MEDICAL HYPNOTHERAPY

DATES: 2 Weekends, May 23-25 & June 6-8 (Fridays, evenings only)
COST: $395 ($350 before April 20)
40 Hours: This course fulfills the yearly CEU requirements for many therapists.

CALL 541-488-3180 TO REGISTER

Medical Hypnotherapy As the medical field becomes more impersonal and complex, many people are looking for a way to support their own health, to reduce stress and pain, and to lower their need for external interventions. Patients are seeking alternatives that will develop their own inner resources- to enhance their natural ability to reduce pain and illness, and to improve their health. This course will provide valuable skills for working with these issues.

Medical Hypnotherapy is a growing field that is applicable in many areas of health. You will learn how to:

Oncology: reducestress and pain, relieve nausea, decrease side effects of radiation and chemotherapy, increase confidence, improve self-image, and help with end of life issues

Gynecology: relieve uncomfortable symptoms of pregnancy, including nausea and back pain, easing childbirth, reducing PMS symptoms and genital warts, and working through sexual trauma

Injury and Illness: reduce pain and inflammation, shorten recovery, slow bleeding and improve wound healing, improve immune response, increase relaxation and general sense of well being

Surgery and other medical procedures: prepare emotionally and physically for surgery, reducie the need for anesthesia and pain medications, minimize complications and side effects, shorten recovery time

Digestive disorders: improve digestive functioning, including reducing excess stomach acid, IBS, and supporting improved eating habits and self care

Heart and Blood Pressure: lower blood pressure, support life style improvements, including diet, exercise and stress management

General health and well-being: improve body image, self care, diet and exercise, develop positive, resourceful attitudes and behaviors

Currently, up to 90% of doctor visits are stress related. Many people are looking for natural alternatives and supportive therapies that address their stress and pain. This course will provide valuable skills for working with these issues.

 

	Introduction to Hypnotherapy
	Professional Certification Program
	Motivation, Habits & Addiction
	Medical Hypnotherapy
	Soul Medicine

HYPNOTHERAPY RESEARCH

-American Medical Association approves the use of hypnosis
-National Institute for Health supports the use of hypnosis for many conditions, including cancer, chronic pain, TMJ & headaches
-British Medical Journal (1999) reports that there is “good evidence…that hypnosis can reduce anxiety, insomnia, phobias, obesity, chronic pain…(and more)”
-TIME, March 27, 2006
Hypnotized patients needed less than 1% of the standard medications... returned to work 13 days earlier, avoided such after effects as nausea... and lowered their costs by an average of $730.
-British Psychological Society (2001) states that “hypnosis is a…proven therapeutic method…(including) weight reduction programs”
-In studies on relieving chronic and acute pain, including burn patients, (Ewin., 1978, Patterson et al., 1996), cancer (Syrjaja et al., 1992), fibromyalgia (Haanen et al., 1991) and other studies, hypnosis was shown to be effective in reducing pain and other symptoms.
-GASTROENTEROLOGY, December 2002
Researchers found hypnotherapy provided both immediate and long-term relief to people with persistent indigestion, and eliminated the need for anti-indigestion medications as long as a year after treatment.