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Is Hypnotherapy Credible?

Many medical providers recognize and use hypnotherapy services as a supporting, complementary, and alternative service approach for addressing different conditions, symptoms, and ailments.  Of the many prestigious health care providers, a few include:

  • Mayo Clinic
  • UCLA Health, Clinics and Dentistry
  • Stanford Health Care
  • MD Anderson Center
  • Penn State Health
  • Northwestern Medicine

Dental professionals and various other provider types have also chosen to integrate hypnosis and hypnotherapy services as a recognized service alternative.  Dental and medical schools, such as Harvard Medical School, are now including hypnosis methods as part of their standard curriculum. National and worldwide associations have acknowledged for years the evidence based value of hypnotherapy.

  • The American Medical Association, the American Dental Association, and the American Psychological Association recognize hypnotherapy as a valid service approach.
  • Since 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recommended hypnotherapy as a service for chronic pain.
  • The British Medical Association found that hypnosis is frequently effective in relieving pain, improving sleep, and alleviating many functional ailments.
  • A British Psychological Society report stated hypnotherapy is a proven therapeutic medium for a wide range of conditions and problems encountered in the practice of medicine, psychiatry, and psychotherapy.

Hypnotherapy continues to be a growing and strong therapeutic, complementary and alternative service approach.

Sharon Winkel, MBA, LNHA, C.Ht.
Certified Hypnotherapist