Hypnotherapy versus CBT: October Research Snippet This month’s research snippet is about a very important treatment outcome study on public-speaking anxiety, a clinical trial comparing an established (evidence-based) CBT protocol for social phobia (social anxiety disorder) against the same protocol augmented by hypnosis, and a third (waiting list) control group. The study was published in …
Adele Uses Hypnosis for Phobia to Overcome Stage Fright Adele has turned to hypnoptherapy in an attempt to cure her stage fright, which has crippled the star during her career. The singer has reportedly been having treatment in LA with a hypnotherapist to help her conquer her stage fright, The Sun reports. The award-collecting …
Hypnosis Going Mainstream: Doctors Urged to Use Hypnosis to Alleviate Patient Pain During Some Procedures
A psychiatric researcher has called upon the United Kingdom’s medical regulatory body to add hypnotherapy to its list of approved treatments for a much wider variety of conditions, in a presentation at a joint conference of the joint conference of the Royal Society of Medicine, the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis and the …
Hypnotherapy helped Dido fight stage fright Los Angeles: Singer Dido says she had to undergo hypnotherapy to get rid of the fear of singing on stage. The 41-year-old, who has sung songs like "Here with me","Thank you" and "White flag" had reached a point in life where it was becoming difficult for her to sing, …
Kerry Katona uses hypnosis to battle her demons
Kerry Katona is supposedly taking hypnotherapy to help her to stay clear of drink and drugs. The Atomic Kitten has moved back north and is determined to maintain her new health lifestyle. Sources told the Daily Star Sunday that Kerry is undertaking hypnosis to help her to “stay clean”. A source is quoted as …
Past Lives
Oprah continues her Soul Series with the fascinating story of Miami psychiatrist Dr. Brian Weiss, author of Many Lives, Many Masters. Dr. Weiss, a Yale Medical School graduate, says he had always considered himself to be an academician—a pragmatic, “show me” kind of person who didn’t give much thought to anything spiritual or mystical. That …
Chantelle Houghton and the Hypnotherapist Unlucky in love Chantelle Houghton seems to have been charmed by a new man. The reality television star, who is pictured on a sunny holiday, is said to have been swept off her feet by a gorgeous Harley Street hypnotherapist. Chantelle, 29, met the handsome Dominic Knight on a trip …
Hypnosis helps cancer patients by allowing the use of local anesthesia — and may prevent metastasis
hypnosis just a trick of stage magicians or hocus pocus for gullible New Agers? Not according to new research just presented at the European Anesthesiology Congress in Amsterdam. Professor Fabienne Roelants and Dr. Christine Watremez, from the Department of Anesthesiology at the Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, UCL, in Brussels, Belgium, found, that by using a …
Use Hypnosis to Study Moral Judgment: The Role of Reason and Emotion
Many scientists and researchers often ponder the idea of moral philosophy. Where does moral judgment come from and how are the rules defined? Are moral judgments a result of reasoning through a particular situation or are they a result of an emotion and based on feelings? People can argue either position. However, recent studies have …
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Self-help books ‘treat depression’
Prescribing self-help books on the NHS is an effective treatment for depression, a study suggests. Patients offered books, plus sessions guiding them in how to use them, had lower levels of depression a year later than those offered usual GP care. The effect was seen in addition to the benefits of other treatments such as …