Any life-threatening illness diagnosis or life-changing event can have a profound  and wide-ranging effect on individuals and their loved ones.   

Hypnotherapy is a complimentary therapy that supports people undergoing medical treatments such as Chemotherapy.

Research indicates "that hypnotherapy improves the quality of life of breast cancer patients during chemotherapy". 

"Clinical hypnosis has a history of working in partnership with medical  treatments ... it mobilises the mind–body connection ... to managing symptoms of ill health, resulting in overall  improved emotional and physical well-being."  

Hypnotherapy as an Adjunct to Medical Treatment

'Pain is a "whole person" experience. Most people experience pain physically, emotionally, socially and intellectually. Pain can inhibit a normal productive life: it can limit your ability to concentrate, participate in physical activities and enjoy social interactions. Psychological evaluation and treatment can help many individuals develop specific skills that relieve the suffering of pain and thus increase their quality of life.'

Stanford University Medical Centre

Hypnosis transforms treatment for chronic pain 

Hypnotherapy for the Management of Chronic Pain

Teaching patients in pain self-hypnosis Stanford researcher 

Study identifies brain areas altered during hypnotic trances

The tremendous volume of research provides compelling evidence that  hypnosis is an efficacious treatment for state anxiety and anxiety-related disorders.

US National Library of Medicine

Clinical Hypnosis and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) in the Treatment of a Young Woman with Anxiety, Depression and Self-Esteem Issues 

Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (p155)

A new treatment for Stress which combines mindfulness with hypnotherapy has shown positive results in a Baylor University pilot study.  

Science Daily

'What was slightly comforting to me was that research proved that hypnosis wasn’t just a woo-woo concept, and that it did, in fact, have effects.'

Hypnosis Changed my Life New York Times

Clinical Hypnosis, an Effective Mind–Body Modality for Adolescents with Behavioural and Physical Complaints. Case Studies for Adolescents: Chronic Daily Headaches, Needle Phobia, Primary Nocturnal Enuresis, Anxiety with Sleep Disturbance, Substance Abuse and Crohn’s Disease with Abdominal Pain.

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