Archive for March, 2010

Hypnotherapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome

March 20, 2010

See the 3/18/10 BBC article, “Hypnotherapy ‘can help’ irritable bowel syndrome.”

Here’s the opening paragraph:

Dr Roland Valori, editor of Frontline Gastroenterology, said of the first 100 of his patients treated, symptoms improved significantly for nine in 10. Read the whole article here.

ScienceDaily also carried the story on 3/18/10. See “Hypnotherapy eases irritable bowel syndrome symptoms, experts say.” Here’s the opening paragrah:

Hypnotherapy seems to be very effective for easing the distressing symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and in a goodly proportion of cases, clears up symptoms altogether, reveal experts during a wide ranging discussion of the condition in a Frontline Gastroenterology podcast. Read the whole article here.

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Writer tells how hypnotherapy helped her quit smoking

March 13, 2010

In her 3/9/10 article in the The Independent: “Clean Break: ‘How my habit went up in smoke,’” Charlotte Philby describes the hypnotherapy session that  helped her quit.

Here’s an excerpt:

To start us off, Shore wants me to tell her what it is I like about smoking, which is rather an extensive list. In fact, apart from having to stand outside pubs in the rain, I can’t think of one thing I don’t like – and in any case, I have an umbrella so I don’t even mind that bit too much. I don’t even resent the cost – which at £6.20 a packet, a minimum of one packet (20 fags) a day, and significantly more at weekends, amounts to a fair portion of my disposable income – because I genuinely believe that they make my life a little bit better. Read the whole article here.

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Tapping into the unconscious: Poet & Psychologist, Edward Bruce Bynum

March 13, 2010

As a hypnotherapist and writer who finds inspiration from hypnosis, dreams, and tarot cards, I was delighted to learn about poet and psychologist, Edward Bruce Bynum in Kelly Wehrele’s 3/12/10 article in the Amherst Bulletin: “An act of translation: Science, spirituality and a pig meet in psychologist’s poetry.”

I love this quote from Bynum:

“I remember Freud saying, Everywhere I go, I find some poet has been there before me,’ ” Bynum said. “I always think about that.”

The connection Bynum makes between psychology and creative work also influences his practice as a psychologist.

“I do a lot of work with hypnosis, dreams, behavioral medicine and biofeedback, which may not seem connected to poetry, but it is,” he said. “When we get physically ill, its not a logical process going on in our body – it’s more like a thick, living dream & even our physical symptoms can be very symbolic, symbiotic, and syllogistic.” Read the whole article here.

I just ordered his latest book of poetry, Chronicles of the Pig and Other Delusions (Lotus Press, 2010). Can’t wait!

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Hypnotherapy makes honorable mention in Psychology Today’s coolest interventions

March 13, 2010

See Ryan Howe’s 3/11/10 article, “The Ten Coolest Therapy Interventions, Honorable Mentions & Wrap up” in Psychology Today.

Hypnotherapy makes the honorable mention list, and many hypnotherapists utilize techniques from the top ten list in their sessions such as “The Empty Chair” and “Voice Dialogue.”

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