Category Archives: Evidence-Based Practice
Hypnosis is not an altered brain state?
This brief snippet discusses the notion that hypnotism requires a “hypnotic trance” or altered state of consciousness, providing some quotations from leading researchers who reject this view as a misconception. Continue reading
Posted in Evidence-Based Practice, Hypnotherapy
Tagged altered state, brain imaging, consciousness, hypnosis, hypnotic, hypnotic trance, hypnotism, trance
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Behaviour Therapy for Blood Phobias
This short article outlines the nature of the main evidence-based psychological therapy for blood phobia and related problems, Öst’s Applied Tension technique. Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety and Phobias, CBT, Evidence-Based Practice
Tagged behavior therapy, behaviour therapy, blood, CBT, injection, injury, phobia, tension
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Soviet Rational Psychotherapy for Painless Childbirth
This brief article presents a graph showing data from thousands of patients undergoing rational psychotherapy for painless childbirth in the Soviet Union, compared to the alternative hypnotherapy method. Continue reading
Posted in Childbirth, Evidence-Based Practice, Hypnotherapy, Pain Control
Tagged childbirth, hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, hypnotic, hypnotism, obstetrics, pain, painless, Soviet
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Soviet Hypnotherapy for Skin Disorders
This brief article presents a graph showing data on the treatment of skin disorders including psoriasis, neuro-dermatitis, and eczema, using hypnotherapy, compared against a spa treatment control group. These figures are derived from a paper presented in 1956 to a psychotherapy conference in the Soviet Union. Continue reading
Three Modes of Relaxation in Therapy
This brief article distinguishes between three forms of relaxation and three corresponding categories of relaxation techniques used in modern therapy. Continue reading
Posted in CBT, Evidence-Based Practice, Hypnotherapy, Relaxation Techniques
Tagged CBT, cognitive, evidence, hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, hypnotic, hypnotism, psychotherapy, relax, relaxation, therapy
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Brief Introduction to Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy
This is a brief article introducing the cognitive-behavioural approach to hypnotherapy in plain English and answering some frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the nature and history of cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy and doing training courses in the subject. Continue reading
CBT for Intolerance of Uncertainty and Chronic Worry
Recent advances in the cognitive therapy of generalised anxiety disorder have focused on the role “intolerance of uncertainty” plays in triggering and maintaining chronic worry, this article provides a brief outline of the approach. Continue reading
Painless Childbirth with Hypnosis in the Soviet Union
This article presents a graph showing data from different methods of suggestion and hypnotherapy used to alleviate pain during childbirth in the Soviet Union with a sample of 1,000 pregnant women. Continue reading
Posted in Childbirth, Evidence-Based Practice, Hypnotherapy, Pain Control
Tagged anaesthesia, childbirth, hypnobirthing, hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, hypnotic, hypnotism, obstetrics, pain, painless, pregnancy
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Some General Problem-Solving Strategies
This is an excerpt from our online course on problem-solving therapy, providing some ideas for general-purpose problem-solving strategies. Continue reading
Posted in CBT, Evidence-Based Practice, Problem-Solving
Tagged CBT, problem-solving, problems, strategies
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Review of Empirically-Supported Hypnotherapy Treatments
This article summarises a range of studies on hypnotherapy appraised as empirically supported treatments in a recent review. Continue reading
Posted in Evidence-Based Practice, Hypnotherapy
Tagged evidence, hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, hypnotic, hypnotism, research
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