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Hypnotherapy in the NHS

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 […]

Call for NHS funding to help smokers quit with hypnosis

According to Scotland Today, there are calls for hypnosis treatment for smokers to be funded by the NHS ahead of the public smoking ban. According to research into the most effective methods to stop smoking, hypnosis was found to be three times more effective than Nicotine Replacement Therapy (i.e nicotine patches or gum). A New […]