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!!!

Dr David Kraft is the managing director of both London Psychotherapy and London Hypnotherapy UK. He has had a great deal of experience treating the full range of psychological conditions, and his practice is based at 10 Harley Street in central London. This year, he has treated a number of clients to help them stop smoking, and, so far, all his clients have given up smoking in one session. Stop Smoking Hypnotherapy is a fast evolving treatment programme, and Dr David Kraft uses the following techniques during the process: aversion therapy (covert sensitization), indirect and direct suggestions, future orientation in time, as well as many of the principles of healthy living (psychoneuroimmunology). Over the years, he has helped many people give up smoking in a very short period of time; the effects are long lasting. Nowadays, smoking is not as socially acceptable as it was in, say, the 1940s. Dr David Kraft points out that many physical conditions occur as a result of smoking including,  cardiovascular disease, emphysema,  chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, shortness of breath, bladder problems, cancer of the oesophagus, kidneys complications, cancer of the pancreas and cervical cancer.

It is time to stop smoking now.

For an appointment, please ring Dr David Kraft at London Hypnotherapy UK on 0207 467 8564.

Dr David Kraft is a specialist hypnotherapist and psychotherapist  with a successful private practice in Harley Street, in central London. He specializes in phobic anxiety, sleep disorders, PTSD, psychosomatic pain and generalized anxiety disorder. Recently, he has had a considerable amount of success helping patients who are about to, or have undertaken cardiac surgery–in particular coronary, valvular and aortic surgery and ‘redo’ procedures. He has also worked in conjunction with gynaecologists helping patients to overcome anxieties in relation to having had hysterectomies: further, using hypnotherapy, he has helped to reduce flooding and clotting, and has helped patients suffering from vaginismus and dispareunia. This year, Dr Kraft has help a number  of clients to stop smoking, and, in all cases, clients have given up in one session.

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.

Dear Dr David Kraft

I am looking for a psychotherapist who can helping me with my IBS. I have been to the GP and I still suffer from IBS. I get bloated, and stomach cramps; I also suffer from diarrhoea and constipation although this alternates and only happens occasionally. Te doctors said that this was all down to stress and I felt that this was the case too. When I am not at work–I am a solicitor–I do not have any symptoms at all. I love y work but it is so stressful. My GP, who is also a friend of mine and the family, suggested that I see a hypnotherapist but someone who is also trained in psychotherapy. I looked at your website and found your name. Can you treat me. I also see that you have written a paper on the treatment of IBS using hypnotherapy, and you obviously have had a great deal of experience in this form of treatment. In the paper you use hypnotherapy and use a river approach. I thought that this sounded interesting, but I don’t know much about it. My family are worried about me because this has affected my social life too. I want desperately to see a hypnotherapist now so that I can get better. So, after much deliberation, I decided to go to you, to get some help privately. I have been to a hypnotherapist in London Before. He used hypnotherapy to treat my anxiety, but the hypnotherapy, in this case, transformed me into someone who was not stressed but who had IBS. This is no good. I want to be able to cope with the stresses of life without converting it into pain or anxiety. I think that I am a little bit neurotic and I want to use the hypnotherapy to help me control this. Can you do all this? If you can help, please e-mail back. I know that the treatment might last a while but I am ready to sorry this IBS out now.

Thanks

Mrs F

Dear Mrs F

I can certainly help. Please give me a ring on 0207 467 8564 and arrange a consultation session. In this session, we will construct a treatment programme that that suits you. When you are in treatment, you will notice an immediate difference in the way you feel. The hypnotherapy also help you to get better on your own, and I will teach you self hypnosis for you to use in stressful situations. In my experience, the hypnotherapy has long lasting effects.

Dr Kraft

Dr David Kraft is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, a member of the Section of Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine, a member of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH), and on the General Hypnotherapy Register. He has written several articles in academic journals on the subject of hypnosis and psychotherapy integration–including a paper on the use of covert sensitization, articles on the treatment of driving phobia, hyperhidrosis, mouse phobia (in press) and IBS, and reviews of the use of hypnotherapy in the treatment of psychosexual disorders, sleeping disturbances, anxiety, bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa. Dr Kraft has been published in Contemporary Hypnosis, the journal of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis, and in the Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. David runs a successful psychotherapy practice in London. 

London Psychotherapy & London Hypnotherapy UK

Dear Dr Kraft

Thank you for seeing me last Thursday. I know that you are very busy in Harley Street. I wanted to say that the hypnotherapy gave me a huge amount of space to work through my problems. I am so pleased with what I have achieved in such a short space of time. Thank you ever so much. I have decided not to come next week, but I will ring you in the future if I need any more help. Hypnotherapy, and the way you use it, has helped me so much this week. I also used self hypnosis to help me when things get tough.

Michael

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.

Dear sir

I am Jim. I saw a psychologist last year because of my panic attacks and he sorted me out for a while. I was first given a number of drugs by my GP, but they didn’t work. They just left me feeling numb and out of control. I also felt tired. The drugs also affected my concentration during the day and this had serious consequences in my job. I then went to see this psychologist (clinical psychologist) and she gave me 12 sessions. I felt more in control of my life, and this was really good. Now, I am anxious again. It gets worse after long journeys on the tube. I find that I get more and more wound up, angry and anxious when I am surrounded by lots of people. It makes me feel really het up, like I was a teacher again. I am looking for a psychologist  or a psychotherapist or a hypnotherapist in the London area. Is there a London Hypnotherapy Centre that I can contact?

Thanks

Brian

Dear Brian

You have contacted London Hypnotherapy UK, specialist partner of London Psychotherapy. If you would like an appointment, please call 020 7 467 8564. We will then be able to get you an appointment to see the specialist.

Dr David Kraft

Disclaimer: The question in this Blog has been reproduced exactly, although the spelling errors have been amended.

London Hypnotherapy UK is the specialist partner of London Psychotherapy. The specialist hypnotherapist is Dr David Kraft. He is the director of both organizations, and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a member of BSCAH. He has two diplomas in hypnotherapy and a diploma in clinical psychology. David trained at the BST Foundation and at the London Centre of Management Science. He has published several papers in national and international journals, and has given lectures at the Royal Society of Medicine. He has written on covert sensitization (aversion therapy), driving phobia, anxiety, sleeping disorders, sexual disorders, hyperhidrosis, mouse phobia, IBS and eating disorders (including anorexia and bulimia). David is currently working in private practice in Harley Street.

Dr David Kraft

Please find below details of forthcoming CPD and other courses. Please note, whilst many of the courses featured will count as *valid CPD by the GHR, some courses will not, and are included only on the basis they may be considered to be of interest to many practising hypnotherapists. Each course listed will therefore be referenced to a key (see below) that will indicate whether they are considered to be valid CPD or simply for interest only. This is located next to each course’s reference number. 

* The National Council of Psychotherapists (NCP) also recognises these courses as valid CPD.

Key:
Valid CPD = Course that the GHR acknowledges as valid CPD
Interest Only = Course that the GHR does not acknowledge as valid CPD�
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Enquiries regarding featured CPD courses or how to promote a CPD course should be sent to georgina.broom@btinternet.com

Order of listings: alphabetical by county (distance learning/online courses can be found at the bottom of this email). 

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LONDON

 Mindcraft Therapy

(Penny Croal & Mark Sheppard)

Location: Chiswick LONDON

Ref No: 192  VALID CPD

NLP Communication for Therapists

One day CPD Course

11^th July 2010, 10am - 5pm

£95

Given the time constraints of a clinical consultation, we can see how essential it is to be able to really communicate with a client and to quickly elicit critical information relating specifically to their condition, allowing us to spend as much time as possible on treatment.  Also for any treatment to be most effective it’s imperative to establish a comfortable client/therapist relationship based on trust, openness and understanding.

Anyone who has considered taking a Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) practitioner course will already know how expensive that can be. This course has been designed specifically to give therapists with no previous NLP training the most effective communication tools, using the latest NLP techniques without the expense of a full practitioner course.

Outcomes - By the end of the course you will be able to:

* Use state elicitation to be in the most resourceful frame of mind before, during and after a consultation. 

* Understand why you communicate with some clients more easily than with others.

* Be able to communicate fully and effectively with every client.

* Move your client from a negative state to their most resourceful state.

* Build rapport quickly - one of the most essential skills for any therapist.

* Recognise how we use our senses to communicate with our world.

* Literally speak your client’s language.

* Discover how your client builds their unique model of the world and how they can change it.

* Move your client from being under the effect of their lives to being the cause of their lives.

* Understand and elicit your client’s goals.

* Help your clients develop achievable positive outcomes.

NLP is the study of excellence - of what works - and the techniques and skills you will take away with you will not only allow you to communicate and work more effectively as a therapist but they can also be used in almost every situation in your own life including relationships, negotiations and setting personal goals.

You will also take away a certificate of attendance and a course handbook describing all of the techniques covered during the day, plus you will have access to free post-course email and telephone support.

Initially developed for therapists this course has now been taken up by the medical community as a validated CPD course for medical doctors.

For more information, please go to the GHR website. Please see the following link:

http://www.general-hypnotherapy-register.com/

Hi. Sir.

I need a hypnotherapist in London who can help me with my problems. I started worrying about getting into a car and driving anywhere. I don’t drive, but I found it difficult getting into any cars, taxis. I then started to avoid public transport and refused to get on a bus, or travel on London Underground. I started to go on the train to work even though it was a longer journey. I then stopped going on the train, and stopped work altogether. My phobia got worse at this point. I seem to be punishing my parents for the way that they have treated me recently, I have shout at them all the time, and then make up the next day. I am very anxious around other people and I only have two friends. I heard that hypnotherapy is used in order to help people with claustrophobia. I have other problems too, though. Can hypnosis be used to help me with my fear of travelling, and my fear of cars and trains. I have been to a hypnotherapist before and he help me to give up smoking. I am still off the cigs, but now I have bigger problems. Thanks. Natalie

Dear Natalie

It sounds like you need some time to work through some of these issues with a psychotherapist or counsellor. My approach combines psychotherapy–specifically psychodynamic psychotherapy–with hypnosis. I feel that hypnotherapy is not a therapy on its own andit should be combined with another form of treatment–nursing, dentistry, psychotherapy, CBT, NLP, cognitive or behavioural approaches. As I say, I use psychotherapy and feel that the support that give is critical in treatment. I should be happy to see you in town. All you need to do is to ring the following number–0207 467 8564.   

David Kraft

Dr David Kraft (PhD) is a private hypnotherapist and psychotherapist, and is based at the following address: 10 Harley Street, London, W1G 9PF. David trained in hypnosis at the BST Foundation in Russell Square, London. It was here that he received the Diploma in Clinical Hypnosis (DCHyp), and the Advanced Certificate in Clinical and Strategic Hypnosis (A.Cert.CSHyp). He also has a Diploma in Clinical Psychology (Dip.Cl.Psy) from the London School of Management Science. David is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a full member of BSCAH. He has also publsihed nationally and internationally; he has, for example, written four papers in Contemporary Hypnosis, which is the journal for BSCAH. Dr David Kraft uses psychodynamic psychotherapy combined with hypnosis.

Key Words: Agoraphobia, Claustrophobia, Anxiety