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Anxiety Disorders and Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy -- or hypnosis -- is a type of nonstandard or "complementary and alternative medicine" treatment that uses guided relaxation, intense concentration, and focused attention to achieve a heightened state of awareness that is sometimes called a trance. The...
Hypnotherapy’s meditative effect
Most clients are pursuing hypnotherapy for the first time. They are not only new to hypnosis but have no experience with meditation, guided imagery or progressive relaxation. Most want to overcome long-term personal challenges with weight, stress, addiction or fear....
Video: Hypnotherapy’s meditative effect
Paul reviews how his clients experience meditative benefits as well.
Mind-body therapies for opioid-treated pain
A new study published Nov. 4, 2019, in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine details the first comprehensive look across the scientific literature at the role of mind-body therapies in addressing opioid-treated pain. The researchers found that certain mind-body therapies...
Meditation improves brain connections
When I’m stressed, I listen to a 20-minute mindfulness meditation tape. It always helps me feel calmer and more relaxed. Many meditative practices can do this. Mindfulness meditation is getting a lot of attention because it seems to help with so many physical and...
Self-hypnosis: your new isolation hobby
Chances are when you hear hypnosis, you think swinging pocket watches and talk of, “you are now getting very sleepy.” That’s Hollywood’s hypnosis. The real thing doesn’t put you under a spell. It doesn’t make you blackout. No one is going to convince you to cluck like...
Baylor Univ: mindfulness + hypnosis = winner
The intervention is called mindful hypnotherapy. "Mindfulness is a type of meditation that involves focusing attention on present moment awareness. It can help people cope with stress, but can require months of practice and training," said researcher Gary Elkins,...
Video: Smooth healthy skin
Hypnosis can dry up warts leaving smooth healthy skin. [info]
Video: Bruxism relief
Bruxism or jaw clenching/teeth grinding can be very painful. [info]
Paul Gustafson RN CH
A Boston area Hypnotherapist, with 10 years of medical experience as an RN, Paul has been helping clients since 2001 to overcome everyday challenges. Read more
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Paul’s Book
Healthy Hypnosis: The Simple Truth and Practical Use Paul explains the A-B-C’s of clinical hypnosis and offers case studies and examples of actual client sessions. This is a must read for anyone interested in this fascinating technique.
