Hot flashes from menopause, cancer or operation difficulties, drug side effects, and other sources have been shown to respond well to hypnosis and focused trance style imagery . . . Many Using Hypnosis to Treat Hot Flashes:

Kay Dolzel, hypnosis patient: “The hot flashes just come in wave after wave after wave, just usually from the center, building up and going down.” Kay was desperate to fight the flashes, so she turned to a government study looking at the effectiveness of hypnosis for hot flashes. Gary Elkins, PHD, mind-body researcher: “D uring the session, that patient is instructed in entering a very deeply-relaxed state, and then we use mental images for coolness to counteract the effects of hot flashes.” Kay went to 5 hypnotherapy sessions and kept a daily log. She went from having nearly 60 hot flashes a week to just four. T he technique seems to be working for others in the study, too. Gary Elkins: “We found a 58% decrease in the frequency of hot flashes, and also very importantly, 76% decrease in the severity of hot flashes.” For Kay, hot flashes no longer control her life. Whenever she feels 1 coming on, she simply conjures up images of cool, mountain breezes. Right now the study is only taking place in Texas. Doctor Elkins hopes to soon expand the study to menopausal and post-menopausal women without breast cancer.

The technique used is a simple guided imagery method . . . feel free to download the free guided imagery MP3s on my webpages at http://www.briandavidphillips.com and is very straightfoward. Feel free to browse the webpages for more information on how hypnosis or focused trance style imagery can help you.