Chronic Illness and Pain Management
Chronic illness can have a negative impact on your self-esteem and confidence. The use of hypnosis to help control symptoms will provide you with a sense of mastery and counters feelings of helplessness and powerlessness.
Pain is a prominent issue for some patients and therefore using hypnosis to produce feelings of calm and tranqulity allows your immune system to function at a maximum level, aiding the fight against illness.
I will also offer to teach you self-hypnosis which can greatly help you in managing your pain.
Cancer often creates horrendous negative thoughts and feelings which can reduce confidence and result in low self-esteem, anxiety, stress and depression. There are many hypnotherapy techniques which can give symptomatic relief in situations of nausea, vomiting, discomfort, pain and insomnia thereby giving you a higher quality of life at a time when you most need it. By using visualised imagery it is possible to increase food intake, decrease anxiety about medical procedures, decrease the ill effects of radiation and improve your general mental attitude, motivation and relaxation. The reduction, or even elimination, of depression assists in your well-being and creates a much more effective ability to cope.
Hypnosis during chemotherapy treatment makes the experience less stressful, the time pass more quickly and produces no adverse side effects. It can alleviate your experience of nausea and reduce stress and anxiety. |
