The purpose of hypnosis as a therapeutic technique is to help you understand and gain more control over your behavior, emotions or physical well-being."
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1986
"In a study of 60 women separated into hypnosis versus non-hypnosis groups, the groups using hypnosis lost an average of 17 pounds, while the non-hypnosis group lost an average of only .5 pounds."
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
"In a meta analysis, comparing the results of adding hypnosis to weight loss treatment across multiple studies showed that adding hypnosis increased weight loss by an average of 97% during treatment, and even more importantly, increased the effectiveness of POST TREATMENT to over 146%. This shows that hypnosis works even better over time."
Journal of the American Medical Association (July 24, 1996)
"Thinking and behavior interventions are also important in treating pain. These interventions help give patients a sense control and help them develop coping skills to deal with the disease and its symptoms....Relaxation, imagery and hypnosis are effective in relieving pain in people who are able to concentrate and use imagery and who are willing to practice the technique".
The Capital (Annapolis, MD), April 2004
"Approved as a valid treatment by the American Medical Association in 1958, hypnotism has become increasingly accepted by the medical community. It's use for chronic pain was approved in 1996 by the National Institutes of Health."
Health Magazine, May 2004
"In 2000, a Harvard University study of 241 patients found that those who underwent hypnosis before surgery required less pain medication, experienced fewer complications, and were discharged from the hospital sooner than patients who went without."
And according to a 1996 analysis by University of Connecticut scientists, dieters who tried hypnosis lost almost twice as much as those who didn't.
"A National Institute of Health funded pilot study found that asthmatic adults who used imagery techniques were able to decrease their medication." --Dr. Andrew Wiel, Self-Healing
Consumer Reports, 2005
"....hypnosis can help adult patients control other forms of pain, relieve gastrointestinal problems, Stimulate Weight Loss, clear up skin problems and accelerate the healing of bone fractures and surgical wounds.
" National Women's Health Resource Center, November 2003
"....hypnosis often is used to modify behavior and overcome phobias and bad habits--it can help you make changes that you've been unable to make otherwise."
Jane Pauley Show, 2004"
Dr. David Spiegel, Assoc. Chair of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine.
"....hypnosis is not mind control. It's a naturally occurring state of concentration; It's actually a means of enhancing your control over both your mind and your body."
