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

Richard MacKenzie



Richard MacKenzie decided as a young man that his life would be committed to helping others. Through his practice in Oxfordshire UK and his powerful range of self-help products, Richard MacKenzie has helped thousands of people worldwide to realise their potential and achieve their goals. Richard MacKenzie's success spreads far and wide in the world of Personal Development and Hypnotherapy, and he ensures his clients are advantaged by his vast wealth of experience and knowledge in the field of Self-Change and personal development. Richard gained much public exposure with the release of his book, SELF-CHANGE Hypnosis which is a complete guide to Self Hypnosis.

Over and over again, he has personally helped many people in top and influential positions to realize their potential and to reach for even greater goals! Richard's work regularly takes him to all parts of Europe; however he never tires as long as he sees his profession and his clients developing.

For more information visit: www.RichardMackenzie.co.uk.

Clear the Deck, Clear your Mind



by Joyce-Anne Locking

Nature has a way of renewing our faith in survival. If every tree, plant and flower follows its own season, our own special work surely has a season of its own too. When we learn to trust in our natural abilities, we begin to treat ourselves more gently. We become kinder to ourselves and others. This compassion is one of the first fruits of aligning our creativity with its source, says creativity thinker, Julia Cameron. When we adjust our thinking and place our dependency on the source itself, the source meets our needs through people, places and things, she says. One of the central tasks of creative recovery is learning to accept this generosity. In other words, our faith in our abilities will win out so long as we trust and believe in what we do. It all sounds so simple. Like an equation, if we follow the steps, we achieve the proper outcome. We are all equally connected to a spiritual source, continues well-known arts writer, Julia Cameron. We do not always know which among us will teach us best. We are all meant to cherish and serve one another. Expect the universe to support your dream. It will. It all comes down to what we believe.

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Reframing placebo in research and practice.



The terms 'placebo' and 'placebo effects' cause confusion among patients, practitioners and scientists. This confusion results in both the adoption of practices that have no evidence of specificity yet considerable risk (such as surgery for low back pain) or the elimination of clinical practices proven to facilitate healing because they are not 'better than placebo' (such as acupuncture for low back pain). In this article, I discuss these issues and introduce the concept of optimal healing environment as a framework for disentangling what is useful from placebo research for adopting into clinical practice in a manner that is ethical and evidence-based.

Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2011 Jun 27;366(1572):1896-904. Jonas WB. Samueli Institute, 1737 King Street, Suite 600, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA.

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