Category Archives: Pain Control
Braid on Hypnotism, Childbirth and Infants
Excerpts from The Discovery of Hypnosis, The Complete Writings of James Braid, dealing with childbirth and infants. Continue reading
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“On Esdaile and Hypnotic Anaesthetic” from The Complete Writings of James Braid
On Esdaile & Hypnotic Anaesthetic”: Letter to The Medical Times (1847) Excerpt from The Discovery of Hypnosis: The Complete Writings of James Braid[This small study could be considered to show, at best, either 30% or 60% “success” for Esdaile’s Mesmeric … Continue reading
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Tagged anaesthesia, analgesia, Braid, Esdaile, hypnosis, hypnotism, Mesmerism, pain, surgery
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Hypnosis & Mindfulness for Pregnancy & Childbirth
A new two-day workshop on the use of hypnosis and mindfulness for pregnancy and childbirth. Designed for both newly qualified and experienced hypnotherapists. Continue reading
Posted in Childbirth, College News, Hypnotherapy
Tagged childbirth, hypnosis, mindfulness
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Stress Inoculation Training (SIT) and Childbirth
This article tries to explore ways of applying established evidence-based procedures for coping with stress (Stress Inoculation Training) to the problems of coping with stress or pain in relation to childbirth. It examines how methodologies based on basic research on stress and coping tend to emphasise elements largely overlooked in established natural childbirth methods. Continue reading
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Tagged CBT, childbirth, cognitive, Cognitive Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, obstetrics, pain, painless, stress
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Hypnotic Childbirth: Some Suggestions
This brief excerpt from an earlier article summarises specific examples of the main suggestions (and autosuggestions) used for coping with pregnancy and natural childbirth, derived from a survey of the hypnotherapy literature. Continue reading
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Tagged childbirth, hypnobirthing, hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, hypnotic, hypnotism, Mesmerism, obstetrics, pain, painless, suggestion
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Ernest Hilgard on Hypnotic Pain Control during Labour
This article summarises the key points of a detailed review of research on hypnotic and non-hypnotic methods of relieving pain during childbirth by Ernest Hilgard from 1975. Continue reading
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Tagged childbirth, hypnobirthing, hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, pain, painless
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Christmas Research Snippet: Hypnotism & Babies
Christmas Research Snippet: Hypnotism & Babies NCH Research Snippet by Donald Robertson (I don’t normally republish these on my own blog but, to cut a long story short, I had to do it with this one to get the graph … Continue reading
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Suggestions for Natural Childbirth (Role Theory)
This article outlines the role-taking theory of hypnosis as applied to hypnotic childbirth and describes ideas for developing hypnotic scripts. Continue reading
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Tagged childbirth, hypnobirthing, hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, hypnotic, hypnotism, pregnancy
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Psychological Preparation for Childbirth
This article tentatively explores some potential applications of cognitive therapy to the problems of pain and anxiety, etc., in relation to childbirth. Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, CBT, childbirth, Cognitive Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, labour, obstetrics, pain, pregnancy
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Research Review of Hypnosis for Childbirth: Some Comments
This article summarises and comments upon the finding of a recent systematic review of the research on hypnosis for managing pain during labour. Continue reading
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Tagged anaesthesia, anxiety, childbirth, hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, hypnotism, obstetrics, pain, pregnancy
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