Marie Element DipCH MAHA (Fellow) HCA, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Counsellor and EFT Practitioner.
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…
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…
Self-esteem means regarding yourself as valuable and deserving, treating yourself with respect, and feeling good about yourself. Self love, or unconditional positive self-regard, is a hallmark of emotional health. Perhaps the most important quality a parent can demonstrate and impart to a child is self-esteem. People with high self esteem have the ability to bounce…
Fear of public speaking is a phobia, an illogical state of mind, when we are overwhelmed by completely irrational fears. The fear of public speaking is, in fact, a trance-like hypnotic state, brought on by subconscious triggers. The best way to resolve the fear of public speaking is to use hypnosis to access the subconscious…
A hundred years ago, actually not even as far back as that, a great many soldiers who suddenly found themselves completely unable to go on fighting, or even functioning, were shot for cowardice. We’ve come a long way since then. We’ve begun to understand the condition we now know of as Post Traumatic Stress…
Many of us are collectors, and probably even more of us are surrounded by some degree of clutter. These are quite normal situations. But in some cases, the level of collecting can become a compulsive behavior, to the point where access to parts of the home are restricted by the sheer amount of stuff. At this…