The youtube video below is of Dr. John Butler, a leading UK Hypno-anesthetist as he undergoes a hernia repair surgery using self hypnosis as the only form of anesthesia in November 2004 at the Chelsfield park hospital, Kent, UK. The surgeon is Tom Hennigan
Please be advised this video is graphic and does depict actual surgery [...]
Evidence is very abundant. A ton of studies, books and testimonials exist. This website (hypno-facts.com) contains but a few examples of how and what hypnosis can help with.
Browse this site for research, studies, evidence and more. Please do contact me if you have any questions to ask or stories to share. I’d be very happy [...]
In this study three groups of hypertensive patients were tested.
Six patients, who were taught progressive relaxation and hypnosis in eight to nine sessions over four to five days, had average blood pressure reductions of 17 mmHg systolic/19 mmHg diastolic during their experimental sessions.
Nine patients taking hypotensive medication, who were taught progressive relaxation and hypnosis in [...]
This study was published in the International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis in 1977
29 young adult volunteers were assigned to one of 3 treatment conditions and treated for their cigarette smoking over a 2-wk period. These conditions were group rapid smoking, group hypnosis, and an attention-placebo control group. All treatments produced significant reductions in [...]
It can be argued that hypnosis was present in all ancient cultures and in religious ceremonies that were practiced by them. The use of drums, chanting, smoke, dance and other ceremonial techniques lead many into some form of trance. Shamans, medicine men and wise women used methods, all similar in that they induced trance.
The oldest [...]
Modulation of gastric acid secretion by hypnosis. Gastroenterology 1989;96(6):1383-7 – Klein KB. , Spiegel D.
The ability of hypnosis to both stimulate and inhibit gastric acid secretion in highly hypnotizable healthy volunteers was examined in two studies. In the first, after basal acid secretion was measured, subjects were hypnotized and instructed to imagine all aspects of [...]
Treatment of chronic tension-type headache with hypnotherapy
A single-blind time controlled study. Headache 1991;31(10):686-9
We investigated the effectiveness of a special hypnotherapy technique in the treatment of chronic tension-type headache. A waitinglist control group was used to control for the changes in headache activity due to the passage of time. The results showed significant reductions in the [...]
I found this study (McCauley JD. Thelen MH. Frank RG. Willard RR. Callen KE.) titled: Hypnosis compared to relaxation in the outpatient management of chronic low back pain.
Chronic low back pain (CLBP) presents a problem of massive dimensions. While inpatient approaches have been evaluated, outpatient treatment programs have received relatively little examination. Hypnosis and relaxation [...]
Publication: “How deeply hypnotized did i get?” Predicting self-reported hypnotic depth from a phenomenological assessment instrument
Procedures for estimating hypnotic depth have been used for more than 70 years. This study predicted self-reported hypnotic depth from the phenomenological and behavioral variables of the Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory-Hypnotic Assessment Procedure (PCI-HAP).
Participants were divided into 2 groups; 1 [...]
Monitoring real-time brain scan (fMRI) feedback of their own brains, volunteers were able to control their own pain levels, after three 13 minute sessions.
This biofeedback technique may replicate self-hypnosis. The area that they monitored of their brains was the rostral anterior cingulate cortex, which is known to modulate both the intensity and emotional impact of [...]