Studies on Hypnosis and NLP

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NLP and Hypnosis Studies

Hypnosis, NLP and Guided Imagery for Personal Development

Hypnosis, NLP and guided imagery are all very important tools for personal development. If we define personal development as a quest to improve all areas of your life, from fundamental issues like health or breaking bad habits to more complex issues like emotional baggage, career advancements, and spirituality, hypnosis, NLP and guided imagery are some of the best tools in your arsenal.

Consider the area of health. Hypnosis is a safe and effective treatment for a variety of ailments. A recent study conducted by the Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, concluded that "a single short session of hypnosis can return some of the chemical changes in the bowel associated with inflammation back towards normal in patients with ulcerative colitis," according to a report in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. (Rampton et al, 2008)

The University of Montana found in a study of migraine patients that "reframing," a fundamental underpinning of NLP, which is a method for personal development based on combining psychotherapy techniques with linguistics research, had a significant effect on headache pain. (Bacon, 1984)

Guided imagery is perhaps the most promising method for personal development in the health area. The University of Akron"s College of Nursing conducted a study of 53 women with early stage breast cancer who all received traditional treatment. 26 of the women also received guided imagery as a coping technique, while the remainder, the control group, did not. The researchers found there was a significant and linear increase in comfort among the group who practiced guided imagery and concluded "Guided imagery audiotapes specifically designed for this population were resource effective in terms of cost, personnel, and time."
 
Improving health is the first step in personal development, but hypnosis, NLP and guided imagery can also help with emotional issues that are holding back growth. For example, if you suffer from severe social anxiety, it may prevent you from developing deep relationships even if that"s your primary goal in life. Princeton University"s website states that hypnosis can be used effectively for many areas of personal growth, including stress management, focusing your mind to improve academic achievement or productivity at work, and increasing confidence in order to combat social anxiety, homesickness or shyness and improve outcome in dating, public speaking, exam performance, job interviews, or auditions. This site even suggests that hypnosis is an effective tool in long-term goal setting. (www.princeton.edu/~hypnosis/Hypnouses.html)
 
One of the biggest challenges in personal relationships is effective communication, and there are few better tools to promote it than NLP. A study at the University of Utah using fundamental NLP concepts was able to successfully predict which style of communication individuals were most responsive to and postulated that using the most effective linguistic models for those individuals, in psychotherapy or private relationships, would improve communication substantially. (Mattar, 1980)

Anxiety and other emotional issues can also stand in the way of personal development with regards to career. A study in the journal Medical Problems of Performing Artists measured performance anxiety in two groups of student musicians. 21 students were exposed to guided imagery before their performances while 45 others in the control group were not. The 21 students who practiced guided imagery reported a significant decrease in performance anxiety and indicated  they would turn to guided imagery as their first choice to combat this problem before future performances. (Hodnett, 1999) Most schools of personal development state that our only limitation is lack of belief in ourselves. How wonderful it is that there are such safe, effective, inexpensive and readily available tools like hypnosis, NLP and guided imagery to combat it!

 

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