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When Fear Turns Up the Pain: How Hypnosis May Help
Before the surgeon made an incision, researchers tried something you might not expect: 15 minutes of hypnosis. In a little-known 2007 clinical trial at Mount Sinai, 200 women preparing for a breast biopsy or lumpectomy received either a brief hypnosis session or a session of supportive listening. At discharge, the hypnosis group reported less pain,…
Read MoreThe Night Before Surgery: A Hypnosis Approach to Anticipatory Anxiety and Insomnia
In 2018, a patient identified in the medical literature as Mr. LC agreed to something most people would find difficult to imagine: brain surgery during which he would need to be awake and responsive for part of the procedure. At Pierre Wertheimer Neurological Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, in France, his anesthesiologist used medical hypnosis…
Read MoreThe Eleven-Year-Old Girl With 43 Warts
An eleven-year-old girl was brought into her doctor’s office with 43 warts covering her hands, feet, face, and other areas of her body. Not eight. Forty-three. Twelve of them were on her face. The warts had been there for more than a year, and the usual treatments had not worked. Her doctors were dealing with…
Read MoreRewriting Childhood Trauma Through Hypnosis
A Survivor Found Healing Without Being Forced to Relive the Pain The woman’s name was never published. What researchers did reveal was that she was one of four Chinese women living with the lasting effects of complex trauma. Two had survived childhood sexual abuse. Another had been raped. The fourth had experienced domestic violence. Their treatment did…
Read MoreThe Fear of Flying That Disappeared in Hours
How a high-frequency business traveler reclaimed control without years of therapy In the early 1990s, I had a little-known program quietly operating within an airline at O’Hare Airport. It was not a marketing campaign but a clinical-style intervention. Passengers with severe aviophobia (fear of flying) were invited into a one-day course that combined education, cockpit…
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 MoreHow to Beat Panic Attacks in Public: One Woman’s Amazing Hypnosis Success Story
Most people do not realize how many panic attacks happen in the least dramatic places, like the rice, beans, & pasta aisle. But one of the most powerful stories of transformation I have ever helped came from a woman named “M,” a 38-year-old mom of two who had not been able to shop for her…
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 MoreWhy Doctors Are Now Using Hypnosis to Help Diabetes Patients Get Their Lives Back
Several years ago, a 42-year-old man named James came into our office as he was struggling with Type 2 diabetes. His blood sugar levels spiked whenever stress at work or family conflict occurred. Medication helped, but his physician noticed a pattern: despite following dietary and exercise recommendations, James’s glucose levels remained high during periods of…
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…
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