By Douglas Kidd RMN,CertCBT, DipClinHyp, DipHyp, DipCouns, DipSN, DipHE
Published on 11th May, 2016
This is a huge area and I am unlikely to be able to cover it all in the context of this article, and I won't be looking at each specific types of migraine but on migraines as a whole. This article will look at the the use of hypnotherapy and self hypnosis to help someone regulate pain levels when experiencing migraines.
When I have seen the beneficial effect of hypnotherapy in relation to migraines it has also been as a secondary side effect when someone wants to work on other concerns such as weight loss. The use of hypnotherapy, when used as a complementary approach for managing migraine headaches, has many benefits in particular managing levels of pain.
Hypnotherapy has a very wide evidence base around the area of managing pain and being used in pain control. In relation to its application with migraine headaches the great thing about it is the amount of time that's needed for hypnotherapy to have an effect.
