Research & evidence
A curated library of plain-English research summaries across anxiety, sleep, pain, habits, phobias, medical procedures, cancer care, gut health, and related areas.
This page is designed as a clear reading hub rather than a long catalogue, making it easier to explore the evidence, compare topics, and understand where hypnotherapy may be relevant.
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Browse the evidence by theme, start with featured summaries, or move straight into the full research library below.
Browse the full library
Explore the full research library by topic area. Each entry links to a plain-English summary designed to make the evidence easier to read, compare, and understand.
Hypnotherapy for Anxiety
A plain-English summary of research relevant to anxiety symptoms, anxious arousal, and how hypnosis has been used in anxiety-related treatment contexts.
Hypnotherapy for Social Anxiety
Focuses on social fear, self-consciousness, avoidance, and the distress that can arise around attention, judgement, or performance.
Hypnotherapy for Depression
Reviews research relevant to low mood, depressive symptoms, rumination, and the possible role of hypnosis within broader supportive care.
Hypnotherapy for Stress
Covers evidence related to stress, overwhelm, tension, and the body’s stress response across health and wellbeing settings.
Hypnotherapy for OCD
Summarises research and clinical discussion relevant to obsessive thoughts, compulsive rituals, and distress associated with OCD presentations.
Hypnotherapy for Self-Esteem, Confidence, and Performance
Brings together evidence relevant to confidence, self-belief, performance pressure, and the mental patterns that can interfere with functioning.
Hypnotherapy for Specific Phobias
Covers research related to focused fears, avoidance patterns, and the kinds of situations where a specific trigger produces strong distress.
Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy for IBS
Reviews evidence relevant to irritable bowel syndrome, gut-focused distress, symptom burden, and quality of life.
Intestinal Microbiome in IBS Before and After Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy
A more specific IBS-related summary focused on microbiome findings before and after gut-directed hypnotherapy.
Hypnotherapy for Pain Management
Summarises research relevant to pain management, pain coping, and how hypnotic techniques have been used across acute and chronic settings.
Hypnotherapy for Sleep and Insomnia
Covers evidence on sleep onset, sleep quality, restfulness, and insomnia-related patterns.
Hypnosis and Alopecia Areata
Looks at research relevant to alopecia areata, including psychological wellbeing, distress, and the possible role of hypnotherapy in supportive care.
Alopecia Areata: Hypnosis for Psychological Wellbeing
A related alopecia-focused summary centred more specifically on psychological wellbeing and supportive care outcomes.
Hypnotherapy for Weight Loss
Reviews evidence relevant to cravings, eating patterns, consistency, motivation, and the behavioural side of weight-related change.
Hypnotherapy for Sexual Function Concerns
Summarises research relevant to sexual function concerns where anxiety, self-consciousness, tension, or learned patterns may play a role.
Hypnotherapy for Medical Procedure Distress
A broader overview covering research relevant to procedure-related distress in settings such as surgery, cancer-related treatment, and other high-stress medical care.
Hypnotherapy in Cancer Care
Brings together research relevant to cancer-related distress, procedures, treatment burden, pain, and supportive care during medical treatment.
Hypnosis and the Reduction of Acute Pain and Anxiety in Adolescents Undergoing Cancer-Related Treatments
A more specific cancer-care summary focused on acute pain and anxiety during adolescent cancer-related treatment procedures.
Hypnotherapy for Needle Phobia and Needle-Related Distress
Focuses on research relevant to injections, blood tests, cannulas, vaccinations, anticipatory fear, and avoidance.
Hypnotherapy for Dental Anxiety and Dental Treatment Distress
Reviews evidence relevant to fear of dental treatment, avoidance of care, and procedure-related distress in dental settings.
Hypnotherapy for Smoking Cessation
Summarises evidence relevant to quitting smoking, cravings, motivation, relapse risk, and behaviour change support.
Hypnotherapy for Vaping Cessation
Covers research relevant to vaping cessation, cravings, routines, cue-driven use, and habit interruption.
Hypnotherapy for Addictive and Compulsive Behaviours
A broader summary covering urges, repetitive patterns, dependency-related behaviour, and compulsive responding across different presentations.
Hypnosis for Hair Pulling
Reviews evidence relevant to hair pulling, automatic urge patterns, tension relief cycles, and habit-focused interventions.
Hypnotherapy for Nail Biting and Nail Picking
Summarises evidence relevant to nail biting, nail picking, and similar repetitive self-directed habits that can feel difficult to interrupt.
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