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 …
Adele has turned to hypnoptherapy in an attempt to cure her stage fright, which has crippled the star during her career. The singer has reportedly been having treatment in LA with a hypnotherapist to help her conquer her stage fright, The Sun reports. The award-collecting popstar is set to perform her critically acclaimed James Bond …
A psychiatric researcher has called upon the United Kingdom’s medical regulatory body to add hypnotherapy to its list of approved treatments for a much wider variety of conditions, in a presentation at a joint conference of the joint conference of the Royal Society of Medicine, the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis and the …
Los Angeles: Singer Dido says she had to undergo hypnotherapy to get rid of the fear of singing on stage. The 41-year-old, who has sung songs like “Here with me”,”Thank you” and “White flag” had reached a point in life where it was becoming difficult for her to sing, reports contactmusic.com. “I went to hypnotherapy …
Occupy Wall Street protesters are undergoing collectivist zombie training in Atlanta, where a large group was caught on film engaging in a weird sort of “one voice” hypnotic chanting ritual that characterizes the key principles of both Communism and Socialism. Having an extensive background in studying linguistics and human psychology, I recognize mass hypnosis when …
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Kerry Katona is supposedly taking hypnotherapy to help her to stay clear of drink and drugs. The Atomic Kitten has moved back north and is determined to maintain her new health lifestyle. Sources told the Daily Star Sunday that Kerry is undertaking hypnosis to help her to “stay clean”. A source is quoted as saying: …
Oprah continues her Soul Series with the fascinating story of Miami psychiatrist Dr. Brian Weiss, author of Many Lives, Many Masters. Dr. Weiss, a Yale Medical School graduate, says he had always considered himself to be an academician—a pragmatic, “show me” kind of person who didn’t give much thought to anything spiritual or mystical. That …
Unlucky in love Chantelle Houghton seems to have been charmed by a new man. The reality television star, who is pictured on a sunny holiday, is said to have been swept off her feet by a gorgeous Harley Street hypnotherapist. Chantelle, 29, met the handsome Dominic Knight on a trip to the dentist and the …
hypnosis just a trick of stage magicians or hocus pocus for gullible New Agers? Not according to new research just presented at the European Anesthesiology Congress in Amsterdam. Professor Fabienne Roelants and Dr. Christine Watremez, from the Department of Anesthesiology at the Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, UCL, in Brussels, Belgium, found, that by using a …
Many scientists and researchers often ponder the idea of moral philosophy. Where does moral judgment come from and how are the rules defined? Are moral judgments a result of reasoning through a particular situation or are they a result of an emotion and based on feelings? People can argue either position. However, recent studies have …
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