Hypnotherapy Case Study

Evidence-Based Hypnotherapy for Depression
The problem with depression is that people fail to categorize it as a clinical disorder. Most of the times, general public associate it with a person’s inability to cope up with problems and stresses of daily life. The case is entirely not so. Depression is not a state, it is an illness. It is important to realize that a person suffering from depression needs attention, care, therapies or even medication. They do not need any of your suggestions or not-so-encouraging mocking to return to their normal state.
Though depression can easily be dealt with medication but that doesn’t seem to be a very effective way out of this problem. A nicer and easier treatment of depression is through hypnotherapy which
It was his mother who looked after both John and his father but she became ill and died shortly within a time span of two years. After her death, John’s father became a heart patient and all the responsibility was now on John’s shoulder to take care of himself and his father. This caused him anxiety and he found it difficult to continue with his job. He wanted to perform well in his job and be more social but his father’s health kept him worrying. He was unable to focus on anything because his thoughts always wandered towards his father. Apart from worrying about his father, he still grieved about the death of his
These goals included adopting normal sleeping patterns and getting rid of physical symptoms that caused him anxiety. John was asked to meet these small goals so that the larger goal of eliminating anxiety and depression from his life could be met.
Result:
As a result of all these therapies, John realized that his depression was a result of unrealistic thoughts that he couldn’t overcome. He decided to convert these unrealistic thoughts into realistic ones and the employment of relaxation exercises also helped in reducing his anxiety levels.
John’s example can be perfectly used in treating patients that exhibit similar kind of physical and mental symptoms. His study can be used a benchmark to treat future cases and gaining results in a comparatively shorter period of time.
CBT and Hypnosis are far superior in treating depression as compared to all the anti-depressant pills because there are no side effects. Though the process is a bit time taking but does not involve any dependability or addiction from the patient and the effects are for a longer