Liz Jones discusses her fear of horses and how it developed as well as how she overcame it with hypnosis in her piece at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2028575/Hypnosis-After-developing-phobia-beloved-horse-LIZ-JONES-willing-try.html. She had loved horses but had what to her unconscious was a traumatic event that installed a phobia. Through hypnosis, she overcame her phobia and is back to caring for…

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Valorie J. Wells has an extensive piece in the Huffington Post on strategies folks can use when they find it difficult to relax or use self-hypnosis. See the full article at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/valorie-j-wells-phd/what-to-do-when-selfhypno_b_939753.html. Actually, you might also be interested in the full series by Wells on the use of self-hypnosis. All the best, Brian http://www.briandavidphillips.com

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Suburban Trends asks the question Is Getting into Hypnotic State a Good Idea? and Registered Nurse Pauline Nardella provides a simple and straightforward answer . . . YES! See the article for the full story. Want to learn how to perform hypnotic work? Go to my main webpages at http://www.briandavidphillips.com and check out the online…

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So, Nick Stone has decided to integrate voodoo and hypnosis into his new book VOODOO EYES. Yes, the man with the hypnotic voodoo eyes is at it and turning friend and foe into hypnotic voodoo slaves, or something to that effect. Okay, I admit, the voodoo doll gag is a staple of my stage show…

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The Royal Society of Medicine has called on the NHS to use Clinical Hypnosis in order to to save costs and improve treatment of conditions such as stress and depression. This tidbit is included in an article discussing the first legitimate university diploma program in hypnosis granted in the UK at http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/9206623.Britain_s_first_degree_in_hypnosis_awarded/. All the best,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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News reporter Ashley Kohl describes her experience going to a hypnotherapy clinic, complete with interview, at http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/health/Ashley-goes-to-hypnotherapy-. – Brian

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William Weir of the Hartford Courant discusses the very positive use of hypnosis to relieve pain and other effects of surgery on patients at http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/18/3776632/relieving-the-effects-of-surgery.html. It is very important to know that hypnosis has been shown time and time again to decrease and even eliminate pain, alleviate stress, and in many cases benefit the acceleration…

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Trudi Pratt discusses the use of hypnosis to help folks stop-smoking at http://www.redding.com/news/2011/jun/29/quitting-smoking-is-a-battle-that-you-can. – Brian

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The Palm Beach Post has a piece on how Laura King uses hypnosis to help equestrians eliminate their fears. It’s well worth the read so go to http://www.palmbeachpost.com/accent/pets/hypnotherapist-tries-to-help-equestrians-curb-fears-1606343.html. The methods for helping equestrians would be the same as for any athlete or person who is in an occupation with intense performance pressure. I have worked…

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85-year-old World War Two veteran Pat Myers discusses how he was able to overcome his own Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder through the use of self-hypnosis at http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/world-war-ii-vet-sees-hypnosis-as-a-solution-to-ptsd/1179910. – Brian

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A MARTIAL arts fanatic has finally conquered her biggest enemy – bananas. Paula Ross, 23, couldn’t stand the fruit since being forced to eat one as a toddler. Bullies even taunted her with bananas when she was at school. But now, after hypnotherapy, Paula, of Kilmarnock, can eat them quite happily. She said: “It is…

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A TEENAGER accused of murdering a stranger claimed he thought his victim was “a zombie”, a court heard yesterday. Tianhui Zhan, 19, also told a psychiatrist that he heard voices telling him to kill 21-year-old Michael Davis, who he stabbed to death on a city street. Zhan denies murder and has lodged a defence of…

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More hypnotherapists are offering the hypnotic gastric band bypass or similar process in which they hypnotize weight loss clients into feeling as if they have had a gastric band bypass. While the method certainly works in the short term for many – see http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/07/01/mum-and-daughter-lose-five-stone-after-hypnotherapist-convinces-them-they-ve-had-gastric-bands-fitted-115875-23238966/ for one such story of success – this is not the…

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Behavioral treatments such as relaxation training, hypnosis and biofeedback to help prevent chronic migraine headaches are cost-effective alternatives to prescription drugs, a new study suggests. Researchers compared the costs of several types of behavioral treatment with preventive prescription drugs. After six months, minimal-contact behavioral treatment was comparable with drug treatment using medicines that cost 50…

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