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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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