by Matt Krouwel | May 30, 2026 | evidence-based practice, Functional digestive disorder, functional disorder, hypnotherapy, irritable bowel syndrome
New research has recently been published further demonstrating the effectiveness of hypnotherapy for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and what is more it has interesting implications of possible future practice. Hypnotherapy for functional digestive disorders One of... by Matt Krouwel | Feb 15, 2026 | Functional digestive disorder, irritable bowel syndrome
IBS is a functional digestive disorder characterised by: Abdominal pain. Abdominal bloating. Frequently, a high degree of volatility in patterns of bowel movements will be present. This ranges from diarrhoea to constipation, and sufferers may vary between both. This... 
by Matt Krouwel | Jan 2, 2020 | research
Hypnotherapy research – 2019’s most important studies Happy New year! As the old year comes to an end and we welcome in the new so it’s time to review the hypnotherapy research of 2019. I went on to google scholar, put in ‘hypnotherapy’ limited the search... 
by Matt Krouwel | Apr 8, 2019 | irritable bowel syndrome
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... by Matt Krouwel | Oct 22, 2018 | dyspepsia
Hypnotherapy for Functional dyspepsia Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a disorder of the digestion, specifically movement and sensation in the gut are not acting appropriately. In FD the reason for this failure to act properly cannot be observed in any physical sense,...