Well you know the word hypnosis
might make you think of swayinga
pocket watch or a stage hypnoti,
having participants bark like
dogs and quack like ducks.
Well that might be entertaining.
It is far from reality and hypnotherapy
is useful to treat a wide range
of conditions in in a clinical
setting and it can be used for
children and adults alike and ud
very well and help them very mu.
So we have doctor Aaron Erickso.
She is a nurse practitioner and
also the Co host of the Mom enoh
podcast of course you normally .
Your mom here and she is out
West enjoying some sunshine,
so it's so good to have you here as well.
Thank you.
And your mom have just a phenomenal podcast.
So many interesting subject mat.
OK, so let's talk about and I
and I was not aware of this,
but this is so unique to me vers
always having to rely on prescriptions.
Hypnotherapy.
Yeah, it's totally,
it's totally an interesting thi.
I think like you said,
we've seen examples of this in
literature or maybe you've been
to a stage hypnotist and that's
not really what it's like.
So hypnotherapy.
Is a type of mind body medicine.
And so it uses the mind to
help the body and the mind.
And so in many ways it's similar to like
guided imagery or guided medita,
but with the addition of
positive suggestions.
And so when you're in that
really relaxed state,
your mind is more open to
positive suggestions.
And so those suggestions can hep
you kind of change your outlook,
change your perception of pain
and other symptoms.
And so in many ways it's it's kind of like.
Unlike being zoned out,
it's very much like being zoned.
So you're really focused,
so your mind is clear.
And so you're helping, let's sa,
let's, let's talk about childre.
You're helping people,
children with anxiety, depressi.
You're helping them with what
other things through hypnothera.
So pain, for example.
So they actually do this a lot
at both Children's Hospital and
at the University of Minnesota
in behavioral Pediatrics.
So for example, if a child is
having a lot of pain, maybe,
maybe it's really severe pain.
Associated with a cancer diagnos
or maybe it's an upset stomach d
nausea associated with anxiety.
So the goal of hypnotherapy and
clinical hypnosis is to actually
teach people to use these
techniques for themselves.
So they're kind of building
their self-care toolkit.
And so someone that is obviously
trained in this comes in the room and
does that for the children or as
exactly. And then you're
teaching them the techniques.
So with my patients,
I'll often record the session and then
I send them the recording and they can.
Listen to it on their own.
But in time they learn the teche
and can just do it for themselv.
Wow, that's great.
So then they're doing their own hypnotherapy,
like a but more like a,
A modified meditation, right. Exactly.
So here are just some of the,
you know, the myths around
hypnotherapy that the hypnother,
the hypnotherapists can control.
It's not the case.
Absolutely not the case.
So I think when we see
those stage hypnotists,
for example, you know, doing,
having people do things,
those are willing participants.
And so patient and clients are.
And controlled during the proce,
they can stop, they're aware.
They can, you know,
change the process,
they can say something.
So they're not under my control
or their clinical hypnotists.
So they're not stuck in it as
we mentioned that as well.
And you will not, you will not
be aware of what is happening.
So you are aware, you are,
you are aware of what's happenig
exactly and you can remember what happens.
Now sometimes there's something called
post hypnotic amnesia and I likn
that to like let's say you wenta
lecture and you kind of got distracted.
You might not remember every de,
so you're focused, you're relax.
You might not remember every de,
but when you're done and you're
processing it with your clinici,
you're going to likely remember
more and more. And of course,
most clinicians will record it r
at least teach you the techniqus
so you know what's happening
and you can do it on your own.
So you have a podcast with
your mom about this, right?
Exactly. Yes. This week we
are talking about clinical
hypnosis and in a little twist,
I'm the guest this week.
Usually I'm the co-host with my,
but this week I'm the guest.
Because this is what you're doi.
Exactly. And you're really
seeing benefits from this. Ohh,
absolutely. Yeah. So, you know,
decrease stress, reduce pain,
even hot flashes for women in
menopause and perimenopause.
So there we go. Who knew what
a great idea. Aaron,
thank you so much for coming in.
We do appreciate.
It's good to see you.
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