It is with great reluctance that we have decided to postpone the Extravaganza until later in the year.
Reflections on the recent special issue of IJCEH dealing with hypnotherapy for clinical depression, and attempts to create hybrid hypnotherapy approaches combined with modern evidence-based psychotherapies for depression.
Gil Boyne died on 5th May 2010 at his home in London, after a brief illness. Having been admitted to hospital and been given a diagnosis a week previously, he…
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This article summarises the research studies on hypnotherapy identified in a recent review as meeting the criteria for empirically-supported treatments (ESTs).
Nick Wright, Ostm, D.Hyp, MAPHP(ACC), MAO, MNCP(Snr Accred), MNCH (Reg) Nick is a Doctor of Osteomyology, Clinical Hypnotherapy Practitioner and Trainer, Practitioner of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), Certified Havening Techniques™ Practitioner,…
Some members of the National Council for Hypnotherapy are offering a free consultation/session to help homecoming servicemen and women cope with their return to civilian life after the stresses of warfare.
This is a short article published in the Autumn 2009 edition of the NCH’s publication The Hypnotherapy Journal. It outlines proposed improvements to the Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma (HPD) award. Comments are invited from any interested parties, especially NCH members and accredited training schools.
This snippet discusses a recent experimental study which attempted to quantify (as a percentage) the extent to which expectation contributed to the pain-reducing effects of hypnosis, imagination, and a placebo medication. Strong evidence was derived from statistical analysis suggesting that the effect of hypnotism is “partially-mediated” by expectation, albeit to a lesser degree than the placebo effect.