When you think of hypnotherapy you might imagine a swinging pendulum and a spooky trance. But hypnotherapy has been gaining popularity for problems like smoking cessation, anxiety and weight loss.Now ...

Hypnosis may well conjure images of black-clad, eyeliner-embossed performers convincing seemingly innocent people to perform cringe-worthy acts. But there's more to hypnosis — or more specifically, ...

On the mornings she undergoes chemotherapy, Jeanne Safer hypnotizes herself en route in the taxi. She starts by closing her eyes, then rolling them up to the top of her head and down, all the while ...

When Emily, a 28-year-old music teacher from Orlando, Florida, decided to try medical hypnosis, she had plenty of doubts — but she also had nothing to lose. Shortly after giving birth to her first son ...

Dr. Daniel Monti answers the question: 'What Is Medical Hypnosis?' Jan. 13, 2010 -- Question: What is medical hypnosis, or hypnotherapy, most commonly used for, what are its benefits and how strong is ...

Monica Soderberg, a licensed specialist clinical social worker at Lawrence Mental Health Collective and Acumen Institute, works closely with local doctors and uses hypnotherapy to help patients with ...

More than ever, people are losing faith in conventional medicine and looking for alternatives, thanks to the prevalence of misinformation, discrimination, distrust in big pharma, and the lack of ...

In 1987, Marilyn Bellezzo was diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a disorder that was, for her, debilitating. "I was housebound," Bellezzo said. She spent hours curled up on the bathroom ...

Spiegel was a medical student on a paediatric rotation at Boston Children's Hospital in Massachusetts, US, in 1970. As part of his training, he was also taking a class in clinical hypnosis. The young ...

Hypnosis is a technique that practitioners may use to help people change unwanted thoughts or behaviors. Some evidence suggests that this method may be an effective strategy to help some individuals ...