Health
How This Amazing 65-Year-Old Quit Smoking in Just 20 Minutes
How Medical Hypnosis Helped a Lifelong Smoker Walk Out Free of Cravings In 1986, I began using hypnosis for smoking cessation in the hospital setting. This past weekend, I found one case which involved a man in his mid-60s who had smoked since adolescence, for over 50 years. He agreed to hypnosis only because surgery…
Read MoreThe Singer Who Lost Her Voice And Found It Again
The surprising way hypnosis helped a performer overcome a mental block In February 2023, a 25-year-old singer came into our office with a problem that sounds simple until it steals your identity: her voice kept going hoarse, sometimes disappearing, right when she needed it most. Not at home. Not chatting with friends. On stage. For…
Read MoreWhy This Breakthrough Method for Stopping Intrusive Thoughts Actually Works Fast
He was not “losing his mind.” He was losing his day. A 37-year-old businessman identified only as “Mr. M” walked into our office exhausted, tense, and trapped in a loop he could not shut off. For over a year, he had been overwhelmed by recurrent intrusive thoughts that something was medically wrong with him. The thoughts…
Read MoreFrom Constant Coughing to Calm: A Nurse’s Habit Cough Cured with Hypnosis
By Steve Cohen, RN, Healthcare Hypnosis Practitioner The Nurse Who Couldn’t Stop Coughing In the late 1970s, a young nurse at Northwestern Memorial Hospital developed a mysterious, relentless cough. No infection. No asthma. No allergies. No physiological explanation. Her cough was so disruptive that colleagues avoided taking a report from her. She tried inhalers, medications,…
Read MoreHow Hypnosis Helped A Weight Loss Surgery Patient Heal Faster
When Mara underwent gastric bypass surgery, she expected to lose weight. What she did not expect was the wave of anxiety that followed. Every gurgle, twinge, or ache felt like something was wrong. Despite her surgeon’s reassurance, her body’s natural healing sensations felt foreign, even frightening. Then something unexpected happened: her bariatric nurse referred her…
Read MoreReducing Pain and Scarring: The Surprising Role of Hypnosis in Burn Recovery
In 1998, Patricia, a 21-year-old laboratory technician in training, suffered second- and third-degree burns over her arms and torso after an explosion in her chemistry lab. Morphine dulled the edge of her agony but did not touch the waves of panic that came every time her dressings were changed. After visiting an anesthesiologist, she was…
Read MoreHow One Woman Used Hypnosis to End Years of Night Sweats
A case where medical hypnosis helped one woman reclaim her nights and her life. Few people talk about what it is really like to wake up drenched in sweat, night after night. Linda, a 52-year-old nurse and mother of two, had menopause. , which was unrelenting. She had gone six months without a full night’s sleep.…
Read MoreHow Hypnotherapy Helped One Healthcare Professional Get Rid of Chronic Fatigue for Good
Some people do not know that hypnosis has been reshaping how chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is approached, not as a mysterious, incurable condition, but as a mind–body imbalance that can be reset from within. The Case of “Anna” Anna is a 43-year-old Registered Nurse who has spent years battling exhaustion so deep it felt cellular.…
Read MoreWhy Your Mind Can Actually Heal Psoriasis Through Simple Hypnosis Techniques
How guided imagery helped reduce skin inflammation and flare-ups Most people think of psoriasis as “just a skin problem.” In the late 1990s, researchers documented a case where a man with severe psoriasis, whose flare-ups covered more than half his body, turned to an unconventional therapy after exhausting medications. Instead of applying another cream or…
Read MoreOver One Year of Hiccups Are Now Gone: What Hypnosis Teaches About Healing
Most people have experienced the annoyance of hiccups. You have a few minutes of involuntary spasms that eventually fade. But imagine living with hiccups for over a year. That was the reality for one of my patients whose life became a daily struggle. Eating, speaking, and even resting were interrupted by relentless contractions of her…
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