Hypnotherapy in Overcoming Animal Phobia at Graha Hipnotherapy Metro Lampung

Published date: Jul 15 2025

Journal Title: KnE Social Sciences

Issue title: The International Conference on Da'wah & Communication 2024 (ICDComm 2024)

Pages: 314 - 324

DOI: 10.18502/kss.v10i14.19098

Estu Kurnianingtiyasestutiyas11@gmail.comUniversitas Islam Negeri Raden Intan Lampung

Risna RogameliaUniversitas Islam Negeri Raden Intan Lampung

How is the process of hypnotherapy in overcoming animal phobia at Graha Hipnoterapi Metro Lampung? This study aims to determine the process of hypnotherapy in overcoming animal phobia at Graha Hipnoterapi Metro Lampung. It is a field research using a descriptive qualitative method, and informants a purposive sampling technique. The primary data source is based on the results of interviews with therapists, there were 7 clients who experienced animal phobia but the researcher only took 2 clients consisting of 1 client with grasshopper phobia and 1 client with cat phobia at Graha Hipnoterapi Metro Lampung. Secondary data sources are books, journals, theses, recordings, photos, and other internet sources. Data collection techniques included interviews, observations, and documentation. Data analysis techniques include data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results of the study showed that the stages of the hypnotherapy process for clients with animal phobia at Graha Hipnoterapi Metro Lampung include five steps, namely: starting with pre-induction where the therapist builds rapport or builds trust with the client, identifies the client’s problems and determines the goals to be achieved in the hypnotherapy process. Then, induction, where the process of the client with animal phobia is made to relax from beta, alpha, and theta to enter a deeper trance. Afterwards, deepening, which makes the client more focused than before by making him very comfortable with the current situation. Then hypnotic suggestion to provide suggestions to the client to recover or change as expected. The final step is termination, namely to normalize the client’s condition as before without deleting the suggestions that have been implanted in the client’s subconscious mind.

Keywords: hypnotherapy, animal phobia

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