hypnosis

Many therapists are beginning to use age regression therapy and hypnotic regression in a clinical environment to help patients cope with symptoms of mental illness such as anxiety, P.T.S.D. and depression by accessing painful past experiences and facilitating healing. Age Regression usually occurs when we mentally recede to our younger selves and access memories of our childhood. During the therapeutic regression process, the patient is hypnotized to access repressed or painful memories to deal with the troubling aspects of their personality or habits. More importantly, there are many experiences that one cannot recall due to repression. The conflicts may be feelings that lower self-esteem or provoke anxiety. By understanding the nature of past events, patients can find the cause of their current blocks and eliminate trauma that resulted from their past experiences. There may be many ways to conduct an age regression session , but psychoanalysts often use hypnosis to put patients in a state of hypnotic regression. Age regression may be due to any of the symptoms listed above.