Marie Element DipCH MAHA (Fellow) HCA, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Counsellor and EFT Practitioner.
Huffington Post has a report of huge meta study covering 70,000 patients world wide, conducted by Australian researchers, It shows that moderate exercise reduced cancer-specific mortality by up to 44 percent, all-cause mortality by up to 48 percent and cancer recurrence by up to 35 percent. This is both remarkable and exciting. Here we have a low…
Here ** is a link to a study of using Hypnosis with Children that describes the long history of using hypnosis to achieve highly successful outcomes with children. Kids today really have a lot to deal with. There are pressures to perform at school, in after school activities such as sports and arts, in the area of…
* Gerrard Sunnan MD has written an extremely comprehensive paper covering various aspects of how the mind relates to skin health and how hypnosis can help with skin disorders. . . Psyche and skin are connected, and in this relationship, mental stressors can aggravate and even give rise to skin pathologies. On the other…
Here is an extract from an article published by Olafur S. Palsson, Psy.D. Associate Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill, explaining why hypnosis is so effective in the treatment of even long standing gut pain problems. [1]. . . In recent years, the effects of gastrointestinal functioning and GI symptoms have been studied extensively.…
Here is an excerpt from an article published in ACTA Paediatrica Hypnotherapy: an effective treatment modality for trichotillomania* This study describes a non-pharmacological treatment modality for children with trichotillomania. Three children with trichotillomania were treated using a hypnotherapy technique. All patients were observed in the outpatient clinic for 8 consecutive weeks and subsequently followed for…
Following is an abstract of a paper describing research into the effectiveness of Hypnosis in reducing anxiety and discomfort associated with surgery. Psychological approaches during conscious sedation. Hypnosis versus stress reducing strategies: a prospective randomized study* Stress reducing strategies are useful in patients undergoing surgery. Hypnosis is also known to alleviate acute and chronic pain.…
Hypnosis can be a highly effective treatment for the bowel disorder IBS. Studies involving a total of 346 patients conducted by researchers at The Sahlgrenska Academy of the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, showed that hypnotherapy alleviated symptoms in 40 per cent of those affected — and that the improvement is long-term. Around 15 per cent…
Pain that persists for longer than 6 months is referred to as chronic pain (Keefe, 1982). Unrelieved chronic pain can cause considerable suffering, physical limitations, and emotional distress (Turk, 1996). Further, chronic pain is one of the most common reasons for seeking medical care but often persists despite treatment with analgesics and physical modalities. For…
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…