Symptom Relief with Clinical Hypnosis

A recent story online has highlighted the use of clinical hypnosis to provide symptom relief and enhanced quality of life for an MS patient. Note that we are talking about the management of symptoms rather than cure. However, this field of mind-body medicine deserves more attention as it is a medical frontier which has yet […]

Healing the Past

“Therapy takes us backward into a forgotten past, but this was not a safe and secure time, else we would not have emerged from it scarred by battle wounds and armoured in self-defense.” ― Alexander Lowen, Bioenergetics Sometimes we have to deal with the unfinished business of the past. Why? Usually because we didn’t have […]

Medical Hypnosis: You are Getting Healthier (The Wall Street Journal)

On the mornings she undergoes chemotherapy, Jeanne Safer hypnotizes herself en route in the taxi. Hypnosis may stir images of stage magic and swinging pocket watches, but there’s growing evidence it can be useful for easing pain, relieving anxiet and relaxing patients before surgery. Melinda Beck has details on Lunch Break. Photo: Getty Images She […]