My friends asks;can hypnotherapy help my depression and social anxiety?

Question

She is reciveing psychiactric care and is on setraline. She has been topping herself up with sleeping tablets to make her feel more able to leave the house. Her key worker and I have both advised against this and she is looking for alternatives.

Any experience or professional knowlegde related to this would be apreciated.

Thank you

Answer 1

I do not know about hypnotherapy, but there is a good book that my therapist recomended.  It is called feeling good by david burns.

http://www.amazon.com/Feeling-Good-Thera...

Therapy is also effective for people.  She probably needs to go to a psychiatrist.  A psychiatrist can give her something for the anxiety other than the sleeping pills and make a proper diagnosis that a primary care doctor cannot.