Category Archives: Hypnotherapy
The Hippocratic Oath in Psychotherapy
This is a proposal for a modernised version of the ancient Hippocratic Oath, sworn by doctors throughout the centuries. The traditional principles of the oath have been preserved but rephrased and modified for use by contemporary psychotherapists and hypnotherapists. Continue reading
Posted in Assessment, CBT, Hypnotherapy
Tagged code, codes, ethic, ethics, Hippocratic Oath, hypnotherapists, Hypnotherapy, professionalism, psychotherapists, psychotherapy, therapy
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An Early Hypnotic Subject Speaks
Dr. James John Garth Wilkinson was an early Victorian hypnotist. He was hypnotised by James Braid, the founder of hypnotherapy, observed many of his experiments, and became a hypnotist himself. Wilkinson was also a popular writer and describes the subjective experience of being hypnotised in colourful and expressive language, e.g., as a “diamond glare” of focused attention, etc. Continue reading
Posted in Hypnotherapy, James Braid: The Founder of Hypnotherapy
Tagged animal magnetism, Braid, hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, hypnotic, hypnotism, Mesmer, Mesmerism
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James Esdaile writes to James Braid about Mesmerism and Hypnotism
Excerpt from a letter by the Mesmerist James Esdaile to fellow Scotsman James Braid, the founder of hypnotherapy. Continue reading
James Braid on Self-Hypnosis and Hindu Yoga
Excerpt from James Braid’s collected writings, The Discovery of Hypnosis, in which the founder of hypnotherapy discusses the relationship between hypnotism and yogic meditation, from a sceptical perspective. Continue reading
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 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
Some Criticisms of Ericksonian Hypnosis
Brief note discussing some of Weitzenhoffer’s comments about his colleague Milton Erickson, and examining some data on Erickson’s success rates with hypnotherapy based on cases reported by him. Continue reading
Posted in Hypnotherapy
Tagged erickson, ericksonian, hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, hypnotic, hypnotism, nlp
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Comparison of Hypnotised and Non-hypnotised Subjects
A brief snippet explaining some basic research findings which have consistently provided support for cognitive-behavioural hypnosis researchers’ rejection of the notion of “hypnotic trance” and the emphasis on ordinary cognitive factors in hypnosis instead. Continue reading
Posted in Hypnotherapy, Suggestion
Tagged Hypnotherapy, hypnotic, hypnotism, research, suggestion
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That Hypnotism Never Meant Mind-Control According to its Founder James Braid
Another short snippet from James Braid, the founder of hypnotherapy, which makes it very clear that Braid emphasised hypnotism required the conscious consent of the subject and could not be used for “mind-control”, contrary to the claims of the Mesmerists. Continue reading
What Bernheim Really Said about Hypnosis
This short article provides some little-known quotations from Hippolyte Bernheim’s later writings in which the father of 20th century hypnotism makes it clear that he does not consider hypnosis to be in any way related to sleep but rather to be a general state of heightened suggestibility. Continue reading
