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ThetaHealing® is a spiritual and alternative healing practice developed by Vianna Stibal in the 1995. It is based on the idea that a practitioner may enter a theta brainwave state, a deeply relaxed, meditative state, and use intention, visualization, and prayer to help identify and change limiting beliefs or promote emotional and “physical healing: Please, Consult with a Medical Doctor.”
The possible, basic idea
Practitioners believe that when the brain is in the theta frequency range roughly 4–8 Hz, a person may have greater access to:
The subconscious mind
Deeply held beliefs
Emotional memories
Intuition
Creativity and imagery
Spiritual experiences
A typical ThetaHealing® session may involve the practitioner guiding the client into relaxation and then exploring beliefs such as:
“I am not good enough.”
“I don’t deserve success.”
“People cannot be trusted.”
The practitioner may then use visualization, focused intention, or prayer to attempt to replace these beliefs with more positive ones.
What does science say?
“Please, Consult with a Medical Doctor.”
This may be an important distinction:
Theta brainwaves are real and may be associated with states such as drowsiness, meditation, relaxation, and some aspects of memory processing.
However, the broader claims that could be made by ThetaHealing®, especially claims of direct physical healing, accessing universal information, or supernatural abilities, may or may not be established by strong scientific evidence, “Please, Consult with a Medical Doctor.”
Some people may nevertheless find the practice subjectively helpful because of factors also found in meditation, hypnosis, guided imagery, expectancy, emotional support, and the therapeutic relationship.
ThetaHealing® vs. Hypnosis
They may look somewhat similar because both may involve relaxation and altered states of attention, but they are conceptually different:
ThetaHealing®
Spiritual/alternative healing system
May often include prayer and spiritual beliefs
Developed as a proprietary modality
Makes broader metaphysical claims
Clinical Hypnosis
Mental Health/Hypno-clinical intervention
May be entirely secular
May have a substantial scientific and Hypno-clinical literature
Typically focuses on attention, suggestion, imagery, and behavior change
Bottom line
ThetaHealing® is best understood as a spiritual, belief change, and meditation based alternative practice may not be an established medical or evidence based psychological treatment. Some individuals report meaningful personal experiences, but extraordinary healing claims should be approached critically and should not replace appropriate medical or mental health care.“Please, Consult with a Medical Doctor.“
Shervan K Shahhian
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