A board-certified clinical hypnotherapist, Dr. David E. Eskelin works through Bodywithhypnosis in Pullayup, Washington. There, Dr. David E. Eskelin uses hypnotherapy to address such issues as smoking, weight loss, and stress.
Used in a therapeautic context, hypnosis has the power to affect powerful behavioral change. Scientists believe that it works similarly to meditation, in that it decreases the rapid brain waves that prompt logical cognitive processing and increases the slow brain waves linked to focused relaxation. When a client is under hypnosis, this altered brain activity can make him or her increasingly susceptible to suggestion. The hypnotherapist then uses this susceptibility to shift the client's mindset depending on his or her goals.
Hypnotherapists can help clients to manage chronic pain, overcome maladaptive habits, and treat certain mental illnesses. It has improved outcomes for patients with issues ranging from anxiety and phobia to depression, grief, and stress. Hypnotherapy may be similarly helpful in client analysis to uncover the underlying causes of psychological issues, particularly those that stem from repressed traumas. Once uncovered, knowledge of these traumas can guide psychotherapy and facilitate a client's healing.
Used in a therapeautic context, hypnosis has the power to affect powerful behavioral change. Scientists believe that it works similarly to meditation, in that it decreases the rapid brain waves that prompt logical cognitive processing and increases the slow brain waves linked to focused relaxation. When a client is under hypnosis, this altered brain activity can make him or her increasingly susceptible to suggestion. The hypnotherapist then uses this susceptibility to shift the client's mindset depending on his or her goals.
Hypnotherapists can help clients to manage chronic pain, overcome maladaptive habits, and treat certain mental illnesses. It has improved outcomes for patients with issues ranging from anxiety and phobia to depression, grief, and stress. Hypnotherapy may be similarly helpful in client analysis to uncover the underlying causes of psychological issues, particularly those that stem from repressed traumas. Once uncovered, knowledge of these traumas can guide psychotherapy and facilitate a client's healing.