Cotswold Hypnotherapy

IBS


What is IBS...?

IBS is the result of irregular gut contractions, causing a wide-ranging set of symptoms affecting the digestive system, and can have a severely debilitating effect on the well-being and lifestyle of the sufferer. Whilst an emotional event or food intolerance may trigger IBS, what actually causes it in the first place is unknown. As there is no known cure, medical treatment is limited to the prescription of drugs for the relief of specific symptoms. But there is hope...

Recent clinical trials showed that IBS symptoms improved by 80 PERCENT with gut-centred hypnotherapy. Many Gastro-enterologists now believe that hypnotherapy may be THE BEST treatment available for IBS.

IBS is not 'all in the mind'. As any sufferer is all too aware there is a strong MIND-BODY CONNECTION with the gut (which is why IBS is affected by stress). It is this feature of IBS that makes it so responsive to Hypnosis, because Hypnosis
is THE tool for mind-body communication.


How does Hypnotherapy Help?

Firstly by breaking the vicious circle of STRESS which aggravates IBS, which causes more stress, and so on. More than this, Hypnosis can have a powerful influence on your digestive system AND A POWERFUL INFLUENCE ON THE SYMPTOMS OF YOUR IBS.

"Hypnotherapy REDUCES SPASMS and also REDUCES SENSITIVITY in the lining of the bowel"