Tim Brunson DCH

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Multicomponent Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy With Hypnosis for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia:

Posted At : February 7, 2012 2:32 PM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
Related Categories: Pain Management


This study compared the efficacy of 2 psychological treatments for fibromyalgia with each other and with standard care. Ninety-three patients with fibromyalgia (FM) were randomly assigned to 1 of the 3 experimental conditions: 1) multicomponent cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT); 2) multicomponent CBT with hypnosis; and 3) pharmacological treatment (standard care control group). The outcome measures of pain intensity, catastrophizing, psychological distress, functionality, and sleep disturbances were assessed before treatment, immediately after treatment, and at 3- and 6-month follow-up visits. CBT and CBT with hypnosis participants received the standard pharmacological management plus 14 weekly, 120-minute-long sessions of psychological treatment. All but 1 session followed a group format; the remaining session was individual. The analyses indicated that: 1) patients with FM who received multicomponent CBT alone or multicomponent CBT with hypnosis showed greater improvements than patients who received only standard care; and 2) adding hypnosis enhanced the effectiveness of multicomponent CBT. This study presents new evidence about the efficacy of multicomponent CBT for FM and about the additional effects of hypnosis as a complement to CBT. The relevance and implications of the obtained results are discussed. PERSPECTIVE: This article highlights the beneficial effects of adding hypnosis in a multicomponent cognitive-behavioral group treatment of fibromyalgia patients. Also, this research showed that by adding hypnosis the length of treatment did not increase.

Copyright © 2012 American Pain Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

J Pain. 2012 Jan 27. Castel A, Cascón R, Padrol A, Sala J, Rull M. Pain Clinic, Hospital Universitari de Tarragona Joan XXIII, Tarragona, Spain; Multidimentional Pain Research Group, IISPV, Tarragona, Spain; Department of Psychology, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain.

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Maria Kramer Robinson

Posted At : February 7, 2012 4:25 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Maria Kramer Robinson was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. After graduating from college with a specialty in foreign languages and ballet, she joined the Danish Ballet Theater as a member of the Corps de Ballet. In 1982 she immigrated to the United States and became a United States citizen. She later became a sales coordinator and Marketing Director with National Safety Associates and addressed groups as large as 2500 people.

Maria has independently studied alternative healing and nutrition for the last twenty years. She formed her own maintenance company in New Jersey and then became a certified Hypnotist in 1999. She later became an Instructor of Integrated Energy Technique and teaches this unique specialty from our Center. She also became interested and studied EFT, taking the various courses including the Palace of Possibilities and the basic Emotional Freedom Technique courses. She later traveled to Flagstaff, Arizona for an advanced course and seminar with the developer, Gary Craig.

Maria regularly attends the National Guild of Hypnotists national conference which consists of an intensive series of courses on advanced hypnotism and other energy courses. She is also a Reiki Master and is able to attune other Reiki practitioners. She also utilizes soft touch therapy in her work.

For more information visit: www.CenterforInnerHealing.com

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