Hypnotherapy is a drug-free, natural therapy with over 150 years of scientific research behind it.

Ironically, the first scientific experiments on hypnosis were performed by sceptical physician, James Braid, in an attempt to understand or debunk hypnosis, which was then the preserve of entertainers and known as ‘Animal Magnetism’. His work turned hypnosis into a discipline accepted by the medical community and upheld by scientific experiment, and earnt him the title ‘Father of Hypnosis’.

However, in the UK at present, it is almost impossible to obtain Hypnotherapy on the NHS, and there are only a handful of medical health insurance companies offering rebates or incentives for those wanting Hypnotherapy. It appears to be a similar story in the USA, as noted in a recent article in the New York Hospital Newspaper.

And yet, in the long term, Hypnotherapy could save the Government and private health insurers millions of pounds each year… as well as vastly improving the outlook for many patients (and stressed or overworked staff) by complementing medical approaches.