Hypnotherapy and its Role on Boys with Nocturnal Enuresis

A study published in The Journal of Norwegian Medical Association found that hypnotherapy has a positive effect on children who experience problems with Nocturnal Enuresis. Nocturnal Enuresis is another name for bedwetting, which most frequently occurs in children.

Hypnotherapy has been tested on subjects to show that, with the help of hypnotherapy, they were able to almost completely stop wetting their beds. A study appeared in The Journal of Norwegian Medical Association about using hypnotherapy to treat patients with chronic nocturnal enuresis.

The study consisted of 12 boys ranging in age from 8 to 16. All of the boys had been diagnosed with primary nocturnal enuresis and four were also diagnosed with diurnal enuresis (daytime accidental urination). All 12 reported an average of 0 (zero) dry nights per week.

The boys had between 2 and 8 hypnotherapy sessions as part of the study. Two follow-ups were performed at 3 months and one year intervals after the hypnotherapy sessions. During both follow-ups, 9 out of the 12 participants reported 7 out of 7 dry nights per week.