Analytical Hypnotherapy
A practitioner’s main use for analytical hypnotherapy is to treat clients who have suffered trauma as it deals primarily with the clients past, including their childhood. A regression technique can be used to guide the client through past trauma safely, encouraging the client to view such events from a less emotional or unemotional viewpoint; thus obtaining relief from neurotic behaviour. At times clients are reluctant to examine past events because they feel fearful about re-experiencing unpleasant emotions like shame, guilt, anger, etc relating to those events. A part of the therapists skill is to only guide clients through what they can handle.
Some clients feel embarrassed about expressing upsetting incidents from the past. However, a skilful therapist can construct sessions that allow the clients subconscious to deal with such events without the client having to express any information about such events. Catharsis (purification of the emotions) is absolutely achievable without the need for the therapist to know anything more than the client wishes them to know. The reason for bringing to the surface of consciousness, repressed thought and pent-up emotion, is to return the client to effective functioning, which may have diminished due to placing excessive credence upon past events.
This method is used for more deep-seated issues and done intelligently and sympathetically, the client retains their dignity throughout.
