or
Portsmouth,
he can sure help you by using my
uniquely designed programs which
will help you get your lost
self-esteem back and build it if
you had none to begin with, he
will help to improve your
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and fitness in a warm and
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The right
Hypnotherapist in Hampshire or
Portsmouth
area will offer excellent
service and have good
reputation. He will answer or
return all telephone calls, so
give you complete undivided
attention while you are taking
sessions.
The right Hypnotherapist in
Hampshire or Portsmouth is
specialized in helping people
get over problems like smoking,
alcoholism, drugs, sexual
problems, problems of over or
under weight, plus fears and
phobias. All this can be treated
by a learned Hypnotherapist.
The right Hypnotherapist in
Hampshire or
Portsmouth
area will also be a Nutritional
specialist. All his/her sessions
are done on a 1 to 1 private
basis and results will be kept
confidential. One good and
fruitful session with a
hypnotherapist is all that it
takes to change your life!
The hypnotherapist in Hampshire
or
Portsmouth
provides a professional approach
to their hypnotherapy sessions
and part of this is the initial
consultation. Hypnotherapists
are also likely to vary the
length of time for the initial
consultation so you will need to
check with your hypnotherapist
to find out how their practices
operate. Hypnotherapists in
Hampshire or
Portsmouth
realize that not everyone is
able to take an appointment in
the day time and so they often
give evening appointments. Some
will also be available over the weekend.
Hampshire
or
Portsmouth
hypnotherapists are all
qualified and highly trained
individuals. They have all
undergone training from
recognized
UK
national training hypnosis
schools and colleges. The
hypnotherapists are also members
of a hypnotherapy national
association and follow their
code of conduct and ethics. So
when you decide to go with one,
be sure you will get the best
services, the hypnotherapists
session will put you at ease and
the results will be there to
see. A good hypnotherapist can
do wonders and change the way
you lived life and will help you
take it to a much better and
higher level.
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acts
About Portsmouth Hypnotherapy
and Hypnosis
By: Mira
Williams
Hypnotherapy is considered a
brief form of therapy. Instead
of spending years in therapy
often most issues can actually
be helped by an experienced
hypnotherapist in less than 10
sessions and quite often within
2 to 4 sessions. Some smaller
issues have also been reported
to have been sorted out in just
one session.
In this
article we will discuss some
aspects of hypnosis and
hypnotherapy.
The first
one being that hypnosis or
hypnotherapy is totally safe.
Suppose you live in
Southampton
and are checking out options to
see a qualified and experienced
person to apply hypnosis on you,
be assured that you remain safe
and relaxed as hypnosis is a
naturally occurring state that
you have already experienced. A
hypnotherapist from
Southampton
or anywhere else in the world
can not force you to go into
hypnosis against your wish.
Some readers wrote and
Southampton
residents wanted to know if they
paid a visit to hypnotherapist
would they would remember what
happened during hypnosis. The
answer to this is both - Yes and
No. You will not remember
everything but will remember
some things certainly. This is
the way our memory works
normally in our day today
healthy life also. Some
scientists claim that human
beings retain about 30% of what
we hear unless we take written
notes to aid our memory.
One
Southampton
resident was curious to know if
he will lose control over
himself once the session began.
The answer is a straight no. No.
the patient remains in control
of himself and what is happening
around him at all times. The
person performing hypnosis or
hypnotherapy does not have
control over you. So much so
that if you decide to get up and
walk out, then you can and will.
Hypnosis
is an ordinary experience. Don?t
be surprised when I tell you
that daydreaming is also a
hypnosis condition. When you are
reading a book on a train or
bus, while on the move,
oblivious of the chaos or noises
around is also again nothing but
hypnosis. We experience hypnosis
throughout our day whether we
are aware of it or not.
If you
live in Southampton and are
looking for a center or
institute offering hypno therapy
or hypnosis do make a little
research before joining one.
Talk to people who were members
of the same institute earlier
and benefited form it. Also look
for a qualified and experienced
team of people in
Southampton
who will perform hypnosis on you
to get results. There are many
centers and institutes offering
hypnotherapy or hypnosis in
Southampton.
If you haven?t been able to find
one, take a closer second look.
You are sure to find one for
yourself.
My Gut Is
Like A Stream
© Duncan Murray 2011
“…And you will find that the
increasing smoothness of flow
and the clarity of the water in
your stream reflect the
increasing health of your gut…”
If I said that to you out of the
blue, as an IBS sufferer, you
would probably suggest (politely
or otherwise) that I underwent
some urgent psychological or
psychiatric testing; however it
is true, and medically proven,
as you will discover as this
article progresses.
I do also apologise as
throughout this article I am
going to be talking about that
most unfortunate subject –
bowels and their movements.
However as a former sufferer of
IBS (diarrhoea based) of about
17 years I can actually say that
hypnotherapy really does work in
its control/management. If I
suffer slightly from the
symptoms about once a month or
so it is probably because I have
‘pigged-out’ on too many
vegetables (such as sweetcorn)
or had a very hot chilli with
red kidney beans in it. My fault
and I should know better.
But why specialise in IBS? Well
my GPs had basically told me
that I should put up with it and
just learn to live with it, make
some dietary adjustments and
take Imodium to control the
diarrhoea. I had had the
symptoms of IBS for 10 years or
so before I had a proper
diagnosis made. This ‘learning
to live with it’ I felt wasn’t
actually good enough and I had
recently decided to re-qualify
and had started to study
Hypnotherapy. Amazingly I began
to notice that my IBS was
getting better every time I had
been for a days’ training in
London;
after being dropped in and out
of hypnosis several times during
the practical sessions every
study day.
I changed from rushing to the
loo up to 15 times a day and
needing the loo within 30
seconds of waking up in the
morning to something that was
getting more towards ‘normal’. A
fellow student, who had
co-authored a published paper
with his father (a
Hypnotherapist and Consultant
Psychiatrist) on IBS talked to
me about the ‘Manchester Model’
and I started practicing it. The
effects were truly amazing and
quick as my bowel habit changed,
the diarrhoea disappeared, my
stools normalised and that has
remained the case for a few
years now.
The effectiveness of
hypnotherapy as a treatment of
Irritable Bowel Syndrome has
been rigorously tested in
published medical research -
especially that of the
'Manchester Model'.
As the audit of hypnotherapy as
an intervention in the treatment
of IBS, Whorwell (et al) 2002
concluded
that the benefits of treatment
by drugs were lost shortly after
the treatment stopped which
contrasted sharply to
hypnotherapy where they were
found to be long-lasting. This
study was of the treatment of a
statistically important 250
patients. The therapeutic gains
were shown in the same study to
have lasted for 5 years
(measurement date). The success
rate for hypnotherapeutic
interventions is about 80% of
people gaining an 80%
improvement in their bowel
habit, reduction of pain,
occurrence of diarrhoea. The
gains are slightly higher for
women than men although there
doesn’t appear to be a rational
reason for this.
It is the work of Whorwell and
others that influenced NICE
(National Institute of Health
and Clinical Excellence) to
include hypnotherapy in the
clinical guidelines for the
treatment of IBS under
psychological approaches; so
that, if there was any money,
you could get hypnotherapy for
IBS on the NHS.
Testing in IBS was historically
based on the exclusion of other
potential causes through
colonoscopy, or other mildly
invasive tests, of the symptoms
and according to the 'Rome
Criteria' that there should have
been 12 or more symptomatic
weeks in the last 12 months that
are related to an alteration to
the patients normal bowel habit.
The testing of IBS as a
diagnosis by colonoscopy was an
expensive process and used to
account for approximately 50% of
a consultant
gastroenterologist’s workload,
so the move to GP testing in
Primary Care (following NICE
guidance) was both cost
effective and also better for
the patient. This also removed
the fasting and purging for the
sufferer the day before and then
the discomfort of the procedure,
let alone the financial loss of
two working days.
The move to GP testing to give a
diagnosis of IBS is now usually
done through the positive
identification of symptoms of
IBS (that are known as the Rome
II (or III) Criteria) with blood
tests where necessary, thus the
required clinical diagnosis
before hypnotherapy should be
used. This approach to diagnosis
is also at least 90% accurate.
Colonoscopy is only undertaken
if there is a need for further
investigation.
Putting it simply - What is IBS?
A formal
definition was given by Thompson
et al (1992) that IBS is
‘a
functional bowel disorder in
which abdominal pain is
associated with defecation or
change in bowel habit, and with
the features of disordered
defecation and with distension.’
A
functional disorder is a
disorder showing symptoms for
which no physiological or
anatomical cause can be
identified. For comparison an organic
disease is any health condition
in which there is an observable
and measurable disease process,
e.g. inflammation or tissue
damage.
So despite what many might
advertise there is no cure for
IBS as it is not a disease – it
is basically the malfunction of
signalling in the control of
your gut; behaviour that needs
to be reset/managed in a way to
give back control to the
individual suffering from IBS.
Miller, Vivien and Whorwell in
2006 made the point that
originally IBS was considered to
be caused by a disruption or
disturbance of gut motility but
now it is recognised that the
syndrome is multifactorial (i.e.
has multiple factors) and that
the sensitivity of the organs of
the gut are disturbed along with
some genetic and psychological
factors too.
The primary symptoms of IBS
are:-
·
constipation,
·
diarrhoea (or an alternating
bowel habit between the two) and
·
abdominal pain.
Other symptoms can include:-
·
abnormal passage of stool
·
abnormal form of stool (soft,
watery, stringy, hard or
pellet-like)
·
increased amount of mucus in
stool (and rectum)
·
feeling of bowel not empty after
opening
·
feeling of bloating (abdominal
distension)
Displaying only the symptoms of
nausea, dyspepsia, flatulence
etc without the alteration of
bowel habit is not indicative of
IBS.
People with IBS experience a
number of symptoms such as
bloating, abdominal cramps,
spasms, diarrhoea and
constipation. Symptoms affect
people in different ways and can
be changeable and highly
unpredictable; symptoms can
rapidly change from being mild
to severe.
Types of IBS.
There are two main types of
Irritable Bowel Syndrome:
·
IBS-C (IBS with Constipation)
and
·
IBS-D (IBS with Diarrhoea).
However the syndrome can also
alternate between the two
(IBS-A) or primarily just
present pain (IBS-P).
What are the symptoms? (The
science bit.)
People with IBS may also
experience many other symptoms
which can
include:-
·
Stabbing, churning or griping
abdominal pain
·
Bloating/swelling of the abdomen
(perception and actual
distension respectively)
·
Constipation and/or (or
alternating) diarrhoea
·
Excessive wind (flatulence or
belching)
·
Urgent need to empty their
bowels/incontinence
·
Sharp internal pains felt in the
bowel
·
Anxiety and depression, and
·
Dizziness, tiredness, headaches,
backache, muscle/joint pains,
indigestion and nausea.
Certain food types also can be
common triggers for 'attacks' of
IBS; however this is another
area in which people’s
experiences vary significantly.
These can include:-
·
Fats and oils
·
Red meat
·
Dairy produce and eggs
·
Coffee, tea and cola (caffeine
containing drinks)
·
Frozen/very cold foods and
drinks
·
Fermenting vegetables (sprouts,
cabbage, carrots etc), citrus
fruits and raw vegetables.
IBS
usually expresses its symptoms
in the area of the colon,
although the sufferer can
experience effects along the
whole of the gastro-intestinal
tract, from the oesophagus and
stomach with symptoms including
reflux, belching and nausea
(which is functional dyspepsia
and of a similar nature and
treatment approach). The colon
is the large intestine that
rises from the small intestine
on the right hand side of the
body and descends on the left
hand side to the rectum and then
anus.
The bowel’s
habit is in terms of the volume
of material it can accommodate
before sending signals denoting
a need to empty is also
affected. It is in the colon
that the majority of the water
from digested food is absorbed
back into the body.
The complications of functional
disorders of the
gastrointestinal tract are
relatively limited. Since
symptoms are most often provoked
by eating, patients who alter
their diets and reduce their
intake of calories may lose
weight. Symptoms that awaken
patients from sleep also are
more likely to be due to organic
than functional disorders.
Most commonly, functional
disorders interfere with the
individuals' comfort and their
daily activities. For example,
sufferers who have morning
diarrhoea may not leave the
house until the diarrhoea stops.
If it is constant, they may go
only to places where they know
that a toilet is readily
available. Sufferers of IBS who
develop pain after eating may
avoid lunch. Very commonly,
sufferers associate symptoms
with specific foods, such as
milk, fat, vegetables, etc.
Whether or not these
associations are physiological
in origin, these sufferers will
restrict their diets
accordingly. Milk is commonly
eliminated, often unnecessarily
and to the obvious detriment of
calcium intake with significant
health risks resulting. The
interference with daily
activities also can lead to
problems with interpersonal
relationships, including pain
with intercourse (females) and a
lack of sex drive. However, most
sufferers with functional
disorders tend to just live with
their symptoms and infrequently
visit clinicians for diagnosis
and treatment.
The sufferer’s symptoms of IBS
are defined by subjective
symptoms, such as abdominal pain
or improvement in abdominal
pain. By the very nature of
subjective experience these are
the individual’s perceptions and
not particularly reliable
scales. Traditional Western
medical treatment is usually
directed at the symptoms, which
are primarily constipation,
diarrhoea, abdominal distension
and abdominal pain (which is
often caused by excess gas).
Sufferers can experience any or
all of the symptoms of IBS.
How our nervous system is
involved.
Firstly there is the significant
involvement in the expression of
symptoms of IBS of the part of
the nervous system that is
responsible for all the
unconsciously regulated
activities in our bodies that
keep us functioning (the
autonomic nervous system) with
both of its branches, known as
the sympathetic and
parasympathetic branches. These
two branches effectively express
stress or relaxed reactions
respectively. So the
‘sympathetic’ nervous system
really doesn’t live up to what
you might expect from its name
as it is more closely related to
the expression of anxiety and
fear and has been found to be
overactive in IBS.
There is also another nervous
system that is involved which is
embedded in the gastrointestinal
tract, it is so large that is
sometimes referred to as the
‘Second Brain’ and is called the
enteric nervous system. The
enteric system can function
independently of the rest of the
autonomic system but usually
interacts with it and is
influenced by it. This influence
on the enteric nervous system by
the sympathetic and
parasympathetic branches is an
underlying reason why
hypnotherapy/guided imagery are
a most effective treatment for
IBS.
The theory behind clinical
hypnotherapy is that by entering
hypnosis the control of the
autonomic nervous system
switches from the sympathetic to
parasympathetic branches
automatically so behaviour
symptomatic of relaxation,
comfort and ease is expressed
rather than tension and anxiety.
Further that if you are
experiencing a sensation of
comfort and ease you cannot at
the same time express symptoms
of discomfort and anxiety. Our
minds cannot hold two opposing
beliefs in them at the same
time.
Therefore with medical research
supporting the involvement of
the sympathetic nervous system
in expression of the symptoms of
IBS, if control of the enteric
nervous system can be switched
to the parasympathetic nervous
system then the symptoms will
naturally reduce.
Secondly, in IBS with this
evidence for the sympathetic
nervous system to be overactive
there is a change to the
behaviour of the gut in the
mechanism of peristalsis, which
is the name given to the waves
of contraction and relaxation
that progress digested food
through the gut. Research
demonstrates that this
peristalsis is replaced by the
colon occasionally going into
spasm and potentially
increasing/decreasing the speed
of transit of the digested food
through the gut; thus the
diarrhoea/constipation and
importantly the abdominal pains.
Thirdly there is also the
sensitivity of the bowel.
Over-sensitivity
(hypersensitivity) of the bowel
to sending a signal to the brain
of a first urgency of the need
to empty the bowel will result
in IBS-D. Thus with
hypersensitivity the bowel
cannot contain much faecal
matter before it needs to empty
and giving a heightened sense of
urgency to empty, as the
contents are still quite liquid,
thus the rushing to the loo and
the bowel not feeling empty
after being opened as the
hypersensitivity can be so
highly developed that you can be
aware of any content in the
bowel.
With under-sensitivity
(hyposensitivity) IBS-C is the
result with the sufferer not
feeling the need to empty the
bowels for several days at a
time and then passing large,
solid, painful stools or
pellets. Some people’s bowel
habit switches between the two
almost randomly (IBS-A).
The spasms/urgency can be
triggered by stress, anxiety,
caffeine, nicotine, movement
/exercise or even just eating
something.
One of the most distressing
aspects of IBS is the fear of
incontinence and therefore, from
the perception of some
individuals, having the need to
know that a toilet is available
nearby should an attack suddenly
occur. This can also be regarded
as a ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’,
i.e. one where what we believe
will happen does happen, to
reinforce our model of the world
we live in.
To give an example:-
If you think about it for a
moment, you are going on a long
journey to somewhere, say by
motorway and there are 50 miles
or so between services on your
route and you get anxious about
your IBS-D and whether you will
be able to cope with that
distance between potential loo
stops without having an
accident. This concern will
increase your anxiety levels.
You will as a result increase
the dominance of the sympathetic
nervous system on the control of
your body. This can then
increase the discomfort/unease
you feel in your gut and so the
IBS plays up more than usual and
you have a bad time before you
start out on the journey. Going
to the loo several times,
wanting to make sure your bowel
was empty before you set out.
Importantly this is what
happened before or what you
feared would happen last time
and it is happening again – just
as you thought it would…so you
abandon the journey before you
even set out on it – just as you
did last time.
But please don’t get me wrong
about the sympathetic nervous
system, as its job is to protect
you from the fearful things in
life, to help you avoid them, to
help you avoid danger. It is
something the sympathetic
nervous system does very well;
its intentions are always
positive, working to ensure your
wellbeing. It is just that
sometimes the message gets a bit
confused and it overreacts and
needs to have part of its
behaviour ‘reset’.
The intention then is to reduce
your levels of anxiety and
dampen down the role of the
sympathetic nervous system. A
role that good hypnotherapy can
easily fulfil.
What is
Hypnosis/Hypnotherapy?
The induction and use of trance
states has been around for
thousands of years with mentions
being made in the surviving
artefacts of ancient
civilisations form
Africa
to
Australia
and
South America,
where incidentally psychotropic
drugs were often used in
shamanistic rituals. However it
was only in 1843 that James
Braid gave the term 'Hypnosis'
(more accurately neuro-hypnotism)
which was given to it from the
Greek God of sleep - Hypnos.
This followed on from the
experiments into trance states
by Anton Mesmer and his
followers into the theory and
practice of magnetism; thus
‘modern’ hypnotism was created.
In the 20th century much
scientific research was done by
Freud, Weitzenhoffer, Hilgard,
Rossi and, of course, Erickson
which has led to the its current
understanding as an altered
states of awareness and schools
of thought/ practice in
hypnotherapy such as
Traditional, semi-traditional
and Ericksonian (Naturalistic).
The hypnotherapist is a skilled
guide to the process who enables
the subject to relax as deeply
as possible and listen as the
subject in hypnosis mentally
drifts in a safe, comfortable,
state of altered, or rather
heightened, awareness where new
learning experiences and
suggestions can easily be
assimilated and accepted.
If the subject doesn't choose to
go into hypnosis, or they don't
feel comfortable or safe then a
trance state will not be
induced; it is a partnership
agreement between the
hypnotherapist and the client.
Hypnotherapy is therefore simply
the use of hypnosis in a
therapeutic setting to bring
about beneficial, wanted
changes.
Hypnosis is not a state of sleep
as in the sleep we have at
night, but more like the states
of going to sleep (hypnogogic)
or awakening from sleep (hypnopompic)
and day-dreaming. An individual
in hypnosis is aware of their
surroundings at all times and
can hear everything that is said
by the hypnotherapist. All
hypnosis is effectively
'Self-Hypnosis' that is guided
by the hypnotherapist.
Hypnosis is a naturally
occurring state that
spontaneously occurs many times
during our waking day. It is a
state in which the nervous
system switches from an anxious
to more relaxed state of
operation and the unconscious
mind is more open to new
learning or suggestions that are
made to help change old,
restricting, habits and beliefs
to newer, desired ones without
interference from the conscious
mind's 'editing' process.
The most important factor about
hypnosis is that the subject is always in
control, he/she can come out of
hypnosis at any time they want,
the hypnotherapist has no power
over them and can only create
guided experiences or make
suggestions. The subject in
hypnosis cannot be made to do
anything/behave in a way that is
in conflict with their own moral
code; neither can they 'get
stuck' in hypnosis, they would
awaken naturally the same way
that you do from sleep.
When the subject is in hypnosis
- be it a light, medium or deep
trance-like state things
naturally become slightly
slower, breathing, heart rate
etc as control moves more to the
parasympathetic nervous system
and movements are reduced or
virtually absent as everything
becomes a 'bit too much of an
effort'
It is very different to the
perception of hypnosis and
post-hypnotic suggestion that is
portrayed by stage hypnotists -
exhibitionism, role playing and
peer pressure have more to do
with that that the near
motionlessness of therapeutic,
clinical hypnosis.
How Hypnosis relates to guided
imagery.
Considering
the above explanation of
hypnosis, the use of guided
imagery can be viewed quite
simplistically, outside of the
context of the obvious necessary
skills of the practitioner, as
being very closely related to
hypnosis. The client is asked to
focus inwardly, as in hypnosis,
and open their mind to the
images in their ‘Mind’s Eye’
that can be created by the words
being spoken by the therapist.
It is really a form of informal
hypnosis without any induction,
just the eyes being closed to
shut of extraneous distractions,
a prime example of self-hypnosis
on the part of the client.
Some people
might be a little concerned
about the use of guided imagery
if they find it difficult to
visualise things. There are
other ways to experience
scenarios in your imagination
other than pictures. These are
also sounds, tastes, smell and
feel/touch, or maybe a
combination of these senses,
that hypnotherapists and others
call modalities. It is a matter
of experiencing the session in
whatever way makes sense to you.
Also it is
useful to remember how your
imagination was when a child.
When children are playing games
of make-believe it can become so
real in their mind’s-eye. It is
as if they imagine, then
experience and finally believe.
It becomes ‘real’. As adults we
can learn from allowing
ourselves to remember this,
imagining, experiencing and then
believing, journey of thinking.
Also the
hypnotherapist will often use a
metaphor, that is to say a story
about visiting a garden, or
something similar, as the
therapeutic approach. There is a
certain ‘magic’ about metaphors
in therapy as they seem to
bypass the ‘critical mind’ more
easily than a straightforward
suggestion and give a learning
experience that has a more
fundamental impact on our
behaviour. This critical mind is
the part of our thinking that
literally criticises, tests and
then validates or dismisses what
has been said to us.
With
storytelling, guided imagery
sessions, the conscious mind
concentrates on the story and
whether or not that makes sense.
It is the subconscious mind that
has the insight and correlates
the story with the therapeutic
gain intended.
It is the
subconscious mind that changes
our habits and beliefs; which is
a good thing as it is the
subconscious mind that has an
effect on the
sympathetic/parasympathetic
nervous systems’ dominance in
our body’s functioning. In fact
it could be purely due to the
metaphor bypassing the critical
mind that with the Manchester
Model has been demonstrated to
have beneficial effects even if
the level of hypnosis achieved
by the client is very light.
A guide to treatment.
This article
has primarily concentrated on
the use of guided imagery as a
management tool for individuals
suffering from IBS; because it
is a disorder, not a disease. So
there is nothing to cure, only
symptoms to be managed.
In fact
Hypnotherapy cannot cure a
disease although it has been
demonstrated to be highly
beneficial in an area known as
psycho-neuro-immunology
(Mind-Body healing) where it
appears to help the mind and the
body work together to increase
the efficiency of the body’s own
immune system giving beneficial
gains.
Although
this is a relatively new area of
study it is well worth keeping
an eye on for the future as we
gain more and more of an insight
into how our expectations and
beliefs can affect both our
perception of, and experience
of, our own health.
A suitably
trained hypnotherapist will
always measure your experience
of your symptoms and how they
affect you in your daily life,
before starting your treatment.
This measure at the beginning of
any treatment is important as it
is a subjective measure of your
symptoms. There is no precise
measure that can be taken other
than how you perceive yourself
and your bowel habit to be.
Pain is
purely subjective too and your
perception of discomfort depends
entirely on you. We all know
people who have high pain
thresholds and others who have
minimal tolerances to pain. So
your subjective measure is the
only valid one that can be
taken, how uncomfortable you
feel. All these measures will
therefore be different for every
individual.
Some of the
questions about your bowel habit
and what you pass when you open
your bowels might seem slightly
intrusive, but they are
essential questions as over the
period of treatment the form of
your stools will normally change
significantly for the better.
Without this initial measure it
would be impossible to have any
reliable method of determining
the extent of improvement for an
individual.
Quite
frequently I find that
individuals forget, even in a
period of about 5 weeks, how
badly their symptoms used to
affect their daily lives and are
quite amazed and the improvement
in their bowel habit and their
increased happiness with it in
this short period of time.
There are of
course different approached
within hypnotherapy for the
treatment of IBS. These include:
specific audio programmes, the
use of general well-being
recordings to induce trance and
boost self-esteem, and some
individuals suggest ‘age
regression to cause’.
From a
personal viewpoint and having
studied many of these
systems/approaches I have to
show preference for the
metaphorical approach. Let me
explain why. The audio
programmes tend to be complex
and a combination of recordings
that are listened to in a
certain order, a ‘system’ and
they are hardly gut-orientated
at all; the ‘age regression to
cause’ is flawed as there
doesn’t have to be a specific
cause for IBS so you could be
potentially setting an
individual up for ‘failure’ in
their treatment if they can’t
identify a non-existent ‘cause’
for their IBS; and general well
being recordings can have a good
benefit, but it is only
suggestion therapy and does not
sort out the expression of the
symptoms.
However no
approach has been as well
documented and researched as the
work of Professor Peter Whorwell
of the South Manchester
Functional Bowel Unit.
Peter
Whorwell and his team developed
an approach that has become
known as the ‘Manchester Model’.
An important aspect of the
approach of the model is its
simplicity.
The model is
an approach that is based on
visualising the gut as a stream
and using the flow and clarity
of the water as an indication of
your gut’s health. The model
also uses the experience of
warmth being felt by the gut to
create a feeling of comfort and
ease. Some therapists, including
myself, also introduce a further
metaphor of a tree into the
story to encourage an awareness
of strength, resilience and
flexibility.
When
combined these aspects are very
powerful and the therapeutic
gains can be very fast and
long-lasting. In fact there is
no reason why the gains should
not be life-long with regular
maintenance.
In therapy
simplicity is good and often the
simplest approach is often the
best as it can be adapted to any
individual and can be taught so
that the client is actually
empowered rather than making
them dependent on a long-term
input from the therapist. This
is known as Self-Hypnosis.
How do I
hypnotise myself? That is a
question that almost every
single client asks me; it is a
skill that is easily learned but
is does require practice and the
development of self-confidence.
As you progress through the
sessions you should be asked to,
as you become more familiar with
the approach, practice going
down into the garden, or
whatever metaphor is being used,
and experiencing it; then coming
back from the garden and fully
awake, out of hypnosis again.
Once you have become comfortable
and confident with that
shortened version you will be
encouraged to increase the
imagery to include the stream
and maintaining it.
This
maintenance of the stream is
important because life throws
curve-balls at us that put us
off-balance and cause
stress/anxiety factors that can
impact on our normal functioning
and can increase our symptoms of
IBS again.
Conclusions.
As a
sufferer from IBS your gut has
basically been expressing the
stress and anxiety present in
your life. There is a very
significant amount of
scientific/medical research that
supports the positive impacts of
hypnotherapy as an intervention
for IBS. There is also
significant information that
supports the critical role of
the nervous system in IBS, and
that IBS has many factors to its
presentation.
Guided
imagery and the use of metaphor
as a treatment approach is
supported by the work of
Whorwell and his team, amongst
others, and this evidence helped
NICE to include hypnotherapy in
their guidance as a treatment
option. The guided imagery also
has a major advantage – it is a
simple protocol and can be
easily learned by the sufferer
to empower them in having a
life-long management system for
their own symptoms.
Once you
have learned how to remove that
build up of stress/anxiety and
felt the benefits from being
free from its symptoms, taking
20-30 minutes out of your week
to maintain your stream’s health
and therefore the health of your
gut is a tiny thing to do.
Being kind
to yourself and having a happy
bowel – seems a win-win
situation to me.
Hypnosis advocated for breast
cancer patients
New Britain Herald
19 October 2010
Mother, daughter, sister,
friend, along with oneself,
breast cancer affects us all and
it is the No. 2 killer of women
in today’s society. Hypnotists
have the knowledge needed to
assist clients in making their
journey of breast cancer a
voyage to inner-strength and
growth through guided imagery
and self-hypnosis.
Although breast cancer is a
horrific experience, women
following breast cancer surgery
can re-establish an accepting
self-concept of their body
image. Working with breast
cancer survivors, emphasis is
placed on the total woman, mind,
body, and spirit, allowing the
clients to see themselves with
new found courage.
In preparing the client for
breast-cancer treatment, the
hypnotist needs to discuss any
fears or concerns the client has
regarding surgery, chemotherapy,
or radiation. At this point in
the journey, teaching
self-hypnosis is vital. When
assisting a newly diagnosed
client, practicing self-hypnosis
and guided imagery begins the
empowerment process
acknowledging that breast cancer
does not have to control all
aspects of life. The client now
has tools to use for decreasing
anxiety and stress.
The loss of one’s hair can be
traumatic. The Looking Glass
Experience has the client
perhaps for the first time truly
see the beauty of her face. The
hypnotist will have the client
close her eyes and visualize a
beautiful golden mirror. As she
gazes into the mirror, she is
asked to look at her amazing
eyes, cheekbones, nose, and
mouth, encouraging her to see
the beauty that comes from
within and radiates through
sparkling eyes and a warm smile.
With guided imagery, the client
can see herself as she wants to
be. By empowering the client
with a positive body image, she
can work through the events of
breast cancer surgery and
reconstruction.
Hypnotherapy has long been used
for cancer sufferers to relieve
the pain and suffering and in
refocusing their outlook.
Hypnosis is very effective in
enabling patients to accept
their condition and to become
more positive about their
cancer. Hypnotherapists at
the
Harley Street
Hypnotherapy Clinic in
London
are very sympathetic when
dealing with all clients but
especially those that have
cancer. Hypnotherapy has
been used for a long time for
cancer patients. Book an
appointment at the
London
Hypnotherapy Clinic with one of
our hypnotherapists for hypnosis
for cancer pain relief.
Newest way to lose weight:
Hypnosis to make you think you
have a gastric band
Daily Mail - 11 October 2010
Fern Britton’s rapidly
diminishing form is testament to
the growing popularity and
effectiveness of obesity
surgery, but it takes great
bravery — and a degree of
desperation to go under the
knife to lose weight.
For the thousands who undergo
gastric band surgery every year,
the operation is only part of
the story. To lose weight, they
must adhere to strict portion
control, slow eating and
repetitive chewing to
accommodate their dramatically
reduced stomach capacity.
'Gastric mind band': The
treatment combines hypnotism
with a programme of education,
which allows patients to
successfully lose weight just as
effectively as if they really
had had surgery 'Gastric mind
band': The treatment combines
hypnotism with a programme of
education, which allows patients
to successfully lose weight just
as effectively.
It’s a very different way of
eating, but one which even
without the band offers the
promise of steady, safe and
long-term weight loss. So when a
patient asked ¬hypnotherapists
to hypnotise her into thinking
she’d had a gastric band
operation, they realised they’d
hit on something.
For the past three years they
have been running a successful
clinic in Spain ¬offering a
programme of what they call
‘gastric mind band’, combining
hypnotism with a programme of
education, which allows patients
to successfully lose weight just
as effectively as if they really
had had surgery.
Gastric band operations have
shot up ten-fold since 2000 -
they now cost the NHS £32million
a year Now they have released a
book packed with tricks and
tips, as well as a clever
self-hypnosis technique to
convince you that your stomach
has shrunk. Here, Martin and
Marion explain how it works.
The key to making your gastric
mind band work really
effectively is to eat small
portions, very slowly as if you
really did have a gastric band.
After surgery, the banded
stomach is reduced in capacity
from around one litre to just
20ml. The most you can eat in
any meal is six tablespoons of
food compared to the average
meal the size of two clenched
fists that would fill a ¬normal
capacity stomach.
With gastric mind band you don’t
have to be so restricted but,
from now on, no portion of meat
should be bigger than a pack of
playing cards (around 3oz) and a
healthy portion of fish should
not be bigger than a cheque book
(4-5oz). Your portion of pasta,
when cooked, should not be
bigger than your fist.
Take smaller bites, chew it
properly, eat more slowly and
concentrate on what you’re
eating. If you eat quickly,
you’ll eat more because, by the
time your brain gets the message
that you’re full, you will have
swallowed more than you need.
Try using chopsticks or swapping
cutlery hands to slow yourself
down.
Gastric band patients are
encouraged to eat their meals in
a certain order (meat first,
because it hangs around in your
tiny new stomach for the longest
time). If you find you’re
feeling full before you get to
the potatoes ... STOP. After
real surgery, no fork-full of
meat can be bigger than the nail
on your little finger and must
be chewed ten times to ensure it
is properly digested.
You are not so restricted, but
make every mouthful count. Study
the colour and texture of your
food. Analyse the taste — your
taste buds are in your mouth,
not your stomach, so the longer
the food stays in your mouth,
the more pleasure you’ll obtain
from it. Eat slow, best bits
first, and be happy about
leaving some on your plate. And
stop worrying about ¬wasting
food. Excess food is wasted
whether it passes through your
body first or goes directly in
the bin. Don’t treat your body
like a bin. You deserve better.
People who have had ¬gastric
band surgery lose weight slowly,
a few pounds a week. By eating
sensibly as they do, you can do
the same. To lose 1lb a week,
you need to cut back by 500
calories a day — by ¬making a
few small adjustments the
calorie deficit can soon mount.
It’s that glass of wine or
handful of crisps before dinner.
Say no once, and you’ve got 500
calories in hand.
TYPES OF MEALS There are are
only two types of meals — the
ones that matter (a meal with
friends, or with a partner,
perhaps on a Friday or Saturday
night) and the ones that don’t
(the rest of the week). Enjoy a
bottle of wine or a desert
occasionally but, five nights a
week, your meals don’t have to
be gourmet. Think scrambled egg
or beans on toast. Spread butter
on your toast, but be aware that
a teaspoon of ¬butter (enough
for a thin layer) is 37
¬calories, but a ¬tablespoon (a
¬generous covering) is three
times as much (111 calories).
Put dressing on your salad, but
learn to weight the vinegar in
favour of the oil. A teaspoon of
oil may be 45 ¬calories, but a
tablespoon is 135. That one
extra tablespoon of oil every
day amounts to a stone weight
gain over a year. Switch to
sweetener in your tea or
¬coffee. Cutting out two spoons
of sugar in your tea three times
a day creates an annual calorie
deficit of 37,000 calories,
which could be enough to shed
more than 11lb.
Have ice cream occasionally, but
just one scoop (about 150
calories) and never eat it
straight from the tub. Enjoy a
few nuts with a drink, but stop
at one or two (a small 4oz bag
will set you back 600 calories).
Food and sweet drinks are so
much a part of our everyday
lives, few overweight people
remember what true hunger feels
like, but it is ¬important — for
the gastric mind band to work —
that you eat only when
hungry.When hunger strikes, try
drinking a glass of water.
Hypnotherapy Can Cure IBS -
Research Shows
Manchester
News -
9 October 2010
Doctors have shown that
hypnotherapy can cure IBS in 70
per cent of cases. More than 60
patients with irritable bowel
syndrome, which can include
pain, cramps, nausea, diarrhoea
and constipation, are being
treated by a hypnotherapist each
week.
IBS affects up to 15 per cent of
the population and the team at
Wythenshawe
Hospital
now has people from across the
country wanting to join the
18-month waiting list for a
course of 12 hypnotherapy
sessions.
Claire Brunton, 22, from
Offerton, suffered cramps from
IBS so badly that she stopped
wanting to eat and was on the
verge of anorexia. She also had
panic attacks with worrying
about becoming ill. But during
the hypnotherapy she learnt
techniques to stop the panics
and cope with the pain. Now a
year after finishing the
treatment, she found it helped
her cope with final university
exams and gave her the
confidence to started working as
a recruitment consultant.
Claire said: "Hypnotherapy is a
very strange thing to try to
describe, your therapist helps
you to relax slowly but you are
awake and conscious throughout -
it feels like the last few
moments before you go to sleep
when you still know what is
happening around you.
"IBS was taking over my life. I
had started to worry I would not
be able to hold down a job and I
didn't want to eat because I
felt like everything I ate made
me sick, so I'd tried all kinds
of herbal remedies and
acupuncture before the
hypnotherapy."
As well as having hypnotherapy,
Claire had blood tests which
showed she was allergic to dairy
and wheat products and she now
avoids them. Pamela
Cruickshanks, one of three
clinical hypnotherapists at
Wythenshawe, said: "We provide
patients with 12 sessions of
`gut-directed hypnotherapy',
which teach patients to take
control over their bowel.
"Due to the success of this
treatment, patients are coming
from all over the country to
access our services, and
hypnosis is now considered to be
the treatment of choice for
moderate to severe IBS."
Studies at
Wythenshawe
Hospital
have shown that the quality of
life for sufferers with severe
forms of IBS can be worse than
for those with heart disease,
diabetes or renal failure.
Finding Relief for Irritable
Bowel Syndrome With Hypnosis
IBS News -
13 June 2010
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
also known as spastic colon or
colitis affects 15 – 20% of the
population – predominantly
women. The severity of IBS
symptoms changes from person to
person and from time to time.
For some people it restricts
their movements to such a degree
that they have trouble making
travel plans. For others, it’s a
sporadic situation where the
symptoms come and go, with no
discernable reason, and for
others, it’s a low lying,
ongoing manageable but painful
situation.
Whichever category you fall
into, the basic result is the
same. You live with pain and
uncertainty, always being aware
that at any time you may need to
fine a toilet or washroom in a
hurry. Never mind what else is
going on around you. The need to
get to a washroom is urgent and
immediate.
Interestingly enough, the causes
of IBS are unknown, and the
diagnosis is usually a diagnosis
of exclusion, everything else is
ruled out. While it’s not clear
exactly what causes it, we do
know that there are anatomical
changes in the lining of the
colon and to the nervous system
of the colon. You’ve probably
tried diet management, which to
some extent works for many
people. You may have tried
medication – but sometimes the
side effects are worse than the
IBS. But there is another way to
manage or in some cases,
eliminate the IBS altogether,
and that’s with hypnosis.
The evidence is overwhelming
that IBS symptoms respond
dramatically to a series of
hypnosis treatments. Hypnosis
has been approved by the
American Medical Association as
a valid medical treatment since
1958 and over 20 years of solid
scientific research has
demonstrated hypnosis to be an
effective, safe and inexpensive
choice for IBS alleviation for
80-95% of clients.
Dr. Diane Fugh Berman chair of
the National Women’s Health
Network in
Washington
DC
has said that hypnosis should be
the treatment of choice for IBS.
“It totally makes sense”
explains
Georgina
Cannon, Director of the
Ontario
Hypnosis Centre, “all body
sensations are managed and
recorded in the subconscious
mind, so if you want to make
change in the body, one of the
best ways is through the
subconscious mind with
hypnosis.”
Cannon went on to explain –
“There are absolutely no side
effects – except that you get
better! The treatment is
relaxing and enjoyable. And best
of all, treatment often leads to
improvement of other stress
related problems – like teeth
grinding or sleeplessness.”
“We only work with a client on
pain management with the
approval of their doctor” Cannon
explains. The number of sessions
needed ranges from 7 to 10 “this
enables our clients to develop
their imagery skills, which will
help them for the rest of their
life. We start the process with
a very thorough intake so that
we understand how IBS affects
that particular client. Then the
mind-body training begins.”
Finding Relief for Irritable
Bowel Syndrome With Hypnosis
IBS News -13
June 2010
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
also known as spastic colon or
colitis affects 15 – 20% of the
population – predominantly
women. The severity of IBS
symptoms changes from person to
person and from time to time.
For some people it restricts
their movements to such a degree
that they have trouble making
travel plans. For others, it’s a
sporadic situation where the
symptoms come and go, with no
discernable reason, and for
others, it’s a low lying,
ongoing manageable but painful
situation.
Whichever category you fall
into, the basic result is the
same. You live with pain and
uncertainty, always being aware
that at any time you may need to
fine a toilet or washroom in a
hurry. Never mind what else is
going on around you. The need to
get to a washroom is urgent and
immediate.
Interestingly enough, the causes
of IBS are unknown, and the
diagnosis is usually a diagnosis
of exclusion, everything else is
ruled out. While it’s not clear
exactly what causes it, we do
know that there are anatomical
changes in the lining of the
colon and to the nervous system
of the colon. You’ve probably
tried diet management, which to
some extent works for many
people. You may have tried
medication – but sometimes the
side effects are worse than the
IBS. But there is another way to
manage or in some cases,
eliminate the IBS altogether,
and that’s with hypnosis.
The evidence is overwhelming
that IBS symptoms respond
dramatically to a series of
hypnosis treatments. Hypnosis
has been approved by the
American Medical Association as
a valid medical treatment since
1958 and over 20 years of solid
scientific research has
demonstrated hypnosis to be an
effective, safe and inexpensive
choice for IBS alleviation for
80-95% of clients.
Dr. Diane Fugh Berman chair of
the National Women’s Health
Network in
Washington
DC
has said that hypnosis should be
the treatment of choice for IBS.
“It totally makes sense”
explains
Georgina
Cannon, Director of the
Ontario
Hypnosis Centre, “all body
sensations are managed and
recorded in the subconscious
mind, so if you want to make
change in the body, one of the
best ways is through the
subconscious mind with
hypnosis.”
Cannon went on to explain –
“There are absolutely no side
effects – except that you get
better! The treatment is
relaxing and enjoyable. And best
of all, treatment often leads to
improvement of other stress
related problems – like teeth
grinding or sleeplessness.”
“We only work with a client on
pain management with the
approval of their doctor” Cannon
explains. The number of sessions
needed ranges from 7 to 10 “this
enables our clients to develop
their imagery skills, which will
help them for the rest of their
life. We start the process with
a very thorough intake so that
we understand how IBS affects
that particular client. Then the
mind-body training begins.”
Forget Spiders, Flying and
Heights, My Greatest Fear is...
Kneecaps
Daily Mail -
18 September 2009
While most people's knees start
knocking at the sight of a
spider, for council worker Sarah
Lister kneecaps themselves hold
the greatest fear. The merest
sight or the gentlest touch of
anyone's kneecaps sends normally
fun-loving Sarah into a dizzying
panic, leaving her flustered,
angry and sweating profusely.
Sarah's fear, known medically as
Genuphobia, has made trips to
the beach, nights out with
friends or watching her fianci
Chris Bayliss playing football
an ordeal. Sarah Lister
confronts her greatest fear -
being surrounded by other
people's knees Sarah, 25, from
Gosport, Hants, said: 'In the
summer it is worse because I
don't feel like I can go to the
beach or go to the pub. 'I worry
that if I saw someone in a
bathing costume or a short skirt
I would just freak out. 'I
quiver in fear if anybody tries
to touch my knees, or
accidentally bumps into them. 'I
am fine with my fiancee, my
immediate family and a select
group of friends, but strangers'
knees still hold a lot of fear
for me. 'Even the thought of
other people's knees makes me
feel very uneasy.' Sarah's dread
of knees began as an 11-year-old
schoolgirl when she saw her
father dislocate his knee after
a freak fall at their home.
Since the traumatic incident,
Sarah has tried a cocktail of
quirky treatments, including
hypnotherapy, to help ease her
panic. Her condition has eased
over the years and bubbly Sarah
believes she can kick her
distinctive fear ahead of
wedding in May next year.
Council worker Sarah hopes to
get her fear under control by
next May so she can enjoy her
wedding to the fullest 'I went
for my wedding dress fitting and
I couldn't enjoy what should
have been a happy moment for me
because I was worried about my
knees being touched. 'I want to
be able to enjoy every aspect of
my wedding day. 'It would be a
dream to be able to sit on the
beach on my honeymoon and have
no fear.'
Charity Anxiety
UK,
which deals with phobias and
other disorders, said: 'An
estimated 13 per cent of the
population will develop a phobia
at some point in their lives.
'One of the most effective ways
to deal with anxiety disorders
or phobias is to understand it.
'There are a number of ways
forward in terms of treatment of
anxiety disorders and getting
help including; services through
the NHS, psychological
interventions, medication and
self-help groups. 'Always
consult your GP to obtain a
diagnosis if you suspect you are
suffering from an anxiety
disorder. 'Self-diagnosis is not
an effective way as misdiagnosis
could lead to the wrong
treatment being administered
which can set the sufferer back
even further.'
Smoking risk for middle aged men
Channel 4 News - 18 September
2009
Middle aged men who smoke, have
high blood pressure and raised
cholesterol levels may shorten
their lives by up to 15 years.
Research published by the
British Medical Journal showed
improvements in blood pressure
and cholesterol levels
proportionate with giving up
smoking.
The study of 19,000 men aged
between 40 and 69 showed their
average levels of blood pressure
and cholesterol fell by
two-thirds when two thirds of
those studied gave up smoking.
Those men who smoked and had
high blood pressure and raised
cholesterol at the age of 50,
had their life expectancy cut by
ten years compared with men who
had none of those risk factors.
When taking into account other
risk factors such as diabetes
and employment grade, the
research showed the 5 per cent
of men with lowest scores had
their life expectancy cut by 15
years.
The research suggested the
government should fund more
activities that promote improved
heart health to increase life
expectancy.
How women in their 40s are
drinking more than ever
Daily Mail -
5 September 2009
Women in their 40s are drinking
far more alcohol than previous
generations and regularly turn
to a glass of wine to help them
cope with the stress of modern
life. According to a survey,
half of middle-aged women
believe they drink more than
their mothers did at their age
and some are so worried about
the amount they drink they are
constantly trying to cut down.
Alcohol consumption has doubled
since the 1950s, largely because
drinking among women has become
much more socially acceptable,
and the cost of buying alcohol
is 65 per cent cheaper than 30
years ago. However, the survey
revealed that it is not just the
'ladette' generation of British
women who are regularly
indulging in alcohol.
Women in their 40s and 50s admit
to regularly opening a bottle of
wine to consume with dinner at
home during the week. Woman &
Home magazine questioned around
3,000 women - aged between 35
and 60 - to try to establish how
their drinking habits have
changed compared with the
previous generation. Almost half
revealed that their mothers
rarely drank, save for special
occasions, with a quarter
admitting that their mother
never drank at all at their age.
In comparison, one in ten of the
women questioned admitted having
a drink every day and a third
said they enjoyed alcohol a few
times a week. Most - nearly 80
per cent - drank wine at home,
with almost half - 46 per cent -
admitting to drinking on their
own.
Earlier this week the Daily Mail
revealed that drinking too much
alcohol, coupled with indulging
in an inactive lifestyle, can be
a factor in the development of
breast cancer. Experts at the
World Cancer Research Fund said
cutting down on drinking,
coupled with maintaining a
healthy weight, could help
reduce the diagnosis of the
disease among middle-aged women
by as much as 40 per cent.
Alcohol consumption is also
blamed for a dramatic rise in
cases of cancer of the mouth,
tongue, lip and throat which
have also increased by a quarter
among women in their 40s in the
past decade. The survey revealed
that around a third of women
said they didn't feel they
needed a reason to have a drink,
but most said they turned to
alcohol to help them relax after
a stressful day or to celebrate
a special occasion.
Researchers point to the fact
that single mothers or divorced
women are more likely than in
the past to open a bottle of
wine at the end of a busy day at
work or with the children. One
in four women said they had been
so concerned about one of their
female friends' drinking habits
they had confronted them about
their intake, while a fifth
admitted they sometimes worried
about their own drinking and
were constantly trying to cut
down.
Sue James, editorial director of
Woman & Home, said: 'Much has
been said about teenagers and
the "ladette" culture for
binge-drinking alcohol, but the
amount of drinking done by the
core of the female population -
the 40-something woman - has
rather been overlooked. 'Our
survey shows that these women
are aware that they are drinking
far more than their own mother's
generation ever did and that
they are concerned about the
impact it will have, not only on
their health, but on that of
their friends and family as
well.
Professor Ian Gilmore, who is
president of the Royal College
of Physicians and chairs the UK
Alcohol Health Alliance, said:
'This survey further
demonstrates that it is not just
youngsters binge-drinking who
are having problems with alcohol
- the biggest rise in drinking
is among middle-aged people.'
I was hypnotised into thinking I
had gastric band op and lost 4st
The Mirror - 5 July 2009
Losing weight is almost always
down to mind over matter, but
never more so than in Joh
Smith's case.
Joh, 37, was hypnotised into
thinking she had been fitted
with a gastric band - and lost
an incredible FOUR STONE within
months of the treatment.
The 5ft 4ins mum-of-one has
never felt better after dropping
three dress sizes without going
anywhere near the surgeon's
knife.
Legal assistant Joh has slimmed
down from 13st to 9st 4lb, and
from size 18 to a slinky size
12.
She says: "I was really
sceptical this would work but
the results have been truly
amazing.
"I had tried every diet under
the sun and nothing worked. But
I felt actual surgery was just
too risky so this seemed like
the perfect alternative."
In a real gastric band op, the
size of the stomach is reduced
with an adjustable band so the
patient can only eat small meals
before feeling full.
Instead Joh, from Twickenham,
South-West London, but now
living in
Malaga,
Spain,
had hypnotherapy at the Elite
Clinic in Fuengirola - which
claims to be the only place
offering the pioneering £800
treatment.
"Before I had the hypnotherapy
my problem was always overeating
and snacking on sugary junk
food," says Joh, who had four
one-hour sessions.
"Now that I think I have a band
I've cut my portion size in
half. My mind thinks my stomach
is tiny so I feel full much
quicker. It's also caused me to
stop snacking on junk as I
simply don't feel like eating it
anymore."
At Joh's first session with the
hypnotherapist, she was asked to
talk about her bad relationship
with food.
But by the fourth session she
was being talked through a
gastric band op as though she
was really going through the
surgery.
To help with the illusion,
special equipment pumped out the
smells of an operating theatre
and a recording of surgical
tools being picked up and put
down was played. Joh says: "When
they actually come round to the
final session and the therapist
convinces you you're having the
op, it's so realistic you
actually believe you are lying
in that operating theatre.
"Obviously there's no pain
whatsoever as you are so
relaxed. But the fact you can
smell anaesthetic and hear
sounds like a surgical tool
makes it completely believeable.
"So when you go to eat something
you can only have a small
portion or healthy food as your
subconscious has been tricked
into believing you have a band
fitted." After the treatment
Joh's weight quickly began to
fall.
But if she starts losing too
much weight she can have the
"operation" reversed and the
band "removed" with another
hypnotherapy session.
Delighted Joh adds: "My husband
Fernando loves the way I am. I
know I look good when I'm going
out with him now. I can go
swimming with my fiveyear-old
Bertie, which I couldn't before,
and I have a whole new wardrobe.
"The only problem now is how to
pay for all my new clothes!"
Is Sports Hypnosis Only For
Professionals?
Peak Performance -
17 April 2009
Do you think that sports
hypnosis is mostly associated
with elite performers? That’s
not true as it is relevant to
child athletes and amateurs too.
Irrespective of gender or level
of performance, visualization
technique helps even coaches,
officials and parents to help
players perform better. The best
cited example is Tiger Woods,
who took sports hypnosis
sessions quite early in his
life. He started these sessions
when he was only 13 years old.
How Sports Hypnosis Benefits
Amateur Player?
Sports hypnosis involves a
variety of techniques that are
beneficial for amateur and
professional players. The
techniques can be implemented to
gain that extra edge. Through
techniques like visualization,
even those who may seem weak
will be able to gain confidence.
Sports hypnosis helps players to
eliminate mental clutter and
tackle mind games played by
opponents with confidence and
ease even during critical
situations. Children and
amateurs attain the focus of
attention and conserve energy
which they can utilize during
critical moments.
Various visualization techniques
enable players to take the game
to the next level through mental
imagery. This helps players
rehearse their stock of game
strategies and tactics in the
mind itself. Flexibility is one
of the best outcomes of such
guided imagery. Players become
less vulnerable to injury and
learn to anticipate sudden,
unexpected twists and be ready
to deal with pain.
Use the Benefits of Hypnotherapy
to Lose Weight and Keep it Off
Natural News -
12 July 2009
Being at your ideal weight for
your height and bone structure
is very important for your
overall health and well-being.
Being overweight or obese can
have detrimental effects on your
physical health, mental health,
and lifestyle. As important as
losing weight is for your
health, it is one of the most
difficult things to accomplish.
The healthiest methods for
losing weight involve natural
methods such as diet and
exercise. Research has shown
that hypnosis is an effective
tool to use in order to lose
weight and continue to lose
weight and keep it off in the
long-term.
Carrying extra pounds has a
negative effect on your health
and can to lead to
life-threatening problems such
as heart disease, high blood
pressure, high cholesterol,
stroke, and diabetes. Losing
weight can also help improve
joint health, reduce your risk
of getting certain kinds of
cancer, and improve your ability
to sleep (Life Clinic).
Many studies have been conducted
to study the effect that
hypnotherapy has on a person's
ability to lose weight and their
ability to keep it off in the
long-term. In 1998, a study
involved 60 obese participants.
The patients were randomly
divided into one of three
groups. One group received
hypnosis that focused on stress
reduction; another group
received hypnosis that focused
on energy intake reduction, and
the third group received only
dietary advice.
Researchers studied the percent
of body weight lost at 7
different follow-ups from
1-month to 18-months after the
treatment. At the 3-month
follow-up, all participants in
the three groups had lost 2-3%
of their baseline body weight.
However, at the 18-month
follow-up, the group that had
received hypnotherapy and stress
reduction reported continued
significant weight loss compared
to no change in the other two
groups. This study shows that
when hypnotherapy is used in
combination with stress relief
suggestions, weight loss is
significant in the long-term
(Stradling, Roberts, Wilson, &
Lovelock, 1998).
In a meta-analysis of two
studies involving hypnotherapy
and weight loss, Kirsch (1996)
found a significant difference
in amount of pounds lost
comparing participants who
received hypnosis and those who
did not receive hypnosis. The
initial follow-up showed the
average weight loss to be 6.00
pounds in the non-hypnosis group
and 11.83 pounds in the hypnosis
group. The last follow-up
conducted with the studies
showed that the non-hypnosis
group lost an average of 6.03
pounds and the hypnosis group
lost an average of 14.88 pounds.
This meta-analysis showed that
use of hypnotherapy greatly
increased amount of weight lost
over time.
These studies show that
hypnotherapy is a valid form of
weight loss treatment and has
lasting effects in the
long-term. Hypnosis takes only a
few sessions and has a long-term
effect that helps patients
continue to lose weight. This is
an effective and natural method
of losing weight and keeping it
off.
From 40-a-day to fag-free. How
one Time Outer quit in
Dubai…
Time Out
Dubai
-
25 February 2009
Dubai
is not an easy place to quit
smoking, and I should know. I
arrived here three-years-ago
having packed in four-months
previously and had no plans to
start again.
I had what you might call an
“enthusiastic” habit. I’d plough
through 20 fags a day, easily,
sometimes up to 40 on a bad one.
I’d wake up wanting a cigarette
and the cravings would continue
throughout the day as work
coffee breaks allowed me to
pursue my habit with gusto.
At the end of last year, a pain
in my chest and, I have to admit
it, a bit of nagging from
friends, pushed me to try to
quit. I say “try” because I
genuinely never thought it would
work.
To be honest, I didn’t really
want to stop, but I agreed to
give it a go. Knowing that cold
turkey might not cut it, I took
a friend’s advice and
reluctantly agreed to see Alla
Tchemodanova, a Dubai-based
hypnotherapist.
I trooped up to Alla’s office in
Media
City
hoping for a miracle. To be
honest, I have always thought of
hypnotherapy as more
entertaining than a practical
solution. Would I suddenly want
to take my clothes off or
experience an unbelievable
desire to quack like a duck? Who
knows?
Well, Alla seemed to. She was
all too used to clients turning
up with little faith in
hypnotherapy as a cure for
smoking, overeating, anxiety,
and much more.
The science bit…
First, Alla sat me down and
enquired about my “relationship”
with smoking. When did I start?
Why did I start? Did my parents’
smoke? I had to admit to a few
links with smoking and delve a
little into my relationship with
my dad, who, coincidentally was
a smoker until a couple of years
ago.
Next, came the hypnotherapy bit.
It’s a cliché, but I did have to
look into Alla’s eyes before she
snapped me into a “deep” sleep.
Well, that’s what she said, and
I pretended to be “under”, but
more of that later.
I felt like a bit of a fraud but
I lay there, pretending that I
was under, for about 20 minutes.
I answered all of her questions
before she counted me back.
I “awoke” feeling refreshed and
a bit hazy. I even pretended
that I was never going to smoke
again, while fully intending to
spark up the minute I got
outside. But then, something
weird happened. I got back to my
car, called my friends to tell
them what a load of rubbish this
hypnotherapy lark was, but I
didn’t light up a fag. In fact I
chucked the packet I had in the
car away. I figured I may as
well try now that I’d been
through the session.
That was four-months ago. I
haven’t smoked a cigarette
since. I have wanted too. In the
first few weeks, I was madly
inhaling other people’s passive
fumes but I’ve even got over
that now - just.
I won’t lie, I loved smoking. I
would still be smoking now if I
hadn’t had a wake-up call.
Mel B is getting hypnosis
Western Daily Press -
10 March 2009
Mel B has revealed she is
getting hypnosis to battle her
nerves over her new stage show.
Mel is set to appear in
Peepshow, her new Vegas act, but
has said she's having hypnosis
to help overcome her stage
fright.
The former Spice Girl told
Closer magazine: "I'm getting
hypnosis. I'm seeing a guy
called Anthony Cool, who
performs a show at Vegas too.
I'm doing this just in case I
get any last-minute nerves - you
know, in case I can't remember
the lyrics or the moves. He's
going to hypnotise me as soon as
I get there."
Mel always has her husband
Stephen Belafonte on hand to
lend her support and handle the
business side of things. She
said: "With everything I do, I
make sure I understand the
contracts. In the old days in
the Spice Girls,
Victoria
was the businesswoman. She
explained it to us all. And now
I have my husband who does all
that and makes sure everything's
sorted.
"I love him being involved in my
work life. Why would I want a
manager that I'd have to give 20
per cent of everything I earn
to? I don't have to give Stephen
anything - he gets me!"
Could hypnotherapy work for you?
Dr Miriam Stoppard
The Mirror -
2 February 2009
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!).
Hypnotherapy aims to replace
negative thoughts and beliefs
that encourage unhealthy or
destructive behaviour with
positive ones so you make
healthy food choices
effortlessly.
It’s been used to treat
sleeplessness, help pregnant
women, aid quitting smoking and
many other things.
While there’s no hard evidence
I’ve come across that suggests
hypnotherapy can help you lose
weight, it wouldn’t surprise me
if one day it’s proven to work.
I used to be a sceptic, then
years ago I took part in a TV
programme where pregnant women
were taught self-hypnosis to
help them sleep.
Determined to prove it didn’t
work, I tried it out myself at
home – and promptly dropped off.
Now I use it every night.
Since then I’ve been interested
in its various uses and I’ve
seen it help women combat pain –
and stay in control – during
childbirth.
While much more research needs
to be done, it does seem to show
promise for certain conditions.
Power of the mind
Hypnosis is a powerful, natural
and safe state of relaxation
where we’re fully awake and in
control.
And, believe it or not, we all
enter into it several times a
day – for instance, you may have
got up, eaten breakfast and made
your way to work without
thinking about everything you
did consciously.
You’re on autopilot but still
fully aware of what’s going on.
We also have to go through state
of hypnosis when we fall asleep
every night – in fact, it’s
impossible to drop off without
it.
As you enter this state, your
conscious mind moves into the
background, while your
subconscious comes forward. This
is when your mind is at its most
suggestible and the
hypnotherapist can get to work,
helping to allay your fears and
anxieties.
It’s also possible to do this
yourself, either by listening to
a CD or going through a script
in your mind. But it doesn’t
work for everyone. What happens
in a session
First the therapist will talk to
you about the background to your
problem or situation, how you
feel about it and your desired
outcome.
Then they’ll put you into a
state of relaxation, making
positive statements and
suggestions. During the session,
you’ll remember everything and
the hypnotherapist can’t make
you do anything against your
will.
The number of sessions needed
varies. Ways we can feel the
benefit Despite claims, there’s
no reliable research that
hypnotherapy can work for
stopping smoking, phobias,
headaches and back pain. But
it’s looking good in these
areas…
HypnoBirthing
Hypnotherapy is proven to be
effective in controlling pain
during childbirth. Several
studies show it can shorten
labour time and reduce pain,
complications and need for
medication significantly,
compared with normal breathing
and relaxation techniques. Some
studies even suggest it can
reduce the risk of postnatal
depression.
IBS
There’s good evidence that
hypnotherapy works in the long
term for irritable bowel
syndrome (IBS). In a study on
200 patients in
Manchester,
more than 70 per cent said the
treatment reduced the severity
of their symptoms for up to five
years. They were given one-hour
sessions of hypnotherapy over 12
weeks. The treatment also
reduced levels of anxiety and
depression but for a shorter
time. It’s not clear what causes
IBS but the researchers believe
hypnotherapy may alter the way
the brain responds to pain
messages.
Insomnia
A 2006
US
study on 84 school-age children
found just a couple of
hypnotherapy sessions were
effective in combating insomnia.
Among those who took more than
half an hour to get to sleep, 90
per cent reported improvements
after the sessions, as did half
those who’d complained about
waking up during the night. As
far back as 1999, a British
Medical Journal review of
reports on hypnosis and
relaxation therapies concluded
that hypnosis is of value in
treating insomnia.
Cancer-related symptoms
Some research shows hypnotherapy
can help cancer patients,
especially children, to combat
nausea and vomiting due to
chemotherapy.
How to get it
Some psychologists, counsellors
and doctors practise
hypnotherapy. Ask your GP’s
opinion on whether it may work
for your problem and he or she
may even recommend a
practitioner. It’s unlikely,
though not impossible, to get it
on the NHS. Otherwise, you’ll
have to pay.
Think Thin Through Hypnosis
Philadelphia
Health -
26 January 2009
Can you really lose weight
through hypnosis? This woman
thinks so.
Mary Jo Klejna is hoping
hypnosis will help her think
thin.
If you're lookin' to lose some
weight, a local psychologist
says he can help. But not
through pills or medicine, he’s
using hypnosis.
"I was watching TV with my
husband, we were doing things
and all the sudden I looked at
my watch and said it's
10 o’clock.
Usually by 10 I would have been
in the fridge 100 times,” Klejna
said.
She turned to hypnosis because
of her preoccupation with food.
Klenga says even a couple of
sessions have helped reduce her
“constant craving.”
"Hypnosis can allow us to get
right to the nitty gritty, find
out why we are doing what we are
doing and then discover better
ways to do it better," said
hypnosis doc Bruce Eimer.
Dr. Eimer is a psychologist
trained in hypnosis, but he is
the first to say it isn't for
everyone.
"Nothing works for everyone.
Hypnosis works in most cases
with most people as long they
are willing as long as they are
moderately intelligent.” Dr
Eimer said.
Klejna says the sessions are
relaxing but powerful.
"If I had to, I couldn't lift my
hands up...I couldn't move my
arms,” said Klejna.
Joan Cope says she's willing to
go under Dr. Eimers spell
because her clothes are getting
tighter and tighter.
After one session but says she
saw a slight change.
"I pass up chocolate chip
cookies and that's just not like
me," said Cope.
Dr. Eimer charges $200 a
session. In addition, he
encourages his patients to
listen to self-hypnosis tapes at
home. One researcher says expect
at least 8 sessions before you
see progress.
After following the two women
for about 9 months, Mary Jo
tells us she's lost about 10
pounds, but admits she hasn't
been listening to the tapes at
home.
Joan has dropped about 20
pounds, according to the doctor.
Weight Loss Hypnosis Program:
Change Bad Habits Into Good
Habits
Time Management -
15 October 2008
Today, more and more people are
not exercising enough and have
begun to eat poorly; leading to
overweight frames and out of
shape bodies. Once ingrained in
you, these bad habits become
hard to break free from.
However, many people have also
tried out different weight loss
hypnosis programs with varying
degrees of success, and how well
a weight loss hypnosis programs
work for you depends on your own
will power and your ability to
make a conscious effort to
succeed.
Tap The Subconscious Mind
An interesting fact that is well
known to most people is that
humans only use between ten and
twelve percent of their brain
power with the remaining
eighty-eight to ninety percent
being used by the mind –
subconsciously. It is easy to
figure out that in order to
achieve things in life you will
have to tap your subconscious a
bit more. If you want to change
things in life, you need to act
subconsciously and this holds
true even when using a weight
loss hypnosis program.
It is believed that if you try
out a weight loss hypnosis
program you will get to use up
all of the power of the mind –
and it holds good even if you
are not trying to lose weight –
you can use your mind in this
way to attain any kind of
personal goal.
Weight loss hypnosis programs
work by allowing you to speak to
your own subconscious mind and
suggest that it stop doing
and/or cancel unhelpful actions.
The brain will act in a way so
that your negative actions begin
to fade and disappear and these
are then replaced by positive
actions such as remembering to
eat healthy foods and doing
regular exercises, once you are
able to suggest to your
subconscious that certain
actions are not desirable and
should be desisted.
Another positive to trying
weight loss hypnosis program is
that you will be able to use
that eighty-eight to ninety
percent of your subconscious
mind which otherwise would have
been lying dormant and unused.
Chances are very bright that you
will be able to stay off
overeating for good, once you
see results from your weight
loss hypnosis program, these
will become permanent.
A good solution to being
overweight is weight loss
through hypnosis. You need to
only ensure that you use only
those weight loss hypnosis
programs that have been created
by legitimate and genuine
hypnotherapists.
How well a weight loss hypnosis
programs work for you depends on
your own will power and your
ability to make a conscious
effort to succeed, as many
people have also tried out
different programs with varying
degrees of success…
Unlocked memory helps to cure a
long-standing fear of needles
Gazette Extra - 15 September
2008
I have to admit skepticism about
hypnosis.
Even so, Charlene Ackerman was
happy to work with me on that,
and I offered my son as a test.
That's not as cold-blooded as it
sounds because, hey, I could
have used a weight-loss session.
Dan, 18, gradually had developed
a phobia surrounding needles.
He didn't know the root of the
fear, but starting at age 8 or
9, he'd get anxious days before
shots were scheduled. The
anxiety would ramp into dread as
the appointment neared.
The last time a nurse drew
blood, he turned white, and I
was afraid he'd bolt from the
office.
When I proposed the hypnosis
session, Dan was happy to give
it a try.
Ackerman said hypnosis gets to
the root of an anxiety.
During Dan's session, he sat in
a large recliner. He said he
remembers feeling relaxed as he
listened to Ackerman's voice
telling him to take deep
breaths.
He couldn't tell how long he sat
there and was surprised to hear
later that the session lasted
almost an hour. He described the
feeling as "weird" but said he
believes he remained aware of
what was going on.
As Ackerman talked with him, Dan
initially didn't remember any
relevant incidents.
Then, "It just kind of popped
up," he said.
He remembers thinking, "This is
all I got, so I'm going to run
with it. I hadn't thought of
that forever. I just remembered
it. It was kind of random."
Dan remembered being 5 or 6 and
playing on the third floor of
our home. He stepped on a
stuffed animal that apparently
had a pin in it. The pin stuck
in his foot. We think it was a
pin because he described it as a
needle with a big head.
His dad pulled the pin out, but
neither my husband nor myself
remember the incident.
Later, Dan said he hadn't
thought of the incident for a
long time. But when he
remembered it, he remembered it
in vivid detail.
Two weeks later, he calmly laid
down his arm for two shots he
needed for college. He didn't
squirm. Dan later said he didn't
feel at all like he had in the
past when he got shots, and
specifically mentioned the lack
of any nausea.
We both were a bit amazed and
hope his phobia is over. Dan
wasn't up for scheduling another
shot just to check it out,
though.
Now, about that weight loss
session...
Sister's death led to food fear
Liverpool Echo - 24 September
2008
Susan Lee talks to a mum who
used hypnotherapy to trace the
roots of her eating disorder
“I FEEL like I’ve lived under a
shadow for a long time; now it’s
time to move into the light.”
Lindsay Watterson smiles as she
recalls her journey of the past
few months – a journey which has
seen her confront a tragedy from
long ago and, in the process,
beat an eating disorder.
And it all began with a story in
the
Liverpool
ECHO.
“I read about a hypnotherapist
who had helped a woman with
eating problems. I’ve been
sceptical in the past about
hypnotherapy, but she was from
Kensington like me and I
thought: ‘If she can have a go,
so can I’,” says the 30-year-old
mum-of-one.
But even Lindsay couldn’t have
expected the revelation about
the cause of her problem – and
the subsequent turnaround in her
life.
Lindsay admits she has had
issues with eating for as long
as she can remember.
“As a kid, I just would not eat.
My mum and dad would tell me I
couldn’t go out if I didn’t have
my tea, but nothing would
persuade me or I’d just scrape
it into a tissue when no-one was
looking.
“Food just didn’t bother me.”
Worried, her parents consulted
doctors but Lindsay says she
always felt fobbed off.
“I think they thought it I’d
grow out of it. I was given
vitamin tablets but no-one ever
mentioned an eating disorder
then.”
She says it never affected her
health, but the problem
continued into her adulthood.
“Even having a daughter didn’t
make any difference. I always
made sure she ate well and had
all the right nutrition – she
loves her food – but couldn’t
relate that back to me.
“I’d never have breakfast but
wait until mid afternoon to have
something, maybe a sandwich and
I was very choosy about what I
had for the rest of the day.
“I’d make tea but end up giving
mine to the dog. To be honest,
it even used to cause arguments
between me and my partner.”
At her lightest, she weighed
just six stones and although a
dress size six, still had to
have clothes altered to fit.
It was then that Lindsay saw the
article in the ECHO, sought help
from Kate Davies – and
discovered the root of her
problem.
“When I was about nine, my
little sister Jenny, who was two
at the time, became poorly.
“We called the GP, who thought
it was a 24-hour bug and my mum
nipped to the chemist, leaving
me in the room with her.
“The next thing I remember is
her having some kind of
convulsion. I called my dad who
was in the next room and we got
her to hospital, but she died
soon after.”
It was a tragedy which
devastated the family but only
with the help of Kate did
Lindsay see how adversely it
affected her.
“There was no such thing as
grief counselling back then, so
I suppose I just got on with it,
we all did. When I discussed it
with Kate, though, it was like a
light going on.
“I realised all this unresolved
grief had just not gone away.
When I first met her, I said: ‘I
don’t really eat’ and that was
the first time I’d been able to
say that.”
Within just a few sessions,
Lindsay had begun to want to eat
breakfast and began to put on
weight. She has since gained
18lbs.
“When I told my family, they
were really supportive. In fact,
my sister told me she thought I
had never been the same since
Jenny’s death.
“Everybody has noticed a
difference in me, even my little
girl.
“I look better and feel better.
I’ve even given up smoking.”
She urges anyone considering
hypnotherapy to give it a go.
“There is so much stuff about
people wanting to lose weight,
yet very little about those who
want to gain it, but who knows
what has happened in people’s
pasts which affects how they
feel today?
“After all this time, this is
the real me.”
According to clinical
hypnotherapist Kate, based in
Rodney Street, Lindsay’s story
is typical of many eating
disorder sufferers she has
helped.
“I find there is almost always a
cause, no matter how deeply
buried in the subconscious,” she
says.
“It transpired that Lindsay felt
she had no right to take up
space after her sister’s death.”
Kate subsequently focused on
issues of self-esteem and
confidence-building.
“Uncovering the source enables
the person to make sense of why
the problem exists and provides
a valuable tool in the healing
process,” she adds.
“Now Lindsay has achieved her
target weight and for the first
time she can remember she
actually likes her body.”
Quit Smoking with
Hypnotherapy
Gulf
News -
18 September 2008
Mark Biggs had been a heavy
smoker for 10 years, often
lighting up to 30 cigarettes a
day.
Today, the 37-year-old human
resources director is smoke-free
and has been so for the past
five years after undergoing two
sessions of hypnotherapy.
"I was shocked with the result.
The first few weeks were tough.
But, over a period of time, I
had no problem being in the same
room with smokers," Biggs said.
Beryl Comar, a Dubai-based
hypnotherapist, has the solution
to kicking this bad habit with
one or two hypnotic sessions.
"It’s all in the words," she
said. Comar is a graduate of
economics, geography and
sociology, and also holds
masters degrees in education and
applied linguistics.
However, Biggs did not have a
smooth ride. Eighteen months
after quitting smoking, he found
himself lighting a cigarette
again.
"I immediately contacted Comar.
I haven’t had another recurrence
in the past five years after
that," he said. Comar said the
craving for nicotine is fuelled
by a need for belonging.
This can be remedied through
hypnotherapy.
"The most important factor to
achieve anything is a strong
resolve, a complete dedication.
It’s the same with hypnosis. If
you are not certain about what
you want to achieve, you might
as well not go in for it," she
said.
She said there are two areas of
information storage and thought
processes in the mind: our
conscious mind and the
subconscious. Hypnotherapy
targets the subconscious mind.
"There are two methods to get
into one’s subconscious –
through complete relaxation or
through shock. The person will
have complete control of his
desires. So, any suggestions
that he is not open to may be
discarded by him."
DID YOU KNOW?
A study by Pfizer shows 20 per
cent of the UAE’s total male
population smokes, while three
per cent of females are smokers.
as many as 42 per cent of males
aged 17 are smokers.