What is the attitude of the medical profession towards Hypnotherapy ?
Opinions vary. A number of medical doctors refer patients to me. However….it must be admitted that many doctors are sceptical about Hypnotherapy, along with other alternative “holistic” approaches. This – despite their own use of the “Placebo-Effect”. Of course, when a placebo ( or harmless sugar pill ) triggers healing in a patient….it is in fact hypnosis ! In fairness, I can understand how how some doctors could have doubts about hypnosis. When you are scientifically trained, you always look for “scientific” explanations. And there is no scientific explanation for the phenomenon of hypnosis. But it works anyway! It’s a bit like Water-Divining….we know that it works – but we don’t understand how ! There are some good signs however. Thanks mainly to the pioneering work of Doctor Milton Erickson in the States – many U.S. medical schools now include semesters on Hypnotherapy as part of their educational programme for doctors. Now, here’s a funny thing. Every doctor who has come to
