Adam interviews Sophie Fletcher
Adam interviews Sophie Fletcher – Hypnosis in the news gets Adam frothing at the mouth by being used for eye witness testimony – Also features a school employing a hypnotherapist and pregnant women getting a birthing budget to potentially spend on hypnobirthing – Adam then discusses the Mindful Mamma approach to hypnobirthing with Sophie Fletcher, exploring the methodology and the ethos behind it – The factoid of the week examines hypnosis comparing favourably in comparison with placebo and medicine for a very unusual application indeed.
References from this week’s episode:
The website of Sophie Fletcher: http://sophiefletcher.co.uk/
Mindful Mamma website: http://www.mindfulmamma.co.uk/
Hypnosis In The News References:
1. Lancashire Primary school hires hypnotherapist to help children with stress and depression
2. Bristol mums to be could get “birthing budgets” to fundhypnosis on the NHS
3. Kidnapping victim hypnotized to recall details about attacker
Evidence Based Fact of Week:
Effects of hypnotic, placebo, and salicylic acid treatments on wart regression