Why consider hypnotherapy during the menopause?

Hypnotherapy can support women during the menopause

During the hot summer months there is always an increase in calls enquiring whether hypnotherapy can support women during the menopause, these women found the heat exacerbated their symptoms and the medication they were on wasn’t improving matters. In 2016, the International Menopause Society suggested that hypnosis may be useful for treating and managing menopausal symptoms such as Insomnia and hot flushes. I believe, a standard Solution Focused Hypnotherapy (SFH) session works well with reducing the intensity and frequency of hot flushes in women during menopause.

Research tells us it is the action of hypnosis via the vagus nerve that improves the action of the parasympathetic nervous system that causes the improvement in frequency and severity of hot flushes. The parasympathetic nervous system is the part of us that reduces heart rate, calms our breathing, calms our digestion and brings us out of fight or flight.

Our work as solution focused hypnotherapists is designed to improve vagal tone using a CD and in-session trance, and this is why our technique is extremely effective in improving not just a person’s psychological health but often their physical health too.