[Roy21]

just wondering if anyone could help me out on this question. My phobia (which i have explained in a post in the anxiety section) has been getting worse and alot of people have told me to try hypnotherapy to overcome it. However the minute i mentioned the fact that i have had psychosis before the hypnotherapist has said he can not hypnotise me. I asked why and i was told that the board of hypnotherapy in australia will not allow hypnosis to be performed on people with any history of psychosis or schitzophrenia. I was wondering if anyone would know what the dangers are of performing hypnotherapy on someone who has had psychosis before and also if the psychosis goes away is it safe to have hypnotherapy done then. I am still considering not mentioning the psychosis and going ahead with it but i would like to know the dangers before i go ahead.

Roy.

[misty]

hi Roy!
a psyche doc who knew much about hypnosis told me that what I want it for may not work. It is not like they show on TV some are more suceptical to it and others are not. He told me that mems may or may not be there
Said that if I were to do it that I would not be totally out of it. What comes comes but not guarantee.

[Roy21]

yeh ive been told that it works for some people but others it may not work at all just like my friend who tried it when he wanted to try and quit smoking. It didnt work for him but i thought myself it would be worth giving it a try and seeing if it may reduce my phobia enough so i could try and challenge it abit better than how i have been going at the moment. But i dont want to go through with it until i know what the risks are.

Roy

well... i tried regular therapy i have a history of psychosis (and recurrent) ... ill never go back, too paranoid. theyre all against me. trying to break me like a wild horse

[Roy21]

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i tried regular therapy i have a history of psychosis

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Do you mean Psychotherapy ? Hypnotherapy is different to Psychotherapy.

[Kathyanita]

not a dood idea IMO but then what the hell do I know?

[(JD)]

Very interesting question, and I will try to find a more succinct answer as I travel the internet.

Basically, however, hypnosis will not "work" for those who really don't want it to, or who really don't "believe" in it. Often, if you want it to work, it will. You generally remain in control, that is, no suggestion can be given that would "work" for you if it was against your own moral or ethical code. (for example, if you are not a violent person, hypnosis will not cause you to do something violent.) Don't confuse hypnotherapy with brainwashing though. They are very different. Whether you remember a hypnosis session or not is up to you, and your ability to assimilate the information you dealt with...often telling yourself you wish to remember will allow it. Make sure, in the USA, that you use a hypnotherapist, or a therapist certified in hypnotherapy. Hypnotists often are not skilled in negative materiel and how to handle it.

Perhaps it is the general "unstableness" of psychosis that prevents a positive outcome from hypnosis? Perhaps they have found that with those who are psychotic, it triggers a psychotic episode? I don't know. Aussies must have a reason for taking such a position!

[(JD)]

Sigh. Seems there isn't much data. [url]http://www.update-software.com/abstracts/AB004160.htm[url]