Pain management
How Hypnotherapy Helps Ease Pain: Tackling All Four Levels
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Pain isn’t just a physical sensation — it’s a full-bodied experience shaped by thoughts, emotions, and expectations. Hypnotherapy offers a powerful way to influence pain perception by working across four key levels of the pain experience.
By working on all four levels, hypnotherapy doesn’t just mask pain — it helps transform the experience of it. Whether it’s chronic pain, post-op recovery, or stress-related discomfort, the mind is a powerful ally in the healing process. See more details below, or click to discuss.
Four levels of psychological pain & how hypnotherapy helps
A multi-modality approach
As well as using hypnosis, clients have benefited from combining Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) tapping and breath work, these are powerful tools for pain management. EFT combines gentle tapping on acupressure points with verbal affirmations, helping to calm the nervous system and release emotional blocks linked to physical discomfort. Breath work complements this by regulating the body's stress response, increasing oxygen flow, and promoting relaxation. Together, they create a mind-body approach that reduces tension, improves circulation, and supports the body’s natural healing process. These techniques are easy to learn, non-invasive, and can be used anytime, empowering individuals to take control of their pain and enhance overall wellbeing.