Clinical Hypnotherapy has its own techniques help dial down pain, increase comfortable sensations in the body and form healthy associations with the original cause of the pain. It draws from these and incorporates a modified structure that suits modern individual healing goals. Quimby claimed that disease is not the cause of illness, but the effect of a conflict existing within the mind; an explanation is the cure. Transforming the message the body is communicating through awareness of the disease process, in conjunction with the modalities below, is healing.
When biochemicals produced from thoughts or external factors harm the body, pain and disease manifests. Often people attempt disassociation in their own way, which ultimately robs the pained area of healing adequacy.
The first step to engaging the subconscious via hypnosis is the individual's willingness to let go. When the subconscious is open, suggestions for healing cause an instantaneous physical response. Hypnosis can help with migraines, IBS, fibromyalgia, arthritis, back pain, and with recovery from stroke, surgery, and accidents.
In addition to finding root thought patterns to pain, hypnosis is helpful in assisting the patient to use his/her remaining abilities to a maximum, prevent risk factors of illness, and accepting diagnoses.