Marie Element DipCH MAHA (Fellow) HCA, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Counsellor and EFT Practitioner.
Performance anxiety is a common problem among both amateur and professional performers. It occurs much more often among those who already tend to be anxious, and can best be understood as a kind of social phobia. While some form of tension is important for a dynamic live performance, negative self talk and a sense of panic…
Morning sickness can be both debilitating for the mother to be and potentially harmful to the developing baby. And as a mother of three grown children, I can vouch for how unpleasant morning sickness can be. A number of studies have shown a link between chronic morning sickness and reduced foetal activity and lower birth…
A number of studies show that around 10 percent of men experience erectile dysfunction, also known as impotence. The condition can involve a total inability to achieve an erection or happen inconsistently or for only a few minutes. Hypnosis can be effective in treating this condition, provided that the range of possible physical causes have first been…
There are many children’s problems that hypnotherapy can help with. And, the great thing is that children are usually excellent hypnotic subjects. They have such wonderful imaginations that you can induce the hypnotic state easily and rapidly by getting them, for example, to imagine taking off in a space craft or taking part in their…
The skin is a mirror of the inner self, and we frequently use phrases which reflect this: ‘getting under your skin’, ‘thin skinned’, ‘thick skinned’, ‘itching to do something’ for example. These all reflect the fact that it is recognised as a measure of our vulnerability. We use these phrases without thinking about them. It…
Breast cancer takes a huge toll on a woman’s emotional and psychological health. The uncertainty of a diagnosis and punishing rounds of chemotherapy and radiation often result in chronic fatigue and anxiety. Most cancer centers provide talk therapy and more traditional forms of psychological counseling to help women in treatment manage the emotional impact of…
This study*, published the medical journal Lancet in 2000, explored how hypnosis used in preparation for surgery might affect outcomes, in particular subsequent pain and anxiety levels. As you can see from the graphs, the results were dramatic to say the least. Where hypnosis was used, patients were far less anxious and experienced far less…
Presented on September 11, 2007, by Shelley Wiechman, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington. Dr. Wiechman discusses what hypnosis is, how it is used to treat pain, and what the research on hypnosis for treating pain shows so far. She reviews virtual reality and its use in improving hypnosis…
To date, few studies have explored the use of hypnosis in treatment of anxiety disorders (a class of conditions marked by frequent, excessive or irrational worrying often accompanies by physical symptoms). In a 2010 report from Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, researchers sized up the available research and found that hypnosis shows promise as a safe…
A paper entitled, “The Additive Benefit of Hypnosis and Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy in Treating Acute Stress Disorder“* describes the first controlled treatment study of hypnosis and cognitive–behavioral therapy (CBT) of acute stress disorder (ASD). Civilian trauma survivors (N . 87) who met criteria for ASD were randomly allocated to 6 sessions of CBT, CBT combined with hypnosis (CBT–hypnosis), or supportive…