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
Dr. Pita is the Program Director of the Online Addictions Counselor Education Program (ACEP), a instructor, internship supervisor, and author. Other than having over 25 years specializing in the treatment of co-occuring disorders, she created four courses on the self-directed Digital Chalk platform.
by Tim Brunson, PhD
In my last article I explained that I conceived of the ideas related to Advanced Neuro-Noetic HypnosisTM subsequent to my exhaustive review of the scientific literature supporting the clinical use of hypnotherapy, my investigation into mind/body integration, and my study of neurology and quantum physics. In this article I want to explain the five guiding principles that I used to further the logical development of ANNH.
What I must remind my readers is that the intricately weaved theories that I am about to introduce you to is not based upon unquestioned blind faith, the habituated myths held by the vast majority of contemporary clinicians, or the charisma of various popular leaders in the field. When I surveyed the mountains of research and theoretical discourses involving a multitude of fields, I started seeing associations that came to startle me. By looking closely at classical, contemporary, and even futuristic material, the patterns which emerged from normally isolated disciplines began addressing both causality and providing clues to the potential direction of clinical efforts. Even though I considered the unscientific, faith-based, wishful thinking ideas – as they may also provide clues of yet untested truths – my focus was on concepts that would be more acceptable to those professions that tend to desire evidence-based findings. What impressed me was that I could readily find such a huge volume of material. But I was also shocked by the lack of interdisciplinary dialog. If that existed, just maybe my conclusions would first have been made by others.
