- ArthritisIn 1964, psychiatrist George Solomon noticed that people with rheumatoid arthritis got worse when they were depressed, so he began investigating the impact emotions have on inflammation and the immune system. Today, research from Carnegie Mellon University published in the journal Biological Psychiatry, shows that a calm mind induced by mindfulness meditation reduces the inflammatory biomarker Interleukin-6 (IL-6) that has been linked to cancer, Alzheimer’s and other autoimmune diseases.
- Fibromyalgia
- Medical Weight LossLosing weight is a goal on many people’s wish lists. Shedding pounds can give you more self-confidence, increase your options for wearing fashionable outfits and make you an all-around healthier person. However, losing weight and keeping it off is a challenge. You may have found some success by following trendy diets and fitness routines, only to be disappointed when the results prove unsustainable. Hypnosis for weight loss can help you break the cycle of frustration by aligning your subconscious mind with your conscious goals.
- Smoking Cessation
- Sleep Disorders
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Female Infertility
- Labor and Delivery
- Depression
- Mental HealthAs a certified hypnotherapist, Dr. Katherine Agranovich is a mental health professional who can help you take the first steps toward positive change. After beginning her health care career as a registered nurse, she shifted her focus toward holistic and integrative medicine. She has since earned a Ph.D. in natural health studies, along with accreditations in suicide prevention, reconnective healing, professional hypnosis, alchemical hypnotherapy, psychology of hypnotherapy and neurolinguistic programming.
- Psychiatry
- Insomnia
- Anxiety
- Diabetes Care
- Chemotherapy
- HysterectomyToday more and more people are asking this question. A two hundred year old technique - hypnosis - is gaining in strength as a modality of choice for pain relief in treatment of a variety of medical conditions from migraine headaches to chronic back pain to cancer symptoms. Hypnosis, in addition to regular medical treatment, has several advantages in pain management. First, it requires no drugs. In fact, studies show that patients with chronic diseases who practice hypnosis (as taught by a hypnotherapist trained in pain management) required fewer analgesics to maintain pain relief. They also suffered less anxiety about their pain and greater comfort during medical procedures. In a study at at Case Western University hypnotherapy was found useful as a pain management tool following such surgical procedures as hysterectomy, coronary by-pass, hemorrhoid surgery and abdominal surgery. The test patients also had shorter hospital stays, less nausea and more rapid healing.
- Acne Treatment
- Eczema
- Psoriasis
- Allergies