Not all health care providers consider alternative therapies when they treat common ailments. Yet despite many medical professionals who scoff at mind-body therapies as effective methods of treatment, researchers at the University of Florida have found evidence that hypnosis and cognitive behavioral therapy may benefit patients who suffer from certain diseases.

Led by Oliver Grundmann of the university’s College of Pharmacy, and Saunjoo Yoon from the school’s College of Nursing, the study reviewed 19 recent clinical trials that examined four mind-body therapies — hypnotherapy, yoga, cognitive behavioral therapy, and biofeedback — in the treatment of functional bowel disorders. The results showed indications that two of the four may deliver some benefits.

“Our work being highlighted in this way indicates that we are able to raise awareness for the issue of a more integrative and holistic approach to medical care in the area of functional bowel disorders in the scientific community — a goal that both Dr. Yoon and I have been striving for in our professional endeavors for many years,” said Grundmann.

In the research, cognitive behavioral therapy was found to help patients feel more positive and help alleviate negative attitudes that could adversely affect treatments. Hypnosis, on the other hand, was found to work as well as medication to help reduce pain in the patients.

Other organizations like the Chronic Pain Support Group have embraced hypnosis as a way to treat pain, explaining that the benefits come as the result of a chain reaction. Hypnosis involves deep relaxation; this helps to let go of resistance to sensations of discomfort, which in turn reduces tension. Less tension means less pain for many patients.

The long history of hypnosis as a treatment option

Other clinical trials have been performed over the years to exhibit hypnotherapy’s effect on stress, smoking cessation, anxiety, addiction, and many other issues. The results are based on the theory that hypnosis helps people deal with certain behaviors or effects that they feel are obligatory or unavoidable, by creating a disconnect between things that our subconscious has created over the years. This can be most easily shown by how hypnosis deals with weight loss.

“When people come see me, consciously they’re motivated,” says Rena Greenberg, a licensed hypnotherapist. “Subconsciously they’re programmed — things like, finish everything on your plate, have some cookies and milk when you’re upset. As children, these things are deeply ingrained in our brain.”

By breaking that programming, people are able to see results.

The benefits are also not limited to visits with a hypnotist. Self-hypnosis can help augment hypnotherapy sessions or can be used alone by people who cannot come in for an office visit.

“Self-hypnosis forces you to take time out and relax,” says clinical hypnotherapist Maggie Wilde. “Aside from weight loss, other benefits of self-hypnosis include a reduction in cholesterol, blood pressure, stress and it can aid digestion.”

Overcoming the stigma

Seeking out alternative therapies comes with some scrutiny. For one, many people are afraid to go against the advice of their doctors, fearing they might make matters worse. Others avoid alternative therapies due to discomfort with being regarded as different.

Those who turn to hypnotherapy are no different, because many myths surround the practice. These myths are perpetuated by the practice of stage hypnosis, in which participants are encouraged to perform silly acts for the amusement of the audience.

What people don’t know is that these participants are screened to be cooperative and have exhibitionist tendencies. Therapeutic hypnosis does not take advantage of people or cause them to lose control.

“We just need to have an open mind to the therapies that are not familiar in Western countries,” the University of Florida’s Yoon says.


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Retired boxer Mike Tyson was professionally hypnotised before his fights to ensure he was as ferocious as possible in the ring.

Tyson won his first 19 fights by knockout after becoming a professional boxer aged 18 and he developed a reputation for being a particularly vicious and aggressive fighter, who would quickly charge down opponents at the opening of the first round.

The troubled sports icon now attributes the ferocity of his fights to a hypnotist, who he worked with several times a day at the request of his manager Cus D'Amato.

He tells Britain's Daily Telegraph, "Cus used to have me professionally hypnotised two or three times a day - before sparring, before training and before fights. My objective was to destroy."

When asked if he ever felt remorseful about the viciousness with which he attacked his opponents, Tyson replies, "No, because Cus didn't like me to be sensitive like that. He wanted me to be emotionless. He said feelings mean nothing. Feelings have nothing to do with your life. The only thing feelings do is distract you."



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ARCATA, Calif., November 5, 2013 – Medical hypnotists experienced with successfully helping fibromyalgia sufferers have responded to the currently ongoing series of articles published by the Washington Times Communities. Those articles characterize the syndrome of fibromyalgia (FMS) as a pathology not caused in the mind but rather by defective temperature regulation in the hypothalamus area of the brain as well as a lack of restorative sleep and abnormally functioning pain receptors.

Michael Ellner, CHT, MSH is a highly respected expert in hypnotic pain relief based in Pompano Beach, Fla. He agrees that fibromyalgia is not a psychiatric condition but disagrees with the conclusions drawn from the evidence presented. 

Ellner believes that “people who suffer from chronic FMS-related pain have developed automatic reactions to their painful signals that actually increase their painful experiences. This vicious cycle becomes more powerful over time and the hypersensitivity is caused by a series of automatic reactions to the painful signals and not the signals themselves. Hypnosis can help people change those automatic reactions and reduce and in some cases eliminate the subjective pain.”

Based in Boulder, Colo., Melissa Roth, CHT, PhD has been researching fibromyalgia since the 1980’s when she was first diagnosed with the condition, which she healed using hypnosis. She has since become a leading expert in this and other medical applications of hypnosis, including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), headaches and chronic sleep disorders, all of which are cited as “related issues” to FMS in the most recent Communities article. 

“You can give people meds, but once they stop taking them the symptoms come back,” says Roth, speaking about FMS. “With hypnosis, the symptoms don’t come back, you don’t have to deal with side effects and you’re no longer a prisoner.”

Roth agrees better sleep will help people suffering from FMS, but this alone will not resolve the syndrome. She says the causes, temperature regulation and vasoconstriction, are functions of the autonomic nervous system (ANS). “These are always under unconscious control, and sometimes under conscious control. Yogis have done it forever.”

Some of Roth’s inspiration came from realizing humans are not born with complete unconscious control of the ANS. She says that develops over the first few weeks of life. “Later, we hit potholes in the road of life, which can knock the ANS out of alignment the same as a car. When your car is out of alignment, you don’t take it back to find the offending pothole, you take it to the mechanic for an alignment. This suggests using hypnosis to modify the function of the ANS.”  

Ultimately, says Roth, “it is not essential to distinguish fibromyalgia as being primarily a sleep disorder or a problem with the hypothalamus or a circulatory issue. It all comes down to the autonomic nervous system and how we can influence it, which hypnosis is great at. Then symptoms go away and don’t come back.”  

FMS has often been discussed as an autoimmune disease. According to Roth, there are components of FMS that are related to the autoimmune system but this too is irrelevant, she says, “because this can be regulated via the unconscious mind. As far as patients are concerned, the source cause becomes irrelevant when they can learn to eliminate their symptoms.”

Certified counselor and registered hypnotherapist Roger Moore has been providing various forms of counseling for 40 years and practicing hypnosis since 1996 in Seattle and Bainbridge Island, Wash. He credits Roth for much of what he’s learned about how to help people suffering from FMS, including teaching them autogenic training in the first session or two. This involves learning to use the mind to control automatic body functions. For example, while holding a thermometer, using the mind to cause the hand’s temperature to increase.  

After reviewing the series of Communities articles on FMS, Moore says what really caught his attention was the references to diet. “I was excited to see 500 calories being noted as too low and unhealthy. From what I’ve seen, this has only exaggerated symptoms of FMS or IBS. I’ve always emphasized plant-based diets for my clients. Animal proteins lead to inflammation. The more my clients cut these out, the more success I’ve seen them have. Not only do they have less pain, but they also report not being cold all the time or having hot flashes all the time.”

Moore says FM sufferers deal with serious “mental and emotional anguish. People come to hypnotherapy after living with their symptoms for years and not getting a clear diagnosis. At this point they experience a lot of stress, often depression, and damaged relationships. The mental/emotional peace achievable with hypnosis can seem miraculous. Hypnosis also helps with diet compliance, pain relief and regaining ability to move and exercise.”

Rather than being an “alternative” modality, medical hypnosis is gaining acceptance as a complementary or adjunct approach to traditional medical treatment. In fact, most medical hypnotists require a written doctor’s referral to address conditions such as FMS. However, Ellner says people have often given up on doctors by the time they seek his help because they feel doctors have given up on them.

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Further, despite claims that symptoms will permanently vanish, hypnosis should not be thought of as curative. Medical hypnotists typically teach clients self-hypnosis, techniques to be practiced for self-regulation of the previously malfunctioning body parts, often rendering unnecessary both ongoing medications and further hypnotherapy sessions.

Hypnosis is a versatile approach with a long history of resolving medically unexplained or untreatable issues, proving that even problems not caused by the mind can often still be solved there.



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Hypnotherapy is a psychological term used to create unconscious change in the patient in the form of his thought, behavior, attitude and new responses. Hypnotherapists use different type of exercise that brings about deep relaxation for a patient by altering his state of consciousness. Hypnotherapy helps a lot in healing.

The person is more open to discussion and suggestion in hypnotic state. Hypnotherapy is helpful in pain control and helps you in overcoming your fears, anxieties, phobias, sleep disorders, depression, stress, grief and loss.

The healing power of hypnotherapy has been proved by latest studies. This psychological treatment can ease pain, speed healing process, increasing fertility and even fighting cancer. For some people this treatment is joke.

You may think that hypnotherapist claim to use miraculous powers to heal anybody but the fact is that patient heals himself. Hypnotherapist is simply a facilitator. His task is only to induce the hypnotic state and act as an instructor and guide patients how and where they need to heal themselves. He only tries to relax his patient by listening to his problems and altering his unconscious state of mind. 




How will your life be different when you change unwanted habits and reach your goals if you are suffering from any kind of problem? You must give it a try. Hypnosis is helping people get over fractures, asthma, burn migraines, peptic ulcers, fibroids and skin disorders.

Now you might be want to know how hypnotherapy is beneficial in healing process. According to psychologists hypnotherapy is an altered state of mind in which one’s normal skepticism is largely suspended.

During treatment patient is allowed to focus on a single image and at the same time be open to suggestions posed by a trained guide. This process is sometimes associated with day dreaming but with a purpose. Hypnotized person is not asleep and he cannot be compelled to act against her own wishes. 

Hypnosis appears to speed up recovery in many types of trauma. The hypnosis patients healed much faster as compared to those who have not try this hypnosis treatment. After research, more than 70 percent patients rated themselves very much better or moderately better after hypnotherapy treatment. It helps the body of patient to heal itself. It contributes a lot in easing pain, relieves cancer symptoms and also makes surgery safer.

Several studies have shown that even the nausea, anxiety, and all around lousy feelings induced by chemotherapy can be alleviated by hypnotherapy. Researchers have proved that hypnotherapy is capable of enhancing both anatomical and functional fracture healing. Further investigation of hypnosis to accelerate healing is warranted. 

According to studies, 91 percent population is susceptible to hypnotic suggestion. If you are facing any kind of mental disturbance and finding it difficult to overcoming the situation then hypnotherapy is best remedy for you. But make sure to consult an experienced and licensed hypnotherapist. Now heal yourself with hypnotherapy and get relief. Get relief, feel relax and spend a happy and satisfy life.