Hypnotherapy could help with eating disorders
An article over at Natural News highlights how hypnotherapy could be used to help treat bulimia.
The psychological nature of bulimia, and indeed any eating disorder, means that hypnotherapy may be beneficial when dealing with this problems, particularly issues like low self esteem, low self confidence and negative body image.
Several studies have taken place where hypnotherapy has been used to help treat bulimia, and the results were successful. The combination of relaxation and positive ideas used helped changed thoughts in the subconscious of the patient, and change their ideas of thinking about food and themselves.
The article calls for more research to be done into using alternative therapy as a treatment for eating disorders to tackle the psychological rather than physical symptoms.