Use Cases:

Hypnosis and Trauma:

• The Department of Veterans utilizes hypnotherapists in conjunction with psychotherapists for a few reasons. The relevance of hypnosis to the treatment of PTSD derives from two sources: the fact that hypnotic phenomena are mobilized spontaneously as defenses during assault/trauma, becoming part of the syndrome of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the usefulness of formal hypnosis in treating PTSD. Studies have been done on PTSD overall and sexual abuse.
• A new clinical trial shows that in eight sessions with PTSD patients, symptoms were reduced in half.
• Hypnotherapy to break habits can often be an approachable doorway for patients to get deeper help with trauma

Butler, L. D., R. E. Duran, P. Jasiukaitis, C. Koopman and D. Spiegel (1996). "Hypnotizability and traumatic experience: a diathesis-stress model of dissociative symptomatology." Am J Psychiatry 153(7 Suppl): 42-63.

Spiegel, D. (1989). "Hypnosis in the treatment of victims of sexual abuse." Psychiatr Clin North Am 12(2): 295-305.

Gucciardi, I., Adler, J. 2016. A Report on the Pilot Study of the Contemplative Counseling Method of Depth Hypnosis in the Treatment of the Symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, and Changes in Well-Being

Patient Testimonial:

“I was the kind of guy who would never see a therapist. Someone said I should see Stacy to stop smoking. She helped me stop smoking by seeing how I smoked and had other addictions to cope with sexual abuse I had as a kid. I never wanted to think about it but hypnosis helped me get there and take care of it.”

—D. Davis.