
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How
x Action
Success =
Attitude
Where should hypnosis be used?
Where there is a need!
Convincers
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Magnetic Fingers Response
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Lemon Demonstration
The Lemon Demonstration
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Breath / Focus
Relax / Let Go
Imagine / Sense
Visualize / See
Know / Feel
Taste
Smell
The Happy Healthy You
Think about who you want to be.
When you think it, you become it.
Thank You!
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Hypnotherapy
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