Cognitive
therapy using hypnosis consists of a series of
procedures to correct the cognitive distortions and errors
in specific and normal thinking (cognition). You can use a
wide variety of specific therapeutic techniques. These
techniques are designed to help patients identify the
reality check and correct distorted conceptualizations and
dysfunctional beliefs underlying these cognition. One can
see cognitive therapy content specific to psychiatric
disorders.
Rational-Emotive
Therapy is a cognitive therapy using behavioral therapy,
which is based on the assumption that emotions and behavior
are the result of the beliefs of the individual. One
characteristic of these thoughts that are governed by
absolute requirement as cognitive therapy distortions that
create provocative psychological stress and conflict. Thus
psychological disorders are a product of irrational
thinking, so the therapy is to replace the "irrational"
thoughts and the "rational", which allow you to change your
emotions and behavior positively.
Anxiety
disorders:
controlled studies comparing behavioral psychotherapy,
placebo, psychotherapy and other drugs, suggest that
behavioral therapy is the psychotherapy of choice for
disorders phobias, rituals and obsessive-compulsive
disorder, post-traumatic stress. It is necessary to
assess an approach that complements the cognitive therapy
using hypnosis behavioral therapy to treat the negative
automatic thoughts.
In
agoraphobia with or without acute distress used
treatments for exposure to phobic situations and prevents
the patient. May be (flooding) or imagination (systematic
desensitization): the studies agree that exposure is more
effective in the situation. From a cognitive therapy
using hypnosis treatment of anxiety crisis focuses on the
patient's tendency to make catastrophic misunderstandings
about their experiences mental or bodily sensations, use
distraction techniques during a crisis, and so on.
In
the social phobia is used for training in social
skills, including exposure, modeling, behavioral tests,
strengthening and training of the verbal and nonverbal
communication. The fear of public speaking may be treated
with a program of systematic desensitization and
exposure. The treatment of simple phobias can be exposed,
modeling and in cases where access is difficult phobic
object (e.g. aircraft) is systematic desensitization.
Obsessive-compulsive
disorders can be treated with techniques of exposure
and response prevention and cognitive therapy using
hypnosis restructuring. Patients with poorer response to
treatment rituals.
Generalized
anxiety
techniques are used to control anxiety and social skills
are enhanced when the precipitating factors arising from
the environment, and cognitive therapy using hypnosis
restructuring.
In the
disorder post-traumatic stress exposure techniques are
used in imagination. In recent years have described the
use of saccadic eye movements for the treatment of this
disorder.
Affective
disorders: there is a therapy that is applied
systematically in bipolar disorder. For major depression
and dysthymia is not psychotic Beck's cognitive therapy
using hypnosis therapy and cognitive therapy using
hypnosis behavioral techniques, such as social skills
training, strengthening of adaptive behavior, management
and control of the anxiety associated with it, and so on.
Sexual
dysfunction:
There are techniques such as behavioral targeting
sensations, systematic desensitization, forms successive
approximation through strengthening small tasks
behavioral, behavioral modeling and testing. These
techniques can be applied individually and with partners.
The
treatment program for paraphilias include
behavioral techniques to reduce the trigger to sexual
objects and inappropriate sexual objects and to increase
it in appropriate situations, sex education and cognitive
therapy using hypnosis restructuring skills, social
skills training, substance abuse treatment, which it is
often observed in these individuals; maintenance
techniques appropriate behavior and prevent relapse.
Schizophrenia:
strengthening procedures used to increase or decrease
certain behaviors, changes in the environment, social
skills training, to promote patient autonomy.
Eating
Disorders in bulimia
nervosa
is cognitive therapy using hypnosis behavioral therapy
with exposure and response prevention. In anorexia
nervosa are using positive reinforcement and negative
feedback through information about calorie intake and
weight cattle and abundant meals. In addition, patients
are taught proper eating habits and self-monitoring which
promotes self-control and self-reliance, it also improves
their self-esteem and self-image. In obesity seeks change
eating habits and encourage physical activity to maintain
weight reinforcements are used and techniques of
self-control.
Abuse
disorders and dependence on toxic: behavioral
techniques used to reduce the consumption of
alcohol
are:
1) Open
assertive therapies.
2)
disguised awareness
3)
training in social skills.
4)
cognitive therapy using hypnosis
5)
behavior management techniques, such as positive
reinforcement and to reduce the intake of dietary intake
aversive consequences.
1)
reduce the value associated smoking
2)
create an aversion to smoke.
3)
develop a self-monitoring of smoking
behavior.
4)
encouraging response capabilities by imitation. In the
abuse of other substances are used similar techniques.
In
psychosomatic disorders or so-called behavioral
medicine techniques are used biofeedback, relaxation,
changing habits (diet, lifestyle, etc.), Information
about the disease and management of acute episodes. These
techniques are applied in hypertension, headache, asthma,
chronic
pain,
gastrointestinal disorders, insomnia,
etc.