Efficacy Of Hypnotherapy as An Intervention to Reduce Stress: Literature Review

Abstract

Every human being has experienced a depressed condition commonly referred to as stress. Stress is a problem that arises due to an imbalance between demands and abilities so both physical and psychological disorders occur. This stress will appear when there is a burden on people that exceeds the existing conditions. One type of complementary therapy that can be used as an intervention in handling stress is hypnotherapy. Hypnotherapy is one of the proven and very effective methods to overcome stress. The purpose of this literature review is to determine the effectiveness of hypnotherapy as an intervention in reducing stress. The literature review method used is narrative review. The article search used PubMed databases. The article criteria used were articles about hypnotherapy to handle stress, the published year 2020-2025, English language, and full-text articles. Articles that have been sorted, analyzed, and presented in tabular form. The results of the review obtained 19 articles that fit the criteria. The results of the literature review showed that hypnotherapy is effective as an intervention to reduce stress. It is significant based on the statistical test results of each article, with p-values: 0.000; < 001; < 01; and < 0.02. In 19 of these articles using hypnotherapy techniques. Conclusion: Hypnotherapy is proven to be effective as an intervention to reduce stress.