Hypnotherapy Hospital Outreach Program and Pro-bono Hypnotherapy Workshops by Kishor , Advanced Scientific and Clinical Hypnotherapy, Reiki, NLP

From time to time, Kishor is able to offer Pro-bono Advanced Hypnotherapy Sessions and Hypnosis Instruction via Hospital Support Projects and Outreach Programs, subject to availability.

Hypnotherapy helps with:

• Emotions
• Fears
• Imagery and Visualisation
• Pain Control
• Relaxation
• Self-confidence
• Self-Hypnosis Instruction
• Sleep Improvement
• Stress Management and Stress Relief Workshops

as well as many other issues and challenges.

"Hospital Outreach programs are very important. If your Hospital doesn't provide Hypnotherapy as a part of an outreach program, both you and your patients are missing out."

Other Complementary Therapy In The News ...

More hospitals mix unconventional treatments - Certain types of integrative therapies can help hospitals - and patients - cut down on expensive procedures, said Dr. Palmer MacKie, medical director of the Integrative Pain Center at Wishard Health Services. If someone having outpatient surgery can undergo a 15-minute relaxation process, such as guided imagery, meditation or hypnosis, MacKie said, that may reduce anxiety and allow the patient to go through post-operative recovery more quickly with less medication. The Argus Leader 30 Mar 09

Book - Integrative Oncology: Incorporating Complementary Medicine into Conventional Cancer Care (Current Clinical Oncology) by Lorenzo Cohen and Maurie Markman [complementary therapy including hypnosis, self-hypnosis]

"... more and more people have sought the help of hypnosis for life improvements, pain management and stress relief ... smokers who want to quit ..." Hypnosis allows state of self-connection, article by Steve Marroni, The Evening Sun 2 August 2008

Reiki for Hospital Patients Found to Dramatically Decrease Pain and Stress

"They reported a 72 percent decrease in stress levels and 60 percent less pain after receiving Reiki. These are remarkable reductions in pain." Meredith Kendall, MSN, RN, Franklin Memorial Hospital

As more consumers become aware of medical alternatives to health and healing, physicians and other health professionals face the challenge of deciding what procedures, modalities, and therapies might be incorporated into their practice or recommended for patients to consider through alternative health practitioners. According to a survey by Jackson & Coker, a significant number of healthcare providers are using some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to enhance their own health and well-being, or they have introduced certain facets of alternative medicine into their patient care. 

Source: Jackson & Coker

Hypnosis found to be useful in relieving some cancer-related symptoms, such as pain

"A growing number of women and men are finding answers to their health questions in integrative medicine, a comprehensive approach to health and wellness that enhances the best conventional medicine with a mind-body-spirit approach to both illness and health. Patients who take this approach typically feel better and have better outcomes." Integrative Medicine: Caring for the Whole Person, Duke University Medical Center, Duke Center for Integrative Medicine, August 2001

Even physicians who subscribe to only conventional medical therapies have an ethical obligation to help their patients who are considering non-traditional [Alternative Medicine] treatments, Duke University Medical Center physicians say in the Journal of the American Medical Association. 11 November 1998

Hospitals bolster patient care with integrative approach

An integrative medicine and wellness program is focused on treating the whole person - mind, body and spirit.
Stamford Hospital's Center for Integrative Medicine and Wellness; Greenwich Hospital's Center for Integrative Medicine; Norwalk Hospital. Greenwich Time, 21 Oct 2008