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What is the difference between a hypnotist and a hypnotherapist?

A hypnotist:

• Is not a medical professional
• Accepts virtually anyone for treatment
• May get good results but, may engage in indiscriminate use of his or her skill, often with unfortunate or humiliating results.

A clinical hypnotherapist:

• Is first a therapist
• Uses mental imagery
• Is trained in one of the health professions, such as pediatrics, internal medicine, surgery, dentistry, nursing, psychology, or social work
• Is certified by a professional organization such as:

American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
European Society of Hypnosis
International Society of Hypnosis

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More Medical Hypnosis FAQs

1. Who is a Candidate?

2. What is the difference between medical hypnosis and biofeedback?

3. Will the doctor control my child’s mind?

4. What are the Benefits of Hypnosis?

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With only a series of 5 sessions, I can happily say that my migraine pain level has decreased by at least 50%, and that I no longer experience severe attacks where I am paralyzed by the pain.

– Jennifer, 37

Joe has never been dry at night. At the first meeting, he talked with Dr. Lazarus and received some “homework.” When he returned the following week, he had been dry five out of seven nights! At the second visit, he learned self-hypnosis-and he has been dry ever since.

– Mother of Joe, 10

I had migraines once a day with a really bad one maybe twice a month. After seeing Dr. Lazarus two times, sessions, I haven’t had a migraine since. Dr. Lazarus really helped me out a lot.

– Sam, 12

Dr. Lazarus had such an impact. Our son doesn’t have any tics anymore. We are in the process of relocating to another city, but Dr. Lazarus is still our pediatrician regardless of where we live.

– Father of Michael, 8