Dentists are very familiar with anxious patients, and often find that treatment takes longer and is more challenging. A dental surgery in Torquay has recently appointed a hypnotherapist to help people deal with the anxiety that often surrounds dental work.

Industry magazine Dentistry IQ reports that Riverview Dental in Totnes will soon offer clinical hypnotherapy to patients who are anxious and nervous about their visit to the dentist.   ...read more »

Natalie Couldwell was followed by The Star (South Yorkshire) newspaper as she had Hypnotic Gastric Band therapy.  ...read more »

Many artists fear their creativity will dry up - and often it does. But, says Professor Robert Winston, great composers have come through creative blocks to produce outstanding works. At least one, though, was driven to suicide by vanishing inspiration.

Sergei Rachmaninoff hoped to revolutionise composition when writing his first symphony at the age of 24. But the omens were bad.  ...read more »

Rachmaninoff used hypnotherapy to write his 2nd Piano Concerto (one of classical music's most enduring hits). The composer suffered an extreme creative block following the catastrophic premiere of his first symphony. After three years of silence, a hypnotherapist, Dr. Dahl, effected a cure and rescued his career. 

Rachmaninoff's second Piano Concerto has become one of classical music's most enduring hits, but it was almost never composed at all. The composer suffered an extreme creative block following the catastrophic premiere of his first symphony. After three years of silence, a hypnotherapist, Dr. Dahl, effected a cure and rescued his career. Prof. Winston also investigates evidence that a medical condition was responsible for Rachmaninoff's famously large hand-span, with pianist Peter Donohoe demonstrating the difficulty this presents for would-be performers of his music.  ...read more »

by Hannah McLaverty-Williamson

Strictly Come Dancing star Ali Bastian has enlisted the help of a hypnotherapist to help overcome her stage fright.

The actress turned dancer, is preparing to play the lead role in a new Latin and ballroom dancing show named Burn the Floor. She will be starring in the show along side her Strictly dance partner and boyfriend Brian Fortuna, when it hits the West End stage later this month.  ...read more »

from BBC news 16 Nov 2009

Hypnosis has a "very real" effect that can be picked up on brain scans, say Hull University researchers.

An imaging study of hypnotised participants showed decreased activity in the parts of the brain linked with daydreaming or letting the mind wander.

The same brain patterns were absent in people who had the tests but who were not susceptible to being hypnotised.  ...read more »