Comments on: ADHD ADD & Hypnosis Treatment – Interview with Dr. Nancy Irwin

By: Bert Lippel

Bert Lippel — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:57:00 +0000

Are you in practice in Los Angeles?
If not could you recommend someone with your experience in the LA area?
I need a referral for a 17-year old boy with ADD.
Thanks!

Bert

By: Vicki

Vicki — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:24:39 +0000

I have ADD and cannot quiet my mind enough to get hypnotized. I have tried several times with therapists. Plus listening to various self-hypnosis audios. Is there something I can do?

By: jeanette papp

jeanette papp — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:03:57 +0000

This information is very enlightening after dealing with an ADHD/OCD son who has seen wilderness programs, inpatient, residential treatment for substance abuse. Anything to “rest” he says.
We live in Houston. Does anyone know of a qualified hypnotherapist/specializing in ADHD in Houston?
Would love names.j

By: Johnclave

Johnclave — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:08:36 +0000

ADHD is a psychiatric disorder that is mainly found in children Adolescents and adult ADHD tend to develop coping mechanisms to compensate for some or all of their impairments Medications are not recommended for preschool children as their long-term effects in such young people are unknown this medication has some side effects that is nicely

By: Wendy Harris

Wendy Harris — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 06:23:47 +0000

I would love to learn more. My 22 yr old son has struggled with adhd and we need to find something that will work so he can be self sufficient and hold a job.

By: Lic

Lic — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:04:36 +0000

If I read this correctly, what you’re saying is that hypnosis offers nothing for the condition. It helps the client with the feelings that have arisen from ADHD, but not with ADHD itself.

By: Karina

Karina — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:46:08 +0000

I can definetly see how ADHD and Autism are connected or as PHD’s like to say on the same spectrum. I still believe that Autism and ADHD are the same just a little less of the symptoms or increase in function-ability(if that is a word). I can see that ADHD people seem to be more able to empathize or better yet, have the ability to see peoples intentions or thoughts by sensing their moods. But, I have to be honest. A lot of the time, I just skip over peoples feelings and don’t care much, if they are people I feel are ignorant about the situation or topic at hand. So, I wonder if those with less functioning Autism just feel this way all the time?

By: ibmama2

ibmama2 — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:10:08 +0000

Thanks for the clarification, Bryan, and the opportunity to explain more:)

I mean both what you mention (‘include specific words and phrases’) and sometimes explicitly writing the trance together. In this way the client knows what will be said, word for word, and how come I, the hypnotherapist, uses those words and phrases in the trance.

When people have been abused or subject to extreme forms of control, language has been used to manipulate them. So I can offer this transparency and it does absolutely nothing to lessen the power of the trance. In some cases we choose to co-create a ‘script’ that the client can record on a CD with their own voice, thus taking total control of the process.

Hope that is clearer now.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:14:29 +0000

Thanks for the added information ibmama2! Very interesting mention about co-writing the trance – I interpret that to mean that when going for treatment, the therapist will structure the session to the person’s needs and the person can have specific needs included into the actual hypnosis, to include specific words and phrases? Makes sense to me.

Thanks for the information!

Bryan

By: ibmama2

ibmama2 — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:44:02 +0000

I have AD/HD and am also a hypnotherapist, so I am delighted to see this article acknowledging the power of hypnotherapy. I have definitely experienced, both in myself and others, the ready ‘ability’ to quickly absorb self in trance & effectively use hypnotic work.

My experience is that many AD/HDers have such ‘busy minds’ that they prefer utilizing a CD vs self-hypnosis (although, one can say that “all hypnosis is self-hypnosis”, since hypno requires a willing person), but I would note that some clients prefer co-writing the trance – particularly those who have been subject to unfair control or abuse.

I hope that Nancy Irwin will continue to talk about her work utilizing hypno with AD/HD treatment and ‘entrance’ readers to use this wonderful tool, particularly when other interventions have not proved as useful as they might like.