Posted by The Therapist on 8/10/2010, 8:51 pm, in reply to "Re: Hypnosis"

I have had pauresis for 20 years. I recently qualified as a hypnotherapist and have also trained in CBT. (inc Social Anxiety). I find hypnotherapy excellent with phobias but its effect on pauresis is limited Before my training I would consider my pauresis varing from 80 -95% where 1 is not a problem and 100 is totally debilitating. Self hypnosis took it to 75-85% so little change. (I have never told any other therapist about it so can only do self hypnosis.) However in vitro exposure (visualisations in hypnosis) combined with gradually increasing difficulty in vivo exposure (real exposure)+ CBT took it down 5-15% over a few months. In particular the CBT experiments (like seeing how long you can stand there even though you dont want a pee)are very helpful in convincing your mind that nobody real cares whether you pee or not. So my verdict is hypnosis is only effective if integrated with gradual in vivo exposure + CBT. My recommendation is 1) Use this website 2) Find a CBT Practitioner 3) If the CBT Practitioner has hypnotherapy training it is a bonus but not a huge one. Im glad to say pauresis doesn't dominate my life anymore but I suspect there will always be some level of it. H

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