‘Hypnosis Could save the NHS Millions’

Hypnosis treatments could be used on a range of medical conditions, according to a group of medical experts reported by The Belfast Telegraph

The Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine Section of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) believe the therapies help relieve pain and stress.

But it warned that patients need to be protected from rogue practitioners who cause harm and end up costing the NHS more. (This in my opinion is easily rectified by the NHS only using recognised Hypnotherapists that are registered with national governing bodies like CNHC, APHP & NCH)

Jacky Owens, the president of the RSM’s Hypnosis Section, said: “Conditions such as depression, pain and irritable bowel syndrome affect millions of people in the UK and at great cost to the NHS. But hypnosis can often work where other treatments have been unsuccessful.”(Stress based health condition benefit greatly from hypnosis sessions as once the underlying stress and physical stress responses are eradicated or reduced via hypnosis, their condition’s symptoms lessen or go completely)

Ms Owens, a qualified nurse who uses hypnosis in her work with cancer patients, added: “If doctors were able to refer patients to properly trained hypnotherapists, it would save a cash-strapped NHS a great deal of money.”

She said making hypnosis a standard part of the “NHS toolbox” would lead to the public becoming better informed about the procedure and mean that vulnerable patients would be less likely to turn to “hypno-cowboys”. (I.e. Non-registered with a UK recognised governing body)

Ms Owens added: “We’re confident that with more research, hypnosis will be recognised as an extremely useful tool to be used alongside mainstream medicine. What we need are doctors, dentists, nurses, psychologists, physiotherapists, radiotherapists – the whole gamut of people who treat patients – trained in using hypnosis as another tool in their treatment programme.” (Not sure I agree with this bit, just because you’re a doctor doesn’t mean you’ll necessarily be a good hypnotherapist-leave the hypnosis to the hypnotherapists-to be able to teach patients relaxation and breathing techniques though would definately be a good add-on to their already many skills)

A Department of Health spokesman said: “We believe in patients being able to make informed choices about their treatment and in clinicians having the freedom to prescribe the treatment they feel most appropriate for that patient after discussing the risks and benefits.”

“They should always consider the availability of a suitably qualified practitioner as part of this process.”

“Our plans to modernise the NHS will give clinicians more freedom to commission the services that best meet their patients’ needs.” (Choice is always beneficial in any circustances)

(In my opinion, the mindset of the patient is imperative to their aid their recovery, the only side effects that hypnosis may have, is that you create a happier and healthier lifestyle. By being able to turn any stress into positive stress which in turn can be channeled and used to create future wellbeing J )

Also the effects of hypnosis – the physical and mental changes, will last alot longer than a bottle of pills!

What do you think?

Loran Northey

Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/offbeat/hypnosis-could-save-nhs-millions-16008275.html#ixzz1PLogrptZ

Some simple mind skills to enable you to stop procrastinating and actually get things done!

Here are some simple instructions to follow that will help you to think differently, which will allow you to act differently which will give you different results!

You don’t need any special skills to be able to do these techniques, just read through the instructions fully and then I suggest you read them out loud and record them onto an audio player to then play back and follow the instructions or alternatively do the technique with someone else reading out the instructions for you to follow.

Relax – read instructions through – have fun!

When you complete the techniques, make sure you are in a safe environment, it’s your choice whether you want to close your eyes or not, but many people do prefer to do so as it enhances their inner vision-or so they believe!

1. Choose a situation where you feel out of control – not because you don’t have the knowledge or the skills, but because your emotions get the better of you. Examples may be fear of success or fear of failure. E.g Not writing a book for fear it becomes a best-seller or not starting up a Home Business for fear of failure.

   2. Understand now that this is simply an attitude or belief that is stopping you from doing something that you know you could do, so decide what is the opposite to your fear and imagine what you will be doing when you are back in control. Choose a specific example of this behaviour, preferably one that is immediately testable. E.g Writing the book Or Creating a business plan.

   3. When you have this in mind then sit comfortably, then imagine floating out of your body, imagine yourself sitting a little behind and just above from your physical body. In your mind’s eye/imagination, see the back of your head, the width of your shoulders. See what your hair looks like, what your clothes look like from this point of view, looking down at the back of yourself.  Make this picture as fully dimensional as possible.

(Remember: This technique uses your natural visualization and imagination skills, you do not need to ‘actually’ see it, to know that your inner mind is following along and doing exactly what’s being asked-so relax and trust that your mind is playing along-just fine!)

4. Now, imagine that you see yourself starting to stand up, and, as that happens, actually stand, so you are in precisely the same position as your imagined image.

(Now sit back down)

5. Repeat this thought and action several times, making it faster and faster each time, until you feel yourself being propelled and pulled to your feet by the vividness of your image.

6.Now imagine that you are standing just behind and slightly above yourself just like before but this time imagine looking at the back of yourself doing the activity that you identified in step 2. Make sure that you are in the same position that you have been before looking down on the back of yourself, in exactly the same way that you did in the standing exercise. Now see yourself doing the activity.

7. Run the activity from start to finish 5 times, stepping into the physical image each time. Then see yourself doing it another 5 times doing it faster and faster, then 5 times more even faster, stepping into the image each time, feeling the same ‘pull’ as before.

8. Test by starting the activity and following it all the way through to the end, 5 times.

Now sit down quietly, close your eyes if not already closed for a few moments and imagine how your life will be different and better as this new skill generalizes out into other, equally useful and appropriate areas of your life.

See how your life will be, imagine the picture, make the colours bright and bold, the picture big and in your face!, imagine how you feel, what you think, how you act, what you see, what you act like, notice how you think about you, what you say to yourself and recognize the positive feelings that you are experiencing.

Now, take a deep breath, imagine your eye lids are the lens of a camera and imagine taking a snap shot of that great picture of yourself-(click-click-blink-blink).

That camera imagine of your inner vision can be called upon at any time now you have it as a blueprint in your mind.

In the future just relax and allow yourself to remember that image and it will come to your mind’s eye clearly and quickly and remind you of what you do now.