In a trance? Nigella Lawson ‘used hypnotherapy’ to help shed two stone as part of her dramatic weight loss

She lost a dramatic two stone last year, dropping from a size 16 to a slimline 12. But it seems that it wasn’t just healthy eating and exercise that helped Nigella Lawson shape up, as the domestic goddess reportedly underwent hypnotherapy. The £295 sessions at a Harley Street clinic are allegedly the secret to the …

Read more In a trance? Nigella Lawson ‘used hypnotherapy’ to help shed two stone as part of her dramatic weight loss

‘I felt sick every time I heard the Strictly theme tune’: Humiliated Camilla Dallerup needed hypnosis to get over Brendan Cole’s rumoured affair with Natasha Kaplinsky

It became one of the most famous television hook ups of all time – when Brendan Cole and Natasha Kaplinsky were rumoured to have danced their way to romance off-screen. But the claims left Brendan’s then-fiancée Camilla Dallerup so devastated that she required hypnosis and life coaching to get over the alleged betrayal. Camilla admitted …

Read more ‘I felt sick every time I heard the Strictly theme tune’: Humiliated Camilla Dallerup needed hypnosis to get over Brendan Cole’s rumoured affair with Natasha Kaplinsky

Research backs an unconventional remedy for IBS: Hypnosis

New research indicates that hypnosis may be effective at mitigating stubborn cases of “irritable bowel syndrome,” a catch-all phrase used to describe moderate to severe abdominal pain that doesn’t seem to be caused by something specific. Several studies since the 1980s have linked “gut-directed” hypnosis to an easing of symptoms in some patients with IBS …

Read more Research backs an unconventional remedy for IBS: Hypnosis

Studies reveal the effectiveness of medical hypnosis

My colleague, Chiara Marripodi, recently provided me some very interesting data on the effectiveness of hypnosis, as follows. It’s fascinating to consider the healing properties of what so many consider hocus pocus! The validity of therapeutic hypnosis as a complementary modality is becoming recognized, as studies prove brainwave activity changes with hypnotic depth. As we …

Read more Studies reveal the effectiveness of medical hypnosis

Gut-directed group hypnotherapy improved quality of life in patients with IBS

Patients with refractory irritable bowel syndrome indicated better illness-related quality of life after undergoing gut-directed group hypnotherapy in addition to medical treatment in a recent study.Researchers randomly assigned 100 adult patients with refractory IBS to receive either supportive talks with medical treatment (SMT, controls) or to undergo 10 weekly 45-minute sessions of gut-directed group hypnotherapy …

Read more Gut-directed group hypnotherapy improved quality of life in patients with IBS

Clinical research on cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy probably has a stronger scientific evidence-base than most people realise. For example, a recent meta-analysis identified 57 good quality randomised controlled trials (RCTs), involving 1,829 participants, from a total of 444 studies examining the clinical efficacy of hypnosis, excluding “analogue” studies (Flammer & Bongartz, 2003). These researchers found that hypnosis had a “medium” (d=0.56) …

Read more Clinical research on cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy versus CBT: October Research Snippet

This month’s research snippet is about a very important treatment outcome study on public-speaking anxiety, a clinical trial comparing an established (evidence-based) CBT protocol for social phobia (social anxiety disorder) against the same protocol augmented by hypnosis, and a third (waiting list) control group. The study was published in 1997 and has been frequently-cited since …

Read more Hypnotherapy versus CBT: October Research Snippet