Definition of Hypnotherapy

1. Noun. The use of hypnosis in psychotherapy.

Generic synonyms: Psychotherapy

Definition of Hypnotherapy

1. Noun. Treatment of disease by means of hypnotism. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hypnotherapy

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Medical Definition of Hypnotherapy

1. 1. Psychotherapeutic treatment by means of hypnotism. 2. Treatment of disease by inducing a trance-like sleep. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypnotherapy

hypnopaedic
hypnopedia
hypnophobia
hypnopompic
hypnopompic hallucination
hypnopompic image
hypnopædia
hypnopædic
hypnoses
hypnosis
hypnotee
hypnotees
hypnotherapies
hypnotherapist
hypnotherapists
hypnotherapy (current term)
hypnotic
hypnotic psychotherapy
hypnotic relationship
hypnotic sleep
hypnotic state
hypnotic suggestion
hypnotic trance
hypnotically
hypnotics
hypnotisability
hypnotisable
hypnotisation
hypnotise
hypnotised

Literary usage of Hypnotherapy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Alternative Medicine: Expanding Medical Horizons by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Some people have learned how to tolerate dental work with hypnotherapy as the only ... Even when an anesthetic is used, hypnotherapy can also be employed to ..."

2. Getting Off the Hook: Treatment of Drug Addiction and Social Disorders by Jurriaan Plesman (1986)
"It is difficult to say where hypnotherapy fits into the above scheme. ... I find hypnotherapy potentially harmful in that the client yields control of him ..."

3. Community-based Interventions For Smokers: The Commit Field Experience by Beti Thompson, David M. Burns, William R. Lynn, Donald Shopland (2004)
"These programs included a 5-day plan, commercial quit-smoking groups, a quit club, a quit 1-day workshop, a quit 5-day clinic, hypnotherapy, and doctor's ..."

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