Suggestive therapy: essence, types and methods, features

Suggestive psychotherapy uses suggestion to eliminate mental difficulties in a person. Because in this case, information is perceived uncritically and without subjective personal processing, which allows you to safely replace negative thoughts and feelings with positive ones. Some scientists still have doubts about this method's effectiveness, but numerous results suggest otherwise.

The main feature of suggestive psychotherapy is that the specialist must seek an individual approach to each person. Because only in this case can a significant effect be achieved from treatment.

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If during the analysis it was possible to detect a person’s suggestibility, then in this case it will be quite simple to cure him with the help of specially selected convincing phrases.

SUGGESTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF NEUROSIS

1Smirnova E.M., 2Shulga A.S., 2Kutashova L.A.

Department of Psychiatry and Neurology of VSMU named after. N.N.Burdenko, Russia, Voronezh

Annotation.

The article is devoted to suggestive therapy in the treatment of neuroses. Methods of suggestive psychotherapy are presented. The possibilities of suggestive psychotherapy in the treatment of neuroses are shown.

Keywords:

suggestive psychotherapy, suggestion, neurosis.

Suggestive psychotherapy.
Suggestion
(from the Latin suggestio) is defined as the supply of information that is perceived without critical evaluation and influences the course of neuropsychic and somatic processes. Through suggestion, sensations, ideas, emotional states and actions are evoked, and also influence vegetative functions without the active participation of the individual, without logical processing of what is perceived [1].

The main means of suggestion is the word, the speech of the suggestor (the person making the suggestion). Non-verbal factors (gestures, facial expressions, actions) usually have an additional influence. Various classifications of suggestion are proposed: suggestion and self-suggestion, direct or open suggestion, indirect or closed; suggestion is contact and distant. In medical practice, appropriate techniques of suggestion are used in the waking state and in the state of natural, hypnotic and narcotic sleep. Suggestion in the waking state is present to varying degrees of severity in every conversation between a doctor and a patient, but can also act as an independent psychotherapeutic influence. Suggestion formulas are usually pronounced in an imperative tone, taking into account the patient’s condition and the nature of the clinical manifestations of the disease. They can be aimed both at improving general well-being (sleep, appetite, performance, etc.) and at eliminating individual neurotic symptoms. Usually, waking suggestion is preceded by an explanatory conversation about the essence of therapeutic suggestion and convincing the patient of its effectiveness. The stronger the effect of suggestion, the higher the authority of the doctor making the suggestion in the patient’s eyes. The degree of implementation of the suggestion is also determined by the patient’s personality characteristics, the severity of the “magical” mood, and the belief in the possibility of influence of some people on others using means and methods unknown to science [2,3].

Suggestion during hypnotic sleep for therapeutic purposes is widespread. When using the technique of narcopsychotherapy, the therapeutic effect of suggestion is realized under conditions of artificially induced narcotic sleep. Methods similar to narco-psychotherapeutic include the use of a gas mixture of oxygen and nitrous oxide for psychotherapeutic purposes.

Indirect suggestion is a type of suggestion in which its content is reinforced by strictly defined and specific conditions, in the presence of which it will be realized. In the case of indirect suggestion, an additional stimulus is used, which acquires a new informational meaning due to the direct suggestion made. This form of suggestion is the basis of mediating and potentiating psychotherapy [4,5].

The patient's confidence in the therapeutic effect is an active factor that plays an important role in all types of therapy. A favorable general treatment environment and strengthening by medical personnel of the patient’s hopes for the effectiveness of the treatment procedure can enhance its effect. The mechanism of “armed suggestion”, “transobjective” suggestion or indirect psychotherapeutic effect (Bekhterev) must be kept in mind when using any therapeutic effects, including those of a biological nature.

Placebo therapy (from the Latin placebo - I will like you, I will satisfy you) is one of the options for psychotherapy through indirect suggestion or the learning process. The development of psychopharmacology and the introduction of ever new psychotropic drugs into medical practice contributed to an increase in the number of cases when the use of certain drugs was accompanied by a positive or negative effect that did not correspond to the expected effect (Lapin). Therefore, when testing new medications, dosage forms called “placebo” began to be widely used. When taking a “dummy” (a placebo drug imitates the color, taste, and smell of the drug under study, but contains indifferent components instead of active ones), one third of both sick and healthy subjects report the effectiveness of the drug [1,2,6].

Placebo tests made it possible to identify people with positive and negative placebo effects and people in whose study there was no significant placebo effect (placebo-non-reactors). Placebos began to be prescribed for a long time for indirect (armed) psychotherapy or so-called placebo therapy (drug psychotherapy). A component of placebo effects are learning processes (conditioned reflex mechanisms and modeling). If conditioned reflex learning explains the duration of placebo reactions (for example, when taking placebo tranquilizers, placebo reactions can persist for 2 - 3 years), then modeling makes clear their dependence on the personality of the doctor and the patient. The most pronounced placebo reactions are observed in suggestible, conformist, fearful patients who are ready for unconditional cooperation with a specialist. The personality of the psychotherapist who prescribes the medicine is always decisively reflected in the placebo effects and thereby in the action of any medicine. The success of placebo therapy varies among different doctors, but for the same doctor, we repeat. The results of treatment depend on the specialist’s ability to communicate therapeutically and his conviction in the effectiveness of the drug, also when it comes to placebo. The severity of the placebo effect is influenced by many different factors. Let's list just a few of them: the degree of novelty of the drug, its availability, packaging, advertising, the nature of the information contained in the annotation for the drug, the previous effectiveness of the drug in a given patient, his intention to undergo psychotherapy, physiotherapy or medications, the patient's attitude towards the specialist prescribing the drug , and the doctor’s attitude towards the medicine, the doctor’s attitude towards psychotherapy or biological therapy, the reputation of the medicine among other patients, the attitude of family members towards the drug, etc. Lapin described the family, in particular parental, placebo effect, which is understood as a high positive (or negative) assessment by relatives of changes in the condition of a patient receiving placebo, and neither the patient himself nor the family member assessing these changes know which drug is prescribed. Thus, it is necessary to take into account which of the relatives is most authoritative for the patient in matters of his treatment, and their attitude towards the latter’s treatment. A positive parental placebo effect improves the “therapeutic” environment in the family, increases the feeling of optimism, and has a beneficial effect on the patient’s condition. The effectiveness of drug treatment can only be assessed using placebo [7,8].

Shapiro argues that the placebo effect is “a factor in the popularity and effectiveness of any of the many methods of psychotherapy.” The patient's expectation of benefit from treatment can itself have a lasting and profound impact on his physical and mental well-being. The effectiveness of psychotherapy also depends to a certain extent on the doctor’s ability to create hope for improvement in the patient, which means that the placebo effect manifests itself in every psychotherapist-patient contact. The placebo effect can be a carrier of unconscious elements of the relationship between the doctor and the patient, for example, manifestations of aggression, resistance, and defense. Thus, not a single medication or any psychotherapeutic intervention is devoid of a placebo suggestive effect. This effect can be systematically used as placebo therapy integrated into complex treatment [6,7,8].

Autosuggestion, or autosuggestion, is a process of suggestion addressed to oneself. Self-hypnosis allows the subject to evoke certain sensations, perceptions, control the processes of attention, memory, emotional and somatic reactions. Self-hypnosis is the basis (or one of the essential mechanisms of therapeutic action) of various methods of psychotherapy: autogenic training, biofeedback, meditation, yoga, relaxation [9].

The technique of the French pharmacist Coue became widespread among self-hypnosis techniques. Often, he could not justify the healing effects of various drugs that he sold in his pharmacy physiologically and explained them by the “power of imagination” of patients.

The positive side of the works of Coue and his followers was the promotion of active methods of psychotherapy and corrective self-hypnosis. Coue contributed to the affirmation of the active role of the patient in the treatment process and the development of ideas of training and education in psychotherapy. He also showed the expediency of positive self-hypnosis instead of negative (“I am healthy” instead of “I am not sick”) [10,11].

Self-hypnosis treatment has almost no contraindications. Even in severe cases of hysteria, when explanation does not help, and hypnosis does not give a sufficient effect and may be accompanied by complications, the patient, in anticipation of an impending seizure, with the help of self-hypnosis (“A seizure should not happen!”) can “push back” or prevent it.

Autogenic training

(from the Greek autos - itself, genos - origin) - an active method of psychotherapy, psychoprophylaxis and psychohygiene, aimed at restoring the dynamic balance of the system of homeostatic self-regulatory mechanisms of the human body, disturbed as a result of stress. The main elements of the technique are muscle relaxation training, self-hypnosis and self-education (autodidactics). The activity of autogenic training opposes some of the negative aspects of hypnotherapy in its classical model - the patient’s passive attitude to the treatment process, dependence on the doctor [12,13].

As a therapeutic method, autogenic training was proposed for the treatment of neuroses by Schultz in 1932. In our country, it began to be used in the late 50s. The therapeutic effect of autogenic training, along with the development of a trophotropic reaction as a result of relaxation, characterized by increased tone of the parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system and helping to neutralize the stressful state, is also based on a weakening of the activity of the limbic and hypothalamic areas, which is accompanied by a decrease in general anxiety and the development of anti-stress tendencies in trainees.

There are two stages of autogenic training (according to Schultz):

1) the lowest level - learning relaxation with the help of exercises aimed at inducing a feeling of heaviness, warmth, and mastering the rhythm of cardiac activity and breathing;

2) the highest level - autogenic meditation - the creation of trance states of various levels.

The lowest level of autogenic training consists of six standard exercises, which are performed by patients in one of three poses:

1) sitting position, “coachman’s pose” - the trainee sits on a chair with his head slightly lowered forward, his hands and forearms lie freely on the front surface of his thighs, his legs are freely apart;

2) lying position - the trainee lies on his back, his head rests on a low pillow, his arms, slightly bent at the elbow joint, lie freely along the body with palms down;

3) reclining position - the trainee sits freely in a chair, leaning on the back, hands on the front of the thighs or on the armrests, legs freely apart. In all three positions, complete relaxation is achieved; for better concentration, the eyes are closed [12].

The exercises are performed by mentally repeating (5 - 6 times) the appropriate self-hypnosis formulas, which are suggested by the training leader. Each of the standard exercises is preceded by a goal formula: “I am completely calm.”

First exercise.

Causing a feeling of heaviness in the arms and legs, which is accompanied by relaxation of the striated muscles. Formulas: “The right hand is completely heavy,” then “The left hand is completely heavy,” and “Both hands are completely heavy.” Same formula for legs. The final formula: “Arms and legs are completely heavy.”

Second exercise.

Inducing a feeling of warmth in the arms and legs in order to master the regulation of vascular innervation of the limbs. Formulas: “The right (left) hand is completely warm”, then “The hands are completely warm”, the same formulas for the legs. The final formula: “Arms and feet are completely heavy and warm.”

Third exercise.

Regulation of heart rate. Formula: “The heart beats strongly and evenly.”

Fourth exercise.

Normalization and regulation of respiratory tract.

Fifth exercise.

Inducing a feeling of warmth in the abdominal area. Formula: “My solar plexus radiates warmth.”

Sixth exercise.

Inducing a feeling of coolness in the forehead to prevent and relieve headaches of vascular origin. Formula: “My forehead feels pleasantly cool.”

The best results from the use of autogenic training are observed in neuroses, as well as in the treatment of those diseases whose manifestations are associated with emotional stress and spasms of smooth muscles, and the parasympathetic effect is achieved more easily than the sympathetic one.

Hypnosis

(from the Greek hypnos - sleep) is a temporary state of consciousness, characterized by a narrowing of its volume and a sharp focus on the content of suggestion, which is associated with a change in the function of individual control and self-awareness. The state of hypnosis occurs as a result of special influences of the hypnotist or targeted self-suggestion.

Hypnosis is the basis of hypnotherapy. Currently, along with the classical model of hypnosis, Ericksonian hypnosis is widely used. In this case, the hypnotic state is used for medicinal purposes. The widespread use of hypnotherapy reflects its therapeutic effectiveness for various diseases [3,8,12].

Before hypnotherapy, it is necessary to conduct conversations to clarify the patient’s attitude to this method of treatment and eliminate possible concerns on his part. After introducing the patient into a state of hypnosis, the formulas of the actual therapeutic suggestions are pronounced in one way or another. Phrases should be short, understandable, meaningful and exclude iatrogenic effects. The duration of one hypnotherapy session is usually 15 - 20 minutes. The number of sessions ranges from 1 to 15, which is determined by the nature of the painful condition and the therapeutic effectiveness of hypnotherapy. The frequency of sessions is from daily to once a week. Sometimes it becomes necessary to repeat a course of hypnotherapy after a few weeks or months. Hypnotherapy can be performed individually or with a group of patients. There are many options for hypnotherapy. It can be carried out in a fractional way.

Treatment of neuroses

As a special series of anxiety mental disorders, it has its own characteristics. For successful therapy, it is extremely important to establish close contact and trusting relationships with the patient. This will help to clarify as fully as possible all the circumstances traumatic to his psyche that could have caused the disease, and help the patient completely eliminate this cause or at least find ways to eliminate it [13].

For the successful treatment of neurotic disorders, modern medicine has a whole arsenal of means, and a correctly selected combination of these methods will give an effective and stable result. Treatment is selected individually, and the main methods of treatment are psychotherapy, suggestion, self-hypnosis and medication.

With the help of suggestion, it is possible to evoke in the patient volitional reactions and emotional states that the personality will “process.” With their help, it is possible to create stable motivations that help a person get rid of obsessive states, phobias and stress.

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SUGNESTY PSYCHOTHERAPY IN TREATMENT OF NEUROSES

1Smirnova EM, 2Shulga AS, 2Kutashova LA

Annotation.

The article is devoted to suggestive therapy in the treatment of neuroses. Methods of suggestive psychotherapy are presented. The possibilities of suggestive psychotherapy in the treatment of neuroses are shown.

Key words:

suggestive psychotherapy, suggestion, neurosis.

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3. Gritsanov, VA Emergency treatment of acute psychotic States / Grishakov VA, Kutasov VA, Shulga AS // scientific Bulletin. — 2016. — Vol. 14. - P. 17-19.

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Scope and features

In clinical practice, hypnosuggestive therapy is used as follows:

1. As an independent method to achieve a calming and normalizing effect.
2. To teach self-hypnosis.
3. As an additional method in other types of psychotherapy.

Suggestive techniques are actively used in all types of psychotherapy. Thus, an altered state of consciousness is achieved through the relaxing effects of massage. Such work with the body for the purpose of healing is actively used in body-oriented therapy.

Psychoanalytic therapy actively uses methods of concentration and entering a trance to obtain the necessary data.

Hypnosuggestive psychological therapy is actively used by psychotherapists and psychologists to treat:

• depression and anxiety;
• drug, alcohol or nicotine addiction;
• eating disorders;
• overweight;
• sleep disorders;
• gambling addiction;
• phobias;
• post-traumatic stress disorder.

Methods of hypnotic influence and suggestion have been tested in severe irreversible diseases as a means of pain management. With the help of suggestion and self-suggestion, the patient reduces pain and manages it. Such methods are used for burns and difficult childbirth.

An example of autosuggestion (self-hypnosis) and suggestion

A charismatic person has positive energy, is self-confident and has some authority among others. If your strength has diminished, you are tired of life and perceive your daily responsibilities as a burden, then you yourself have the power to change this. It's easy to do! After your morning routine, stand in front of the mirror. Send your reflection a charming smile and say, “I'm awake, I feel good. Today will be the most successful day for me. I like my job and I enjoy doing it. My colleagues respect me and I am friendly towards them...” after performing such a ritual, you will immediately feel better and feel some relief.

Suggestive psychotherapy and its types

There are three main types of suggestive psychotherapy:

• hypnosis;
• auto-training;
• belief.

Each differs in its effect on the human psyche and can help with different diseases or mental problems, depending on how it is used.

Hypnosis - suggestive psychotherapy

In this type of suggestive psychotherapy, a person is put into a trance state under the influence of a psychotherapist.
With the help of this state, it becomes possible to create the necessary suggestion, which can change a person’s life. Hypnosis also allows you to find out the real causes of a particular problem. Moreover, with the help of hypnosis, you can penetrate into the unconscious part of a person’s personality in order to literally “put” a message into him, which will give him the opportunity to subsequently solve his problem on his own. In particular, hypnotic sessions are contraindicated for persons with:

• hysterical reactions (uncontrollable laughter or crying);
• epileptic or convulsive seizures;
• somatic diseases in the acute stage;
• or if the person is under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

It is also undesirable to use hypnosis if a person has a delay in intellectual development, or if he is taking psychotropic drugs. Hypnosis is also contraindicated for women during the first three months of pregnancy.

Belief

The method of persuasion is the most difficult in suggestive psychotherapy, since in this case the person is in a state of wakefulness and it becomes much more difficult to bypass the defenses of his mind.

A specialist needs to look for unique “impulse points” and also influence a person’s emotional background in the right way in order to achieve results.

There are three types of persuasion:

• rational - have certain logical concepts;
• hidden - phrases are combined in such a way as to hide attempts to influence a person;
• direct - the specialist openly shows that he is trying to influence the client, which can lead to substitution of concepts and success.

Autotraining

Auto-training allows a person to help himself independently through a huge number of methods and exercises. However, the supervision of a psychologist is necessary here for the correct direction of work.

Auto-training allows you to tone your body:

• normalize breathing;
• launch the processes of self-healing and neutralization of stress.

Self-hypnosis allows a person to independently solve all problems by forming abstract concepts, such as joy.

Group induction

Typically, specialists using the biosuggestion method work with groups of 8-9 people. In this case, the result of therapy is much better than if they worked with each patient separately.

The patient, especially in the first sessions, treats the psychotherapist and, in general, the strange method of treatment with distrust. The positive effect of therapy comes much faster if other group members induce it - they share their good results with him.

In this case, the skeptic, as a rule, becomes “infected” with a state of trust, mutual understanding, and hope for recovery. His susceptibility to suggestion (suggestability) increases. Sooner or later, he begins to unconsciously imitate the social microenvironment, and he also experiences positive changes. Thus, the suggestor is not only the psychotherapist, but also the group.

A session of biosuggestive therapy, like a performance, is a variant of communication with initially specified parameters. It is built according to the basic laws of the stage. This is, in fact, a theatrical performance in which the roles of the characters are known in advance and leave little room for improvisation. The theme is set by the director (psychotherapist), and the actors, if they have accepted the rules of the game and if these rules do not contradict their ethical principles, follow the happy ending in line with the pre-prepared script.

Sentinel A. Neuroses that people play. — KSD, 2022. Published with permission of the publisher

Suggestive treatments

We have analyzed Ericksonian hypnosis and autogenic training in detail for you, let's see what the suggestive immersion method is and how it differs.

Used not only for treatment, but also for personal growth, language training, and special subjects, such immersion represents several series of intensive classes in which, using a combination of special techniques, one can work through complex attitudes and learn volumes of information that are incomparable with the results of ordinary psychotherapeutic and pedagogical sessions. .

The key to the success of suggestive methods of psychotherapy is respect for the hypnologist and his authority. We cooperate with leading hypnologists who have not only professionalism and reputation, but also the strong charisma necessary to quickly establish rapport.

Suggestive techniques are diverse, revealing the mechanisms of action can reduce their effectiveness, so let's better turn to the results of such influences.

Features of the technique

Suggestive psychotherapy involves a special formula of suggestion. Often, a specialist in the field of psychotherapy uses persuasive expressions aimed at a specific patient. The content of these expressions reflects measures to treat a person who has sought medical help.

The specialist pronounces the desired phrase clearly and distinctly, while maintaining a low tone. The meaning of each word is deep, the phrase looks harmonious and well-structured. Only in some cases does the doctor change his tone and resort to rather harsh statements.

Patient's condition

After the first session of hypnosuggestive psychotherapy, a person notes that his physical, emotional and mental state changes noticeably for the better. He becomes more cheerful and expresses optimistic thoughts.

At the second stage, the doctor proceeds directly to suggestion, the purpose of which is to stop one or another abnormal manifestation.

Wake up the patient

The final stage of hypnosuggestive psychotherapy is awakening the patient. In ninety-nine cases it occurs without any complications.

The session ends with the doctor instilling in the patient that after he wakes up, he will feel well rested and have a great night's sleep.

What is suggestion?

Suggestion is (Latin suggestio - suggestion, advice) - a special kind of verbal and non-verbal influence on the human psyche, to introduce attitudes, programs into the subconscious for manipulative or therapeutic purposes. As a result of suggestion:

• change of state;
• encouragement to action.

Suggestion is involved in many areas of society:

• medicine;
• psychology, psychiatry;
• Show Business;
• works of art, fiction, music;
• advertising;
• MASS MEDIA;
• jurisprudence;
• military structures;
• religion;
• policy;
• sport.

Suggestion is divided into:

1. Autosuggestion
   is self-hypnosis. Pronunciation of attitudes, affirmations, texts by a person to himself. Autogenic training.
2. Heterosuggestion
   is the influence of the suggestor (the one who suggests) on the suggestor (the one who is influenced).

Features of autosuggestion

An important branch of suggestive psychotherapy is self-hypnosis. A feature of autosuggestion is that the patient inspires himself with the thoughts and feelings recommended by the doctor. The goal of autosuggestion should be considered to be the relief of painful manifestations, as well as strengthening the will and confidence that recovery will occur in the near future.

Typically, sessions are held no more than three times every seven days. The patient should also practice independently at home.

After training, during which complete muscle relaxation is achieved, a person will be able, with the help of volitional effort, to concentrate his attention on thoughts containing information important for a speedy cure

The method of suggestive psychotherapy is absolutely safe. Most often it is used to cure a person from severe alcohol addiction. After the sessions, the patient feels nauseated at the mere thought of vodka.

Suggestive psychotherapy

Suggestive psychotherapy is a group of special psychotechniques based on the methods of suggestion or self-hypnosis. This type of activity is widely used to treat various psychological disorders, addictive conditions and other pathological manifestations. Suggestion is carried out in two states: during wakefulness and hypnotic sleep. In both cases, the desired result is achieved.

With the help of suggestive influence, consciousness is brought into a special state, which allows one to increase the level of sensitivity to attitudes and formulas, and get rid of painful sensations, physical ailments and psychological disorders. Suggestive therapy is performed under certain conditions by a professional hypnologist, and you can also learn to work independently with self-hypnosis techniques.

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Suggestion is the treatment of severe psychological pathologies and the solution to many complex problems!

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