Changing Children's Lives with Hypnosis

Offers guidance on using hypnosis with children to address physical and mental challenges.
Changing ChildrenΓÇÖs Lives with Hypnosis is a timely collection of patientsΓÇÖ healing experiences, the story of how these events changed one physicianΓÇÖs approach to medicine, and the takeaway information parents and practitioners should consider as they deal with medical and psychological challenges in their childrenΓÇÖs and patientsΓÇÖ lives.
Every year millions of pediatric patients could benefit from hypnosis therapy to deal with and alleviate physical and psychological symptoms big and small. The benefits of hypnosis-facilitated therapy range from complete cures to small improvements. They extend beyond the physical and into the psychological and spiritual, building confidence, positivity and resilience. They include the empowerment of children with chronic health issues to feel more in control of their own minds, bodies and circumstances. They sometimes lead to the reduction or even elimination of medications. Hypnosis is painless, non-invasive, and cost-effective. It doesnΓÇÖt preclude any other treatment, and drawbacks are virtually nonexistent.
In a world where the doctorΓÇÖs primary role has become more and more one of a technicianΓÇöpinpoint a problem, prescribe a solution, and move to the next patientΓÇöhypnosis brings connection and art back into the process. It relies on a relationship between practitioner and patient, encourages creativity and expression, and allows patients to take ownership of their experience with the support and encouragement of their doctors. Children deserve the opportunity to receive gentle, thoughtful, empowering, and effective treatment in whatever form itΓÇÖs available. Hypnosis therapy offers all of those things, and itΓÇÖs time for patients, parents, and medical practitioners to embrace itΓÇöeven to demand it.
Through meaningful stories and expert explanation, this book takes readers through the process of hypnosis for children and its myriad benefits for overall wellness.