The Therapycast

In todays podcast Peter Mabbutt demonstrates an inability to speak Cantonese, has another small rant about e-cigarettes before Sheila Menon discusses the Chinese New Year and hypnotic happenings in Southeast Asia with TY Ko.

The PLOS ONE article on e-cigarettes and immunity can be found here:

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0116861

Details for the Malaysian conference on the 22nd and 23rd May 2015 can be found here:

http://www.hypnosis-malaysia.com/imcch.htm

Details for the London conference on the 30th and 31st May 2015 can be found here:

http://www.hypnosisconference.co.uk

The Lunch Club Webinar is on Thursday 12th March at 1.00pm UK time, 21.00 Malaysia/Singapore time. It will last about an hour and will be entitled Psychoneuroimmunology: a Contemporary Overview.

To find out more or to book go to:

http://www.lcch.co.uk/webinars/pni_overview.htm

Music:

Gongxi, Gonxi

Gongxi Ni Facai

In this show we have a 3 minute mindful meditation from Michelle Hague, e-cigarettes get a bashing from Peter Mabbutt, and Sheila Menon talks smoking cessation. We also have a review of Rubin Battino’s book Metaphoria.

For the FDA study on e-cigarettes:

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/PublicHealthFocus/ucm173146.htm

You can read the Telegraph report on e-cigarettes here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-health/11058158/E-cigarette-WHO-ban-I-thought-vaping-was-safe.html

The paper highlighting the potential for nicotine to be carcinogenic can be found here:

http://www.impactjournals.com/oncotarget/index.php?journal=oncotarget&page=article&op=view&path[]=2033&path[]=3019

Crown House Publishing can be found at www.crownhouse.co.uk

You can visit BFM 89.9’s website at www.bfm.my

"White Lotus" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

In the first show of 2015 Peter Mabbutt waxes lyrical about New Year Resolutions and Michael Joseph explores goal setting for business and personal life with BFM 89.9, Malaysia's only independent radio station, focused on business news and current affairs.

BFM can be heard on frequency 89.9 MHz in Wilayah Persekutuan, Selangor, and parts of Negeri Sembilan and Melaka.

You can visit BFM 89.9’s website at www.bfm.my

In todays show we celebrate the festive season in an unusual style by exploring the use of hypnosis in surgery with Doctor Alan Soh, Medical Director of LCCH Asia, and Sheila Menon, Principal of LCCH Asia.

To find out more about Doctor Alan’s presentation on hypnosurgery at the Inaugural Malaysian Conference on Clinical Hypnotherapy being held in Kuala Lumpur on the 22nd and 23rd May 2015 you can visit http://www.hypnosis-malaysia.com/imcch.htm

To find out about the Evidence Based Practice in Clinical Hypnotherapy Conference being held in London on the 30th and 31st May 2015 you can visit http://www.hypnosisconference.co.uk

The incidental music used in this podcast are:

“We Wish you a Merry Christmas” (by United States Marine Band)

“Deck the Halls” (by R.Tists for Christmas)

“We Three Kings” (by R.Tists for Christmas)

“Auld Lang Syne” (Navada Van der Veer)

and are available under Creative Commons licence as free downloads from:

http://freemusicarchive.org

The research mentioned is:

Rainville P, Duncan GH, Price DD, Carrier B and Bushnell MC (1997) Pain affect encoded in human anterior cingulate but not somatosensory cortex Science 277(5328): 968-971

Ginandes CS and Rosenthal DI (1999) Using hypnosis to accelerate the healing of bone fractures: a randomized controlled pilot study Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 5(2): 67-75

Ginandes C, Brooks P, Sando W, Jones C and Aker J (2003) Can medical hypnosis accelerate post-surgical wound healing? Results of a clinical trial American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 45(4): 333-351

In todays show we explore the myth surrounding the number 13 and have a chat with Sheila Menon, Principal of LCCH Asia, about how hypnotherapy is viewed in Malaysia and Singapore.

To find out more about the Inaugural Malaysian Conference on Clinical Hypnotherapy being held in Kuala Lumpur on the 22nd and 23rd May 2015 you can visit http://www.hypnosis-malaysia.com/imcch.htm

For more about the Evidence Based Practice in Clinical Hypnotherapy Conference being held in London on the 30th and 31st May 2015 you can visit http://www.hypnosisconference.co.uk

Malaysian Rainbow is from the album Colours of Rhythm by A.P.U. and is available under Creative Commons licence as a free download from:

https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/336608/a.p.u.

In todays show we explore the popular virtual gastric band technique with Robert Finlayson.

Obesity statistics from the Health and Social Care Information Centre can be found by visiting:

http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB13648

In todays show we offer a tribute to our much loved colleague Dr Anna Zohrabian who passed away a few months ago.

Rest in peace dear Anna xxx

The music used in this podcast:

"Wet Riffs" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

"Facile" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

"Water Lily" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Todays show brings you part two of Peter Mabbutt’s conversation with hypnotherapy and childbirth expert, Sonia Richards. Sonia gives an overview of the approach she uses with childbirth before we explore the mother-baby link, focussing on the effects of maternal stress on the baby. We also discuss how naturalised language patterns regarding birth can be detrimental to the mother’s experience before exploring the reality behind the concept of pain free childbirth.

During the show Sonia makes reference to the Royal College of Midwives publication ‘Evidence Based Guidelines for Midwifery-Led Care in Labour’. It can be found as a free download on the internet by following this link:

https://www.rcm.org.uk/sites/default/files/Supporting%20Women%20in%20Labour_1.pdf

Today’s show is the first of a two-part interview with Sonia Richards where she and Peter Mabbutt explore the role of hypnotherapy in childbirth and look at the naissance of Hypnobirthing in the UK. They explore the rise in the use of Caesarean section and why our current litigatious climate is possibly driving this. Peter and Sonia also delve into the natural birth vs medicalised birth debate and highlight the role of oxytocin and the effect that medicalised birth has on bonding and the risk of autism.

The often overlooked link between traumatic birth and PTSD and vicarious PTSD in the non-birth parent is explored, before Sonia and Peter turn their attention on the Duchess of Cambridge’s use of hypnotherapy in childbirth, and how this has stimulated a welcome trend in celebrities opting for more natural approaches to birth.

Part two of this conversation will be broadcast in the next show.

In today's show Peter Mabbutt talks to Priya Ekanayaka about the psychology of comics and comicbook characters and the relevance they have to therapy.