An article on The Mirror’s website has ten interesting stories about different problems that hypnotherapy has helped with. Inspired by the recent story about a woman who was hypnotised to think she had a gastric band fitted to help her lose weight, the article looks at some of the more unlikely issues hypnotherapy has been read more »

A mother who used natal hypnotherapy to help her through her pregnancy and childbirth was so impressed with the technique she became a practitioner, highlighted in an article from the Cambridgeshire Times. Shona Kitchener wanted a more natural approach to her pregnancy, particularly as she suffers from epilepsy. The self hypnosis technique helps to induce read more »

An article over at the Daily Mail website highlights how hypnotherapy can be used to help weight-loss, but this story has an interesting twist. Marion Corns ,a mother of three, lost four stone after being hypnotised so that she thought she’d had a gastric band fitted. A gastric band shrinks the stomach so that only read more »

Trials have shown that hypnotherapy may be used to help treat ulcerative colitis, reports the Alternative Health Journal. The illness is a form of irritable bowel disease, and affects the large intestine or colon, causing ulcers and open sores. It is similar to Crohn’s Disease. The trails, carried out in the UK, saw 17 sufferers read more »

A series of talks are being held in Scarborough to highlight the variety of alternative therapies and treatments available in the area, reports the Scarborough Evening News. The talks were launched by psychotherapist Veronica Murray, under a campaign entitled KREAtherapy which aims to promote registered and qualified practitioners of alternative therapies. The talks cover a read more »

An article over at Natural News highlights how hypnotherapy could be used to help treat bulimia. The psychological nature of bulimia, and indeed any eating disorder, means that hypnotherapy may be beneficial when dealing with this problems, particularly issues like low self esteem, low self confidence and negative body image. Several studies have taken place read more »

A course using hypnotherapy to help people overcome phobias has been highlighted on the BBC website. Bristol Zoo’s ‘Living With Spiders’ course aims help rid people of arachnophobia, and was created by Simon Garret, who now runs the course with a hypnotherapist and a counsellor. There are three sections to the course, first a general read more »