Acupuncture, hypnotherapy, homeopathy, they can t that role.
Alternative therapies such as acupuncture, aromatherapy and hypnotherapy are available at some centres, but as yet have been subject to little evaluation.
Aromatherapy, hypnotherapy the last three decades, where demand, in the form of and acupuncture show marked falls in use.
The chapters dealing with the various modalities of psychotherapy (including hypnotherapy) are uneven in quality, reflecting the extent to which such treatments have been evaluated in clinical practice.
In fact this is something of a worry, as can be seen from surveys showing doctors giving hypnotherapy and acupuncture with no training whatever.
We welcome, however, the efforts of reputable training institutes in hypnotherapy, as in other areas of complementary therapy, to develope standards of training, voluntary registration and certification of hypnotherapists.
Hypnotherapy is, in some cases, already provided in the national health service as an adjunct to other treatment by doctors, dentists, psychologists and other health care professionals.
Hypnotherapy has also helped with nightmares and sleep terrors.
