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Client Factsheet: Hypnotherapy

This is a short factsheet on hypnotherapy with a series of bullet points, briefly explaining the treatment to clients.

The 4 Types of Hypnotherapy

The field of hypnotherapy can appear as a muddy mess. Hard to navigate and not well signposted! There are actually…

What exactly is Hypno-CBT®?

One of the most commonly asked questions we get is: what exactly IS the Hypno-CBT® model? So I thought I’d…

Taking Placebos on Purpose

Brief discussion of a curious 1965 study in which placebo pills were administered to 15 “neurotic” psychiatric patients, who were explicitly told that they were being given “sugar pills” with no therapeutic ingredients and nevertheless appeared to benefit from them.

Beginners Guide to the History of Hypnosis (Timeline)

This is a basic timeline and introduction to the history of hypnosis from ancient times to the present day. It provides a brief overview of some of the most influential figures in the field of hypnosis and hypnotherapy and a brief description of their role and importance.

Mindfulness, Metacognition and Hypnosis

In 2006, Steven Jay Lynn collaborated with the Buddhist teacher Lama Surya Das, and two other researchers, in an attempt to explore the possibility of combining elements of Buddhist mindfulness meditation practice, cognitive therapy, and hypnosis, drawing on recent research in cognitive psychology. This post briefly summarises and comments upon their article.

Hypnotherapy for Smoking Cessation: What Works and What Doesn’t

This short article discusses the wide variation in results from hypnosis for smoking cessation and the inadequacy of scripted direct suggestion and hypnotic age regression methods compared to multi-component approaches, i.e., cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy.

Hypnotic Childbirth: Some Suggestions

This brief excerpt from an earlier article summarises specific examples of the main suggestions (and autosuggestions) used for coping with pregnancy and natural childbirth, derived from a survey of the hypnotherapy literature.