Hypnotherapy And Anxiety Essay

Module Five Essay: "Discuss the relationship between stress, anxiety, habits and phobias and describe how you would treat these with hypnotherapy"

When you sense danger—whether it’s real or imagined—the body 's defences kick into high gear in a rapid, automatic process known as the “fight-or-flight-or-freeze” reaction, or the stress response. The nervous system responds to threat by releasing a flood of stress hormones, including adrenaline, adenosine triphosphate and cortisol. These hormones rouse the body for emergency action. The heart pounds faster, muscles tighten, blood pressure rises, breath quickens, and senses become sharper. These physical changes increase strength and stamina, speed your reaction time, and enhance your focus—
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For example the client could be guided to imagine a shield of inner confidence that when used in situations that make them feel stressed or anxious allows the cause of the stress or anxiety to 'bounce away ' and no longer affect them in such a way. Once a client realises that their fight or flight response and it 's symptoms can be eased and is within their control this will strengthen their ability to continue their efforts and manage their symptoms more effectively over time. In some cases the client may not consciously be aware of the causes of their anxiety and if this is the case hypnotherapy may be utilised to help the client identify the situations that cause

them anxiety. Explorative open questions through Hypnoanalytical techniques with client response either vocal or through ideomotor can identify underlying causes. Care must be taken with this and this is an area for ethical consideration, hypnoanalysis techniques such as regression should be approached with care, the client may have suppressed traumatic memories which may be beneficial to uncover however the need for physiotherapeutic counselling or further referral must be considered. With all cases of anxiety the