Hypnotherapy Effectiveness

Research has shown hypnotherapy to be effective with the following disorders:

1. Depression
2. Anxiety, panic phobia
3. Somatoform disorders, Conversion disorder
4. Dissociative disorders

Hypnosis can be used for the following disorders with mixed success:

1. Smoking
2. Weight loss
3. Sleep disorder
4. Sexual dysfunction
5. Substance dependence/abuse

With habits, results are depended on the overall lifestyle change.  Other things which are important include compliance with the program, relapse prevention, and self-monitoring. 

When not to use hypnosis:

1. During the first visit
2. Just for the sake of using it
3. Things not familiar with
4. Low motivation/low hypnotizability
5. Organic brain conditions (such as damage to memory areas of the brain, injury to the hippocampus or related structure)
6. Cluster C disorders