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Why
FREND's Program is Successful
FREND's
all-encompassing program is a self-improvement "Cognitive
Behavior Treatment" and "Clinical Hypnotherapeutic Program"
that's proven effective, educational and inspirational.
It
utilizes advanced techniques similar to those developed at research
institutions such as Stanford, Harvard, UCLA, John Hopkins, Mayo
Clinic and HMI.
They
are the most advanced, effective, and safest approach we know
of today for behavior modification including stress reduction
and stress-related issues.
REPORTS
The
following are reports from the American Medical Association, Harvard
Medical School, Mayo Clinic, and Emergency Treatment Center Studies
for behavior modification utilizing cognitive behavioral therapy,
positive imaging and hypnotherapeutic modalities.
American
Cancer Society
"The
treatment administered by The FREND Group is very effective and
the valuable information on how to dramatically improve your life
is vital." - Randall L. Butler (Ret), Community Cancer Control
Manager, Great Western Division
American
Medical Association (AMA)
Endorsed
in 1958, the use of Clinical Hypnotherapy as an ideal treatment
for behavior modification and the elimination of undesirable habits
such as stress, smoking and excess weight.
Endorsed
in 1962, the use of Clinical Hypnotherapy as an alternative to
chemical anesthesia for pain relief and surgical anesthesia.
American
Psychological Association (APA)
Endorsed in
1960, the use of Clinical Hypnotherapy as a branch of psychology.
National
Institute of Health (NIH)
Endorsed in
1995, the use of Clinical Hypnotherapy as a treatment for chronic
pain and other conditions such as anxiety and addiction.
JAMA
(Journal of the American Medical Association)
BURN VICTIM
Chemical
anesthesia could not be administered to this severely burned patient.
Doing so could cause the patient to go into life-threatening shock.
Clinical Hypnotherapist was used to relieve and prevent pain. This
is called Hypnoanesthesia.
The
Clinical Hypnotherapist (right side of picture) is keeping the patient
in a painless state while the surgeon (left side of picture) surgically
removes the dead tissue and changes bandages. With her eyes closed,
the patient is completely aware of what is going on, but does not
feel any pain.
BRAIN SURGERY
A
man undergoing open brain surgery without use of chemical anesthesia.
A 4X4 inch portion of his skull cap has been removed to access his
brain. He feels no pain and is aware of what is going on and communicating
with the surgeon. The surgeon is on the left side of picture, and
the Clinical Hypnotherapist is on the right.
Pictures
published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, 1955.
(Copyright expired.)
HARVARD
MEDICAL SCHOOL - Case # 1
Radiologist
Dr. Elvira Lang teaches at the “Harvard Medical School”
She
is shown here with a patient conducting a study At The University
Of Iowa.
CONCLUSION
Half
the group decided to take no medicines at all, just Clinical Hypnotherapy,
the heart rate, blood pressure and blood oxygen levels remained
more stable among the Clinical Hypnotherapy patients than the
non-Clinical Hypnotherapy group, so their surgeries went significantly
faster.
Her
study shows that Clinical Hypnotherapy can reduce the need for
meds -- and make surgery faster and smoother.
Courtesy: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center. Posted 8 August, 2000
HARVARD
MEDICAL SCHOOL - Case # 2
Dr.
Carol Ginandes, health psychologist and Dr. Daniel Rosenthal, professor
of radiology at the “Harvard Medical School”,
published a report on their study of CHT to speed up the mending
of broken bones and put down many myths about hypnosis.
Carol
Ginandes, Ph.D., ABPP is internationally recognized for her clinical
work, research and teaching. She specializes in utilizing CHT
strategies to facilitate mind/body healing in a wide range of
health conditions.
They
recruited 12 people with broken ankles who did not require surgery
and who received the usual treatment at “Massachusetts General
Hospital” in Boston. Ginandes hypnotized half of them once
a week for 12 weeks, while the other half received only normal
treatment. (Note: The same doctor applied the casts and other
care, and the same radiologists took regular X-rays to monitor
how well they healed. A radiologist who evaluated the X-rays did
not know which patients underwent CHT.)
CONCLUSION
Those
who received Clinical
Hypnotherapy healed faster than those who were not. Six weeks
after the fracture, those in the Clinical Hypnotherapy group showed
the equivalent of eight and a half weeks of healing.
Courtesy: Harvard Gazette Archives Ref:
Harvard University Gazette May 8, 2003 (Staff photo by Stephanie
Mitchell)
John Hopkins Medicine
Hypnotherapy
for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
The
most promising alternative therapy for irritable bowel syndrome
is gut-directed hypnosis (also called hypnotherapy).
During
a series of weekly sessions, a therapist guides you through relaxation
exercises. When you reach a state of deep relaxation, the therapist
suggests imagery and sensations to help you with specific symptoms.
CONCLUSION
About
70% of 250 people with irritable bowel syndrome had at least a
moderate improvement in their symptoms with hypnotherapy. The
participants also reported needing less medication and fewer doctor
visits.
Another
study found that 80% of those who responded to hypnotherapy maintained
their improvement for up to six years.
Hypnotherapy likely works by relaxing smooth muscles and relieving
psychological stress, both of which may alleviate symptoms.
Posted
in Digestive Health, June 22, 2009
Center for Stress &
Health
OBJECTIVES
To
assess the effects of age on responsiveness to self-hypnotic relaxation
as an analgesic adjunct in patients undergoing invasive medical
procedures.
MATERIAL
AND METHODS
Secondary
data analysis from a prospective trial with 241 patients randomized
to receive hypnosis, attention, and standard care treatment during
interventional radiological procedures. Growth curve analyses, hierarchical
linear regressions, and logistic regressions using orthogonal contrasts
were used for analysis. Outcome measures were Hypnotic Induction
Profile scores, self-reported pain and anxiety, medication use,
oxygen desaturation and procedure time.
RESULTS
Hypnotizability
did not vary with age. Patients receiving attention and hypnosis
had greater pain reduction during the procedure, with trends toward
lower pain with hypnosis this did not differ by age. As age increased,
patients experienced more rapid pain control with hypnosis. There
was more rapid anxiety reduction with attention and hypnosis.
Trends toward lower final anxiety were also observed with attention
and hypnotherapy versus standard care, and with hypnosis versus
attention; these relationships did not differ by age.
Patients
requested and received less medication and had less oxygen desaturation
with attention and hypnosis differ by age.
However,
as age increased, oxygen desaturation was greater in standard
care.
Procedure
time was reduced in the attention and hypnotherapy groups; this
did not vary by age.
CONCLUSION
Older
patients are hypnotizable and increasing age does not appear to
mitigate the usefulness of hypnotic analgesia during invasive
medical procedures.
Reference:
http://stresshealthcenter.stanford.edu/publications/pub_hypnosis.html
At
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research conducting extensive
studies of Clinical Hypnotherapy for use in numerous
medical conditions.
Many
important trials reviewed here have helped to establish the role
of CHT in contemporary medicine. These trials have established
the utility and efficacy of its use for several medical conditions,
either alone or as part of the treatment regimen.
Health
care providers changed their attitudes significantly and positively
when presented with information about the use of CHT in medicine.
CONCLUSION
The
acceptance of Clinical Hypnotherapy as a mode of treatment in
medicine is increasing as a result of “careful, methodical,
empirical work of many research pioneers.” Sebastian Schulz-Stübner,
M.D., Ph.D., Studies Hypnosis As Sedation Alternative.
UNIVERSITY
OF IOWA
Sebastian
Schulz-Stübner, M.D., Ph.D., University of Iowa assistant
professor of anesthesia, investigated whether Clinical
Hypnotherapy could be used in place of sedating drugs to relax
patients undergoing surgery with local or regional anesthesia.
IIn
Schulz-Stübner’s study, 48 patients undergoing surgery
that required local anesthesia received CHT in place of sedating
drugs.
University of Iowa News Release February 6,
2003
CONCLUSION
The
technique proved to be very successful... All patients undergoing
elective surgery did not require sedating drugs.
The
study was performed in Aachen University in Germany, where Schulz-Stübner
was a physician prior to moving to the University of Iowa
CARVER
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE and TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY of AACHEN, GERMANY
Researchers
at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of
Medicine and the Technical University of Aachen, Germany, used
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to find out if CHT
alters brain activity in a way that might explain pain reduction.
Researchers
found that volunteers using CHT experienced significant pain reduction
in response to painful heat. They also had a distinctly different
pattern of brain activity compared to when they were not utilize
CHT and experienced the painful heat. The changes in brain activity
suggest that CHT somehow blocks the pain signal from getting to
the parts of the brain that perceive pain.
CONCLUSION
“The
major finding from our study, which used fMRI for the first time
to investigate brain activity using Clinical Hypnotherapy for
pain suppression, is that we see reduced activity in areas of
the pain network and increased activity in other areas of the
brain unsing Clinical Hypnotherapy,” said Sebastian Schulz-Stubner,
M.D., Ph.D., UI assistant professor (clinical) of anesthesia and
first author of the study. “The increased activity might be specific
for Clinical Hypnotherapy or might be non-specific, but it definitely
does something to reduce the pain signal input into the cortical
structure.”
Results
reported in the November-December 2004 issue of Regional Anesthesia
and Pain Medicine
EMERGENCY
TREATMENT CENTER STUDIES
CONCLUSION
Studies
with children in emergency treatment centers show that Clinical
Hypnotherapy techniques reduces fear, anxiety, discomfort, and
improves self-control and cooperation with medical personnel.
ADDITIONAL STUDIES
CONCLUSION
83
percent of children significantly or completely recovered from
the following: Obesity, asthma, fecal incontinence, anxiety, pain,
problematic habits (sleep walking, thumb sucking, nail biting).
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