Migrane

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Permalink Reply by Roy Hunter on February 3, 2010 at 5:00pm

Hi Gus,

First of all, I would require a medical referral before working with a client for headaches. (That would be very wise legally in the US, and probably most countries.) The reason is that pain is a warning that something is wrong with the body, and the cause needs to be diagnosed. If the pain was caused by a tumor or internal bleeding, etc., masking the pain could be dangerous to the client.

That being said, if you have the referral, then teach him about establishing a peaceful place. If he is unable to enter hypnosis because of other noises, you might wish to provide him a CD to listen to in the privacy of his own space. Also, you may wish to refer him to an article on my website:
http://www.royhunter.com/articles/mental_vacation.htm

After he learns to use self-hypnosis or meditation to reduce the severity of his headaches, then ask the subconscious whether there is a subconscious cause. If so, then parts therapy is a good way to find out what is going on.

From experience, I can tell you that learning self-hypnosis was a GOD-SEND for me! From first grade through age 35, headaches were a way of life for me...two or three migraines per month, with one or two regular headaches each week. For me, learning the "peaceful place meditation" was a life changing event. If I either lose a lot of sleep or get overloaded on stress, I can still get a headache...but only a fraction of those in the past. Also, I only get two or three migraines per year rather than per month.

Yes...hypnosis works on headaches; but get the medical referral first for both your protection and your client's protection.

Roy Hunter, Ph.D., FAPHP
www.royhunter.com

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Permalink Reply by Gus on February 3, 2010 at 7:02pm

Excellent advice...thanks Roy

Roy Hunter said:

Hi Gus,

First of all, I would require a medical referral before working with a client for headaches. (That would be very wise legally in the US, and probably most countries.) The reason is that pain is a warning that something is wrong with the body, and the cause needs to be diagnosed. If the pain was caused by a tumor or internal bleeding, etc., masking the pain could be dangerous to the client.

That being said, if you have the referral, then teach him about establishing a peaceful place. If he is unable to enter hypnosis because of other noises, you might wish to provide him a CD to listen to in the privacy of his own space. Also, you may wish to refer him to an article on my website:
http://www.royhunter.com/articles/mental_vacation.htm

After he learns to use self-hypnosis or meditation to reduce the severity of his headaches, then ask the subconscious whether there is a subconscious cause. If so, then parts therapy is a good way to find out what is going on.

From experience, I can tell you that learning self-hypnosis was a GOD-SEND for me! From first grade through age 35, headaches were a way of life for me...two or three migraines per month, with one or two regular headaches each week. For me, learning the "peaceful place meditation" was a life changing event. If I either lose a lot of sleep or get overloaded on stress, I can still get a headache...but only a fraction of those in the past. Also, I only get two or three migraines per year rather than per month.

Yes...hypnosis works on headaches; but get the medical referral first for both your protection and your client's protection.

Roy Hunter, Ph.D., FAPHP
www.royhunter.com

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Permalink Reply by Bruce Taylor C.Ht on February 3, 2010 at 7:08pm

Absolutley what Roy advised, get a medical referral.

I have worked with a migrane my wife had and have not worked with migranes because of possible issues since. I helped my wife relieve her discomfort one night while experiencing a migrane early in my studies. She use to get them quite often. I read about someone that removed a headache and I wanted to experiment when I was just starting out and practicing on anyone with a pulse. I asked her if she wanted to remove her discomfort and she said yes, very much. After she was in trance, I asked her to take her attention to her discomfort and raise her right index finger when she had done that. I then asked her to give it a color and again raise her right finger when this was done. She gave it the color green. I asked her to gather up that green discomfort up into a little ball. Once she had done that I had her start moving it down from her head, through her neck, down through her shoulder, down her arm and into her hand. Once in her hand I asked her to give it to me. I then acted as though I was taking it and put it into the toilet and flushed it. I went back to her and emerged her. She was amazed that her headache was gone. I have since taught her self hypnosis and she has not had a migrane since that night. I would not say that doing what I did solved her headache issue longterm. I think that the self hypnosis and some other things we have worked on have helped her. After I had studied for sometime I realized that as Roy put it, there could of been some sort of issue causing the headache. Since then I have only helped with temporary relief of discomfort with clients if they are not seeing and being treated by a doctor. I also do not relieve discomfort completely and explain it to the client that they need to see a doctor if they have not already for issues that could be responsible for that discomfort.

That is my two cents and Love to hear from Roy as he is far more experienced than I.

Bruce Taylor

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Permalink Reply by Roy Hunter on February 3, 2010 at 9:02pm

Charles Tebbetts worked with a man who suffered from migraines in the class back in the 1980's. He had taken several prescribed medications over the years without success. When Tebbetts worked with him, he quickly found out that there was a subconscious cause for the problem.

Parts therapy revealed that a part of him was a workaholic, while the part causing the headaches wanted him to slow down and take some time off...so the headaches forced him to slow down.

The session was successful, and the former student sent Charlie a letter a year later to let him know of his success!

Roy Hunter

Bruce Taylor C.Ht said:

Absolutley what Roy advised, get a medical referral.

I have worked with a migrane my wife had and have not worked with migranes because of possible issues since. I helped my wife relieve her discomfort one night while experiencing a migrane early in my studies. She use to get them quite often. I read about someone that removed a headache and I wanted to experiment when I was just starting out and practicing on anyone with a pulse. I asked her if she wanted to remove her discomfort and she said yes, very much. After she was in trance, I asked her to take her attention to her discomfort and raise her right index finger when she had done that. I then asked her to give it a color and again raise her right finger when this was done. She gave it the color green. I asked her to gather up that green discomfort up into a little ball. Once she had done that I had her start moving it down from her head, through her neck, down through her shoulder, down her arm and into her hand. Once in her hand I asked her to give it to me. I then acted as though I was taking it and put it into the toilet and flushed it. I went back to her and emerged her. She was amazed that her headache was gone. I have since taught her self hypnosis and she has not had a migrane since that night. I would not say that doing what I did solved her headache issue longterm. I think that the self hypnosis and some other things we have worked on have helped her. After I had studied for sometime I realized that as Roy put it, there could of been some sort of issue causing the headache. Since then I have only helped with temporary relief of discomfort with clients if they are not seeing and being treated by a doctor. I also do not relieve discomfort completely and explain it to the client that they need to see a doctor if they have not already for issues that could be responsible for that discomfort.

That is my two cents and Love to hear from Roy as he is far more experienced than I.

Bruce Taylor

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Permalink Reply by Pattie Freeman CH.t, MST on February 3, 2010 at 11:12pm

I agree with Roy also..now since I get migranes I know the feeling if you have some hypnotic music I would maybe suggest if he had the headache while in session/ before session I would play it for a few minutes and dim the lights...then give him alittle time to relax and then start the hyposis.
Even thou it might be a migrane..I know how they feel...some time in a dinly lit room and quiet music with deep breathing techniques can relax the client and get them ready to get hypnotized.

Just a suggeation! hope this helps.....

Pattie

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Permalink Reply by Roy Hunter on February 4, 2010 at 11:03am

One additional comment regarding lighting. If there are any florescent lights in the room, turn them off. On the rare occasions that I still get a migrane, I am unable to tolerate florescent lighting even through closed eylids. (My eyelids are rather thin.) As Pattie said, dim lighting is best.

Roy

Pattie Freeman Ch.t, said:

I agree with Roy also..now since I get migranes I know the feeling if you have some hypnotic music I would maybe suggest if he had the headache while in session/ before session I would play it for a few minutes and dim the lights...then give him alittle time to relax and then start the hyposis.
Even thou it might be a migrane..I know how they feel...some time in a dinly lit room and quiet music with deep breathing techniques can relax the client and get them ready to get hypnotized.

Just a suggeation! hope this helps.....

Pattie

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Permalink Reply by Karena on February 4, 2010 at 11:43am

I will suggest self hypnosis to some one who works for me as she suffers from migranes.
Thanks for sharing.
Karena

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Permalink Reply by Richard Craig on February 4, 2010 at 1:30pm

Hi Gus,

There are already some great suggestions here. Here are a few more for you to consider.

If you do not have a medical referral, then at the very least you should ask if your client has seen an MD, and recommend that they do so.

Nutrition is often a key factor and something your client should look at.

Use conversational hypnosis. Give your client some direct and indirect suggestions without inducing trance. If your client comes to you and has a headache or migraine at the time, he/she may be uncomfortable with a formal induction.

Use EFT to neutralise the headache then follow up with your script. (www.emofree.com)

A great technique (for any pain management) is the control room, and using a sliding scale to turn down the pain/headache.

Richard

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Permalink Reply by Kelley Woods on February 4, 2010 at 1:47pm

I found this, http://www.faqs.org/faqs/medicine/migraine/natural-cures/ , quite informative, especially the sections on biofeedback and nutritional approaches for migraine.


Kelley

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Permalink Reply by Richard Craig on February 4, 2010 at 1:57pm

Thanks Kelley,

This is a great resource, and reminded me about using acupressure.

The most effective points are:
1. pressing hard between thumb and index finger for between 1 - 2 minutes.
2. very lightly touching between the eyes. (this can also be used as a silent induction to induce trance)

Richard

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Permalink Reply by Karena on February 5, 2010 at 11:05am

I use TFT which I find good too, I had stopped it for a while but will start again with P.
I have always found it has such a calming effect.
Karena.

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Permalink Reply by Joshua Johnston on February 5, 2010 at 2:17pm

I would talk to Melissa Roth, as she specializes in migraines. I took a workshop with her a while back and she taught a useful technique to quickly lower the pain of a migraine so that you can hypnotize the client. If she doesn't chime in here, I'll post again with a brief description of the technique as I remember it.

Joshua

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