Cognitive/Behavioral Hypnotherapy

Cognitive Behavioral Hypnotherapy (CBH) is an integrated psychological therapy employing clinical hypnosis and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).  The use of CBT in conjunction with hypnotherapy may result in greater treatment effectiveness. A meta-analysis of eight different researches revealed “a 70% greater improvement” for patients undergoing an integrated treatment to those using CBT only.[ Kirsch, I.; Montgomery, G.; Sapperstein, G. (April 1995). “Hypnosis as an adjunct to cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy: A meta analysis”. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 63 (2): 214–220].

Hypnotherapy with Neal King, LCSW, CHT can help you:

• Reduce and Control Weight
• Increase Stress Management
• Manage Addiction and Cravings / Relapse Prevention
• Improve Confidence 
• Stop Smoking
• Release Phobias
• Relieve Test Anxiety
• Improve Sports Performance
• YOUR specific challenge

What is hypnotherapy?

Hypnotherapists use exercises that bring about deep relaxation and an altered state of consciousness.  Hypnosis can actually teach people how to master their own states of awareness. By doing so they can affect their own bodily functions and psychological responses.

How does hypnosis work?

When something happens to us, we remember it and learn a particular behavior in response to what happened. Each time something similar happens, our physical and emotional reactions attached to the memory are repeated. Sometimes these reactions are unhealthy. In some forms of hypnotherapy, a trained therapist guides you to remember the event that led to the first reaction, separate the memory from the learned behavior, and replace unhealthy behaviors with new, healthier ones.

During hypnosis, your body relaxes and your thoughts become more focused. Like other relaxation techniques, hypnosis lowers blood pressure and heart rate, and changes certain types of brain wave activity. In this relaxed state, you will feel at ease physically yet fully awake mentally.

There are several stages of hypnosis:

• Reframing the problem
• Becoming relaxed, then absorbed (deeply engaged in the words or images presented by a hypnotherapist)
• Dissociating (letting go of critical thoughts)
• Responding (complying with a hypnotherapist’s suggestions)
• Returning to usual awareness
• Reflecting on the experience

Neal King is a Certified 1 EMDR clinician and Certified in Hypnosis for Trauma and PTSD