Psychosomatic disease is not “all in the mind”. Instead, psychosomatic (psycho = mind & soma = body) diseases are real, diagnosable, and physical (J. S. Greenberg, 2017). The root of psychosomatic illness stem from the mind making the body more vulnerable. So, for example, the common cold is considered a psychosomatic disease. Psychological stress decreases the […]
Creating a Powerful Healing Remedy
I believe that one of the obstacles to healing is the sense of helplessness and disempowerment we experience when it comes to physical ailments. We feel we need to take something or have a specialist heal our bodies for us. We’ve been trained since early childhood that the doctor or the medication will make it […]
Is Hypnosis a Placebo?
When people hear about medical hypnosis, they often ask “Is hypnosis is a placebo?” Well, yes and no. The History of Placebo Placebos are assumed by many as ‘fake’ medicine. It can trace its poor reputation back to Franz Anton Mesmer in the late 1700’s. He used trance and magnetism to successfully cure his patients […]
Gut-Directed Hypnosis for IBS
Most hypnotherapists offer smoking cessation and weight loss programs as their daily bread and butter. Medical Hypnotherapists also have a bread and butter service – Gut-directed Hypnosis for IBS (irritable bowel sydrome). It has been proven in research of the last 25 years to be effective in over 80% of cases of those diagnosed with […]
Is there an Initial Sensitizing Event in Chronic Disease?
Many practitioners of hypnotherapy wonder is the cause of chronic disease is in an initial sensitizing event (ISE)? As practitioners, do we just search for it and heal that? Well… sometimes there is, and sometimes there isn’t… and sometimes that’s only one part of what created the mental patterns behind the disease…. So what causes […]