Tim Brunson DCH

Welcome to The International Hypnosis Research Institute Web site. Our intention is to support and promote the further worldwide integration of comprehensive evidence-based research and clinical hypnotherapy with mainstream mental health, medicine, and coaching. We do so by disseminating, supporting, and conducting research, providing professional level education, advocating increased level of practitioner competency, and supporting the viability and success of clinical practitioners. Although currently over 80% of our membership is comprised of mental health practitioners, we fully recognize the role, support, involvement, and needs of those in the medical and coaching fields. This site is not intended as a source of medical or psychological advice. Tim Brunson, PhD

Hynosis and Acne

Posted At : November 7, 2006 4:15 PM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
Related Categories: Dermatology


Hypnotic suggestion successfully alleviated the behavioral picking aspect of acne excoriee des juenes filles in a pregnant woman who had been picking at the acne lesions on her face for 15 years. Acne excoriee is a subset of psychogenic or neurotic excoriation.

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Researchers Discover On/Off Switch for Chronic Pain

Posted At : November 7, 2006 10:51 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
Related Categories: Pain Management


Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center have discovered a protein in nerve cells that acts as a switch for chronic pain, and have applied for a patent to develop a new class of drugs that will block chronic pain by turning this switch off....Most prior attempts at alleviating chronic pain have focused on the "second order" neurons in the spinal cord that relay pain messages to the brain.

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DEA Revises Rule on Prescribing Painkillers

Posted At : November 7, 2006 10:50 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
Related Categories: Pain Management


The Drug Enforcement Administration overturned a two-year-old policy that many pain specialists said was limiting their ability to properly treat chronically ill patients in need of powerful, morphine-based painkillers.

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Robert and Linda Otto to Acquire IMDHA

Posted At : November 7, 2006 9:07 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
Related Categories: News


Dear Friends and Colleagues,

It is a pleasure to announce our impending acquisition of the International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association. This is truly an exciting announcement. And the next few months promise to be full of challenges and growth.

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Gassner's exorcism--not Mesmer's magnetism--is the real predecessor of modern hypnosis

Posted At : November 7, 2006 6:59 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
Related Categories: History


Usually, Mesmer is considered to be the real predecessor of modern hypnosis and, consequently, of psychotherapy. The author questions this commonly accepted view and asserts that Gassner's therapeutic approach was much more elaborate and psychologically oriented than Mesmer's.

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Hypnosis in contemporary medicine

Posted At : November 7, 2006 6:34 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
Related Categories: General


Hypnosis became popular as a treatment for medical conditions in the late 1700s when effective pharmaceutical and surgical treatment options were limited. To determine whether hypnosis has a role in contemporary medicine, relevant trials and a few case reports are reviewed. Despite substantial variation in techniques among the numerous reports, patients treated with hypnosis experienced substantial benefits for many different medical conditions.

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The Effect of Hypnotic-Guided Imagery on Psychological Well-Being and Immune Function in patients

Posted At : November 7, 2006 2:22 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
Related Categories: Research


Researchers at the Oregon Health and Science University tested the effects of hypnotic-guided imagery on immune function and general psychological well-being in 25 women being treated for Stage I or II breast cancer. Subjects were given one-on-one training for 8 weekly imagery sessions, and each participant was encouraged to practice at least 3 tiems weekly, using audiotapes of their sessions.

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