Otto Learns About his Medicine by Matthew Gavin, Magination Press, New York, 1988. Medical hypnosis requires advanced studies during or after medical or mental health training. We can use hypnosis to help treat phobias, psychosomatic disorders, and anxiety. We also use hypnosis and visualization to augment psychotherapy in certain situations. We prefer not to use hypnosis for memory retrieval or legal cases.
Many people suffer from varying degrees of fall and winter depression.
This type of depression is often accompanied by sleep changes and weight gain. The medically supervised use of a bright light source , such as a light box, can often cause significant improvement. Light therapy is also sometimes used for other forms of depression and for pHs. If we feel that light therapy is indicated, we can often lend out one of our light boxes so that the individual can try one out for a month before deciding to buy one. Sometimes a primary care physician wishes to treat a behavioral problem in his own office.