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You might have often heard of someone being in a trance state, where they appear to look in ‘another world’ with their minds while utterly detached from their current reality. While trance is an entirely different state than the one that will be discussed here, it is better to get familiar with the term to understand the concept of hypnosis in a better and more integrated way.
Hypnosis, often known as hypnotherapy, is a profound relaxation and focused attention condition. It falls under the category of mind-body medicine.
In this article, I will discuss the relationship between psychoneuroimmunology and hypnotherapy. First, without addressing this relationship, let us start our article by defining psychoneuroimmunology. Although Solomon first coined the term psychoimmunology in 1964, it is noteworthy that there was very little human research in this field until the 1980s (Kiecolt-Glaser et al., 2002).
Dr Rajitha, a locum consultant Psychiatrist for the NHS (National Health Service, UK) since 2004, talks to Hypnosis Plus. Dr Rajitha is based in Scotland and has been practising for the NHS for eight years. The multi-lingual therapist has experience in working in international clinical settings for 18 years and has been educated and practised in many countries including South and East Asia. Dr Rajitha was known to be innovative as a junior doctor which led him to an interest in Hypnotherapy. Applying hypnotherapy was not widely recognised amongst the doctors, hence, as Dr Rajitha describes, "I was known to do odd things". It is then Dr Rajitha discovered the effectiveness of clinical hypnotherapy and took an interest in its scientific basics.
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