Hypnotherapy, by its very own evidence, is a time served intervention that helps individuals who want and need to change their way of thinking or being. It can change patterns of behaviour that are detrimental, allowing for the freedom to think and feel differently.
When I first started using the hypnotherapy techniques, I was amazed at how well it worked for so many. Clients who were previously smoking forty cigarettes per day, just quit! People who were scared of irrational objects were just suddenly unafraid.
I trained in this intervention for one reason only, and that was to learn about Hypno-analysis, which I had hoped, would be perfect for working with clients who were so deeply traumatised, (mostly from adverse childhood experiences). Being able to go back to the place of their trauma, helped them to see that the depth of pain and hurt could be lessened, leaving them with much less of an impact in their current life.