The world of hypnotherapy has recently been given a boost by media all over Australia covering what appears to be miraculous claims made by practitioners of what has been called 'virtual gastric banding' or some other similar name.
This describes a way of doing hypnotherapy that involves giving clients the suggestion that they will feel 'fuller' with less food or become 'full' quicker thereby helping them to lose weight. The technique involves some use of imaginary exercises involving visualisation of surgery mimicking Laprascopic techniques that are sometimes used in very overweight people.
Now many of the names out there used to describe this technique are trademarked and individual programmes have been marketed heavily to hypnotherapists (as well as the general public) as a way of helping them to help their clients lose weight and lose it fast!
Before investing my hard earned dollars into training in a new method of providing excellent outcomes for my clients I decided to find out as much as I could about these training programmes.
As a qualified hypnotherapist I was somewhat impressed by what I found.
In fact looking at the training materials for several of the 'virtual gastric banding' programmes out there was revealing. There appears to be good use of hypnotherapeutic techniques as well as due attention to other psychodynamic principles and therapies to achieve the ultimate goal of weight loss. Not only this but some studies seem to show outstanding results.
So after looking long and hard at the pros and cons of the virtual gastric banding hypnotherapy weight loss technique did I decide to go ahead and ride the wave of the influx in enquiries that I received?
No. I didn't. And here is why. As a hypnotherapist I am already aware of the many studies into the efficacy of weight loss using hypnosis - such as the study in 1986 by Gordon Cochrane and J. Friesen (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Volume 54, Pages 489-492).
Secondly I generally don't like to ask my clients to visualise anything as drastic and potentially traumatic as surgery!
Thirdly I prefer to use hypnotherapy to help discover root causes of over eating or at the very least spend at least one session dealing with core issues such as self esteem, confidence and associations with failure and success. The use of 'prestige' suggestions, while often very effective, can make it easy to ignore the fact that as hypnotherapists we are psychotherapists... not magicians.
The bottom line is that hypnotherapy for weight loss works and has shown to be effective. This is because weight is determined by behaviour which in turn is determined by the mind. Any competent hypnotherapist should be able to give a variety of suggestions which can be helpful and I am convinced that 'virtual gastric banding' is no more effective than other hypnotherapeutic methods.
For more information about hypnotherapy or to book a personal consultation with Ben, contact http://www.hypnosisparramatta.com.au or 1300 762 440. Parramatta Hypnotherapy is located just west of Sydney in NSW, Australia.
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