Hyperhidrosis

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Permalink Reply by Doreen Cohanim C.Ht on June 2, 2009 at 3:11pm

Hi Julie,

I have helped with just simple relaxation, and confidence boosting and self esteem, since nervelessness can cause that as well, but first you have to make sure the client does not have any other medical condition, since that also can be the case... is , once you know it is not a another medical condition that is causing hyperhidrosis, known as "secondary hyperhidrosis." You can help hypnosis to help most clients/ patients suffer from primary hyperhidrosis, where no other cause of excessive sweating is found.

If it is a medical condition, you want to find out what is it, and what kind of treatment is offered and why, then use the same procedure in hypnosis, not in a surgery form, but using visualization/ cartoon character, giving the brain suggestion to control this sweating in situation like fear, nervelessness, so the person feels dry and calm.

Also ask the doctor what he thinks it is, so you can use the suggestion in helping your client, first session just do the relaxation suggesting he feels dry...

Doreen Cohanim C.Ht

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Permalink Reply by Antonio on June 2, 2009 at 7:58pm

hmmm....This is just me...but I would say try something like "so you're sitting in my chair, listening to my words, feeling the temperature of the air on your skin, and maybe realizing that the sweat you feel on your hands from time to time are really tears of joy starting up knowing that you were meant to meet me...and that soon you will have this problem for the last time...."

Also, you could have them find a "control panel" in her mind that controls the sweating of her hands...

or even do some parts work on the part that causes the sweating.

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Permalink Reply by Doreen Cohanim C.Ht on June 2, 2009 at 11:08pm

Great advice Antonio, that is another possibility :)

Doreen Cohanim C.Ht

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Permalink Reply by Antonio on June 2, 2009 at 11:59pm

You know, I just thought of something. When are her hands NOT sweaty?

Antonio said:

hmmm....This is just me...but I would say try something like "so you're sitting in my chair, listening to my words, feeling the temperature of the air on your skin, and maybe realizing that the sweat you feel on your hands from time to time are really tears of joy starting up knowing that you were meant to meet me...and that soon you will have this problem for the last time...."

Also, you could have them find a "control panel" in her mind that controls the sweating of her hands...

or even do some parts work on the part that causes the sweating.

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Permalink Reply by Doreen Cohanim C.Ht on June 3, 2009 at 12:19am

Wow, Antonio, you surprise me again, this is an excellent question...

Doreen Cohanim C.Ht

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Permalink Reply by Antonio on June 3, 2009 at 12:46am

Yeah it had just struck me all of a sudden. For instance, what if she has dry hands while reading, or driving, or watching a funny movie? You could probably do some kind of submodality work on this...and or just anchor the feelings when she has dry hands, and amplify it a bit then future pace her to an event where she would normally 'clam up'. Or this could just be a kind of hypnotic "band-aid", and she could do some kind of work on the root cause...But after all, if it works, it works. Who knows, maybe this wetness of the hands could manifest itself in another area? Her husband may not dis-agree to this :D

Doreen Cohanim C.Ht said:

Wow, Antonio, you surprise me again, this is an excellent question...

Doreen Cohanim C.Ht

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Permalink Reply by Julia Mueller on June 3, 2009 at 8:11am

Doreen and Antonio,
Thank you so much for your instant replies. I am new to Hypno-Thoughts and it has already proven to be an incredible resource. I just tapped in to your "back and forth" conversation and it has me flowing with ideas and posibilities. You have no idea how much I appreciate you both and your efforts. This is great! I hope to stay in touch with you for I can really appreciate your thought process. Hypnosis sure does allow and necessitate creativity and tapping in to others creativity is refreshing.
Julia

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Permalink Reply by Henxy on June 7, 2009 at 11:08am

Is this medically-diagnosed hyperhidrosis, or an internet diagnosis?!

The origins of hyperhidrosis are so medically-based that I would be sure to have medical involvement before I attempted to resolve the problem. Anxiety can exacerbate symptoms, but the client already has hyperhidrosis.

Is it symptom control or cure the client is after?

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Permalink Reply by Julia Mueller on June 7, 2009 at 11:24am

Thank you for your reply Henxy. I told my client that I felt that I needed a Dr.'s referral before dealing with hyperhidrosis. She got very upset and said that she refused to go back to the doctor saying that she already had and all they wanted to do was give her drugs and wanted to give her "painful shots".She is adamant about not going that route. She is hoping that I will work with her despite this? How do you feel about simply approaching this from a stress management angle? She originally told me that she had stress management issues and consequently got agitated easily in every day life.

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Permalink Reply by Henxy on June 7, 2009 at 12:53pm

Hi Julia,
What was your client wanting the dr to do for her? 'Magic' away the problem? Chemical and surgical sympathectomies are the treatments for hyperhidrosis.
Interestingly, though. Many patients don't like to hear that there's a psychological element to their condition. Here, you seem to have a client who is the opposite. Refusing a sympathectomy of any sort at any stage is possibly not helpful. She is putting an awful lot of faith in, and pressure on, you to provide the total answer to her problem. What will she do when she finds that HT hasn't entirely 100% resolved the hyperhidrosis? Will that make you a 'rubbish' HT? Will ALL HTs be rubbish? Will HT be rubbish and ineffective for all problems?
I think you need to establish some rules and expectations with her about what is possible or even likely as a result of HT, whilst being positive about all the benefits of HT. She sounds like she may fixate on binaries of 'good' and 'bad', and make judgements based on her inner issues.
Nearly every one of us could benefit from relaxation and stress management, but I would be wary of acting instead of her dr for hyperhidrosis, so I would make that clear to her when treating her.
Good luck!

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Permalink Reply by Julia Mueller on June 7, 2009 at 1:11pm

Henxy,
I completely hear and agree with what you are saying. I spoke with her regarding dealing with her stress related issues as opposed to treating hyperhidrosis. I informed her that without having a doctor's referral I did not feel comfortable working with her in dealing directly with hyperhidrosis. We will be having a more in depth conversation this week. I very much appreciate your input. What is your background? You sound like you may have a medical background?

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Permalink Reply by Pattie Freeman CH.t, MST on June 7, 2009 at 3:49pm

well this is similar to people who sweat when they get nervous like facial sweat..palms ..I myself never had a client with this issue..but I am wanting to know more for those who have experienced this..I have had people that sweat excessively which we had to do calming relaxation techniques...

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