Are you embarrassed by your noisy bowels and need to locate toilets when you go out? I help people with troublesome IBS/irritable bowel syndrome.
Over 2/3 adults who complete a 3 month gut-focused hypnotherapy course have a significant improvement in symptoms. This therapy is based on over 30 years of research from Prof Peter Whorwell in Manchester and Prof Palsson in Canada.
Gut-focused hypnotherapy and cognitive behavioural therapy are recommended for IBS in the UK by NICE CG61, if symptoms remain troublesome after 12 months of GP or gastroenterologist treatment.
(It is essential that IBS is diagnosed before you undertake gut-focused hypnotherapy, so as not to mask symptoms of more serious disease.)
From: Irritable bowel syndrome in adults: diagnosis and management
NICE Clinical guideline [CG61]Published: 23 February 2008 Last updated: 04 April 2017
1.2.3 Psychological interventions
1.2.3.1Referral for psychological interventions (cognitive behavioural therapy [CBT], hypnotherapy and/or psychological therapy) should be considered for people with IBS who do not respond to pharmacological treatments after 12 months and who develop a continuing symptom profile (described as refractory IBS). [2008]
evidence for effective web delivery for generic dietary advice in IBS
Williams M., Barclay Y., Harper L., Marchant C.,Seamark L. & Hickson M. (2020) Feasibility, acceptability and cost efficiency of using webinars to deliver first-line patient education for people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome as part of a dietetic-led gastroenterology service in primary care. J Hum Nutr Diet. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.12799