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    Is hypnotherapy designed for everyone or only certain types of people?

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    Hypnotherapy is not designed for everyone. The following details list the types of clients that are unsuitable for hypnosis.

    Firstly, people with depression can develop the ego strength to actually commit suicide, but this is debatable among some hypnotists that do work with depressed clients.

    Secondly, those with personality disorders may not be suitable due to the emotional instability of these conditions, as well as those with psychotic disorders, whereby hypnosis can trigger psychotic symptoms during hypnosis.

    Thirdly, clients with neurological, developmental or other severe disabilities (including acquired brain injury); clients with a hearing difficulty, dementia,  and intellectual disability may not be suitable for hypnosis. Mostly these types of clients may be better suited to relaxation strategies.

    Fourthly, hypnosis is not suitable for clients with dissociative disorders, as it can cause further disassociation and detachment from reality in the present moment.

    Hypnosis might not be suitable for children under 5 years of age, however some doctors do perform hypnosis with very young children.

    Furthermore hypnosis is also not suitable for those people undergoing legal proceedings; for people who believe that hypnosis is a magical cure when it's not; for those who have poor motivation or have a distant relationship with their therapist; and for those who have a physical illness that has not been fully investigated by medical practitioners, in which hypnosis could mask or ignore the physical symptoms.

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