Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Hypnotherapy for bedwetting

August 6, 2009 by Ben Huss  
Filed under News

Article from The Times
How Hypnotherapy compares with other treatments for bedwetting and one boy’s story
Sarah Merson
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Andrew Tan, 9, arrived at most early childhood milestones at a young age, and with ease. He walked at 9 months old. He was stringing sentences together and was potty trained when he was 2 years old. But when it [...]

Tap on head cured my choc addiction

August 1, 2009 by Ben Huss  
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Article from The Sun
MORE than a million Brits are hooked on the UK’s most habit-forming substance.
Every day they battle terrible cravings – and tempting hits are available on almost every street corner for as little as 30p.
I’m talking about chocolate.
To many it is the world’s most addictive foodstuff and kicking the habit can be as [...]

Hypnosis doubles IVF success

July 30, 2009 by Ben Huss  
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Article from BBC News
By Caroline Ryan
Hypnosis can double the success of IVF treatment, researchers have claimed.
A team from Soroka University, Israel, found 28% of women in the group who were hypnotised became pregnant, compared with 14% of those who were not.
The study of 185 women was presented to the European Society of Human Reproduction and [...]

Gastric mind band helps mum

May 30, 2009 by Ben Huss  
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The Sun

A MUM has lost four stones in weight after being hypnotised into thinking she has a gastric band fitted.
Marion Corns, 35, paid £780 for five sessions with a specialist hypnotherapist after her weight ballooned to 15st 6lbs.
The treatment involved her being ‘put under’ and talked through every step of the medical procedure as [...]

Enzo plans for mind game

March 8, 2008 by Ben Huss  
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The Sun
By PAT SHEEHAN
ENZO MACCARINELLI had hypnosis to prepare him for his world cruiserweight title unification clash with David Haye.
Maccarinelli, 27, has undergone several sessions with Nick Cook over the last two months.
He revealed: “I’ve had full hypnosis a couple of times but mainly it’s been a mild form to make sure that I have [...]

‘Hypnosis made me skinny’

July 30, 2007 by Ben Huss  
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The Sun
COURTNEY LOVE reckons PAUL MCKENNA is the reason behind her dramatic weight loss.
The former HOLE singer credits the hypnotist with helping her to achieve a slender frame, rather than praising dieting, exercise or drug-taking to help shift the pounds.
KURT COBAIN’s widow has been seeing the weight-loss guru, who wrote self-help bible I Can Make [...]

Police smokers get hypnotherapy

March 9, 2007 by Ben Huss  
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BBC News
Officers already cannot smoke in uniform in public
A police force says it will pay for hypnotherapy to help officers quit smoking when legislation on lighting up in the workplace comes into force.
It could cost £100,000 if all of the estimated 3,500 smokers who work for West Midlands Police take up the offer.
The force will [...]

Hypnosis may help anxious teens

January 4, 2007 by Ben Huss  
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BBC News

Anxiety in teenagers can lead to emotional behavioural problems
Self hypnosis could be useful in aiding treatment for children suffering from anxiety, research has suggested.
A small study found that hypnotherapy helped psychological treatment in reducing anxiety and feelings of helplessness in students.
The effects of hypnotherapy were found to be greater than those of more traditional [...]

Would you have surgery without an anaesthetic?

July 31, 2005 by Ben Huss  
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The Times
Daniel Elkan is mesmerised by a woman who did.
When Pippa Plaisted was told that she would need a fourth breast cancer operation, it was not the surgery that worried her most. Like many people, the idea of an operation did terrify Pippa, a 46-year-old personal trainer, but this procedure — to reposition an artificial [...]

Is indigestion all in the mind?

May 23, 2003 by Ben Huss  
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The Times

Is indigestion all in the mind?
Hypnosis can help to settle everyday problems in the stomach, but it isn’t easily available on the NHS
By Simon Crompton
IT MAY NOT BE life-threatening, but the gnawing pain, nausea, burning and bloating of indigestion often deeply disrupt daily life. More than one in ten of us suffers from indigestion [...]