Royal Society of Medicine

On the 6th of June 2011, the Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine Section was at the centre of the news because of claims that the NHS could save money–a huge amount of money–if hospitals employ fully qualified therapists to use hypnosis in treatment. The overall message of fellows of the society was that hypnosis is a very powerful tool that can be used on its own or in conjunction with medical treatment, but that patients should be protected from, as Jacky Owens, president of the section calls them, ‘hypno-cowboys’.

She said,

“Conditions such as depression, pain and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affect millions of people in the UK and a great cost to the NHS. But hypnosis can often work where other treatments have been unsuccessful”.

Hypnosis is, at long last recognised by NICE as an intervention for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome and Peter Whorwell in Manchester has shown that his gut directed approach is significantly effective in treatment. However, there are many other conditions that have been treated effectively with hypnosis including depression, phobic anxiety, agoraphobia, psychosomatic pain, OCD, sleep disorders, eating disorders, anxiety, grief, chemotherapy-induced nausea, PTSD amongst others.

Amongst other specialists, Dr David Kraft gave a lecture on the use of hypnosis for smoking cessation. He gave a detailed account of a case study: the client was a man in his early 30s who had smoked over 25 cigarettes for about 20 years. Dr Kraft used hypnosis and a number of techniques which he described for the audience. He showed that it is possible to use hypnosis and help people give up smoking in one session. In one hour.

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 & Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH) and on the General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR). He has written and co-written over 10 peer-reviewed articles in academic journals in England and Australia and has given lectures at the Royal Society of Medicine of four occasions. David has spent a great deal of time treating people with phobic anxiety, but has recently also had a lot of success helping people give up smoking. He uses covert sensitization (aversion therapy) in his approach and has even help people to reduce their cravings to a minimum.

Smoking has a deleterious effect on almost all of the organs in the body and is responsible for many deaths each year.

To give up, phone Dr Kraft on 0207 467 8564. Now!!!

On the 6th of June 2011, Dr Kraft will be giving a presentation on the use of hypnosis for smoking cessation. David will present a case study which illustrates that hypnosis can be used effectively to help individuals stop smoking in one hour. The case study looks at a 33 year old man who had been a heavy smoker for over 20 years. He gave up smoking after one hour and did not smoke one cigarette for then on. At the year follow up, Philip, was still smoke free.

Dr Kraft will talk about the importance of building rapport while booking the session and building expectation on the phone. He will then describe his unique approach to treatment which incorporates the use of aversion, chaining suggestions, poetic repetition, response sets, split screen imagery and the ‘Non Smoker Walk’.

Smoking Hypnotherapy with Dr Kraft is a highly effective form off treatment which has no side effects.

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Dr David Kraft is a psychotherapist who also uses psychodynamic psychotherapy with hypnosis. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, a member of the Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine Section and a member of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH). He has published several articles in both national and international journals on subjects including: anorexia, bulimia, sleeping disorders, sexual disorders, hyperhidrosis, agoraphobia, social phobia, alcoholism, cover sensitization, driving phobia, mouse phobia and anxiety. David runs a successful practice in Harley Street, London, UK.

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Dear Sir

I am looking for a hypnotherapist in London who can help me with my problems. I am an orphan, and have suffered from nightmares all my life. I have an anxiety problem and this gets worse at night. I am so scared all the time, and I don’t know what to do. My anxiety is sometimes a panic attack, and sometimes I feel like I am falling. I feel out of control, and alone. I feel that no one loves me and that no one cares at all about how I feel. No one does. Please make sure that I am ok and care for me. I need to speak to someone, and I need time in the hypnotherapy to explore my problems. Is that something that you do?

Clive

Dear Clive

I am a psychotherapist and I use hypnosis in my work to enhance what I do in the psychotherapy. I take a great deal of care to make sure that my clients are in control, and that they are comfortable during sessions. If you would like to book a session, please phone me on 0207 467 8564.

Dr Kraft

Dr David Kraft is a psychotherapist in private practice. He also uses hypnotherapy in his work. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a member of the Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine Section. He is also on the General Hypnotherapy Register and a member of BSCAH.

Hi Dr David Kraft

I have had a history of bipolar disorder ad I have been Duloxetine for some time now. I have taken 30mg an 60mg at various points of the last year. I was initially diagnosed with depression in the late 1980s, and I was referred to a psychotherapist at the Tavistock. Since then, I have seen a consultant psychiatrist in Wigmore Street, and another two in Harley Street. I have been diagnosed with depression, mania and bipolar disorder, but, at present, they all seem to agree, with the twists and turns of my problem, that I have bipolar disorder. Over the last twenty years I have taken Clomipramine hydrochlor., Lithium, Citalopram (this made me worse, and I felt really out of control), Reboxetine, Fluvoxamine, Venlafaxine, Maprotiline, Setraline and various other Tetracyclic and Tricyclic antidepressants, SNRIs (selective noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors) and Lithium salts. But I have never felt better than when I was taken off these drugs and I saw a psychotherapist in Harley Street. I felt that I had his support, and I felt that I was in control; and, in addition, I felt that I was getting to the root of the problem. I also used hypnotherapy, and this was aso a great comfort to me. I would like to see a similar psychotherapist, and one that works near or in Harley Street. I also would like to see someone who uses hypnotherapy, too. Plainly, I would like to see someone who is well qualified and who is similar to the psychotherapist I saw three years ago. He is not available now. Can you help? I have been reading your website and feel that you are independent and Freudian. I do not want to see a Freudian Psychotherapist, a Jungian Psychologist, an Object Relations Psychotherapist or anyone trained and brain-washed by these systems. I want to see someone who is an independent psychotherapist, who is adaptable, and who also uses hypnotherapy.

Andrea

Dear Andrea

Yes I can certainly see you in Harley Street. I regard myself as an independent psychotherapist who also uses hypnotherapy. Please phone for an appointment.

Many thanks

Dr David Kraft  

Dr David Kraft is a specialist psychotherapist and hypnotherapist in private practice. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a member of the Section of Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine. He is also a member of BSCAH and he is on the General Hypnotherapy Register. He has published various articles in both national and international journal–specifically in Contemporary Hypnosis, the official Journal of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis and the European Society of Hypnosis, in the Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, and he has published an obituary in the British Medical Journal. David has a diploma in clinical hypnotherapy, and an advanced diploma in clinical and strategic hypnotherapy, and has a diploma in Clinical Psychology. He also has been trained by his father, Dr Tom Kraft, psychiatrist, hypnotherapist and psychotherapist.

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 Dr David Kraft

My name is J. I am 14 stone and I have had two babies. I am now 42 and decided to have a hysterectomy last month because of what my doctor said. I went to a specialist in London and he performed the operation under a general anaesthetic. I want to take off weight so much. I was 10 stone five years ago before I had my two daughters and I want to take off that weight. Now, I am so depressed too. I know that the operation was a life changing event for a woman, but I feel less of a woman. I still want sex and everything, but I somehow feel less attractive to my husband. I feel fat, and non-sexy, and this feeling has worsened since I had the operation. I want another operation now to get rid of the fat, but I know that this would probably be a bad idea. Can we use hypnotherapy to help me with this problem? I heard that weight loss hypnotherapy was very effective for woman.

The fact that I have had a hysterectomy won’t effect my ability to take off weight, will it? I was told by my doctor that each person is different and that I should be fine, and still have good sex. I have had good sex since the oiperation, although it took some time to recover from this trauma.

I took a lot of care after the operation. Many surgeons agree that six to eight weeks is sufficient time to recover from the operation: I did not have sex for three months even though I was dying for it.

I worried that I would get chronic pelvic pain, but I didn’t.

Please help me take off weight and feel better about myself. If hypnotherapy is useful, please help me.

J

Dear J

I can certainly help you get back on track. Feel free to give me a ring at my office. Thee number is 0207 467 8564.

Dr Kraft

Dr David Kraft is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and one of the leading specialist hypnotherapists in central London. He is a psychotherapist who uses hypnosis within the remit of his practice. He has a diploma in clinical psychology, and two diplomas in clinical hypnotherapy. He is a member of the GHR Register and a member of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH). He has published several articles in international and national journals. David is also a member of the Section of Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine of the Royal Society of Medicine.

Sessions are now available at a 20% discount. If you book a session between now and 30th of August, you can have your first session at the reduced rate. Rather than £160; you can book an appointment with a top Harley Street specialist for £144.

Please quote the following reference for the booking:

1471

For all appointments, call 0207 467 8564. 

Training sessions are available at London Hypnotherapy UK.

Price £91.50.

Sessions at 10 Harley Street, London, W1G 9PF

Phone: 0207 467 8564

If you require training sessions with Dr David Kraft, please bring a letter from your college/university, giving you permission to have a session with Dr Kraft. These sessions will not enable you to practise hypnotherapy on your own: they are there to provide you with research information to help you with your course.

Dr David Kraft is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a member of BSCAH. He has published several articles on hypnotherapy and psychotherapy and has given lectures at the Royal Society of Medicine. He has a diploma in clinical psychology and two diplomas in clinical hypnotherapy. He runs a successful private practice in Harley Street.

Dear Dr Kraft

I have been looking at your website–in fact the website of London Hypnotherapy UK–and I am really keen to see you at 10 Harley Street. How many people work at London Hypnotherapy UK? I would really like to see you if possible because I need you to help me and I want the best hypnotherapist possible. When I come for the first session, will we be able to use hypnotherapy/hypnosis straight away? My friend went to see a hypnotherapist last year for her eating problems–she eats too much chocolate–and she has now taken off nearly a stone. It sounds like hypnotherapy is really very powerful indeed. My mother also went to see a hypnotherapist in Cardiff near where she works and she has found that she likes to keep seeing him for top up regularly–well, once every three or four months. She finds it really helpful to do this from time to time. She suffers from IBS. Also a really good friend of mine came over from Saudi Arabia especially to see you and he is now so much better. He had all sorts of problems and he is so much happier now having seen you. Thank you so much for that!

I also have problems with IBS. I feel bloated and I sometimes have constipation and sometimes suffer from diarrhea.

Many thanks

Del

Dear Del

Of course I can help you and I can also offer you ‘top up sessions’ if you feel that they would be helpful. I am the therapist at London Hypnotherapy UK. We will use hypnotherapy at the first session when you feel that it is appropriate to do so.    

Dr David Kraft

Dr David Kraft is a specialist hypnotherapist and psychotherapist in private practice: he is based at 10 Harley Street, London, W1G 9PF. He runs two companies: London Hypnotherapy UK and London Psychotherapy. He offers appointment to all individuals and sees clients from Great Britain, Europe, the Middle East, America and Asia. He has had a tremendous amount of success, helping people with the full range of psychological conditions and other problems including phobic anxiety, agoraphobia, eating disorders, diet problems, IBS, anxiety, stress, depression, OCD, PTSD amongst many others. He has a diploma in clinical psychology, a diploma in clinical hypnotherapy and an advanced in clinical and strategic hypnosis. David is a member of BSCAH and a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. He has written and published several articles in the field of hypnosis and psychotherapy integration.

For one-to-one tutorials on hypnotherapy practice, please phone 0207 467 8564 today.

Sessions are at 10 Harley Street, London, W1G 9PF.

Price: £91.50 p/h

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