When you think of hypnotherapy you might imagine a swinging pendulum and a spooky trance. But hypnotherapy has been gaining popularity for problems like smoking cessation, anxiety and weight loss.Now ...

Based on my experiences as a pediatrician who has used clinical hypnosis for much of my career, I believe therapy with hypnosis should be an essential tool in the kit of every medical health care ...

For many people, hypnosis is best known as a party trick or a bit of entertainment: A hypnotist on stage asks for a volunteer who undergoes hypnosis, then, at a snap of the hypnotist’s fingers, the ...

Hypnosis for pain management, anxiety and behavioral disorders Medical hypnotherapy today is most commonly used for pain management, treatment of anxiety or ...

Diane Fresquez rests on an operating table at Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc hospital in Brussels, a pale blue cap on her head. She’s having her two tiny parathyroid glands removed. But for this ...

Gut-directed hypnotherapy delivered by psychologists appears as effective in group or individual sessions, potentially offering a new treatment option for irritable bowel syndrome in primary and ...

Hypnosis is not a therapy in and of itself. Instead it is a tool that can be used to cut through psychological/ behavioral roadblocks to healing. In adults, induction of the hypnotic state is achieved ...

Both hypnotherapy and medical treatment, in combination with psychological support, reduced symptoms of chronic nausea among pediatric patients with functional nausea and functional dyspepsia, ...

I started my career as a Social Worker over 25 years ago. I assisted individuals from all walks of life with behavioral, psychological and physical conditions and diagnoses. In 2009 I began my private ...

HypnoVR has been developing virtual reality-based medical hypnosis solutions to manage pain and stress and has just finished three promising retrospective clinical trials. The outfit claims that the ...

Hypnosis can significantly improve patients' tolerance of masks to help them breathe when they are suffering from acute respiratory failure, according to a pilot study presented at the European ...

Hypnosis has been treading the line between quackery and therapy since around the 18th century, but recently it has been picking up steam as an alternative treatment for many disorders. What is ...