Actress Kirsten Dunst has revealed that she had hypnotherapy to help her kick her smoking habit. The 29-year-old Melancholia star said she has successfully undergone hypnosis in the past to conquer her addiction to nicotine. In an interview with UK Elle magazine, she said: “I did it once and it worked. Then I started [smoking]…
Daily Archives: August 5, 2011
Hypnosis in the News
Hypnotism and Health Care
by Brian David Phillips •
More in the news regarding hypnosis in health care . . . Hypnotism is a powerful tool in health care, says Toronto psychologist Dr. Judy Coldoff, president of the Canadian Federation of Clinical Hypnosis. “People think of situations where a hypnotist has made someone quack like a duck or bark like a dog. We who…
Hypnosis in the News
Hypnosis and the Zone
by Brian David Phillips •
My Suburban Life has a profile of hypnotist Wendy Kerr which is mostly a worthwhile read. However, one section might do best to have some clarification. In the piece Kerr is quoted as saying that hypnosis is basically just focused concentration that we go into all the time. Well, focused concentration is certainly a form…
Hypnosis in the News
Hypnosis becoming the New Anesthetic
by Brian David Phillips •
As regular readers here know, I have long advocated the use of hypnosis as a supplement to medical care and on a number of occasions have pointed to clinical studies that have clearly demonstrated that hypnosis can be very beneficial for surgery. Recently, various stories have been coming out in mass media news outlets on…