Over the years, I have helped clients with different “mind body disorders”. What are mind body disorders? Mind body disorders are illnesses that have an emotional or psychosomatic component. This does not mean that people are making up their symptoms or that they choose to be sick (at least not consciously).  The pain and symptoms are real. Many times patients get every single possible medical test to find the root cause of their symptoms. Sometimes people get a diagnosis, other times they are baffled that their symptoms have no explanation since they are, at least medically, in good health and doctors cannot find an explanation to what’s going on.

I always suggest to my clients to speak to their health providers and try to get a diagnosis before coming to see me. But many times people come after years of struggling with symptoms and having tried different medications.

I believe that a lot of diseases have a mind body component but here are the most common ones:

1.-Heart Disease and Anxiety and Panic disorders:

Studies show that only about 50 percent of people who had a heart attack had high cholesterol. Reducing stress, panic attacks and learning how to relax mentally and physically are very important to prevent heart disease. Hypnosis can help people use visualization, deep breathing and develop healthy ways of coping with emotions and dealing with the cause of the problem.

2.- Chronic pain/Back pain/Fibromyalgia:

Most injuries heal in about 3 months. When the pain continues in spite of doing physiotherapy, taking medications, etc., it means the brain keeps sending pain signals. Essentially, the brain get stuck and continues to believe an injury is still present. In some cases, the pain can be traced back to unresolved traumas, painful past experiences, repressed anger, sadness, guilt, anxiety, etc. According to Dr. John Sarno, author of the book “The divided mind”, pain can be used by the subconscious mind as a distraction from painful emotions. As surprising as it sounds, dealing with physical pain sometimes can be easier or better than dealing with painful emotions.

3.- Irritable Bowel Syndrome:

Most medical experts agree that in more than 90 percent of cases of people dealing with IBS, there is no medical issue or abnormality causing the symptoms. Hypnosis has proven to be safe and effective to deal with the symptoms and increase relaxation and deal with stress. Many people experience improvement of their symptoms in just a few sessions and many clients also experience complete recovery when they underlying issues are addressed during the sessions.

4.- Allergies/Auto-immune diseases:

Many studies show that hypnosis can be a useful tool along with medical treatment to dealing with Allergies. Hypnosis could help decrease the immune system response that triggers inflammation.  Auto-immune diseases like Rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, etc., can benefit from relaxation techniques that reduce cortisol, adrenaline, inflammation and the auto-immune response. In some clients, the symptoms can also be traced back to painful repressed subconscious emotions. Other clients also benefit from doing visualization to see themselves symptom free doing the things they enjoy without the symptoms.

If you would like to take a Holistic mind-body approach give me a call!

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