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Hypnotic suggestion and placebo for the treatment of chronic headache in a university volunteer sample
Hypnotic suggestion and placebo for the treatment of chronic headache in a university volunteer sample. Spanos, Nicholas P. Liddy, Sharon J. Scott, Heather Garrard, Catherine Sine, Joy Tirabasso, Angela Hayward, Amber Abstract Following a 3-wk baseline, 136 university student volunteers who reported chronic headache were administered either 1 or 4 sessions of imagery-based hypnotic treatment, Read More
The Power of Attention – Jeff Klein
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Dr. Weil on Hypnotherapy
What is Dr. Weil’s view regarding hypnotherapy? Dr. Weil feels it is important to dispel some common misconceptions about hypnotherapy. For some people who have never tried it, the idea of going into a hypnotic trance may seem odd or frightening. But the fact is that we all experience trance states in everyday life, such Read More
The Blind Men and the Elephant Parable!
The parable of the blind men and the elephant is used to illustrate how inacurate perception can be, how biases can blind us, and how the entire truth of something might be misunderstood despite accurate observation. Naturally, this can cause a lack of clarity, and also cause conflict. This parable is often used as a Read More
The Birth of Hypnosis
This series of posts (The Birth of Hypnosis) will be focused on the early history of hypnosis and the possible precursors to it. I will start by discussing possible mentions of hypnosis in ancient cultures, I will then discuss pre-19th century Magnetism and Mesmerism then discuss James Braid, father of modern hypnotism, in some detail. Read More
Penn State Psychologist William Ray PhD. on Medical Hypnosis
Probing Question: Does hypnosis work? By Melissa Beattie-Moss March 18, 2014 You’re growing tired. Your eyelids are getting heavy. You’re feeling very sleepy… Most of us recognize these words as the Hollywood script of a hypnosis session. Typically portrayed as the tool of comics and hucksters (“At my command, you will crow like a rooster…”) Read More
Article: Can Hypnosis Be Used as a Medical Treatment?
Can Hypnosis Be Used as a Medical Treatment? By Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer | August 22, 2011 09:08am ET In 1987, Marilyn Bellezzo was diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a disorder that was, for her, debilitating. “I was housebound,” Bellezzo said. She spent hours curled up on the bathroom floor, suffering from abdominal pain Read More
The University of Minnesota on Medical Hypnosis
MEDICAL HYPNOSIS: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, FAIRVIEW Children and adolescents with chronic medical or emotional conditions often benefit from medical self-hypnosis, which is taught at University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview. This therapeutic -approach, based upon the intimate relationship between mind and body, has been recognized in the medical community since the 1950s. Medical Read More
UPMC Integrative Medicine on Medical Hypnosis
Medical Hypnosis What Is Medical Hypnosis? Although there is still some speculation as to how hypnosis works, the most common understanding is that the mind’s state of consciousness is altered. The left hemisphere of the brain – responsible for logic, analysis, and synthesis of information – is subdued, while the right hemisphere of the brain Read More
Stanford Health Care on Medical Hypnosis
Medical Hypnosis Hypnosis allows patients to focus intently on a specific problem and its resolution, while maintaining a comfortable state of physical relaxation. It also helps patients to enhance control over their body responses. Hypnosis is a normal state of aroused, attentive, and highly-focused concentration—comparable to being so absorbed in a movie or novel that Read More
University of Maryland Medical Center on Medical Hypnosis
What is hypnotherapy? The term “hypnosis” comes from the Greek word hypnos, meaning “sleep.” Hypnotherapists use exercises that bring about deep relaxation and an altered state of consciousness, also known as a trance. A person in a deeply focused state is unusually responsive to an idea or image. But this does not mean that a Read More
The American Society of Clinical Hypnosis on Medical Hypnosis
Uses of Hypnosis in Medicine Hypnosis may be used in the following disorders and/or circumstances: Gastrointestinal Disorders (Ulcers, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Colitis, Crohn’s Disease); Dermatologic Disorders (Eczema, Herpes, Neurodermatitis, Pruritus [itching], Psoriasis, Warts); Surgery/Anesthesiology (In unusual circumstances, hypnosis has been used as the sole anesthetic for surgery, including the removal of the gall bladder, amputation, Read More
Hypnosis Mind-Body Research
This paper is shared here for educational and archival purposes. Hypnosis in Mind and Body John F. Kihlstrom University of California, Berkeley Note: Plenary address presented to the annual meeting of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, Berkeley, California, October 4, 2013. This paper honors Dr. Dabney Ewin, Clinical Professor of Read More
Animal Magnetism Defined
In today’s usage Animal Magnetism refers to a person’s sexual attractiveness but this is misleading. According to Franz Mesmer, Animal Magnetism (French: magnétisme animal), as it was originally used, referred to a “Magnetic fluid” or “ethereal medium” residing inside of living beings. It is worth noting that Mesmer chose the word “animal” to offer contrast between Read More
The Origins of The Words Hypnotism & Hypnosis
I’d like to take a moment to mention that any use of the term “hypnotism” before 1841 is speculative since James Braid was the first to use that term in 1841. Braid adopted the term hypnotism to emphasize the state of the subject, rather than the techniques applied by the operator. Braid’s technique was a subject-centered Read More