UK Hypnosis Discussion Forum

Re: IBS hypnotherapy workshops?

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:30:36 GMT

by Gianna De Salvo.

Only thing I'm confused about is where the November meeting is being held. In one email I received it said London and on their site it says Watford. I've tried ringing them but haven't gotten a response yet.

Gianna

Re: IBS hypnotherapy workshops?

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:34:16 GMT

by Jon Robinson.

Thank you Gianna! That's exactly what I was looking for.

-Jon

Re: IBS hypnotherapy workshops?

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:10:07 GMT

by Gianna De Salvo.

There's a certificate course in IBS coming up in November through the Academic of Clinical and Medical Hypnosis.

More information can be found at this link: http://www.ukhypnotherapy.org/cpd.php

Gianna

IBS hypnotherapy workshops?

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:59:37 GMT

by Jon Robinson.

A quick question to the site admin;

Is there any chance of the UKCHH doing an IBS workshop at some point? If not, does anyone know of any good IBS courses/workshops? I only found a couple myself and they all seemed a bit Freudian.

Regards,

Jon

Re: Hypnotherapy documentary

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:41:54 GMT

by Rachel Karafistan.

Nice find Jon...

Hypnotherapy documentary

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:37:35 GMT

by Jon Robinson.

Hi all, I stumbled upon this 6-part documentary on Youtube the other night....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut90zpURJU8&feature=related

There are a couple of things that were interesting; firstly, a study was done with a highly hypnotisable subject, who was told to imagine a black and grey pattern was actually in colour... while he was doing so, his brain activity was monitored. What was interesting is that a small part of his visual cortex was 'lit-up'.

In part 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGA8YFBwu0g&feature=related - a brain scan is done to examine whether or not the placebo response differs from a hypnotic state before a pain stimulus was given.

I found the results of this interesting, but haven't been able to locate the actual study, so I don't know how legit it is... perhaps someone else has come across it?

Be warned, there is a pretty gruesome scene in part five of a woman having her front teeth removed...

-Jon

Re: Sleep problems

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:02:25 GMT

by Donald Robertson.

Trevor, these are probably compulsive rituals, and if the problem meets other criteria and is severe enough it's possible this client has OCD rather than a primary diagnosis of sleep disorder. Primary insomnia is one of the simplest problems to treat with success in clinical trials of standard CBT packages around 70-80% - which is extremely high.

For an excellent summary of evidence-based practice in cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy for sleep disorders, see the book below, online at Google books,

http://books.google.com/books?id=ovorci0UFGoC&lpg=PA333&ots=PuGysFU1Ln&dq=robin%20chapman%20hypnosis&pg=PA295#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Re: Hypnosis and Diabetes

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:57:46 GMT

by Donald Robertson.

See Devin Hastings article below, I think NCH also have a DVD of him talking at their conference about diabetes, which they sell for about £10.

http://www.mindbodyhypnosis.com/diabetes%20article.htm

See the abstract from IJCEH below...

Xu, Yuan & Cardeña, Etzel (2008).

Hypnosis as an Adjunct Therapy in the Management of Diabetes.

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 56 (1), 63-72. Retrieved October 19, 2009, from

http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/00207140701673050

Although diabetes is one of the most serious global health problems, there is no real cure yet for it. The conventional insulin treatment programs aimed at life quality improvement do not take into account the psychological aspects of the disease. Because diabetes has important psychological components, it seems reasonable to consider hypnosis as an adjunct therapy for diabetes. This paper examines the empirical literature on the effectiveness of hypnosis in the management of diabetes, including regulation of blood sugar, increased compliance, and improvement of peripheral blood circulation. Despite some methodological limitations, the literature shows promising results that merit further exploration. Multimodal treatments seem especially promising, with hypnosis as an adjunct to insulin treatments in the management of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes for stabilization of blood glucose and decreased peripheral vascular complications.

Sleep problems

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:22:17 GMT

by Trevor Garrens.

I have been asked by a friend if I could help his partner, resolve her sleep problems. The lady concerned displays various night time rituals, waking at various times, spending to much time closing doors and playing with doors in general (only after first having gone to bed), over stimulation of thoughts, a habit of straightening the bed covers and finally the lady concerned always wears thick pyjamas and t-shirt and socks even in the middle of summer.

As far as I am aware she believes the problems started when she was at University, due to extremem stress and anxiety to do well in her degree. Any input or treatment packages, techniques would be very much appreciated. I have never had to help somebody with a sleep problem and have little informaton on doing so.

Yours sincerely

Trevor Garrens

Hypnosis and Diabetes

Wed, 20 May 2009 15:13:37 GMT

by Sally Cawte.

I understand that hypnosis can be used to help control diabetes. Has anyone tried this or know of any articles on the efficacy of this? Also, a recent development for control of diabetes is a low-carb diet. Is it possible to use aversion therapy to stop eating carbs, and is this safe because you should have some carbohydrate intake?