HYPNOSIS FOR PSYCHIATRISTS
Since receiving my Masters degree, I have participated in a wide variety of clinical trainings for my professional growth and development. For years I have been curious about hypnosis and its applications for therapeutic intervention. Several years ago I decided to broaden the scope of my practice to include hypnotherapy. After experiencing several trainings that were superficial and symptom-oriented, I heard about Alchemical Hypnotherapy. As a psychotherapist in private practice I have found the training I received in Alchemical Hypnotherapy to be an effective technology in my work with clients. These techniques have given me reliable tools in a wide variety of client situations.
For me the greatest benefit of therapeutic work done in the trance state is that the client and therapist actually have direct access to the place within the client's mind where the memories, decisions, and beliefs that created an undesirable behavior or feeling state are located. In accessing this material in hypnosis it is possible to work to create change at a deep level far more efficiently than with any of the traditional "talk therapies."
My practice has changed completely. With hypnotherapy sessions I can see a great deal of positive movement much more quickly in my clients. Their behavior as well as their feelings about themselves and their issues changes rapidly.
Many therapists I have spoken with are somewhat mistrustful of the painful memories which clients can access with hypnosis. The therapists' fear is that these difficult memories may be frightening and overwhelming to the client, possibly leaving the client feeling more powerless than before the hypnosis. If these therapists were to be trained in Alchemical Hypnotherapy, they would perceive enormous opportunities for clients to reorganize the emotional charge they have around these traumatic memories -- the outcome being a wonderful sense of safety and empowerment for the client.
Batya Miller is a licensed clinical social worker who has practiced psychotherapy for twenty years and now has a full-time practice in Pacifica, California. She is a board certified diplomate in clinical social work, who received her Masters degree at the Jane Addams School of Social Work in Chicago. Batya is designing outreach programs for the professional therapy community.
For me the greatest benefit of therapeutic work done in the trance state is that the client and therapist actually have direct access to the place within the client's mind where the memories, decisions, and beliefs that created an undesirable behavior or feeling state are located. In accessing this material in hypnosis it is possible to work to create change at a deep level far more efficiently than with any of the traditional "talk therapies."
My practice has changed completely. With hypnotherapy sessions I can see a great deal of positive movement much more quickly in my clients. Their behavior as well as their feelings about themselves and their issues changes rapidly.
Many therapists I have spoken with are somewhat mistrustful of the painful memories which clients can access with hypnosis. The therapists' fear is that these difficult memories may be frightening and overwhelming to the client, possibly leaving the client feeling more powerless than before the hypnosis. If these therapists were to be trained in Alchemical Hypnotherapy, they would perceive enormous opportunities for clients to reorganize the emotional charge they have around these traumatic memories -- the outcome being a wonderful sense of safety and empowerment for the client.
Batya Miller is a licensed clinical social worker who has practiced psychotherapy for twenty years and now has a full-time practice in Pacifica, California. She is a board certified diplomate in clinical social work, who received her Masters degree at the Jane Addams School of Social Work in Chicago. Batya is designing outreach programs for the professional therapy community.
