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 | Jul 31, 2020 | Functional digestive disorder
People Living with IBS – survey Are you or anyone you know living with IBS? I’m conducting a survey into adults (18+ years of age) who are living with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) from anywhere in the world. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common... 
by Matt Krouwel | Feb 2, 2020 | hypnotherapy
Hypnosis recordings Many hypnotherapists use recordings as part of their work, but few of us have had the time to assess the effectiveness and use of hypnosis recordings. In this blog we ask the question – do hypnosis recordings really work? Hypnosis recordings... 
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 | Oct 5, 2019 | irritable bowel syndrome
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...