Donald, Thought provoking and sensible response to top off this topic I think. We all have a great responsibility to practice within the scope of our knowledge...
Dear Jack I don't think there's anything trivial about emphysema. I was interested to understand how your theoretical approach translated into practice, and am...
Dear Phil Robert Dilts' mum had breast cancer, from which many people (including a patient of mine) have recovered. As you say she was also in receipt of...
Jack, Barry, and others, It seems relevant to me to mention tonight's 'Alternative Medicine' on BBC2 (apologies to non-UK members). The program was ostensibly...
Dear All This was in my inbox this morning, and it caused a blip on my radar. Anyone else had something similar? Best wishes barry Hi, My name is Rich. I'm 54...
I heartily agree with Don. Being open to miracles doesn't mean being unrestrained, insensitive, unrealistic and in denial. Peace, Jack Jack Elias, CHT ...
"They can because they believe they can." - Virgil (70-19 BC) Thank goodness that woman's telly programme has stimulated some people to start talking about the...
Hey My Uncle had an Aneurysm in the back, which he was told if he had an operation he'd have 20% success with a specialist in Liverpool, however he had a...
Hello all, My name is Robert Winterton I will soon be re-registering with the GHR. I used to practice part time a couple of years ago, but due to work and...
... [ snip ] ... That's a fair point. What I intended to convey by telling that story was that Mrs.Dilt's openness to a therapy outside her belief system ...
... [ snip ] ... I think this is a good point to raise Don. Ironically, I think people can also fall into the trap of destroying client expectations. Larry ...
Your comments about the placebo effect in respect to Reiki et al are interesting. What about hypnosis? I recall this issue being discussed some time ago and a...
... [ snip ] ... I think this is a good point to raise Don. Ironically, I think people can also fall into the trap of destroying client expectations. Larry ...
... are interesting. What about hypnosis? Well, hypnosis is suggestion, by definition; that's the whole point of it. The placebo is a kind of suggestion. So...
... Yet, after three decades, there is no evidence supporting the idea of a reliable single session cure for clinical phobia. One recent study on the fast...
Here's part of what I wrote on another forum about the programme: "Last night's programme focused on "healing", which was basically explained away as being due...
The hypnotherapists among you who saw the programme on faith healing may have noticed that one of the experts consulted was Irving Kirsch, one of the world's...
... [ snip ] ... That's interesting, could you post details of the study? I was not aware of it. I do think it's interesting though that a version of the ...
... First, and most importantly, by me! But also, of course, by Braid, Liebault, Bernheim, Janet, Estabrooks, Heap, Hilgard, Weitzenhoeffer, Freud, Byne,...
Dear Phil One of the neurological characteristics of PTSD is the withering of the hippocmapus by excess cortisol, which diminishes the hippocampus's capacity...
Dear Phil "What I intended to convey by telling that story was that Mrs.Dilt's openness to a therapy outside her belief system correlates with her cancer...
Several people have recently raised questions on this and other forums about the Paul McKenna telly programme on hypnosis. Phil Mattingly recently wrote in...
I too would like to know if anyone has cracked this one. I bought an Olympus Digital voice recorder which I thought would allow me to record the CD and then...
... Does it matter what Reiki practitioners believe? Does that make it any less effective? In fact, perhaps it's the belief itself that makes it work... If we...
Hi all, I have a client who’s a stutterer. I have done various methods, such as direct suggestion, parts therapy and also giving him anchor for sense of...
... any less effective? This is quite a common response to these kind of questions. I think there's a simple answer; this debate is as old as the hills and...
See my previous message re: Ipods. I am not a geek and quite frankly, the whole Ipod culture is ... not me. BUT, I taught a class and one of the students used...
What if ... "Placebo" were a code word for turning on our natural healing powers? And Dis-ease meant that somehow those powers had been turned off? Would it...
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