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PAIN MANAGEMENT

Pain is a ‘multi’ experiential concept – it can be physical, psychological or personal. It is associated with time-remembered pain, current pain, anticipated pain or a combination of all three. Factors, which can be involved with pain, are beliefs, attitudes, personality, emotions etc. The common medical approach to pain is to abolish it completely.

In hypnosis the approach is rather to manage it by reducing it, changing it in some way or changing the area or place where pain is felt. A number of techniques can, depending on the circumstances, be used eg distraction, displacement to another part of the body, use of imagination/imagery/metaphors, time distortion, disassociation, fractionation/diminution, amnesia and analgesia. All of these can reduce and or alter the pain to something more comfortable.

I advise all clients with pain to check out with their doctor that hypnosis is an appropriate treatment before accepting them.