Hypnotherapy for Pain Management
When you are in pain, it can consume your consciousness, and the debilitating impact can extend beyond the immediate source of the pain. You can begin to feel anxiety, and in some cases, depression can start to sink in.
As you spiral into a pattern of negative thinking, a challenging situation will invariably become much worse. The way that you approach the pain from a mental and emotional perspective will have a great deal of impact on the way that it affects your holistic well-being.
As a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Life Coach, NLP Practitioner, and Timeslips Facilitator, I am uniquely qualified to help you manage the pain that you are feeling.
When pain is doing its job, and when it is not
Pain is not always the enemy. Sometimes it is doing exactly what it is supposed to do.
If you have a broken bone, an inflammation, or an infection, your brain produces pain on purpose. It is a warning. It stops you from using the injury and making it worse, and it tells you that something needs attention. That kind of pain is useful. It is not what this work is for, and it is a reason to see your doctor.
But pain does not always stop when the reason for it is gone.
When the injury has healed and the pain stays
Many people come to me after their doctor has told them the original injury has healed. The body has done its work. The pain is still there.
Here is what I often find behind that. Through all those months of hurting, you were fighting the pain. Pushing against it. Wanting it gone, every hour of every day. That fight becomes a habit, and like most habits, it starts running on its own. You stop noticing that you are doing it.
What I mean by a negative trance. A trance is simply a pattern your mind repeats without you choosing it each time. Driving a familiar route and not remembering the last two miles is a trance. So is bracing against pain all day long. The trouble is that fighting the pain keeps your attention locked on the pain.
That pattern was built for a good reason. At the time, it protected you. The work is not about forcing it to stop. It is about letting that part of your mind see that the reason has passed, so it can let the habit go.
How I work on it in session
I use introspective hypnosis, and I choose the approach based on what you bring. These are the ones I reach for most often with pain.
Profiling
Before choosing a technique, I take time to understand how you make sense of the world. Everyone uses certain modalities to take in their surroundings and build perception: visual, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory, or tactile. We use all of them, but there is always one principal modality that leads.
Knowing yours shows me how you perceive your pain and how your mind created the problem. One person sees pain as a color or an image, another hears it as a sound or a pulse, another feels it as pressure, heat, or weight. Once I understand that, I can reverse the pattern and turn the problem into a solution, using the language your mind already speaks.
Dynamic mental imagery
You give the sensation a shape, a color, a temperature, something your mind can picture. Once it has a form, it becomes something you can work with rather than something that simply happens to you.
Revivification
Bringing back the memory of how your body felt before the pain, in enough detail that your mind remembers the difference. People often find they had stopped being able to imagine comfort at all.
Regression
Going back calmly to when the pattern started, so you can look at it without reliving it. Seeing clearly where a habit began is often what allows it to change.
Parts therapy
Working directly with the part of you that is holding the pattern in place. It usually had a protective reason. Once that reason is understood and met another way, it can stand down.
You stay aware and in control through all of it. You can speak, open your eyes, or end the session whenever you want.
What change can look like
This varies a great deal from person to person, and I will not tell you otherwise. In general, the work tends to go in one of two directions.
Which of these fits your situation is something we work out together in the office, based on your history, what your doctor has told you, and how you respond in the first sessions.
Please read this part. Pain is information. Before we work on it, your doctor needs to have looked at it and told you what is causing it. I am a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, not a physician, and I do not diagnose anything or decide whether an injury has healed. That is your doctor's call, not mine.
Hypnotherapy for pain is used alongside your medical care, never instead of it. Do not stop or change any medication or treatment without talking to your doctor first. For pain management I may ask for a referral from your physician before we begin. If your pain is new, changing, or getting worse, please see your doctor rather than booking with me.
Individual results vary.
Personalized attention is the key to effective pain management through hypnotherapy. Each individual is unique, and I endeavor to partner with each respective client so that we can come together to facilitate solutions. When it comes to pain management, your understanding of the way that your body works will be a very important consideration. Your lifestyle and your mindset can also be very significant factors. Once we mutually gain an understanding of the dynamic that is present, we can pinpoint the pain mitigation techniques that will be effective for you. I can reinforce these ideas through the appropriate hypnotic suggestions.
People who are used to going to doctors looking for “magic pills” to eradicate pain are often skeptical of alternative approaches. Now that everyone is on the Internet, you can conduct your own research to find out what experts say about the potential benefits of hypnotherapy for pain management. When you do, you will find that there is ample clinical evidence to support the contention that hypnosis can in fact make a significant difference for patients who are experiencing chronic pain. In many cases, a hypnotic induction that includes suggestions regarding relaxation and physical comfort will be utilized. Posthypnotic suggestions can be included to give the client a pathway that provides easy access to the state of well-being after the sessions are completed.
Let Me Help You Manage Your Pain
Pain could be temporary, as well as chronic and the work will be tailor to your specific solution. With more than 9000 hours of experience, the success could be very high in also including the recover of sound sleep and comfort.
If you would like to learn more, give me a call right now at 954-839-4604.
I can also be reached through Skype: guillermo.leon 37
Questions about hypnosis for pain
Does hypnosis actually work for pain?
Research supports it, with limits worth knowing. The largest review of controlled studies, covering 85 trials, found that hypnosis reduced pain by a meaningful amount for most people. Those studies used short-term pain created under lab conditions, though, not long-term pain, and the researchers said clearly that more clinical work is needed. Response also varies a lot between people. Some respond strongly and some respond very little, and that difference showed up plainly in the research. That is why I will tell you honestly after your consultation whether I think this is a good fit for you.
Will I be unconscious or lose control?
No. You stay awake and aware the whole time. You hear everything, you remember the session, and you can speak, open your eyes, or stop whenever you want. Nobody can make you do anything you do not want to do.
Can hypnosis help if my pain has a physical cause?
Often, yes, but the goal is different. If there is still something physical behind the pain, such as the lasting effects of surgery, an injury, or wear in a joint, we are not trying to make it vanish. We work on bringing it down to a level you can live with, and on how much of your attention and your day it takes up. That is different from pain that stayed behind after your doctor says the original problem has resolved, where there is more room to work.
Do I need to see my doctor first?
Yes. Pain is information, and your doctor needs to have looked at it and told you what is causing it before we work on it. I am a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, not a physician. I do not diagnose anything. For pain management I may also ask for a referral from your physician before we begin. If your pain is new, changing, or getting worse, see your doctor rather than booking with me.
Can I keep taking my pain medication?
Yes, and please do. Hypnotherapy works alongside your medical care, never instead of it. Do not stop or change any medication because of anything that happens in a session. Any change to your treatment is a conversation between you and your doctor.
How many sessions will I need?
It depends on your situation, how long the pain has been there, and how you respond early on. Some people notice a change within the first few sessions. Others need a longer program. I will give you an honest estimate at your free consultation rather than a number designed to sound appealing.
Are sessions in person or online, and do you work in Spanish?
Both, and yes. You can meet at my Fort Lauderdale office on N Federal Hwy or work with me online from home. Sessions are available in English or Spanish.
Gill Leon is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist. He is not a licensed physician, psychologist, or psychiatrist, and hypnotherapy is not a substitute for medical or psychological care. Hypnotherapy is often used alongside treatment you are already receiving rather than in place of it. If you are under medical supervision, please consult your physician before beginning sessions. Pain management may require a referral from your physician.
Living with ongoing pain wears you down. Hypnosis, NLP, and life coaching in Fort Lauderdale help you build a calmer response to pain signals, in English or Spanish, so discomfort takes up less space in your day. Often used alongside ongoing medical care.