hypnotherapist
Subconscious mind guide
A hypnotherapist is a practitioner who uses hypnosis as a therapeutic tool, typically to help clients change habits, manage pain, or address psychological issues.
The field sits between mainstream psychology and alternative medicine, with credentials and methods varying widely: She saw a hypnotherapist to quit smoking.
Formal admission process
- suggestionIdea proposed for consideration
- mesmerizeCapture attention completely
- visualizationForming mental or graphical images
- autosuggestionSelf-directed mental influence
regression · deepening · susceptibility · suggestibility · relaxation · script · progressive relaxation · anchoring
Not awake or aware
- psycheTotal mental life
- repressed memoriesUnconsciously blocked past experiences
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- phobiasIrrational intense fears
habits · smoking cessation · weight loss · anxiety · fears · past lives · childhood · behavioral patterns
Mutually supplying lacks
- holisticAddressing interconnected wholes
- integrativeCombining into a whole
- naturopathNatural remedies practitioner
- acupuncturistOne who treats with needles
psychotherapist · counselor · life coach · wellness · mind-body · non-pharmacological · adjunctive · CAM
One who hires professionals
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- intakeAmount received or consumed
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- treatment planOrganized medical intervention schedule
certification · ethics · informed consent · contraindications · clinical · practitioner · practice · referral
Machine language comprehension
- cognitiveRelating to thinking
- analyticalExamining parts methodically
- solution-focusedPrioritizing fixes over complaints
- guided imageryDirected mental scene creation
induction
Formal admission process
- suggestionIdea proposed for consideration
- mesmerizeCapture attention completely
- visualizationForming mental or graphical images
autosuggestion · regression · deepening · susceptibility · suggestibility · relaxation · script · progressive relaxation · anchoring · reframing
unconscious
Not awake or aware
- psycheTotal mental life
- repressed memoriesUnconsciously blocked past experiences
- traumaLasting psychological wound
phobias · habits · smoking cessation · weight loss · anxiety · fears · past lives · childhood · behavioral patterns · root cause
complementary
Mutually supplying lacks
- holisticAddressing interconnected wholes
- integrativeCombining into a whole
- naturopathNatural remedies practitioner
acupuncturist · psychotherapist · counselor · life coach · wellness · mind-body · non-pharmacological · adjunctive · CAM · alternative medicine
client
One who hires professionals
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- intakeAmount received or consumed
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
treatment plan · certification · ethics · informed consent · contraindications · clinical · practitioner · practice · referral · outcome
NLP
Machine language comprehension
- cognitiveRelating to thinking
- analyticalExamining parts methodically
- solution-focusedPrioritizing fixes over complaints
- hypnotistsmesmerist, Franz Mesmer, Svengali
- wellness practitionerswellness coach, holistic healer, naturopath, acupuncturist, herbalist
- Hypnosistrance state, trance states, autohypnosis, deepening, light trance
- healersnurse, doctor, physician, surgeon, medic
- therapistspsychiatrist, psychoanalyst, clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, child psychologist
- pseudoscientistshomeopath, phrenologist, crystal healer, numerologist, reflexologist
hypnotherapistpsychiatrist
Mental disorder physician
psychopharmacologist · clinical psychologist · neurologist · surgeon · physical therapist
hypnotherapistmedical doctor
Licensed healthcare practitioner
neuroscientist · clinical researcher · clinical psychologist · psychiatrist · empiricist