hypnotherapy

noun

hyp·​no·​ther·​a·​py ˌhip-nō-ˈther-ə-pē How to pronounce hypnotherapy (audio)
1
: treatment by hypnotism
2
: psychotherapy that facilitates suggestion, reeducation, or analysis by hypnosis
hypnotherapist noun

Examples of hypnotherapy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In addition to breathwork and contrast therapy, the hotel also offers daily yoga or Pilates classes in a spacious Shala, weekly hypnotherapy, meditation and emotional freedom technique sessions, and boasts an infrared and chromolight thermal room with Himalayan salt tiles. Livia Hengel, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024 The new doctor suggested that Zack try one last treatment before surgery: hypnotherapy, in which a clinical professional helps a patient become deeply focused and relaxed in order to change their patterns of thinking. Kate Wheeling, The Atlantic, 29 Nov. 2023 Dolores Cannon, who refined a method of regressive hypnotherapy by which subjects felt able to encounter their own past lives, has been an enormous consolation and inspiration to me during times of anxiety and 21st-century world-fear. New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023 In the evening after his first hypnotherapy session, Zack felt nauseated but kept his dinner down. Kate Wheeling, The Atlantic, 29 Nov. 2023 Sara, who initially suggested the idea to attend a hypnotherapy session, thought this revelation could be part of why Chanel has had trouble meshing with certain ladies in the group. Lanae Brody, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2022 Before going there, Vera tries hypnotherapy to quit smoking. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 30 May 2023 In a hypnotherapy session, Zeigenbein sent me into a trance to try to understand what these surfacing feelings were and rid myself of what wasn’t serving me (procrastination, anxiety, imposter syndrome). Garrett Munce, Town & Country, 4 May 2023 The very word seems cobwebbed with quackery, despite the fact that the efficacy of hypnotherapy in mitigating pain, lessening anxiety, helping to curb insomnia, relieving irritable bowel syndrome, and bettering a host of other troubles is well-documented. Ellen Pall, The New York Review of Books, 25 Aug. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of hypnotherapy was in 1897

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“Hypnotherapy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypnotherapy. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Medical Definition

hypnotherapy

noun
hyp·​no·​ther·​a·​py -ˈther-ə-pē How to pronounce hypnotherapy (audio)
plural hypnotherapies
1
: treatment by hypnotism
2
: psychotherapy that facilitates suggestion, reeducation, or analysis by means of hypnosis
hypnotherapeutic adjective
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