Marie Element DipCH MAHA (Fellow) HCA, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Counsellor and EFT Practitioner.
Allergic or hypersensitivity reactions usually are not believed to be psychosomatic and thus are generally considered as unable to be influenced by suggestion. These highly complex reactions involve IgE antibodies, activation of mast cells and basophils, and release of chemical mediators of inflammatory and immune responses. Some early literature suggested that many allergies might have an emotional basis and thus be treatable…
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 study 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 and vomiting…
People who are self confident and self-assured tend to be those who are naturally sociable, who achieve success in their chosen profession or career and who take full advantage of all opportunities that come their way in life. People are attracted to confident people and enjoy spending time in their company: they tend to be…
Health anxiety refers to the experience of thinking that there may be a threat to your health, which consequently triggers your health anxiety response. While we may think and worry about any number of health related issues, some of the more common health anxietyrelated fears include having or developing cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, a mental illness…
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…
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…
It is important to understand that the nicotine addiction is not the main problem in stopping smoking. Nicotine can be out of your system in as little as three to four days. With this in mind, one might ask why it is that people can give up smoking for one, two or maybe three months…
A panic attack is an episode of extreme anxiety, with high levels of fear or discomfort, which can come upon you quite suddenly and usually has its peak within 10 minutes. During the attack, several of the following symptoms will be present. • Palpitations, pounding heart, or rapid heart rate • Sweating • Trembling and…
Emotional Freedom Technique, (EFT), is a powerful tool that can achieve results surprisingly easily. It’s simple to teach and once shown how to do it, a person can use EFT to treat many different conditions. In recent years, the US military via the Department of Veterans Affairs has sponsored a study of EFT as a…