Alternative View; Drawback Of Hypnosis For Children


Greetings,

Today’s post is a last in a series I have been covering concerning  Hypnosis for children. Today I will cover some of the drawbacks, but yet still some of the positives.

Hypnosis for young people to resolve or tackle some concerns or difficulties regarding  behavior or health is  referred to as hypnotherapy.  In hypnotherapy,  young children use their daydreams to  transform their  behavior,  feelings and  additional symptoms.  Not necessarily    everybody under the sun can be a hypnotherapist.  A  qualified  health and psychiatric profession is required to put children, also adults, into hypnosis.

Hypnotherapy or  employing hypnosis for  treatment options used to be  unspeakable.  Most  individuals and patients alike,  have a tendency  to  believe  that hypnotherapists would require their patient to go walking around and cluck like chickens when hypnotized.  One significant  negative aspect of this procedure, is the  shortage of  assistance  it has endured as an different  treatment method.

But currently, things are starting to shape up for hypnotic treatment.  There are medical groups who are starting to recognize the potential of hypnotherapy in treating illnesses and dealing with disorders.

In 1958, the American Medical Association, already recognized hypnosis as a form of treatment.  The American Psychological Association has acknowledged hypnosis as treatment years ago.  The National Institute of Health expressed it support for hypnotherapy as a method of relieving pain for cancer patients in 1995.

But still regardless of the medical endorsements, there is still a prevailing outlook that hypnosis as a treatment is negative and images of funny people on hypnotic state conjures up to our mind.

Another disadvantage of hypnotherapy is that there are children or people who cannot be hypnotized at all.  Children who show psychotic symptoms are not compatible with hypnotic treatment.  While children or teen-agers using drugs or alcohol also prove to be poor hypnotic patients.

Hypnotherapy is best recommended for children ages 5 and above.  Children, unlike adults, are more in touch with their imaginative side.  This could be either beneficial or detrimental in the hypnosis process.  That is why different approaches should be used based on different age and characteristics.

Hypnotherapy can also be done by parents to their children.  Experts say that children with ages seven to eight are in the hypnotic state most of the time even when there is no hypnotist around.  On these ages, children take in suggestion very seriously.  Parents who tend not to be too sensitive with what they say to their children  may say some remarks which can be both hurtful and have some effect on their self-esteem.

This is why  children who are undergoing hypnotherapy tends to be sensitive to what is around them remember that hypnotherapy and its positive effects can be turned into rubble when negative energy surrounds the child.  Parents should be sensitive with what they say and suggest to their children.

Sometimes a hypnotherapist may forget to remove the suggestions of the hypnotic sessions.  If a child is undergoing therapy for pain management, this could pose a problem.  When under these kind of treatment, children may run into accidents or serious problem which may cause serious injury and not get any proper treatment.  It is important for parents to take note of these when sessions for hypnosis of children is done.

It is important to remember that these disadvantages of using hypnosis for children is more of a social prejudice.  There are some people who regard hypnosis as control or manipulation of one’s mind and body which is completely untrue.  Hypnotherapy when properly done could render positive and massive results.  Most of our fear about hypnotherapy is rooted on how it was viewed in the past, which is mostly myths.

Thomas “Trapper” Sherwood; CMH
Certified Master Hypnotist

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