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!!!

Dear Dr David Kraft

I want to ask you whether you can help me. I had hypnotherapy with your father, Dr Tom Kraft, and I want to know whether you can see me too. I saw him three years ago and he helped me with my research. He was a mine of information about hypnotherapy and psychotherapy, and I went to him for assistance. I was not a patient, but I did receive a basic training on hypnosis from him. At the time I was doing the UCL course and he was my tutor. I wanted to ask some more questions. Can you see me in Harley Street, or can we meet at the Royal Society of Medicine. I assume that you are a fellow there too. I remember having coffee with your father in the bar at the Royal Society of Medicine one time and he helped me with a piece of coursework that I was doing.

I am now working in private practice and need help with the following areas: performance anxiety, weight loss hypnotherapy, smoking cessation hypnotherapy, IBS treatment strategies (in particular how to use imagery in treatment, and the ‘river approach’), covert sensitization, and some more information about systematic desensitization.

Can you help

 

Thanks

J

 

Dear J

Yes, of course, we can meet. You can ring me on 0207 467 8564. We can meet at the Royal Society of Medicine in the first instance if you like. I, like my late father, use a combination of psychodynamic psychotherapy and hypnotherapy.

Dr Kraft

 

Dr David Kraft is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a member of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH). He has written several papers in both international and national journals_Contemporary Hypnosis (the official journal for BSCAH and ESH), and the Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. David is also on the General Hypnosis Register and a member of the Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine Section of the Royal Society of Medicine. He has a diploma in clinical hypnosis and two diplomas in clinical and strategic hypnosis. Dr David Kraft is currently working in private practice in Harley Street, London. He is one of the leading hypnotherapists in his field.   

Dear hypnotherapist

(All the words in the following letter have been kept; however, some wrong spellings have been changed by the author to help readers).

I need some help with sport. I am a keen netball player and I have been playing for years. I heard that hypnotherapy can enhance performance and I need some help in this area. I have been struggling recently on the pitch. I doubt myself and hesitate and this affects what I do. When I am really engaged I play really well, but, for most of the time, I worry that the goal is too far away and my shot will not be good. I heard that hypnosis can help. I want to reach my full potential. Can you help me because I love playing so much and I feel that I am letting my friends down. Last year I missed a really important shot and we lost the game, and my problem got worse after this event. K

Dear K

Hypnotherapy can be used effectively to help people with sport–specifically performance anxiety. It can help you to concentrate and also to reach your full potential in the game. It can enhance your skills in all aspects of the game. If you would like to book a session, please do not hesitate to phone 0207 467 8564.

Yours sincerely

Dr David Kraft

10 Harley Street, London, W1G 9PF, UK.

Psychotherapist and Hypnotherapist   

 

Dr David Kraft is a psychotherapist and hypnotherapist in private practice. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a member of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH). He is a member of the Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicinee  Section of the RSM. David has published articles on driving phobia, covert sensitization (including helping people give up drinking alcohol, stopping smoking, stopping nail biting and eating chocolate), sleeping disorders, anxiety, hyperhidrosis, sexual disorders, eating disorders (including bulimia and anorexia) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Dr Kraft has p[ublished in the Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and in Contemporary Hypnosis, which is the official publication of BSCAH. He has a diploma in clinical hypnosis, an advanced certificate in clinical and strategic hypnosis and a diploma in clinical psychology.

On Wednesday 9 June 2010, the Anglo Arab Organisation and
The Royal Society of Medicine present a lecture on the following topic:

The Challenge of Isolated Systolic Hypertension

Presenter: Dr Yousef M. Goussous MD,
Dr Goussous is a doctor and leading member of the Arab medical community; he is also a cardiologist of high repute Â
in Jordan.

 For more information, please go to the website of the Royal Society of Medicine.

 

Dear Sir

I have just been diagnosed with cancer and I am really scared. I heard that hypnosis is helpful. I am so angry and upset all of the time. I don’t know what to do. Please help me.

Thank you

Mabel

Dear Mabel

Thank you for your e-mail. Hypnotherapy has been used for a long period of time to hep people who have been diagnosed with cancer. There are several techniques that I use, but probably the most important point I need to make is that I combine the hypnosis with psychotherapy. It is the support and the hypnosis that makes the treatment effective. One technique that I used is an ‘instant calm’ technique and  help people to experience life without constant worrying. I also can spend some time looking at the diagnosis and how to tackle this information. In addition, we can talk about how to deal with pain.

The most common features of cancer are pain and fatigue. Hypnotherapy is extremely helpful with this in mind. Hypnotherapy can enhance the quality of life and provides support throughout the day. Hypnosis is very valuable in helping people go through radiotherapy or operations. I also teach self hypnosis. The value of this is that it gives patients (or clients), more control throughout the day. I also use dissociative techniques to move the pain further away and to decrease the intensity of the pain in specific areas of the body. Hypnotherapy is extremely valuable for pain relief. If you would like to book a session, I look forward to seeing you.  

Dr David Kraft; hypnotherapist and psychotherapist

 

Dr David Kraft (PhD) is a full member of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH), and a member of the Royal Society of Medicine. He is also on the General Hypnotherapy Register. He has three diplomas–the BST Foundation Diploma in Clinical Hypnosis, the BST Foundation Advanced Certificate in Clinical and Strategic Hypnosis and a diploma in Clinical Psychology. He has published four articles in Contemporary Hypnosis, the official journal for BSCAH, and three articles in the Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. At present, David is based in Harley Street and has a private practice there. He uses hypnosis as an adjunct to his treatment programme, which essential employs psychodynamic psychotherapy. Dr David Kraft is not a medical doctor.

Dear psychotherapist

I am originally from England. I moved to France and lived there for about three years. I moved back to London six months ago and on the plane, I felt terrible. I felt that I was having a panic attack and that there was nothing I could do to stop it. I felt that the whole of my body was tense and that my internal organs were becoming tighter.

I survived this ordeal but it really shocked me. I went back to work. But after a few days I started to feel this tense feeling in my stomach. I love hot (spicy) food, and I wondered whether this was the reason, but I have always eaten spicy food and I have never experienced this. I then went to the GP and he gave me Mebeverine, which is an antispasmodic. I took this and it improved slightly, but now I have diarrhoea. I then took some Imodium and that worked but then I got constipated and so it goes on. I have had my stools tested and had all sorts of examinations but they can’t find anything. Is this sort of thing psychological? Can it be? It seems real to me. I haven’t tried hypnotherapy andI wondered whether you can help me. Can you? And how do I get an appointment to see a hypnotherapist. I am sure that I have got IBS. Is hypnosis what I need? Thanks Dave.

Dear Dave 

Thank you for the e-mail. It seems that you are suffering from IBS-A, where symptoms of diarrhoea and constipation alternate. IBS is very often related to psychological stress or trauma. The approach that I have used in the past, and I have had great success with this process, is to combine support in the psychotherapy with hypnotherapy. In the hypnotherapy I used the direct application of hand warmth to the stomach and I combine this with imagery–specifically, the river metaphor. In this approach, you will be asked to imagine a river and to clean the river of all the rubble and waste, and this, in turn, has a relieving effect on gastrointestinal transit.

In order to book a session, you can simply ring the number here–0207 467 8564. One used to have to get a referral letter from one’s GP; but now, you can simply ring for an appointment with a hypnotherapist or psychotherapist.

Best of luck

Dr David Kraft (PhD); hypnotherapist and psychotherapist.

 

Dr David Kraft is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and also a member of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH). David is also on the General Hypnotherapy Register. He holds two diplomas in clinical hypnosis and a diploma in clinical psychology. He has written papers in international and national journals, including four articles in Contemporary Hypnosis, the publication of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH), and three articles in the Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. Dr David Kraft uses hypnosis in conjunction with psychodynamic psychotherapy, and he is based in Harley Street in London, UK.

Please find the attached pdf. This is Dr David Kraft CV, April 2010.

Dr David Kraft is a specialist psychotherapist and hypnotherapist working in London. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a full member of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH). David is on the General Hypnotherapy Register and hold two diplomas in clinical hypnosis–the DCHyp, the BST Foundation diploma in clinical hypnosis, and the A.Cert.CSHyp, the advanced diploma in clinical and strategic hypnosis. He has also published on hypnosis and psychotherapy in Contemporary Hypnosis (the journal of BSCAH), and in the Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis(AJCEH).  curriculum-vitae-professional-version-april-2010

On the 8th of April 2010, Dr David Kraft, managing director of London Hypnotherapy UK and London Psychotherapy, was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM).

Dr Kraft is a psychotherapist and hypnotherapist in private practice. His two companies are: London Hypnotherapy UK and London Psychotherapy. Dr David Kraft is a full member of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH), a member of the General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR) and a member of the Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine Section of the Royal Society of Medicine. He is based  at 10 Harley Street, London, W1G 9PF, UK.

Dr David Kraft, Specialist Hypnotherapist and Psychotherapist, London, UK.