The effectiveness of cognitive hypnosis therapy on women's sexual desire and body image.

Body image and sex desire are among the most important psychological issues for women.The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive hypnosis therapy on body image and marital satisfaction of women. This research was quasi-experimental design with pre-test-post-test-follow-up and control group. The statistical population of the study included women suffered from body image and sexual dissatisfaction who attended Babolsar Eltiam counseling center in 2021.From this population, 22 people  selected by available samoling method and then were randomly selected  into experimental and control gropups (each included 11 people). Littleton Body Image Scale (BICI) and Meston & Trapnell Sex Satisfaction Scale(SSSW), were the research instruments. The experimental group received cognitive hypnotherapy weekly for 11 sessions of 90 minutes, while the control group did not receive any training The results of  analysis of covariance illustrated that cognitive hypnosis therapy was effective in increasing sex desire(F -19/54 P <0.001) and improving body image (F = 8.962 P < 0.005) in women. It was concluded that the method of cognitive hypnosis therapy can increase accuracy, concentration, and awareness through eliminating misconceptions and consequently increase sex desire and improve women's body image. and it is recommended to be used as therapeutic method.