Self-Hypnosis

[Kizzie]

I was just surfing around and found this site called "Uncommon Knowledge" about self-hypnosis - http://www.hypnosisdownloads.com/clinical-hypnotherapy/unloved-child?5719,  and an article entitled "Overcome being unloved as a child: Hypnosis can help you let go of the painful past and live life to the fullest"

Has anyone ever tried this product specifically or self-hypnosis in general?  I tend to be a bit of a skeptic but I know lots of people believe in and have found relief from alternative therapies and tools for recovery.  I thought this particular CD might be really nice to listen to at bedtime.

[flookadelic]

A friend of mine has a really good self help section on her blog / site. She is a professional hypnotherapist. The self-hypnotic inductions she gives are really nice to just relax to. We are close friends and since my diagnosis I think she may be thinking about ways to help cptsd bods like ourselves. Am about to email her links n stuff and try and gently nudge her in this direction...anyways the site is at:

http://hypno4freedom.co.uk/

And the specific series of posts regarding self hypnotic induction (which are relaxation exercises par excellence - I adore the candle one -) are to be found at:

http://hypno4freedom.co.uk/self-help-blog/self-help-hypnotherapy/self-hypnosis/

She is a lovely, lovely human being.

[Kizzie]

Tks for the links Flook, she does indeed sound like a lovely human being.  I was impressed with her transparency (e.g., hypnosis is not a magic wand and  takes gentle persistence), and that she prefers to teach self-hypnosis so that clients will not become over-reliant on her - that does so much for my sense of trust when a practitioner is trying to get me out of her office (in a good way).
 
I'd be interested to hear what if anything she thinks about self-hypnosis exercises (similar to the one at Uncommon Knowledge) specific to CPTSD if you're inclined to "gently nudge" 

[flookadelic]

I am sending her links to Peter Walkers work which she may find ties in with some of her clients issues. Her work is gradually leading her to deal with more and more cases of anxiety. There is such scope for self hypnosis for calming the inner critic for example. I will make that one specific suggestion to her now I know that her site has been visited and enjoyed by members of this forum.   

[Kizzie]

       Sounds good Flook.