“Discuss the relationship between stress, anxiety, habits and phobias and describe how you would treat these issues with hypnotherapy”.
Title: “Discuss the relationship between stress, anxiety, habits and phobias and describe how you would treat these issues with hypnotherapy”.
Module Five: Hypnotherapy and Counselling Skills
Date: 27th April 2013
2000 words
INTRODUCTION
This essay will briefly research evidence on the four conditions and demonstrate the impact that stress has on our everyday lives whilst showing how it is linked to the other conditions of anxiety, phobias and habits. It will then explore how hypnotherapy can be an effective treatment for anxiety, taking into account current ethical issues involved in treatment.
MAIN BODY
Title: “Discuss the relationship between stress, anxiety, habits and phobias and describe how you would treat these issues with hypnotherapy”. DEFINITIONS
According to Wikipedia (2013), “stress is an organism 's response to a stressor such as an environmental condition or a stimulus. Stress is a body 's way to react to a challenge. The body 's way to respond to stress is by the sympathetic nervous system which results in the Fight-or-Flight response. Stress typically describes a negative condition or a positive condition that can have an impact on an organism 's mental and physical well-being”. Research has shown that being too tense and/or living with too much stress has a significant negative impact on our lives. While certain types of stress can be good for you, such as the stress caused by a romantic encounter, stress that begins to debilitate or produce depression is completely undesirable (Hadley and Staudacher 1996).
It can lead to physical illnesses such as high blood pressure, ulcers, fatigue, and headaches and many psychological issues, including inappropriate or misdirected emotions, confusion, difficulty concentrating, and burn-out (see appendix 1).
According to a document by Chrysalis, fear is at the bottom of our feelings of stress. Our subconscious is responsible for
Module Five: Hypnotherapy and Counselling Skills
Date: 27th April 2013
2000 words
INTRODUCTION
This essay will briefly research evidence on the four conditions and demonstrate the impact that stress has on our everyday lives whilst showing how it is linked to the other conditions of anxiety, phobias and habits. It will then explore how hypnotherapy can be an effective treatment for anxiety, taking into account current ethical issues involved in treatment.
MAIN BODY
Title: “Discuss the relationship between stress, anxiety, habits and phobias and describe how you would treat these issues with hypnotherapy”. DEFINITIONS
According to Wikipedia (2013), “stress is an organism 's response to a stressor such as an environmental condition or a stimulus. Stress is a body 's way to react to a challenge. The body 's way to respond to stress is by the sympathetic nervous system which results in the Fight-or-Flight response. Stress typically describes a negative condition or a positive condition that can have an impact on an organism 's mental and physical well-being”. Research has shown that being too tense and/or living with too much stress has a significant negative impact on our lives. While certain types of stress can be good for you, such as the stress caused by a romantic encounter, stress that begins to debilitate or produce depression is completely undesirable (Hadley and Staudacher 1996).
It can lead to physical illnesses such as high blood pressure, ulcers, fatigue, and headaches and many psychological issues, including inappropriate or misdirected emotions, confusion, difficulty concentrating, and burn-out (see appendix 1).
According to a document by Chrysalis, fear is at the bottom of our feelings of stress. Our subconscious is responsible for
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