Hypnosis for Weight Loss

In 1958, the American Medical Association approved the use of hypnotherapy for weight loss among other conditions.
The American Psychological Association finds "... hypnosis for disorders such as obesity, insomnia, anxiety and hypertension showed greater improvement than 70 percent of those who received psychotherapy alone. After publication of these findings, an APA task force validated hypnosis as an adjunct procedure for the treatment of obesity..."
Vince Chung, a Certified Hypnotherapist with Chicago Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy of Buffalo Grove, Illinois says,
"Consider a common observation of a pair of twins: The thin one never exercises and consumes enough calories for 2 people and the heavier one exercises and is on a strictly reduced calorie diet.
An explanation is that losing weight (and keeping it off) is not just what one DOES but also how one THINKS. Consider the following: emotional eating, avoiding the feeling of hunger, exercise motivation, cravings, self-esteem, etc... These are the "thinking" factors that hypnosis has the most impact on.
With hypnotherapy, one breaks the eating habits that are holding one back and instead automatically want to eat healthy foods, drink plenty of water, eliminate 'empty calories,' and actually want to exercise, while imagining a body one can be proud of."
This is all done with the power of suggestion while one is in a deep trance called somnambulism."

A Process of Hypnosis for Weight Loss
There are as many hypnosis processes as there are hypnotists working with weight loss clients. This is one hypnotist's process:
1. The hypnotist induces somnambulism using an effective "modern" induction such as the "Elman Induction."
2. A "Safe Place" is created by anchoring some positive emotions.
3. Past negative experiences are "Cleaned up"
4. Suggestions are made for better eating habits.
5. Suggestions are reinforced by compounding.
6. Since hypnosis subjects are not bounded by time, the subject travels to the future and imagines herself slim.
(7). Sometimes aggressive regression analysis is needed if the weight problem is associated with a history intense physical or emotional trauma.

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