Hypnotherapy
This is a branch of clinical and person-oriented psychotherapy, which has the longest history of its formation and development and consists in providing psychotherapeutic assistance to a patient (client) using the method of hypnosis. Hypnosis is based on the mechanisms of suggestion (hypnotic suggestion) and self-suggestion (hypnotic autosuggestion). Hypnotherapy is often called suggestive or hypnosuggestive psychotherapy.
Hypnotherapy continues to be a controversial practice in medicine. It is surrounded by myth and misuses that instill doubts about its legitimacy and usefulness. The use and acceptability of hypnotherapy has varied over history. Pseudoscientific uses, based on outdated theories that it can access the unconscious mind, have delegitimized hypnotherapy. Modern theories that hypnosis uses common social, emotional, and cognitive processes combined with evidence-based methods have re-established the use of hypnotherapy in many physical and mental health disorders and symptoms. Currently it is a widely accepted and recommended treatment for irritable bowel syndrome, with evidence building for many other applications.
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