HYPNOTHERAPYHypnotherapy is a psychotherapeutic treatment, which utilises hypnosis as a complement to medical, psychological and psychiatric treatment. It is an altered state of consciousness into which individuals allow themselves to enter so that the therapist may give beneficial suggestions, break habits and alter behaviour to accelerate the treatment process. Hypnotherapy can very much reduce the negative impact that chronic pain can have on a child’s or adult’s life. It alleviates feelings of anxiety, sadness, anger, frustration and fear. Hypnotherapy targets the person’s negative thoughts and feelings related to pain and teaches patients effective self-management techniques, such as progressive muscle relaxation, guided imagery, glove anaesthesia, ego boosting and self-hypnosis which increase the sense of control over the pain process. Hypnotherapy increases the patient’s own coping skills and creates self-reliance through the practice of effective hypnotherapeutic pain control techniques and general confidence boosting therapy. Apart from pain management, hypnotherapy can help with a wide range of health issues, including:
RUMI PEYNOVSKA MD, MSc, FBAMH Qualifications: M.D.(Physician), MSc Neuroscience Related to Psychiatry, Membership and Positions:
Rumi qualified as a medical doctor in 1992 and since then she has done postgraduate training and research in Neuroscience related to Psychiatry and in Hypnotherapy at the University of London. She is an external examiner for the medical and non-medical postgraduate LCCH courses and the organising Secretary of the British Association of Medical Hypnosis. In her work as a medical hypnotherapist and EMDR psychotherapist she successfully treats people who have stress and anxiety problems, panic attacks, phobias, sleep disturbances, high blood pressure, irritable bowel syndrome, psychosexual problems, premenstrual tension, chronic pain, headache, skin problems, asthma and psychological trauma. Peynovska has been featured in numerous national publications including:
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