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Hypnotherapy Helps Homecoming Heroes

Nov 4th, 2009

by nch.

Some members of the National Council for Hypnotherapy are offering a free consultation/session to help homecoming servicemen and women cope with their return to civilian life after the stresses of warfare.

Proposed HPD Version 2 Revisions

Sep 20th, 2009

by Donald Robertson.

This is a short article published in the Autumn 2009 edition of the NCH’s publication The Hypnotherapy Journal. It outlines proposed improvements to the Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma (HPD) award. Comments are invited from any interested parties, especially NCH members and accredited training schools.

August Research Snippet: Hypnosis, Pain, Expectation & Placebo

Aug 18th, 2009

by Donald Robertson.

August Research Snippet: Hypnosis, Pain, Expectation & Placebo

This snippet discusses a recent experimental study which attempted to quantify (as a percentage) the extent to which expectation contributed to the pain-reducing effects of hypnosis, imagination, and a placebo medication. Strong evidence was derived from statistical analysis suggesting that the effect of hypnotism is “partially-mediated” by expectation, albeit to a lesser degree than the placebo effect.

NCH Now Have Over 400 Facebook Fans!

Aug 8th, 2009

by nch.

There’s a huge archive of video clips, articles, news, and other resources already online and the site is updated regularly with new material, including news feeds from NCH.
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July Research Snippet: Competing Theories of Hypnosis

Jul 8th, 2009

by Donald Robertson.

July Research Snippet: Competing Theories of Hypnosis

A recent series of articles compared the influential “sociocognitive” and “response expectancy” theories of hypnosis with Alfred Barrios’ “conditioning and inhibition” theory, which reprises elements of Pavlov’s theory of hypnotic suggestion. This snippet outlines the opposing theories and research findings cited in favour of the sociocognitive position.