If you have tried to quit smoking before and failed, you are not alone. Dr. Robin Mermelstein of the Institute for Health Research and Policy at the University of Illinois says it takes three to four attempts before people finally kick the habit. Bob talks with Dr. Mermelstein about the best ways to quit smoking …
It became one of the most famous television hook ups of all time – when Brendan Cole and Natasha Kaplinsky were rumoured to have danced their way to romance off-screen. But the claims left Brendan’s then-fiancée Camilla Dallerup so devastated that she required hypnosis and life coaching to get over the alleged betrayal. Camilla admitted …
New research indicates that hypnosis may be effective at mitigating stubborn cases of “irritable bowel syndrome,” a catch-all phrase used to describe moderate to severe abdominal pain that doesn’t seem to be caused by something specific. Several studies since the 1980s have linked “gut-directed” hypnosis to an easing of symptoms in some patients with IBS …
Read more Research backs an unconventional remedy for IBS: Hypnosis
My colleague, Chiara Marripodi, recently provided me some very interesting data on the effectiveness of hypnosis, as follows. It’s fascinating to consider the healing properties of what so many consider hocus pocus! The validity of therapeutic hypnosis as a complementary modality is becoming recognized, as studies prove brainwave activity changes with hypnotic depth. As we …
Read more Studies reveal the effectiveness of medical hypnosis
There is a lot still to be learned about emotions. Approximately 20 years ago, researchers were under the impression that emotions and feelings originated with the heart, not the brain. They also believed that emotions could not be measured with scientific research. In more recent years, researchers have found that emotions can play a major …
Patients with refractory irritable bowel syndrome indicated better illness-related quality of life after undergoing gut-directed group hypnotherapy in addition to medical treatment in a recent study.Researchers randomly assigned 100 adult patients with refractory IBS to receive either supportive talks with medical treatment (SMT, controls) or to undergo 10 weekly 45-minute sessions of gut-directed group hypnotherapy …
Read more Gut-directed group hypnotherapy improved quality of life in patients with IBS
Hypnotherapy probably has a stronger scientific evidence-base than most people realise. For example, a recent meta-analysis identified 57 good quality randomised controlled trials (RCTs), involving 1,829 participants, from a total of 444 studies examining the clinical efficacy of hypnosis, excluding “analogue” studies (Flammer & Bongartz, 2003). These researchers found that hypnosis had a “medium” (d=0.56) …
Read more Clinical research on cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy
Recent research conducted on the brain shows that hypnosis gives a person the ability to control the amygdala. The amygdala is a section of the brain that involves emotion, creativity, and memory. Hypnosis promotes mind-body interaction of this area of the brain. These findings have many implications in psychology and medical research. The amygdala is …
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 1997 and has been frequently-cited since …
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 popstar is set to perform her critically acclaimed James …