“What Is Hypnosis?” Describe the Psychological and Physical Aspects of Hypnosis and Discuss the Role of Relaxation in Hypnotherapy.

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Tricia Richardson Course Code :- Leeds1S Tutor : Sue Rowlands Number of words: 2,034 “What is Hypnosis?” Describe the Psychological and Physical aspects of Hypnosis and discuss the role of Relaxation in Hypnotherapy. We now know that Hypnosis can have significant measurable psychological and physically positive effects on both the mind and body which can support improved health and wellbeing outcomes. These effects will be discussed during this course of this assignment. By way of an introduction to the essay subject it is useful to first look at a definition for the process of hypnosis. There are a huge range of definitions and statements used by varying medical bodies, individuals, and societies to describe ‘Hypnosis’ or the ‘Hypnotic State’. The British Society of Clinical Hypnosis defines it simply and effectively as ‘a different state of consciousness which you can naturally enter so that, for therapeutic purposes, beneficial corrections may be given directly to your unconscious mind’. How hypnosis manifests itself can be very different from one individual to another. The personnel experience of hypnosis is a unique one, and it is important to remember this aspect when considering the known psychological and physical aspects of the process. Due to the advances in scientific research it is now much easier than it was in the early studies of Mesmer, Braid and Elliotson, to examine aspects of brain activity and the physical response to the hypnotic state. The deeply relaxed feeling achieved via the hypnotic process can provide a significant beneficial state of quiet and calm which may offer an effective antidote to the stresses of a modern society and help to reduce individuals limiting negative behaviours in favour of more positive ones. Hypnosis can be defined as a complex process as it involves the coming
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