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Recent articles describing the benefits of hypnotherapy:
Rocky Mountain News, February 25, 2006 "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,
May 21, 2001 "[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 "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]." "...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 "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, 2004-2008
Consumer Reports on Health, February 2004-2008 "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." -------------------------- "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 2004-2008 "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." CLICK HERE for answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Please click here to tell a friend about Advance Counseling
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