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Accredited by the National Regulatory Register for Hypnotherapy he has a strong interest in complementary medicine research, is a published author and is well-used to treating irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)."> <META name="revisit-after" content="15 days"> <META name="robots" content="all"> </head> <body bgcolor=aqua lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=blue style='tab-interval:12.0pt'> <center><table width="95%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="95%" height="365" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <center><div align="left"> <table width="98%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr> <td align="left" width="150" ><img src="NSPH.Logo.jpg" alt="National Society of Professional Hypnotherapists: Hypnotherapy [Aberdeen] - Into the Light" width="108" height="100"></td> <td align="center"><img src="GHSC_logo.jpg" alt="General Hypnotherapy Standards Council" width="270.83" height="100"></div></td> <td align="right"><img src="GHR_logo.jpg" alt="General Hypnotherapy Register" width="147.9" height="61.8"> </td></tr></table> <center><table width="98%" > <td align="left" width="100%"><H1><font size=7 FONT COLOR="0000FF" ><b> Stan Gerard <font size=5>Hypnotherapy <font size=3>Aberdeen</b></FONT> <br><span style='font-size:10pt'><class=MsoNormal> <B><font color="000000"> D.S.N.U.(H), M.N.S.P.H., M.N.F.S.H., N.R.H., S.Q.H.P., G.H.R.(Reg), A.T.F.T. <span style='font-size:8pt'><class=MsoNormal> COSCA Registered.</b></span> </td></table> <Center><table width="98%" border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" bgcolor="#0000FF" <tr><td align="center" width="100%" height="7" border="1" cellspacing="3" cell-color="#0000FF" background-color: "#0000FF" border-color="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0"> </span></td></tr></table> <body text="#000000" link="#003366 vlink="#000000" alink="#9999CC"> <center><table width="98%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" bordercolor="#CCCCFF height="367"><tr> <td width="98%" height="" align="center" valign="top" bordercolor="#003366" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="left"> <table width="98%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr> <td align="left" width="65%"><tr><td><align="left"><span style='font-size:20pt'> <H2><B><span style='font-size:14pt'>Accredited by the National Regulatory Register for Hypnotherapy.</B> <BR><B><span style='font-size:14pt'><B>Member of the European Institute of Forensic Hypnosis.</B> <BR><span style='font-size:22pt'><B>Registered Healer & Hypnotherapist, <BR><B>Thought Field Therapy Practitioner.</B></H2></td> <BR> <td div align="right" width="35%"><span style='font-size:8pt'>In private practice at: </span style><span style='font-size:16pt'><I><B><FONT COLOR=0000FF>'Serendipity' </FONT></B></I></span> <br><br><span style='font-size:12pt'> <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=ab11+5aj&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=16&amp;iwloc=addr&amp;om=1" target="_blank">[Google Map]<br></a> <br></FONT></B></span></td></tr> <td div align="left" width="65%" height=""><tr><td><span style='font-size:8pt'><center> </center></td> <align="left"><span style='font-size:10pt'><B></B></td> <td div align="right" width="35%" height=""><span style='font-size:10pt'> Provost Young's House</TD></span></td> <td div align="left" width="65%" height=""><tr><td><span style='font-size:8pt'><center> Member of the Advisory Council of the</td> <td div align="right" width="35%" height=""><span style='font-size:10pt'>28 Marischal Street </span></td> <td div align="left" width="65%" height=""><tr><td><span style='font-size:10pt'><center> <B>National Society of Professional Hypnotherapists.</Center></B></td> <td div align="right" width="35%" height=""><span style='font-size:10pt'>Aberdeen AB11 5AJ </span></td> <td align="left" width="65%" height=""><tr><td><align="left"><span style='font-size:10pt'> <B></B></td> <td div align="right" width="35%" height=""><span style='font-size:10pt'>Scotland, U.K.</TD> </span></td> <td div align="left" width="65%" height=""><tr><td><span style='font-size:10pt'><center> As seen on <I><B><FONT COLOR="#0000FF">'Kilroy'</FONT></I>, BBC1, BBC2, STV & Grampian TV.</B> </Center></td> <td div align="right" width="35%" height=""><span style='font-size:10pt'>Tel: <B>01224 213 808</B></span></td> <td align="left" width="65%" height=""><tr><td><align="left"><span style='font-size:10pt'> <B></B></td> <td div align="right" width="35%" height=""><span style='font-size:10pt'>Fax: 07092 010 254</TD> </span></td> <td div align="left" width="65%" height=""><tr><td><span style='font-size:10pt'><center> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>Healing is offered for <font color="#FF0000">ALL</font><font color="#0000FF"><span style='font-size:10pt'> illness, stress or injury.</font> <td div align="right" width="35%" height=""><span style='font-size:10pt'><b>Mob:</b> 07730 468 183</TD> </span></td> <td div align="left" width="65%" height=""><tr><td><span style='font-size:8pt'><center> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>The severity of the condition is no limitation on what is offered. </B></td> <td div align="right" width="35%" height=""><span style='font-size:8pt'>Email: <a href="mailto:stan.gerard@hypnotherapy-aberdeen.com">stan.gerard@hypnotherapy-aberdeen.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><td> </center></TABLE> <Center><table width="98%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" <tr><td align="center" width="100%" height="7" border="1" cellspacing="3" cell-color="#CCCCFF" background-color: "#CCCCFF" border-color="#CCCCFF" cellpadding="0"> </span></td></tr></table> <table width="98%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#CCCCFF"> <td div align="left" width="20%" height="700" valign="top" span style='font-size:13.3pt'border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#CCCCFF" bgcolor="CCCCFF" class="navbar"> </p><p align="left"><a href="http://www.hypnotherapy-aberdeen.com"><center>Home Page</center><br></a></p> </p><p align="left"><a href="sg0401d.htm"><center>Stan 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of diarrhoea interspersed with episodes of constipation. IBS can be treated by hypnosis. The disorder seems to occur at times of high levels of stress, when the subject is tense, anxious or upset. Even happy excitement may cause symptoms to arise.<font size=1>*1</font> <p> <p> Dr. Peter Whorwell (1984)<font size=1>*2</font> reported successful treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome using Hypnosis in a controlled study of a group of patients who had a severe chronic form of the disorder and had not responded to conventional therapies. Patients were randomly allocated to either psychotherapy or Hypnotherapy groups. The psychotherapy patients showed a significant improvement in measures of pain, distension and in general well-being despite a lack of change in bowel habit. In contrast, the Hypnotherapy patients showed a dramatic improvement in all measures which persisted at a two-year follow-up. (Whorwell, 1987).<font size=1>*3</font> Hypnotherapy, including suggestions for improved gastrointestinal function and pain reduction, was significantly better than Hypnosis for simple deep muscle relaxation. Harvey (1989) reported a similar improvement following Hypnotherapy in 20 of the 33 patients with refractory Irritable Bowel Syndrome at three-month follow-up.<font size=1>*4</font> <p><p><p><p><p><p> <B><FONT SIZE=5>HYPNOTHERAPY...</FONT></B><font size=3> is not new. It also has been known about since the start of recorded history, in communities all around the world. <P><center><B><i><font size=5><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">DISPELLING MYTHS:</i><br> Hypnosis is <i>NOT</i> sleep.<br> Awareness is <i>NOT</i> lost.<br> You will <i>NOT</i> be out of control.</B></FONT></center><P> <B><FONT SIZE=4>Hypnotherapy</FONT></B><font size=3> is <i>an altered state of awareness.</i></B> <P><FONT SIZE=5><B><i>FACT: </i></B></font> you <i><B>can</B></i> expect to be conscious of feeling relaxed - <i><B>deeply relaxed</B></i> - but remaining completely in control of all aspects of your being. <br><UL><LI>Hypnosis can be used to ...  <i>greatly depress or prodigiously exalt</i> ... the arousal of selected parts of the nervous system.<font size=1>*5</font> <br><LI>It can be defined as a <i>naturalistic alteration of the level of activity of systems of the mind and body for a <B>therapeutic</B> purpose</i>.<font size=1>*6</font></UL> <p>It has been known about since Wong Tai, the father of Chinese medicine (2600B.C.), and the Hindu Vedas (1500B.C.) mentioned hypnosis and hypnotic procedures.<br> Although it stems from the Greek word  <i>hypnos</i> meaning sleep - <b>it is not sleep</b>. If you were wired up to an EEG machine measuring brain-waves, this could be proved. It is an <i>altered state of awareness</i> - where you remain deeply relaxed but conscious of all that is being said and happening around you. <p><center> <B>Importantly, you remain completely in control of ALL aspects of your being.</b></center> <br>It is routinely used for a wide range of condition-specific therapeutic purposes: anxiety, depression, pain-management, <i>stress</i>, etc., - allowing the individual to take control and manage their wellbeing for their own good.<br> <p>Stan Gerard offers healing, hypnotherapy, regression therapy or counselling for <b>ALL</b> illness, stress or injury. <p>He is registered within the following General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR) Special Interest Registers: <br><UL><LI><b> Allergies & Skin Conditions <br><LI> IBS & Gut Related Disorders [<i>IBS Hypnotherapy</i>] <br><LI> Pain Management <br><LI> Performance Enhancement <br><LI> Phobias,including nail biting, Panic & Anxiety States.</b></UL> <p> Anxiety and depression scales are routinely monitored. <p>He works with: <br><UL><LI><B> Children & Adolescents, and <br><LI> Female Issues: <br><LI> i) PMT & Menopausal Symptoms <br><LI>ii) Childbirth Hypnosis Coaching <br><LI> he also routinely treats nail biting, dental and needle (and about 400 other) phobia.</B></UL> <p>Additionally, he is trained in: <br><UL><LI><B> Working with Couples <br><LI> Neuro Linguistic Programming <br><LI> Meridian Therapies (TFT) <br><LI> Stress Management <br><LI> Regression Techniques: <br><LI> i) Regression Within Current Life, <br><lI> ii) Forensic Hypnosis, and <br><LI> iii) Past Life Regression</B></UL> <p>He is well practiced in regressing people through '<i>this-life</i>' and has a particular interest in "<a href="plr0405d.htm"><b>past-life recall</b></a>". <P>Some <A HREF="stressrel0407d.htm">stress-related conditions</A> are listed. <P><font size=4><b>FEES</b> for:<br> <LI> Hypnotherapy,<br> <LI> Hypnoanalysis,<br> <LI> Hypnohealing<br> <LI> Regression therapy<br> <LI> Past-life recall<br> <P>First appointment (1-1<font size=1>1/2</font> hours): <B>£50.00</B> with <i><B><FONT COLOR=#FFOOOO>FREE</FONT></B></i> relaxation and confidence-building CD (or recording of<i><A HREF="plr0405d.htm"> past life recall</A></B></i>) included. <P>Second appointment (1-1<font size=1>1/2</font> hours, <B>including teaching of self-hypnosis</B>): <B>£50.00</B> <P>Subsequent appointments: <B>£50 per hour.</B></font> <P>How many appointments? It would be unusual for there to be a need for more than 4 for current conditions, in my experience. As my average over the past few years has been between 2 and 3 visits per patient you could consider that as the best "starting indication" that I could suggest before we meet. We could discuss this - we can review things as you feel is right for you. Appointments are at your invitation. <b>I'm helping you to help yourself.</b><P> <p><b>Forensic Hypnosis</b> is available to Principle Investigating Authorities. Fees are available on application to <b>Stan Gerard</b>, as above, or on <b>01224 - 59 4774</b> <p> <p>[Updated: 06.01.2008] <p><FONT SIZE=2>*1 The National Society of Professional Hypnotherapists<br> *2 Whorwell, P. J., Prior, A. and Faragher, E. B. (1984). Controlled trial of hypnotherapy in the treatment of severe refractory irritable-bowel syndrome. <i>Lancet</i>. <b>2</b>(8414). 1232-1243. <br> *3 Whorwell, P. J., Prior, A. and Colgan, S. M. (1987). Hypnotherapy in severe irritable bowel syndrome: Further experience. <i>Gut</i>. 28(<b>4</b>). 423-425.<br> *4 Harvey, R. F., Hinton, R. A., Gunary, R. M. and Barry, R. E. (1989). Individual and group hypnotherapy in treatment of refractory irritable bowel syndrome. <i>Lancet</i>. 1(8635). 424-425.<br> *5 Dr James Braid (1795-1860), a Scottish eye-doctor (born in Perth, trained in Edinburgh; based in Manchester) in his book: <i>Neurypnology or the Rationale of Nervous Sleep considered in Relation with Animal Magnetism</i> (1843). <br> *6 Dr Dylan Morgan. 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