
The rationale for the use of the term hypnosis or hypnotherapy
An Elliotson Prize essay by Dr John Duthie.It was a fine, crisp, Friday morning in spring, as I skipped gaily into the Dental Practice in a part of Liverpool, soon

Hypnosis and Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder
BSCAH Annual Conference, West sussex Hospital – June 2019 An interesting paper by Dr Jason Price

Consent and Hypnosis
The process of gathering consent for procedures is well described in a variety of documents. My concerns have been very eloquently sumarised by Dr Allan Cyna here, and I suggest you

Beyond the Words
by Katalin Varga I read this book because Dr Varga presented an excellent workshop at one of the ESH conferences, and I was inspired to hear further. This is a

Hypnosis and ADHD
I wonder whether any of you have tried using hypnosis to help a sufferer from attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? I wonder whether any of you have tried using hypnosis to

Spider phobia no longer!
Yesterday I succeeded in catching my first spider. Whilst preparing our guest room yesterday, a long-legged spider appeared from behind the bedstead. I admit I screamed at first. Then, almost

Empathy and Rapport
Does establishing good empathy facilitate hypnosis or does hypnosis provide an accelerated path to empathy? Peter Naish posed this question in an email that generated quite a discussion on the