I have used hypnosis for sleep disorders and PTSD for years with amazing results. If I could tell my clients I could guarantee them anything; it is that they will begin to sleep better. That is because all my clients have told me they started sleeping better.
I used hypnosis for PTSD in the Navy and still see many PTSD cases from the military, trauma, post-surgery, and other reasons.
Below is an article sent to me by Robert Bayliss concerning hypnosis Sleep and PTSD. Ron Eslinger
From a blog by Daniel Amen, MD, CEO, Amen Clinics, Inc.
Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
Hypnosis Improves Sleep, Even in PTSD
I have used hypnosis to help with sleep disorders for nearly 30 years. It is often very effective. From Israel comes a study using hypnosis as an add-on therapy for patients with chronic PTSD, showing benefit for sleep. Here is the scientific abstract. Enjoy.
This study evaluated the benefits of add-on hypnotherapy in patients with chronic PTSD. Thirty-two PTSD patients treated by SSRI antidepressants and supportive psychotherapy were randomized to 2 groups: 15 patients in the first group received Zolpidem 10 mg nightly for 14 nights, and 17 patients in the hypnotherapy group were treated by symptom-oriented hypnotherapy, twice-a-week 1.5-hour sessions for 2 weeks. All patients completed the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale, Form C, Beck Depression Inventory, Impact of Event Scale, and Visual Subjective Sleep Quality Questionnaire before and after treatment. There was a significant main effect of the hypnotherapy treatment with PTSD symptoms as measured by the Posttraumatic Disorder Scale. This effect was preserved at follow-up 1 month later. Additional benefits for the hypnotherapy group were decreases in intrusion and avoidance reactions and improvement in all sleep variables assessed.
Abramowitz EG, Barak Y, Ben-Avi I, Knobler HY. Hypnotherapy in the treatment of chronic combat-related PTSD patients suffering from insomnia: a randomized, zolpidem-controlled clinical trial. Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2008 Jul;56(3):270-80. Israel Defense Forces, Mental Health Department, Israel.
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