Benefits
Hypnosis is a beneficial tool to help with stress management, anxiety, fears, phobias, panic attacks, pain relief, and insomnia.
Dr. David Spiegel, a hypnosis expert and professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, stated in the TIME article Is Hypnosis Real? Here's What The Science Says: "Hypnosis can be 'very helpful' in treating stress, anxiety, and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Research has found hypnosis can even alter a person’s immune function in ways that offset stress and reduce susceptibility to viral infections."
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Dr. Spiegel also notes that "while most people fear losing control in hypnosis, it is in fact a means of enhancing mind-body control. Instead of allowing pain, anxiety or other unhelpful states to run the show, hypnosis helps people to exert more control over their thoughts and perceptions."
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In the same article, Dr. Kirsch, lecturer and director of the Program in Placebo Studies at Harvard Medical School, says, "Hypnosis is a well-studied and legitimate form of adjunct treatment for conditions ranging from obesity and pain after surgery to anxiety and stress."
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https://time.com/5380312/is-hypnosis-real-science/
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Contraindications
​Hypnosis is a wonderful tool to help those with symptoms of anxiety, to reduce stress, to improve the quality of sleep, to increase motivation, to manage pain (under the consent
of a treating physician), and for ego-strengthening. That said, it isn't for everyone.
Hypnosis is contraindicated for those
with the following:
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Bipolar Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder
Epilepsy
Pathological Personalities
Extreme High or Low Blood Pressure
Serious Heart Conditions
Schizophrenia
Psychosis
Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Traumatic Brain Injury
Senility
Narcolepsy
Clinical Depression
(or those exhibiting suicidal tendencies)
First Trimester of Pregnancy
