Bulletin: May 2024
Articles of Interest
Girl, 10, to eat first ever Easter egg after hypnosis cures fear of food that isn’t beige.
Betsy Pearson, 10, would only eat soft beige foods after she developed an extreme fear of choking – but now she can finally enjoy Easter eggs after getting help for her phobia from Senior GHR Practitioner, David Kilmurry.
You may read the whole article at:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/girl-10-eat-first-ever-32470723.amp
Chronic stress spreads cancer … here’s how.
Stress is inevitable. But too much of it can be terrible for our health. Chronic stress can increase our risk for heart disease and strokes. It may also help cancer spread. How this works has remained a mystery – a challenge for cancer care.
You may read the whole article at:
https://www.cshl.edu/chronic-stress-spreads-cancer-heres-how/
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Integrative & Personalised Medicine Congress 2024 6-8th June 2024 QEII Centre, Westminster, London UK
Your last chance to join 2000+ healthcare professionals at the IPM congress, incorporating a cutting-edge conference, international exhibition and CPD approved workshops designed for medical & healthcare professionals focusing on whole-person, patient-centred care.
Taking place at the prestigious QEII Centre in the heart of London, the congress welcomes healthcare professionals representing conventional, integrative, functional, lifestyle, environmental, complementary and holistic medicine. During the three days, highly acclaimed healthcare professionals will present the latest evidence-based research and case studies during three cutting-edge conferences (Whole-person Health conference, Integrative Mental Health conference, the College of Medicine’s Food on Prescription conference).
By sharing clinical experience, knowledge and ideas, doctors, therapists and practitioners will gain a greater understanding that a multi-disciplinary team and whole-person approach can provide the patient with the best possible outcomes.
The GHR and GHSC are acknowledged supporters of the Congress and as such members and affiliates can register to attend the conference at the discounted ‘members rate’ using the code: GHR-20 (20% discount off the standard price to attend). Conference prices start from £214 and workshop & exhibition prices start from just £25 per day.
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Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) News – March 2024
Get a feeling for acceptable claims
The Advertising Codes require that marketers hold robust documentary evidence, most likely in the form of trials on humans, before making objective claims about the benefits of CAM therapies.
There are innumerable amazing therapies available. It may be that a therapy is less well-known, meaning that robust clinical studies are not available. This means that objective treatment claims will not be permitted in ads. But fear not, marketers can still make claims about the hands-on nature of the therapy or its subjective or sensorial benefits. After all, these therapies provide great comfort for patients who often feel that conventional medicine alone doesn’t take account of them as a whole person.
Our AdviceOnline entries cover a number of different therapies – please do check to see if your treatment has an entry, as it will give you a good idea of currently acceptable claims. For bespoke advice on your non-broadcast ads, our Copy Advice team are also here to help.
Cancer Care
In relation to cancer care and treatment it is essential that only the complementary therapies (which includes Hypnotherapy) named on the Cancer Research Network website should specifically mention supporting clients with cancer on their websites, social media or any other form of advertising. It is absolutely clear that therapists must state they are providing support to patients with cancer – NOT TREATMENT.
Any indication that a registrant is saying they are providing treatment or providing advice regarding cancer treatment would be a breach of the Cancer Act.
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UK Confederation of Hypnotherapy Organisations (UKCHO)
UKCHO, in which the GHR is a member organisation, has requested that we post the following request to our Registrants:
As UKCHO is a corporate member of the Research Council for Complementary Medicine (RCCM), we would be delighted to promote any presentations at the forthcoming RCCM Conference that your Practitioners may wish to provide.
Up until now there has been no contributions from Hypnotherapy! The predominance has been from Nutritional, Acupuncture and Reiki so it is important that this year we have a presence.
Please submit any presentations through us (UKCHO) Iin order that we can avoid duplication and provide a united push.
Contact Georgina McKinnon on georgina@hypnosiskent.co.uk
Conference date: 13th September 2024
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Native Language Speaking Practitioners Sought
HypnoSOS podcast – Seeking native language therapists to translate and voice non-English language version.
Ursula James, ex Visiting Professor of Clinical Hypnosis, started hypnoSOS during Covid to help frontline workers access a quick and easy resource to destress and reduce their anxiety. It consists of short (10 to 15 minutes duration) hypnosis audios. It proved to be very popular and currently has around 150 episodes and a million downloads.
She is seeking individuals who are native language speakers in the following languages, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi. If you have other languages, do get in touch anyway for future iterations. All of the original transcripts will be provided for you to translate and it will be professionally produced and uploaded under the hypnoSOS title. You’ll also be given any support and guidance on technical issues should you need them.
If you fit the criteria and are interested in having a new way of promoting your practice, do please get in touch on kevin@ursulajames.com
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