According to American Art Therapy Association, art therapy is an integrative mental health and human services profession that enriches the lives of individuals, families, and communities through active art-making, creative process, applied psychological theory, and human experience within a psychotherapeutic relationship.
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Art therapy, facilitated by a professional art therapist, effectively supports personal and relational treatment goals as well as community concerns.
Art therapy is used to improve cognitive and sensorimotor functions, foster self-esteem and self-awareness, cultivate emotional resilience, promote insight, enhance social skills, reduce and resolve conflicts and distress, and advance societal and ecological change.
What is Art Therapy
American Psychological Association states that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of psychological treatment that has been demonstrated to be effective for a range of problems including depression, anxiety disorders, alcohol and drug use problems, marital problems, eating disorders, and severe mental illness.
Numerous research studies suggest that CBT leads to significant improvement in functioning and quality of life. In many studies, CBT has been demonstrated to be as effective as, or more effective than, other forms of psychological therapy or psychiatric medications.
What is CBT
What is Hypnosis
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“The term ‘hypnosis’ denotes an interaction between one person, the ‘hypnotist’, and another person the ‘subject’.
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In this interaction the hypnotist attempts to influence perceptions, feelings, thinking and behaviour by directing the subject’s concentration to ideas and images that may evoke the intended effects.
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The verbal communications that the hypnotist uses to achieve these effects are termed ‘suggestions’. Suggestions differ from everyday kinds of instructions in that they imply that a ‘successful’ response is experienced by the subject as having a quality of involuntariness or effortlessness.
Subjects may learn to go through the hypnotic procedures on their own, and this is termed ‘self-hypnosis‘.”
Alfred A. Barrios, Ph.D. conducted a famous survey of scientific literature to compare recovery rates for various modalities of therapy:
Psychoanalysis can be expected to have a 38% recovery rate after approximately 600 sessions.
Behaviour therapy can be expected to have a 72% recovery rate after an average of 22 sessions.
Hypnotherapy can be expected to have a 93% recovery rate after an average of 6 sessions.
more about hypnosis
Hypnosis, carries a charm and a mystery, and many have attempted to misinterpret its therapeutic process and effects to present a different view of what it really is.
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If you wish to know more about hypnosis and its real role, use and effectiveness, try scientific and official websites of professional organisations such as BPS (British Psychological Society), APA (American Psychological Association) and any relevant scientific research on the topic published by professionals.
benefits of therapy
Increased Concentration
Better Health
Emotional Wellness
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Efficacy
Relaxation
Natural Pain Relief
Stress Control
Path to Self-Knowledge
A Few Words About Stress
An imbalance between excessive demands and a person’s ability to cope with them, ultimately leads to stress.
Stress has harmful consequences on the physical, psychosocial and mental health.
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It has been linked to heart disease, depression, impaired sexual performance, nervous breakdown, alcohol
and drug abuse, sickness absence, family break-ups, job dissatisfaction and many other conditions.
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According to DWP ‘Some pressures can be a good thing, but people’s ability to deal with pressure is not limitless.’
Stress may be holding you back from your best performance and finding coping mechanisms is essential.
This is the point where LoHyCa comes in to make you aware of the following:
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• Identify the pressures and stress you experience in your work and life
• Recognise when pressures and stress are created by you or/and by others
• Provide you with techniques which others have found helpful such as:
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Stress Management Techniques, Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Posture Exercises,
Breathing Techniques, Learning to Relax Scripts, Mindfulness, Psychoeducation,
Hypnosis and Self-Hypnosis.