Does Hypnotherapy Work For Anxiety?
Does hypnotherapy work for anxiety? If you are struggling with anxiety right now then you will desperately want to find a way to help you to feel better. All of those anxious thoughts and feelings dominate your life and you crave some sense of relief from it all.
You may have tried all sorts of things already. You may have cut down on caffeine, increased your exercise, tried some over the counter herbal supplements and listened to dozens of podcasts and videos about anxiety on the internet. For others, their anxiety is just so overwhelming and all consuming that even trying to think about doing anything is too much. Yet no matter what you may have tried, those anxious thoughts continue to spiral and those anxious feelings make you feel worse and worse.
Anxiety has a way of growing and growing. The more anxious you feel, the more those worst case and catastrophic scenarios race through your mind. And the more those anxious thoughts fill your mind, the worse your anxious feelings get. Anxiety can tightly take a firm hold of you, squeeze the joy out of your life and escalate your negative sensations. You start to dread feeling anxious because of how bad it makes you feel and you worry about being anxious. And the whole while, your anxiety makes you feel worse and worse.
There are many misconceptions about hypnotherapy out there and if you’ve never been to a hypnotherapist you may have only a vague idea of what is involved (which is why I offer a free consultation so we can meet and chat through things). Sadly, much of the information on the internet is confusing and incomplete too.
In essence, hypnotherapy is about learning how to take back control over your thoughts and feelings using normal psychological processes to achieve positive results. We all work on habit, pattern and repetition and right now that anxiety cycle is just running and running. You feel anxious in certain places and situations which is unpleasant enough. You then start to feel anxious and dread those thoughts and feelings happening again. After situations in which you feel anxious, you may ruminate and dwell upon things and feel bad. The whole time the cycle of anxiety grows stronger and it becomes harder and harder to try and find some relief from it all. You may very well just want to stay safe at home, lock the door and close the curtains.
The Science of Hypnotherapy For Anxiety
All of the physical sensations and thinking processes of anxiety that you are experiencing are things that you are designed to do when faced with a threat. Your body gets ready for action to escape or engage with the threat. Your mind anticipates all of the potential threats and things that could happen that could compromise your safety. Whereas in the long distant past, threats were external to us and could harm or kill us, now the threats are primarily more psychological. You worry about negative consequences, your imagination and focus take over, and the anxiety accelerates. Anxiety is draining, dreaded and overwhelming.
Does hypnotherapy work for anxiety?
Hypnotherapy for anxiety can help you to reduce anxious thoughts and feelings, and to develop the skills and strategies to stay in a good place afterwards. We have the scientific evidence to support hypnotherapy for anxiety.
Valentine, Milling, Clark, and Moriarty (2019), brought together the results of all controlled studies of hypnosis for anxiety to quantify the effectiveness of hypnosis in treating anxiety. They found that hypnosis is a highly effective intervention for anxiety, and concluded from the evidence that:
“The findings of this meta-analysis show that hypnosis is a highly effective intervention for anxiety. Our results indicate the average participant treated with hypnosis achieved more anxiety reduction than about 79% of control participants at the end of active treatment and about 84% of controls at the longest follow-up“.
This is hugely impressive evidence and really demonstrates the beneficial impact of hypnotherapy for anxiety. There’s a bit more on that research in this previous article of mine: The Effectiveness of Hypnotherapy as a Treatment For Anxiety and you may find this article of interest as well: Anxiety Help in Ely and Newmarket – Dan Regan Hypnotherapy
The Evidence for Anxiety Hypnotherapy
Alongside the science and evidence supporting hypnotherapy for anxiety, you may have also taken a look on my website at the hundreds of positive reviews from people who used to struggle with their anxiety. One of the main reasons I ask people to leave reviews is to offer hope that you, too, can move forward positively from your anxiety. No matter how bad you feel right now, my former clients reported many of the same issues and challenges when they first contacted me. No matter how bad you feel right now, it is possible to learn how to take control over your thoughts and feelings so that you start feeling more calm, confident and in control.
You can find all the reviews here: Hypnotherapy Reviews
Take these few video anxiety hypnotherapy reviews for example:
After you’ve taken a look at the anxiety hypnotherapy reviews, do scroll through my blogs and articles too. There are many, many articles about how you can interrupt, challenge and change anxious thoughts and feelings. For more help to overcome your anxiety do take a look here: Hypnotherapy Articles
Here are a few examples:
Two Stage Thinking Process – Anxiety Hypnotherapy in Ely & Newmarket
Break Down Anxiety and Worry – Hypnotherapy in Ely and Newmarket
Suppressing Negative Thoughts To Improve Mental Health
Putting Anxious Thoughts on Trial – Hypnotherapy Ely and Newmarket
Disputing Your Irrational Anxious Thoughts
Boost Your Well-being and Reduce Negative Thoughts and Feelings
Developing a Positive Mindset: Turning Negative Thoughts To Positive
Anxious Thoughts – From What-If To If-Then
Anxiety – How To Deal With Anxious Thoughts
Challenging Anxious Thoughts – Anxiety Hypnotherapy in Ely and Newmarket
The Physical Sensations of Stress and Anxiety – Hypnotherapy in Ely and Newmarket
So, does hypnotherapy work for anxiety? The science and the evidence are certainly positive. If you are struggling with anxiety right now and could use some help then do scroll through the articles on this website, download your free hypnosis audio (find it here: Hypnosis Download) and gather hope, inspiration and motivation from what other people have said. Having done so, please do then contact me to arrange your free consultation to talk through how we can work together to soon get you feeling better.
To your health and happiness,
Dan Regan
Award Winning Hypnotherapy for Anxiety Ely & Newmarket
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