How do I find the right therapist? | Hypnotherapy

How do I find the right therapist?

In principle it applies that one should let a Hypnosetherapie only with technical personnel accomplish, who made for this an extensive further training. In order to find the nearest hypnotherapist in your area, it is recommended to visit the website of the “German Society for Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy“. Here you will find a list of all psychologists and doctors certified by the society.

Most important for the effect of the therapy is a good and trustful relationship between the patient and the hypnotherapist. This is built up in numerous conversations and a more detailed discussion of the problem at hand is first held. If you do not feel that you can build a trusting relationship with the therapist, you should consider changing him.

What does the health insurance company pay for hypnosis therapy?

Basically, it must be noted that the statutory health insurance companies only cover the costs of hypnosis therapy in exceptional cases. Since, depending on the treatment, the costs for a single treatment can be between 80€ and 120€, you should contact your health insurance company before the treatment. Among the rare exceptions to these regulations are, for example, patients who have been proven by psychiatrists to have a fear of the dentist.

In such a case, it is possible that the health insurance company will pay for the therapy to enable treatment at the dentist. Other individual cases concern applications where hypnotherapy is used as part of pain therapy or in the treatment of depression or anxiety disorders, provided that hypnotherapy is combined with behavioral therapy. The regulations with private health insurances depend on the respective insurance. It is more common that the costs are fully or partially covered. This is especially the case if an additional insurance for alternative practitioners has been taken out.But even in this case it is best to contact the respective health insurance company.

How do you rate the prospects of losing weight?

The use of hypnosis therapy in reducing body weight is becoming more and more common. Besides the slogans of “stress-free weight loss”, however, it is also the good study results that lead to this development. In numerous studies an effect of the hypnosis therapy could be determined when removing.

This aims here above all at the change of behavior patterns and the sensations, so that for example the smell of fatty food is no longer felt as tasty. However, it is important that hypnotherapy is carried out in addition to a diet, as only this can ultimately lead to weight reduction. The goal is to facilitate this and to achieve a long-term effect by changing the basic behavioral patterns.