Lego as a metaphor
Lego as a metaphor I recently found myself sitting across from a grown man, a notably manly man, who was weeping. At the end of the session he told me how good he felt. Not an unusual situation for a therapist I admit, but this was a little different because I’d done...
Do peppermint oil capsules work for IBS?
Do peppermint oil capsules work for IBS? If you’ve ever read one of my blogs before you may know that I’m a hypnotherapist who specialises in hypnotherapy for IBS. What, you may ask, has that to do with peppermint oil? Well, the other day I was giving a free...
People with IBS’s opinions and attitudes towards hypnotherapy
People with IBS’s opinions and attitudes towards hypnotherapy Hypnotherapy has a proven track record as a treatment for IBS.(1 )This is so well established that the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the arbiter of best practice in the UK’s...
Barriers to hypnotherapy
Barriers to hypnotherapy - lessons from an interview study of people with IBS Hypnotherapy is a well-established and demonstrably effective treatment for IBS.1 It has even been recognised by the UK’s arbiter of best medical practice, the National Institute of Health...
Hypnotherapy for IBS – 35 years of success!
Hypnotherapy for IBS – 35 years of success! Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic functional disorder of the gut and bowel characterised by substantial fluctuations in bowel movement and is often associated with pain1, 2. It causes misery for millions of people...
On-line hypnotherapy for IBS
On-line hypnotherapy for IBS works A recently published article by the Manchester IBS research group has found that on-line hypnotherapy for IBS works (Hasan et al 2019). By this they mean that hypnotherapy, the use of suggestions and metaphors in the hypnotic state...