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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
Posted in CBT, Childbirth
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
Posted in Childbirth, Pain Control
Tagged childbirth, hypnobirthing, hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, pain, painless
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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
Posted in CBT, Childbirth
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
Posted in Childbirth, Hypnotherapy
Tagged anaesthesia, anxiety, childbirth, hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, hypnotism, obstetrics, pain, pregnancy
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James Braid on Suggestion and Childbirth
This brief excerpt shows James Braid, the founder of hypnotherapy, employing suggestion with a hypnotic subject to induce labour. Continue reading
Hypnosis for Childbirth: Some References & Research
This brief article contains some references to very early uses of hypnosis for childbirth from Albert Moll and then excerpts from a more detailed review of research in this area from Crasilneck and Hall’s textbook Clinical Hypnosis (1975). Continue reading
Posted in Childbirth, Pain Control
Tagged childbirth, hypnobirthing, hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, hypnotic, obstetrics, pain, painless
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The History of Hypnotism in Childbirth (Platonov)
This excerpt from a book chapter by the Soviet researcher and psychotherapist Platonov provides a detailed overview of the origin of hypnotic techniques of pain relief during childbirth. Continue reading
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Tagged anaesthesia, analgesia, childbirth, hypnobirthing, hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, hypnotism, pain, painless, Soviet
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