Noel Bradford - Hypnotherapist & Psychotherapist

Researchers from Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester have found that hyp­no­therapy can be used to effectively treat irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in 70 per cent of cases.

Irritable bowel syndrome is a func­tional bowel disorder, which causes abdominal pain, and in some cases, fever, diarrhoea, bloating, con­stipation and nausea. It is a common ailment, which is thought to affect one in three people at some point in their lives.

The causes of irritable bowel syndrome are unknown, par­tic­ularly as IBS suf­ferers show no physical abnor­malities in the bowel. Because of this, many spe­cialists believe that stress is a major factor in causing this painful bowel disorder.

Cur­rently, a hyp­no­therapist at the Manchester hospital is treating more than 60 irritable bowel syndrome suf­ferers every week. Patients are coming from loc&... Read more

Truthfully, I’m glad not to work seven days a week. But I’m dis­ap­pointed that we haven’t fully set the record straight on hypnosis, par­tic­ularly hyp­no­therapy for the purpose of self improvement rather than stage enter­tainment. Here are the mis­con­ceptions causing most common fears and the truths behind them:

“I’ll get stuck in hypnosis, forever.” You cannot get stuck. Even if your prac­ti­tioner were to collapse in the middle of your session, and not end the session. Here’s what would happen: after not getting any input for a few minutes, your sub­con­scious mind would notice that and exit the hypnotic state. And you would nat­urally rouse yourself.

“The hyp­no­therapist will make me tell my secrets” “and that include... Read more

Sometimes it’s as simple as this. A woman calls me about her smoking problem. The problem is her doctor says she needs to stop smoking, and she says she wants to quit, but she simply isn’t quitting. Cold turkey doesn’t work and neither does the NHS quit smoking or even the nicotine drug her doctor pre­scribed and she faithfully took. Now she’s both taking the drug and smoking. “I’m des­perate,” she says, “So I called you.”

Long story short: she comes in and quits in one session.

Longer story: some people are so afraid of a painless pro­cedure called hyp­no­therapy that they’ll try everything else first, including drugs with known and unknown side effects.

But what about the side effect of hyp­no­therapy? Is it dangerous?

The side effect of ... Read more