Hypnotherapy's Hidden Potential, Bernhard Tewes, HypnoBox

Future of Psychiatry! Innovations in Mental Health

In Episode 20 of the Future of Psychiatry Podcast, Bruce Bassi dives deep into the transformative power of hypnosis with our guest, Bernhard Tewes. A licensed hypnotherapist and founder of HypnoBox, Bernard shares his personal journey from battling burnout to discovering self-hypnosis as a powerful tool for overcoming addiction and sleep disorders.
Host: Bruce Bassi MD
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Chapters

1. Episode 20 (00:00:00)

2. intro (00:00:43)

3. What prompted you to get into hypnosis? (00:01:38)

4. Other methods of entering a 'trance' (00:08:10)

5. Hypnosis for weight loss (00:10:31)

6. How does hypnosis help you achieve clarity? (00:12:03)

7. How effective is it compared to in person hypnosis? (00:13:26)

8. Would hypnosis work for someone who couldn't do meditation? (00:16:30)

9. How Hypnobox was created? (00:19:04)

10. What were challenges in developing the Hypnobox app? (00:21:35)

11. What is the relationship between the app and the user? (00:24:44)

12. How can a therapist use hypnobox to augment their clinical care? (00:26:58)

13. AI and new tecnologies (00:28:24)

14. Getting more people to use hypnosis (00:30:45)

15. What are misconceptions of hypnosis? (00:32:28)

16. Personal changes after mastering the practice of self hypnosis (00:34:45)

17. Reflection on self-medication (00:37:53)

18. Self-medicating hypothesis of addiction (00:39:18)

19. Closure & final thoughts (00:41:27)