More and more therapists have been employing an integrative approach to treatment, and they have seen favourable and long-lasting results in clinical practice. The advantage of using an integrative approach is that you can tailor-make the therapy to suit the needs of the client–one can combine behaviour techniques with hypnosis, or behaviour therapy with some analysis, or even cognitive techniques with something else.

Integrative therapy has moved on over the last twenty years. David Kraft and Tom Kraft have spoken time and time again about the benefits of using a multi-modal approach–see the references below. John Gruzelier (2012) recently pointed out that,

‘The integrative approach was part of the new millennium’s zeitgeist in all fields of science, especially neurobiology with its explosion of discoveries, inculcating a more flexible, openminded orientation in scientists’.

He also said that this integrative approach has become more present in clinical practice-for example in the articles and presentation by Kraft and Kraft and others.

References

JH Gruzelier (2012). Editorial Commentary. Contemporary Hypnosis and Integrative Therapy, 29 (2): 133-135.

Kraft T & Kraft D (2004). Creating a virtual reality in hypnosis: a case of driving phobia. Contemporary Hypnosis, 21 (2): 79-85.

Kraft T & Kraft D (2005). Covert sensitization revisited: six case studies. Contemporary Hypnosis, 22 (4): 202-209.

Kraft T & Kraft D (2007). An integrative approach to the treatment of hyperhidrosis: review and case study. Contemporary Hypnosis, 24 (1): 38-45.

Kraft T & Kraft D (2007). Irritable Bowel Syndrome: symptomatic treatment approaches versus integrative psychotherapy. Contemporary Hypnosis, 24 (4): 161-177.

Kraft D & Kraft T (2010). Use of in vivo and in vitro desensitization in the treatment of mouse phobia: review and case study. Contemporary Hypnosis, 27 (3): 184-194.   

Kraft D (2012). Panic disorder without agoraphobia. A multi-modal approach: solution-focused therapy, hypnosis and psychodynamic psychotherapy. Journal of Integrative Research, Counselling and Psychotherapy, 1 (1): 4-15.

Kraft D (2012). Successful treatment of heavy smoker in one hour using split screen imagery, aversion, and suggestions to eliminate cravings. Contemporary Hypnosis & Integrative Therapy, 29 (2): 175-188.  

David Kraft is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a member of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH).

For an appointment, please phone 0207 467 8564.

The European Society of Hypnosis

26 March – April 5 2012

 

Annual Supervision Seminar in Gozo (Malta)

www.dgzh-stuttgart.de/gozo.htm

 

For more information, please contact: Sabine Hühnerbein, DGZH-Regionalstelle Stuttgart mail@dgzh-stuttgart.de

 The following schedule outlines the hypnosis meetings

MEG annual Conference

March 22, 2012

to

March 25, 2012

The MEG annual Conference

The Value of Clinical Hypnosis in Treatment of Traumatic Dissociation

March 24, 2012

to

March 25, 2012

The Value of Clinical Hypnosis in treatment of traumatic dissociation (in English).

Richard Kluft, MD, Ph.D

Stockholm, Sweden.

Organization:
SSCH http://www.hypnosterapi.nu/images/stories/kluft-annons.pdf

Contact: susanna@carolusson.se or anna@insidan.se

Elisabeth Faymonville

March 17, 2012

to

March 18, 2012

Elisabeth Faymonville

Anaesthesiologist, Lund, Sweden.

Organization SSCH Contact: larz.jesperson@hypnosforeningen.se

Hypnosis in Brain Trauma / Damage

March 10, 2012

to

March 11, 2012

Symposium Weekend – Hypnosis in Brain Trauma / Damage

Presenting:
Susanna Carolusson

Venue:
Glynhill Hotel, Renfrew.

Closing date for Applications:
2nd March 2012

 

Please visit the BSMDH (Scotland) website www.bsmdhscotland.com for updates and an Application Form.

The European Society of Hypnosis comprises 32 societies taken from 17 countries in Europe. Members come from a medical background, although there are also some dentists, psychologists, psychotherapists and other health care professionals who have a legitimate reason for using hypnosis in clinical practice. There are also a number of academics who are members of this organization. The ESH promotes and maintains the highest of standards across Europe. Further, members are keen to keep the use of hypnosis up-to-date. The European Society is closely affiliated to the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH), and there are members who give workshops and presentations in order to develop understanding of the use of hypnosis in clinical practice today. Contemporary Hypnosis & Integrative Therapy is the official journal for both BSCAH and ESH.      

 

 

 

On 6th of June Dr David Kraft will be giving a presentation on his approach to smoking cessation. Smoking has a deleterious effect on nearly every organ in the body. Dr Kraft has spent a considerable time helping many people give up smoking; many individuals that have given up smoking say that they feel the immediate effects of being a non smoker. David has had a considerable success helping people to give up smoking and many have given up in one session. The smoking cessation programme is a complete abstinence programme. It is important that clients work together with the therapist and make a verbal contract that they will never smoke a cigarette again. The treatment is a powerful one. It reduces or, in some cases, eliminates cravings, and the use of aversion is a particularly helpful strategy. Dr Kraft also uses a split screen imagery approach which encourages clients to choose the healthy option, and to give up smoking.

David Kraft is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a member of the Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine Section. He is also a member of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH). David has a diploma and an advanced diploma in clinical hypnosis and a diploma in clinical psychology. He has published several articles in the field of hypnosis and integrated psychotherapy in both international and national journals. David runs a successful practice in Harley Street.

Dear Dr David Kraft

I am aged 24 and I have been suffering from depression for three years and now I can’t sleep. This was the only thing that I enjoyed doing when I was depressed, and now I feel drowsy all day and want to sleep, but at night, I can’t get to sleep. I have been suffering from this selective form of insomnia for 11 weeks now and it is getting worse. I can’t sleep at all. I lie awake at night hoping that something will happen and I get so angry all the time. I heard that hypnotherapy was a really useful and empowering way to help something with sleeping problems, and I read your paper on sleeping disorders. Please help me.

My family seems to have a problem with sleep, and I fear that I have, at this age, developed this fear that I will not get to sleep. Can you use hypnotherapy to help.

Thanks for listening

H

Dear H

I have had a great deal of success using hypnotherapy in the treatment of sleeping disturbances. Please ring for an appointment on 0207 467 8564.

With best wishes

David Kraft 

Dr David Kraft is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. He has written several papers for Contemporary Hypnosis and for the Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. He is a member of BSCAH and on the General Hypnotherapy Register. He has a successful private practice in Harley Street, London.

Dear Sir

I just need some help with a few things. I want to have hypnotherapy with a trained hypnotherapist. Do you use psychotherapy or hypnotherapy? I understand that hypnotherapy is safe and that it involves two people and no drugs but will I be aware of what happens during the process. Can hypnotherapy be used to treat phobias, and how long does the treatment last. My friend had hypnotherapy three years back and she said that it helped her a great amount. She never felt better. What are the effects of hypnotherapy and how long do they last.

I need a hypnotherapist in central London, and I looked at your website. I decided to send you this e-mail because I thought that you looked like a fully trained hypnotherapist and not just some wacky witch doctor who was just taking people’s money, or a bored housewife who has re-trained because she wants to ‘help people’. Please advise. Kartrina

Dear Katrina

You are fully aware of what is happening during the hypnotherapy. Please see my CV on the website or the information about me at the end of this message. I have been using psychotherapy and hypnosis for years and very successfully. I use hypnotherapy to enhance my work in the psychodynamic psychotherapy. I have treated many individuals with phobic anxiety and successfully. I cannot give guarantees: it would not be fair. However, I do like to think of the work in short phases and do not see the point of drawing things out. Once we have got to the root of the problem, the effects are, in many cases, long lasting.

If you would like to book an appointment, please do not hesitate to ring me on 0207 467 8564.

Best of luck

Dr David Kraft

Dr David Kraft is a psychotherapist and hypnotherapist in private practice. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a full member of the General Hypnotherapy Register. David is also a member of the Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine Section of the RSM and a member of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH). He has published articles in the Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and in Contemporary Hypnosis, the official publication for BSCAH. Over the last six years, Dr Kraft has published seven articles and two short obituaries–one in the BSCAH Newsletter, and the other in  the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Dr David Kraft is an independent psychotherapist whose principles are based on that of Freud, Jung, Winnicott, Object Relations Theory and person-centred psychotherapy. His non-judgemental and caring approach has been very successful and has helped may people to live more fulfilled and happier lives. Dr Kraft is bases at 10 Harley Street in London, UK.     

Dear Dr David Kraft

I have been suffering from insomnia for several years now and don’t what to do. It all started when arrived here in the UK having been travelling for three years. I lived in New York for two years working as a teacher and in Washington DC for a further year. When I arrived back home, I developed really bad stomach pains and there was nothing I could do to stop these problems happening. I got cramps and feelings of being bloated all the time, but more so after eating a meal. I couldn’t eat hot curries and I love them so much. I couldn’t drink and I couldn’t sleep at night. I started to think to myself, ‘I have so much work to do and I need my rest so much’. I would lie awake at night, getting more and more tense. I would say to myself, ‘I have three hours to get to sleep and then I have got to get up again.’ Then I would fall asleep just five minutes before the time that I have to get up. It has affected my performance at work and is making me really crazy. My boyfriend complains that I don’t want to have sex with him, too. And when I do want sex, I can’t think about it because I am so tired. I never orgasm anymore because I am so tired. I can only orgasm when I am on my own. I am more ratty at work and my boss often asks me whether I had adequate sleep last night or not.

My colleague, J, at work said that she had problems with her sleeping and said that hypnotherapy was really helpful. She said that the hypnosis was safe and that she was aware of everything that was happening during the process. Can you advise Dr Kraft? I need hypnosis to help me now, but I need to work with a sympathetic hypnotherapist who will understand my problems and help me on my way. Mary

Dear Mary
    

Hypnotherapy is an extremely valuable tool in the treatment of both IBS and sleeping disorders. You might like to look at our paper on the subject on my website which is www.londonhypnotherapyuk.com.

It sounds like you want some reassurance about the procedure. Hypnotherapy is very safe, and the approach that I use here at London Hypnotherapy UK is one that combines support, in the psychotherapy, with the hypnotherapy. I will also teach you self hypnosis which will help you deal with these problems in the future.

If you would like to book a session, please do not hesitate to phone me at 10 Harley Street, The number is 0207 467 8564.

Best of luck, and I look forward to hearing from you.

Dr David Kraft, Psychotherapist and Hypnotherapist

Dr David Kraft (PhD) is a member of the Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine Section of the Royal Society of Medicine; he is also a fellow of the society. Dr David Kraft has been researching in the field of hypnotherapy and psychotherapy integration for many years now and has published several articles in both national and international journals. He has published in Contemporary Hypnosis and in the Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, and has written an obituary in the British Medical Journal. Dr Kraft is a full member of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH) and is also on the General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR). He is also a member of the British Psychological Society (BPS). He is currently working as a private psychotherapist and hypnotherapist in central London.

Dear hypnotherapist

I have been trying to find a hypnotherapist here in London for some time now. I suffer from anxiety and have panic attacks. My brother went to a hypnotherapist in Harley Street about four years ago and he found it very useful. He didn’t know why he was having episodes where he became claustrophobic but he had a few sessions with this lady and she was able to help him to discover what was happening. You see, I want someone like this–someone who is good, and also someone that just doesn’t tell me what to do. I am quite afraid about this. I looked up many sights on the internet and I type in ‘Harley Street Hypnotherapist’ and ‘Top Hypnotherapist in London’, but it is a complete maze. I came across your site recently and I thought that I might give it a go. What in fact do you do and do you think you can help me? I chose your website and London Hypnotherapy UK because it looks like you are well qualified and are able to deal with my sensitive issues. I hope that hypnotherapy will help me to achieve some of the goals that I want to achieve in the near future too.

Derek

Dear Derek

Thanks for  the e-mail. There are a lot of hypnotherapists on the web and it must be frustrating trying to find someone who is suitably qualified to do a proper job. Principally, I am a psychotherapist. I use hypnotherapy as an adjunct to my approach–that is to say, the hypnosis enhances the psychotherapy work that I do, making it more effective and powerful. I can certainly see you. If you would like to book an appointment, please do not hesitate to ring me on 0207 467 8564.

Best of luck

Dr David Kraft, Psychotherapist and Hypnotherapist

David Kraft is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a full member of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis. He is a member of the Hypnosis ad Psychosomatic Medicine Section of the Royal Society of Medicine. BSCAH. David is also on the General Hypnotherapy Register, holding  the General Qualification in Hypnotherapy Practice (GQHP). David has a diploma in clinical psychology and two diplomas in hypnotherapy. He is published in both national and international journals on hypnosis and psychotherapy integration. David works in Harley Street, London, UK.