Marie Element DipCH MAHA (Fellow) HCA, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Counsellor and EFT Practitioner.
‘Hypnotherapy was used as the method of treatment in seventy-six cases of frigidity with seventy-two of them showing rather dramatic improvement, Direct hypnotic suggestion as well as hypnoanalysis were both used in securing these results. The effects of this treatment are presented in tabulation form, are discussed in detail and show hypnotherapy to be a very effective method of treatment.’ So begins a report…
As early as 1968 the British Medical Journal published details of a study conducted for the Research Committee of the British Tuberculosis Association* The study was an investigation of hypnosis in asthma among patients aged 10 to 60 years with paroxysmal attacks of wheezing or tight chest capable of relief by bronchodilators. “Independent clinical assessors considered…
Here is the last of three studies investigating the effectiveness of hypnotherapy in assisting with weight loss. Study 3* In this meta-analysis, (which is when researchers correlate the results of multiple studies), the results of the two studies in my last two posts and other studies were confirmed. In the studies of hypnosis versus no…
Here is an overview of the second of three studies I am posting that investigated the effectiveness of hypnotherapy in weight loss. Study 2* This study, published in the “Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,” investigated the effects of hypnosis in weight loss for 60 females at least 20% overweight and not involved in other…
Over the next three days, I will present three studies that show how effective Hypnotherapy is in helping clients to lose weight, and, more importantly, to keep it off. Here is the first one: Study One:* The first study, published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, divided 109 people into two groups for a 9-week…
Bed wetting, (Enuresis), is an extremely common problem in childhood, mostly experienced by boys. Eventually most children will grow out of it, although it does occasionally appear in adults as well. However, the period when a child has this problem, if left unattended, can last for several years; years that are critical to the formation…
A study published in the Delhi Psychiatry Journal in October 2011, compared the examination performance of ten children using a standardised anxiety testing instrument pre and post hypnotherapy intervention. Summarised, the results were: “Results: Pre test anxiety scores ranged from 80-92% among all the children while post test anxiety scores dropped to a range of 60-68…
Back in 1987, a follow up study conducted by the Department of Medicine University Hospital South Manchester to ensure that the highly successful result of an earlier study was not the result of the Placebo Effect. Results wee published in the After eighteen months, participants had all maintained the improvement level, with participants below 50…
“Hypnosis makes no claim that it can cure physical illness. Hypnosis simply has the ability to stimulate the human mind to it’s fullest potential to cure the body. Each person’s mind has the ability to make the condition better or worse. Depending on the given strength of that person’s mind and how advanced the medical…