Marie Element DipCH MAHA (Fellow) HCA, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Counsellor and EFT Practitioner.
As we can see below, Hypnotherapy, or hypnosis, is a well researched, safe, side effect free way of treating Bulimia Nervosa. Griffiths treated bulimic patients with 4 weeks of behavioral therapy highlighting self-monitoring to establish healthy eating patterns, followed by 4 weeks of hypnotherapy to enhance self-control of bingeing and vomiting episodes. There was a…
Hypnotherapy or hypnosis has a long and successful history in treating anorexia nervosa. According to Baker and Nash (1987) and Nash and Baker (1993) hypnosis was introduced to anorectic patients as a means of gaining enhanced self-control associated with various opportunities for increased security and mastery. The induction techniques used were structured and permissive. Hypnotic…
Imagine all that goes into a great golf shot; how you stand with your feet a certain distance apart, how you pivot your foot, turn your hips, the angle of the club, where you focus your eyes, the length of arm extension and the arc of the swing, and finally the moment the club makes contact…
In an article in the IAIABC Journal Michael Ellner and Robert Aurbach report: “Hypnosis is an excellent intervention tool for the treatment of injured and ill workers with respect to learned helplessness, disability behavior and many of the physical and emotional symptoms experienced by injured workers. Assistance with stress and coping with external stressors, chronic…
Hypnosis for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has been studied extensively. A 1984 study in England showed significant benefits from hypnosis. Thirty patients with refractory IBS and severe symptoms were randomly assigned to 7 individual sessions of hypnotherapy or psychotherapy plus placebo pills. Although the psychotherapy group showed a small but significant improvement in some characteristics,…
The 1988 report of the US Surgeon General identified cigarette smoking as nicotine addiction. · The UK Royal College of Physicians also concluded that “nicotine is an addictive drug on par with heroin and cocaine, and that the primary purpose of smoking tobacco is to deliver a dose of nicotine rapidly to the brain.” * The…
A study published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings * had this to say about the use of hypnosis as an adjunct to chemotherapy treatment of cancers: “Chemotherapy often is associated with nausea and vomiting. Hypnosis has been studied for reducing these and other adverse effects. Children receiving chemotherapy who were assigned randomly to hypnosis had less anticipatory nausea…
Doctors and scientists from all over the world are proving the effectiveness of hypnosis for fertility and other reproductive challenges. NEW YORK (Reuters Health) –Women who are hypnotized before undergoing the transfer of an embryo by in-vitro fertilization (IVF), may be more likely to become pregnant, Israeli researchers report. Dr. Eliahu Levitas of Soroka University Medical Center…
There is a creeping epidemic spreading across our society. It’s mostly unseen; we hardly ever spot the symptoms, especially in a stranger. It makes our lives lives less pleasant; it dulls the once bright edge of our happiness. It poisons our relationships; it makes us less able. It’s slowly killing many of us. It’s called…
If you’ve ever blushed from embarrassment, you know that your skin can reflect what you’re feeling inside. It makes sense, then, that emotional trouble might show up as skin trouble. Although cause and effect can be difficult to pin down, considerable data suggest that at least in some people, stress and other psychological factors can…