Hypnotherapy and NLP News

Autogenic Therapy: The best form of self-help

Prolonged youth, reduced stress and relief from pain without pills or potions? Sounds like another faddish health claim, until you try Autogenic Therapy...

The author of this long article from Great Reporter spent 9 weeks learning Autogenic Therapy (Self Hypnosis). She provides us with some research results, tells us how Autogenic Therapy works, and gives clear instructions so readers can try it at home.

Hypnotherapy taps into subconscious

Technique fast becoming recognized as a legitimate alternative therapy.

The Springfield, Missourri News Leader offers an informative interview with a hypnotherapist. Covered in the interview is some of the history and science of hypnotherapy.

Holistic Treatments Working For Some Women

Some drug-free options may help some women who have abandoned hormone replacement therapy.

Quick little article from NBC 5 in Dallas / Fort Worth about women who are having success turning to Holistic techniques (like hypnosis and accupuncture) in place of hormone replacement therapy (often prescribed to women in menopause).

Cutting out the drugs - Would you have surgery without an anaesthetic?

When Pippa Plaisted was told that she would need a fourth breast cancer operation, it was not the surgery that worried her most. Like many people, the idea of an operation did terrify Pippa, a 46-year-old personal trainer, but this procedure — to reposition an artificial valve attached to her breast implant, which had been inserted after a mastectomy — promised to be a straightforward 45-minute job. What Pippa was more worried about was the fact that the operation would require a general anaesthetic.

Another interesting TimesOnline article about hypno-anaesthesia, the use of hypnosis in place of chemical anaesthesia during medical surgery. This article details one cancer patient's positive experience with hypno-anaesthesia during surgery.

You won't feel a thing - Hypnosedation may reduce the need for general anaesthetic

How amusing it is to see hypnotists make people cluck like chickens or bark like dogs. But while their art is seen by many as a form of entertainment, new research suggests that, medically, there may be a serious role for hypnosis.

This interesting article from The Times Online is packed with quotes from medical doctors and anesthesiologists who have used hypnosis as a sedative during various kinds of surgeries. It also mentions a few recent university studies on hypnosis. Good read.

Labor of lull

HypnoBirthing classes use `awake' hypnosis to help relax moms, companions and babies for delivery

This Albuquerque Tribune article introduces us to HypnoBirthing, the practice of using hypnosis in place of anesthesia during delivery. Anecdotal evidence suggests that HypnoBirths tend to be smoother than other delivery methods.

Russia's 1-Step Program: Scaring Alcoholics Dry

MOSCOW -- Svetlana, a 32-year-old self-described alcoholic, had managed to stay off the booze, but one day two years ago she just had to have a drink. This time she sat down by the phone so she could call an ambulance, then took a sip from a bottle of beer.

This Washington Post article introduces a version of extreme hypnosis known as "coding" in Russia. The controversial practice is used to treat alcoholics, and is meant to convince them that alcohol equals death.

What Hypnosis Does to the Brain

Hypnosis May Lower Activity in Certain Brain Areas, Say Researchers

This short WebMD article outlines a Cornell University study on hypnosis. It suggests that some minds are more receptive to hypnosis than others, and MRI scans can tell the difference. The study sample was, unfortunately, very small.

Hypnosis found to alter the brain: Subjects see color where none exists

People have been hypnotized to see color where only shades of gray exist, and to see gray when actually looking at brightly colored rectangles.

This long Harvard Gazette article covers a hypnosis experiment conducted by Harvard researchers. It's interesting, but it reads a little too much like a press release / student-written article to me. According to the article, some study data " clearly show that hypnosis can change the state of the brain." Unfortunately, the sample size in the study was quite small.

You are getting more productive...

About four years ago, Tim Smale's life wasn't going so well. He had been in the media business in London for 20 years, and his job had become horrendously stressful. Adding to that, both his young son and his mother were gravely ill.

In-depth IHT article about a high powered London media man who went from hypnosis skeptic to full time hypnotist and "mind coach".