Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume 5, Special Issue, 15 June 2021 | Page 84

Hypnotherapy group with stress reduction achieved significantly more weight loss than the other two treatments .
 Randomised , controlled , parallel study of two forms of hypnotherapy ( directed at stress reduction or energy intake reduction ), vsdietary advice alone in 60 obese patients with obstructive sleep apnoea on nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment .
 J Stradling , D Roberts , A Wilson and F Lovelock , Chest Unit , Churchill Hospital , Oxford , OX3 7LJ , UK 
 Hypnosis can more than double the effects of traditional weight loss approaches 
 An analysis of five weight loss studies reported in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology in 1996 showed that the “… weight loss reported in the five studies indicates that hypnosis can more than double the effects ” of traditional weight loss approaches .
 University of Connecticut , Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology in 1996 ( Vol . 64 , No . 3 , pgs 517-519 ).
 Weight loss is greater where hypnosis is utilized 
 Research into cognitive-behavioral weight loss treatments established that weight loss is greater where hypnosis is utilized . It was also established that the benefits of hypnosis increase over time .
 Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology ( 1996 )
 Showed Hypnosis As “ An Effective Way To Lose Weight ”
 A study of 60 females who were at least 20 % overweight and not involved in other treatment showed hypnosis is an effective way to lose weight .
 Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology ( 1986 )


 Hypnosis Reduces Frequency and Intensity of Migraines 
 Compared the treatment of migraine by hypnosis and autohypnosis with the treatment of migraine by the drug prochlorperazine ( Stemetil ). Results show that the number of attacks and the number of people who suffered blinding attacks were significantly lower for the group receiving hypnotherapy than for the group receiving prochlorperazine . For the group on hypnotherapy , these two measures were significantly lower when on hypnotherapy than when on the previous treatment . It is concluded that further trials of hypnotherapy are justified against some other treatment not solely associated with the ingestion of tablets .
 Anderson JA , Basker MA , Dalton R , Migraine and hypnotherapy , International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis 1975 ; 23 ( 1 ): 48-58 .