There’s been a lot of talk lately about people using hypnotherapy to lose weight. Its practitioners say they can make a difference because many people’s weight problems are caused by emotional factors. That could mean they are doing it to combat stress or low self-esteem, or even to please others (mum has made your favourite chocolate cake again!).

ARTICLE BY MIRIAM STOPPARD ON FEB 2, 2009 IN THE MIRROR  ...read more »

'Imagine your gut as a river...'
Visualising your digestive system as a river may not seem the most obvious way of treating an illness. But that is exactly how hypnotherapists at a unique centre in Withington Hospital, Manchester, have been helping people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). The condition can leave people in constant discomfort and can cause severe pain. And it can prevent them from working or socialising normally.  ...read more »

Expectant mothers will be taught to hypnotise themselves before giving birth as an alternative to painkillers.
Article by Sophie Borland in The Daily Mail 14th Feb 2011

They will learn to put themselves in a trance-like state during labour in the hope that they will not need costly drug treatments such as epidurals, laughing gas or morphine. More than 800 first-time mothers will take part in the 18-month NHS trial study on the effectiveness of hypnobirthing.  ...read more »

Home births: A womb of my own. Article in The Guardian 30th Jan 2011.

In the 1960s, one in three women in the UK gave birth at home; now the figure is less than 3%. But why? Recent studies show the added risk of a home birth is tiny and that there are many benefits. Here, a mother of two reveals how the extreme language of both camps leaves mothers-to-be feeling lost.  ...read more »

If you'd like to strengthen your immune system and stave off infections, then it's time to take action!  ...read more »

For more than half her life, Charlotte Philby has been devoted to cigarettes, even after watching her father die of lung cancer. Then a friend persuaded her to see a hypnotherapist – and something extraordinary happened.  ...read more »

Controversial X Factor contestant Katie Waissel is to have hypnotherapy in an effort to overcome her stage fright.

As reported by the Daily Mirror, last night the 24 year old apparently told her mentor Cheryl Cole: "I'm cracking: if I don't get help, I'll lose it on stage."

Katie has been in the shows Sunday night sing-off three times and was controversially saved in last week's show ahead of Treyc Cohen after their mentor Cheryl refused to vote.  ...read more »

Curious, playful people tend to lead more fulfilling lives, so when you're at work, try to open your mind. Article by Anna Tims from The Guardian 30th Oct 2010.  ...read more »

A man from East Hull who was plagued by a fear of flying for nearly half a decade has conquered his phobia thanks to hypnotherapy. In fact, reports the East Riding Mail, the treatment has been so effective in overcoming anxiety that he has even taken up flying lessons.

Scott Winston, 28, says that for the past four years the prospect of taking a holiday abroad would see him waking up in cold sweats and plagued by anxiety throughout the day.  ...read more »

From The Times
April 4, 2009
The new "natural" Caesarean
With more babies being born by Caesarean section, a new movement is campaigning to make the event a more "natural" experience
Charlotte Edwardes  ...read more »