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It is quite common to go into a hypnotic trance-like state without realising it. For example, day dreaming, becoming ‘lost’ and fully engrossed in a book, film or music. If you’ve gone on a journey and can’t quite remember how you got there, then you’ve been in a mild hypnotic trance-like state.
Our Hypnotherapist Alan Szmelskyj's chapter Hypnosis for Managing Low Back Pain: Moving Back for the Future was published alongside other eminent world experts in the treatment of pain in the book edited by Professor Mark Jensen 'Hypnotic Techniques for Chronic Pain Management- Favourite Methods of Master Clinicians' (ISBN-13: 978-1946832085).
“The authors who have contributed chapters to this volume represent the most experienced and knowledgeable clinicians working in this field thought the world today”
Professor Mark P. Jensen
Szmelskyj, AO. (2018). Hypnosis for managing low back pain: Moving back for the future. In Jensen MP (Ed.), Hypnotic techniques for chronic pain management: Favourite methods of master clinicians (Voices of Experience). Denny Creek Press. ISBN-13: 978-1946832085.
Szmelskyj AO. (2018). Nuancing weight management using future focused hypnosis: British Medical Journal 2018;361:k2538 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k2538 .
August 2017 Speaker at XIV European Society of Hypnosis Congress. Hilton Deansgate Hotel Manchester, UK. Topic “Improving The Efficacy Of Clinical Hypnosis For the Management Of Non-Specific Low Back Pain and Dysfunction”
February 2008 Poster presentation. Advancing Osteopathy 2008 conference. The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster, London. Topic “Stress and palliative stress management in fibromyalgia”.
Szmelskyj, AO. (1998). Do complementary therapies stimulate the body’s natural painkilling medications? A literature review. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 6(1): 36-41.
Szmelskyj AO. (1997). Psychosocial and hypnotic theories of osteopathy and therapeutic applications. Journal of Osteopathic Education and Clinical Practice. 7(1): 32–40.
April 1994 Speaker at 9th Annual Residential Conference. International Association of Hypno- Analysts, Coventry Hill Hotel, Coventry. Topic “Osteopathy and hypnosis. Where do they overlap?
"Was made to feel very welcome. Never tried hypnotherapy before but I am happy to say that I responded well to my first session, better than my expectations and I am looking forward to returning next week."
"My daughter was very apprehensive about coming to the appointment and really didn't want to come to the appointment. However, I could see the result straight away as soon as she came out of her hypnotic state that it had had a positive result. [name reducted] was relaxed, her body language was positive and the results have been noticeable last night and this morning. When I asked [name reducted] would she and when would she liked to come back for her next appointment with Alan, [name reducted] asked to come back the next day. That to me speaks volumes.
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