Despondex – the cure for Christmas cheer
FDA Approves Depressant Drug For The Annoyingly Cheerful
Friday funnies – and a trip around the web
Another week has flown by, and yet it doesn’t seem any closer to summer although Christmas is most definitely on its way, if the shops have anything to do with it!! The weekend is nigh, and it’s freezing cold outside, and I have a ton of work to do, but firstly, Friday funnies to lift … Read more
A recording or the real thing?
I’m musing about an article I read while browsing the internet looking for information on hypnosis. It’s from the BBC – you can read it here – where it is announced that a recording of guided imagery is useful for kids with abdominal pain, saying ‘they can imagine themselves in scenarios like floating on a … Read more
Hypnosis: Response expectancies?
Let’s explore the proposed mechanisms in hypnosis as I wander through the subject this week. According to some researchers, response expectancies, or ‘the expectation of one’s own non-volitional reactions to situational cues’ are thought to play a major part in both hypnosis and placebo responding. Let’s translate that: a person’s belief that they will respond … Read more
It was a piece of cake! Hypnosis for sleep and tummy pain
After briefly looking at hypnosis yesterday, I found this lovely case study written by Leora Kuttner of an 11 year old girl with problems going off to sleep, including tummy pain and anxiety. The girl had been through CBT, and introduced to the idea that she had a ‘worry bug’, and that the way to … Read more
Hypnosis for chronic pain management: How it works maybe?
There are plenty of people who look at me as if I’m stepping right into woowoo when I start to talk about hypnosis for managing chronic pain. I’m happy to say that science has provided some good evidence that not only does hypnosis have a neurophysiological basis, but it also has some good effect. What … Read more
It must be time for Friday Funnies!
I can heave a sigh of relief, because draft number two (hopefully final draft) of the PhD proposal is off to be reviewed…if I only didn’t ask so many questions of myself I’m sure it would be easier! So, time to chill out and bit and start the process of relaxing before Labour Weekend.
It’s hard work researching teamwork
After writing about teams and models and the distinct possibility of talking past each other, I had a very quick search for a paper on teamwork and models this morning, and came across this one by a group of Canadian researchers. It is, like many of these pieces of research into the messy and complex … Read more
Talking past each other? Models and interdisciplinary teams
As time passes, therapists can form their own way of working with people – sometimes we get away with this by calling our treatment models ‘eclectic’. This can be a euphemism for ‘I’ll use whatever I think fits’, or even ‘I like doing this, so this is what I’ll do’! While this may not be … Read more
