UK medical journal, The Lancent, published a study looking into whether hypnotherapy could help to prevent relapses in the ulcers. The study consisted of 30 people, 14 female and 16 males, all who had suffered from duodenal ulcers and all who had experienced a relapse within the past six months.

All participants were asked to take a common and successful drug for treating ulcers (rantidine) and were given sufficient time for the drug to work and for the ulcer to heal. After this the group was then split into two. One group received seven hypnosis session and were given a recording to listen to on their own, the others did not receive any sort of hypnosis treatment. The participants were then given follow up reviews (with hypnotherapy sessions for the hypnosis group) every three months for the next year.

The aim of the hypnotherapy was to make the patient feel relaxed so they could focus their attention on their abdomen. They were instructed to imagine a feeling of warmth over their abdomen and the warmth was to control the secretion of stomach acid. They were asked to visualise this process.

One year on and the relapse rate of the hypnosis group was 53% compared to 100% in the group who didn’t receive any hypnotherapy. To conclude, the study showed that hypnosis can be of great help to those who have frequent duodenal ulcers.

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A recent study in the Archives of General Psychiatry looked into the risks of having in binge eating disorder in comparison to those with no health disorders. The study looked at 52 women with a binge eating disorder, 102 women with bulimia nervosa, 102 women with a psychiatric disorder and 104 without any disorder . It was found that those suffering with a binge eating disorder were the most likely to have weight vulnerabilities, parental depression, and frequently received criticism for their weight from others. Those with bulimia were found to have a negative body image, perfectionistic tendencies, and were vulnerable to obesity.

Due to the fact bulimia nervosa has many psychological factors involved, hypnotherapy has been found to be a successful treatment. Hypnosis is renowned for techniques that involve relaxation, imagery and positive suggestions which target the subconscious mind of the patient. Hypnosis is able to retrain the subconscious mind to diminish the negative thoughts and associations which led to the disorder in the first place.

Although much more research is needed to evaluate further benefits, hypnotherapy is a safe, side effect free, natural treatment to be considered.

If you are suffering from an eating disorder and would like to discuss it in confidence with a qualified professional you can find a counsellor in your local area using the Counselling Directory. If you would like to contact a hypnotherapist for treatment of an eating disorder then please visit the homepage of this site.

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A professor from Oxford has scientific findings which may suggest we are wrongly treating patients who suffer from chronic pain.

Professor Irene Tracey believes part of the problem is due to people perceiving pain as a symptom, when actually it is a disease itself. Tracey is just one of a growing number of specialists using hi-tech image scanners to reveal how medicine often approaches pain from the wrong perspective.

Chronic pain affects almost eight millions brits, that’s more than one in ten of the entire population. It is defined as an issue which persists for longer than six months after surgery or injury and is an issue which costs the economy £12 billion a year.

Professor Tracey explains how our beliefs can be powerful and over riding. She gave the example of an experiment she conducted where they told patients they has stopped giving them a strong opioid drug, when in fact they were still giving it to the patients. However suddenly they all reported their pain levels increasing.

The long term effect of these types of negative beliefs can have a catastrophic effect, as the more anxious and depressed someone becomes about pain, the more they rewire their brains architecture so that it ultimately becomes hypersensitive to physical stimulus. “In chronic pain, the area of your brain that processes your anxieties, fears and worries really plays havoc,”

People are now beginning to adopt different approaches in response to chronic pain. Training and coaching courses, some of which take on an approach similar to that of cognitive behavioral therapy are becoming increasingly popular alternatives to medication.

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After watching her father die of lung cancer and still wanting to smoke, it was no wonder Charlotte believed nothing could shift her smoking habit, but in a last ditched attempt to quit she decided to visit a hypnotherapist who had been recommended by a friend.

The first step of the session was for the hypnotherapist to find out as much about Charlottes relationship with smoking as possible, questioning her on what she liked about smoking and why she felt it made her life better.

Giving up smoking is one of the most difficult things to accomplish. According to the charity Action on Smoking, at any given time between 5 and 15 percent of smokers are trying to give up, with very little success.

The next stage of the session was to explain and employ Neuro Linguistic Programming, which frowns upon using negative language such as ‘giving up’, which forms associations in the mind with deprivation and instead focus on what is being gained.

At the end of her one hour long session, Charlotte agreed to call and book a top up session in the next couple of weeks or whenever she felt she needed it. However, six weeks down the line and they haven’t spoken and Charlotte no longer thinks of herself as a smoker.

Charlotte has since reported brighter looking skin, more money, heightened sense of smell and no more colds!

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If you are trying to put a stop to your smoking habit and would like to consult a hypnotherapist, please visit the homepage of this site where you can contact a qualified professional in your local area.

With young girls looking to models, TV and magazines for role models they begin to think that this is the ‘normal’ size they should aspire too. The pressure of staying thin often leads some girls to starve themselves of food and hating the way they look.

NLP partitioner Claire Hegarty was asked to take part in the feature in hope that it would go a way towards changing young girls minds and encourage them to feel confident within themselves.

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In a bid to encourage unemployed youngsters in parts of Scotland to go out and find work, the council asked hypnotherapist to the stars Paul Mckenna to give an inspirational seminar.

The event was staged at Hampden Park in Glasgow and has been organised as part of the SDS Get Ready to work programme, which is aimed at teenagers between the ages of 16 and 19 who are not in school or further education.

The programme has sent more than 800 unemployed youngsters to four half day events and is now sending six hundred to Hampden park with Paul Mckenna.

McKenna was allegedly paid a 20,000 fee, which some have criticised as a bad use of the public purse saying the money could have gone toward apprenticeships. On the opposing side, others have said that it is an innovative and forward thinking method of getting through to youngsters.

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If you are experiencing these symptoms on a frequent basis then it is important you don’t discount them as the results of a particularly busy week at work. This is a real syndrome which if left untreated can result in serious health issues, so seek advice from your GP if you feel like this could be something effecting you.

If you have been diagnosed with CFS then you could take a very proactive approach to the illness by treating it with hypnotherapy. Hypnosis can help by complementing the treatment you are receiving from your GP.

Through accessing the subconscious mind and retraining it to feel more rested and relaxed, hypnotherapy can prove to be a powerful relief from the symptoms of CFS. Although hypnosis is not a cure for the syndrome, most people who use this approach will report feeling better rested and more alert.

Some people fail to receive medical attention because they underestimate their symptoms, so it is essential that you seek medical advice if you are experience any of the symptoms mentioned in this article. If you have been diagnosed with CFS and feel like hypnotherapy could benefit you and complement your treatment then you can find a qualified professional in your local area using the homepage of this site.

Low self-esteem is a difficult vortex to escape from. With every knock you take you will become more and more frightened of taking risks. Very often our low self-esteem is caused by negative issues which we experience through life. Perhaps you were criticised by a family member or teased at school and this is the route of your insecurities. Hypnotherapy will enable you to visit these incidents and erase them from your memory.

The hypnotherapist will take your subconscious back to these times and will reprogramme your beliefs in a more productive and useful way. Another method that might be used is visualisation. This is a way of imagining the new you and planting these images in your mind.

If you feel like you could benefit from hypnotherapy then you can contact a professional using the homepage of this site.

Yes, morning sickness is no fun at all and nether is a grumpy pregnant woman on the war path so why not try and rid yourself of the inconvenience of nausea every morning?

If you are, or have been pregnant then it is highly likely you will have tried numerous remedies to ease queasiness. If you haven’t found one that works for you yet then maybe you should consider trying hypnosis.

It is a one hundred percent natural and side effect free way of treating morning sickness. Nothing is being ingested into the placenta so it is totally safe for the baby.

Hypnotherapy gets you into a deeply relaxed state which makes you more open and receptive to suggestion. Some suggestions used in hypnosis for morning sickness programs include suggestions about how you will react to the smells of foods and suggestions to help increase your appetite.

There have been many studies that have found hypnosis to be helpful and effective at reducing nausea, especially for cancer patients going through hypnotherapy.

If you are suffering from morning sickness and would like to consult a hypnotherapist then you can do so using the homepage of this site.

18 year old Dan had a huge phobia of needles and was worried about some upcoming shots he was to have at college. His mother suggested that he go for a hypnotherapy session to see if it could help.

Dan was unsure of when his phobia begun but he recalled feeling anxious at the age of 8 or 9 for days before injections were scheduled. His anxiety would increase as the appointment drew nearer.

At Dan’s first hypnotherapy session his hypnotherapist explained to him that the aim would be to discover the origin of the fear.

After being taken into a deeply relaxed state the hypnotherapist began to discuss his past with him. Dan reported feeling a strange sensation and was surprised to find out that his session had lasted an hour as he was unaware of the time passing even thought he was aware of what was happening around him.

Initially he did not recall any relevant memories but then they just popped into his head.
Dan remembered being 5 or 6 and playing on the third floor of his family home. He stepped on a stuffed animal that apparently had a pin in it. The pin stuck in his foot. We think it was a pin because he described it as a needle with a big head.

Dan recalled this incident very vividly and even though he describe his dad pulling the pin out, nether he or Dan’s mother remember it happening.

The next time Dan went for an injection he was able to sit calmly without feeling anxious of nauseas.

If you are suffering from a fear that you believe might be routed in a previous memory then hypnotherapy is a fantastic way of recalling that memory and allowing you to rid yourself of it. You can contact a qualified hypnotherapist using the homepage of this website.