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A Gentle Introduction to Trance Theory

by Dennis R Wier

Most of you have an idea as to what a trance is. But, that idea is probably different than the idea you will learn here.

Alchemical Hypnotherapy

by Abhita Helena Foss

Alchemical Hypnotherapy, an interactive trance process, has been developed over the past 20 years by Californian David Quigley and draws together the key elements of Gestalt sub-pe...

Alchemical Hypnotherapy But what does it mean?

by Andrew White

There is impressive evidence of cures and remissions when people search for a meaning in their symptoms and assume a part of the unconscious mind creates their illness psychologica...

Clinical Hypnotherapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome

by Michael Mahoney

Research conducted over the last few years has shown hypnotherapy to be particularly effective in treating conditions of the digestive system such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)...

Dream Busting for Children

by Kimberly Willis PhD

This article looks into the odd nightmare of a child that becomes more frequent and develops into a full-blown fear of sleep.

Ericksonian Hypnotherapy - Legacy from a Genius

by David Johnson

This article pays tribute to the revolutionary thinking of Milton Erickson (1901-1980), which has transformed hypnotherapy practice today and has much to teach professionals from o...

High Impact Hypnosis

by Lawrence Leyton

High impact hypnosis is a new form of hypnosis. It is self-administered and gives the patient total control of the healing process.The key objective is to take away any resistance ...

Hypnosis and Psychotherapy

by Ivan Tyrrell

Your own natural healing response is a rich system of mind-body communication which you can tap into during hypnosis while benefiting from therapeutic suggestions. That is why ther...

Hypnosis in Musculoskeletal Medicine

by Dr Peter Skew

Usually lecturing or writing under this title I have to define and explain hypnosis, a daunting task under any circumstances.

Hypnosis, Healing and Intuition

by John Benest

Your mind can help you recover from illness and bring about a state of wellbeing. Clinical Hypnosis will enable you to get in touch with the resources within the deeper part of you...

Hypnosis: Symptomatic Trances of Everyday Life

by Ivan Tyrrell

A trance state is one in which our normal awareness of the outside world is reduced while our attention is focused on a particular idea, problem, fantasy or physical stimulus.

Hypnotherapy for Health

by Steve Nichols

Erickson is my starting point in hypnotherapy, and a constant reference point as well, but I am not he, and have developed induction techniques and psychotherapeutic approaches tha...

Overcoming Fears and Phobias

by Leonie Remington

Clinical hypnotherapist and NLP practitioner Leonie Remington describes exactly what is a phobia, highlighting four characteristics of phobia that differentiate it from normal fear...

State-of-the-Art Hypnotherapy Tapes for Health and Self-Improvement

by Glenn Harrold

Glenn Harrold is a fully qualified clinical hypnotherapist who, drawing on his training as a musician and his experience of state-of-the-art digital recording techniques and believ...

Stop Smoking - Positive Approaches

by Ursula Markham

On any given day there are literally thousands of people trying to kick the smoking habit. Many experts agree that the best method to stop smoking is one which is non-invasive and ...

The Hypo-Desensitization Approach to the Treatment of Simple Phobias

by Karen Campbell

In this article, the author looks at phobias, what they are and have in common, and where they come from. She says there are many different techniques now available to the phobic ...

The Spectre of Fear

by Vera Peiffer

Vera Peiffer, hypnotherapist and kinesiologist, offers a vivid illustration of the fine line between rational and irrational fear and damaging effects of fear on our health, to the...

Trance: the practice and the pitfalls

by Dennis R Wier

Powerful yogic trance states are often created by the long term practice of meditation. When the mind is temporarily anchored in trance, a yogi may become sensitive to subtle inf...

Using Hypnosis for Self-Understanding and Change

by John Butler

My clients often surprise me, which I see as one of the benefits to me of my work as a therapist.

What Is Hypnotherapy - How does it Work - and why do we Need It....?

by Sally Stubbs

The real origin and essence of the hypnotic condition is the induction of a habit of abstraction or mental concentration, in which, as in reverie or spontaneous abstraction, the pow...