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Recent articles describing the benefits of hypnotherapy:
Rocky Mountain News, February 25, 2006
Harvey Mackay "Outswimming the Sharks" excerpt
"Stanford University researchers
have reached a startling conclusion: What we use as conscious brain energy
is as little as 6 percent of our overall brain capacity! That figure
can rise to 17 percent when you factor in what occurs within the
subconscious brain. Stanford offers expert this simplified explanation: the
conscious brain is the processing center for new information, while the
subconscious brain is responsible for memories, bits emotions and
creativity."
Denver Post,
M ay 21, 2001
"Taking the
hype out of hypnosis" excerpts
"[Name]
had been trying to stop smoking for 10 years.... When she left [the
hypnotherapist's office] later, she had one thought: 'Well, that was a
waste....'
Eighteen months and no
cigarettes later, the Bailey woman thinks different: 'Now I think it's
the best investment I ever made, and wish I had done it 10 years ago.'
"[Hypnosis] has proven effective
in psychotherapy, pain management, recovery from surgery, attention deficit
disorder, stress reduction a n d eliminating habits like smoking or overeating.
"'This is not something
marginal, fringy or anything of that sort,' says Etzel Cardena, president of
the American Psychological Association's Society of Clinical Hypnosis.
'There's a lot of evidence supporting the efficacy of hypnosis both in
psychology and medicine.'
"...[however] the American
Psychological Association hold[s] that training in hypnosis alone is not
sufficient to treat clients. Rather, they say, hypnosis should be used
as a therapeutic adjunct solely by professionals already licensed in fields
like medicine, psychology, social work and dentistry.
"...[Unlicensed, non-clinical]
hypnotherapists who practice independently aren't universally accepted.
'They may know technique,' psychologist Cardena says. 'But would you
want to go to a physician who has been trained, for example, in taking out
your appendix, but otherwise has no training abut anatomy, physiology,
pathology...?'
"Arreed Barabasz goes farther
than that. President of the Society for Clinical and Experimental
Hypnosis and a Washington State University psychology professor, Barabasz
has no question about the therapeutic value of hypnosis.
"But hypnotherapy training alone
isn't sufficient to treat even what appear to be straightforward problems,
he says. For example, smoking and over-eating often are tied to less
obvious issues, 'and if you weren't trained in psychology, you would miss
that completely.'
"So we have [non-clinical,
unlicensed] people who are winding up treating...psychological disorders
with a technique that can open up all sorts of problems.'"
Los Angeles Times, December 23,
2002
"Mind over
indigestion seems to work for many"
"Hypnosis
has been so effective in treating irritable bowel syndrome that British
researchers recently tested its usefulness for chronic indigestion.
"More than 100 people at the
Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester, England, were assigned to receive 12
30-minute sessions of either hypnotherapy, supportive therapy and a placebo
medication, or medication (rantidine twice a day) over 16 weeks.
"In the short term, hypnotherapy
had a slight edge over the other treatments: Symptoms improved 59% on
average compared with 49% improvement in both the supportive therapy and
drug treatment group. But a year later, symptoms had not only improved 73%
o n average, compared with 34% with supportive therapy and 43% with
medication, but none of those who had gone through the hypnosis program was
taking medication to control symptoms, while 82% o f patients in the
supportive group had t o begin other treatment.
"Although physicians are not
certain how hypnotherapy works on the gastrointestinal tract, evidence that
it is effective is 'cumulative and consistent' says an editorial
accompanying the study in the December issue of Gastroenterology [see
below]."
December 2002 • Volume 123 • Number 6
Editorials:
The growing case for hypnosis as adjunctive therapy for
functional gastrointestinal disorders
"...consistent evidence for efficacy of
hypnotherapy for these disorders seems to warrant serious consideration of
its use as a regular adjunct in primary care and gastroenterology treatment
of patients with FD [functional dyspepsia] and IBS
[irritable bowel syndrome]."
New York Times, October 28, 2003
"Vital
Signs: Therapies: Hypnosis: A Hit in the
Gut" excerpts
"Many patients suffering
from irritable bowel syndrome, a painful disorder that does not generally
respond well to conventional treatments, have found relief through
hypnotherapy. Now British researchers say
the benefits can last five years or....
'This study confirms that the benefits of HT
are long lasting, with continued improvement....'"
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
January 20, 2004
"Healthy Living: The skinny on
hypnosis: Techniques gives hope when diets falter"
excerpts
| "Long
accepted as a way to quit cigarettes, hypnosis also is being used for
weight control, pain management, postoperative recovery, test anxiety
and athletic performance.
"Hypnosis itself is
also entering a boom period, says Marc Oster, president of the American
Society of Clinical Hypnosis, whose organization represents 2,500 health
professionals. Some nurses now put
patients in a light trance to help them remain calm during
claustrophobia-inducing MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, exams,
reducing the error rate to near zero. Physical
therapists can even use posthypnotic suggestion to improve compliance
when they, for example, teach a client how to avoid aggravating a back
injury.
"In 1958, the American
Medical Association certified hypnosis as a legitimate tool for
treatment, though few doctors used it. And in the past decade, a handful
of studies have demonstrated its efficacy.
"For example, a study
published four years ago in the British medical journal Lancet concluded
that subjects using self-hypnosis required less analgesia during
recovery from renal and vascular surgery and experienced less pain and
anxiety.
"Sessions with a
hypnotherapist might cost $150, costs that are usually not covered by
insurance programs [but can be tax-deductible.]."
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Consumer Reports on Health, February 2004
"Recent clinical studies suggest
that hypnosis--a form of deeply imagining desired results--can indeed help
motivated people accomplish...goals.
"Control pain and speed recovery. A June 2002
meta-analysis in the journal Anesthesia and Analgesia evaluated the results of 20
studies.... Hypnotized patients had less pain, less use of pain
medication, and faster recovery time....
"Speed weight loss. Studies have consistently
shown that adding hypnosis to cognitive-behavioral treatments for weight
reduction increases the chances of short-term success. Over as many as
48 months, hypnotized patients lost more than double the amount of weight
that patients lost in a program without a hypnosis component."
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"Hypnotism may help you
lose twice as much weight. In a recent study, hypnotized patients lost
more than double the amount of weight that patients lost in a weight-loss
program without a hypnosis component."
Better Homes and
Gardens, February 2004
"The Fresh Face of Hypnosis: An
Old Practice Finds New Uses" excerpts
"Today, hypnosis--or hypnotherapy--is becoming a
respected alternative for an array of conditions. It has long been used to
help people quit smoking and overcome fears, such as the fear of public
speaking, but now the practice is branching out into new areas.
"'For the vast majority of people, hypnosis can be an
invaluable tool,' say Dr. Ran D. Anbar, who uses it in his practice as a
pediatric pulmonologist at State University of New York's Upstate Medical
University in Syracuse.
"For example, he helps many children control their
allergies and asthma through hypnotherapy. He does so, in part, by
training them in self-hypnosis techniques. 'One of the beauties of
hypnosis is that it's easy to teach, it can often work quickly and, for
most people, it is a positive addition to their treatment,' Anbar says.
"Other doctors and hypnotherapists use it for such
conditions as chronic pain, irritable bowel syndrome, arthritis, insomnia,
and migraine headaches--afflictions that modern medicine struggles to treat
effectively. These types of disorders often have a strong mental
component, says Anbar, which plays into the strengths of hypnosis.
'It's exactly the patient who doesn't respond to medical therapy who is
likely to respond to hypnotherapy,' he says.
"Hypnotherapy's effectiveness lies in the complex
connection between the mind and the body. It's well-understood today
that illness can affect your emotional state and, conversely, that your
emotional state can affect your physical state. Two examples: Stress,
an emotional reaction, can make heart disease worse, and heart disease, a
physical condition, can cause depression.
"Hypnosis carries this
connection to the next logical step by using the power of the mind to bring
about change in the body. ...researchers at Virginia Polytechnic
Institute found that during a hypnotic state aimed at bringing about pain
control, the prefrontal cortex of the brain (which controls concentration)
directed other areas of the brain to reduce or eliminate their awareness of
pain.
"That's important, because if
your brain doesn't pay attention to pain, it doesn't matter if it's there or
not. Some people see great success with hypnosis and some don't.
And it's impossible to know who will find relief from it without actually
trying it.
"In a small study last year,
[Carol Ginandes, Ph.D. of Harvard Medical School found] those who had
undergone hypnosis healed faster, felt less discomfort, and had fewer
complications. 'What's exciting about this research is that it
provides promising evidence of using hypnosis to actually accelerate the
physical healing process of the body,' says Ginandes.
"Despite is usefulness, most
physicians know very little about hypnosis and few medical schools teach
it--even though the American Medical Association has approved of its use
since 1958."
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