As the world gradually emerges from the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic, the return to in-person learning has brought with it a unique set of challenges for students, parents, and educators. The pandemic disrupted the education system in unprecedented ways,
Patients with tics and Tourette syndrome are, in my view, the unsung heroes in my practice. As you may know, I treat patients for whom traditional medicine either doesn’t work or has side effects. The most common patient problems I
We have all heard the terms Baby Boomers, Gen X, Gen Y, Gen Z, and our current younger generation, Gen Alpha. And I would like to introduce you to the term, Gen Rx, or, more accurately, Generations Rx. Note the
“Rather than take a temporary pill, self-hypnosis provides a life-time skill.” This reminds me of a wonderful article, The Long-Term Follow-Up of Self-Hypnosis Training for Recurrent Headaches: What the Children Say, by Daniel Kohen, MD.* In this article, Dr. Kohen described
Medical hypnosis has been shown to be as effective, and often more effective, than medication for certain medical conditions. Yet, despite a great deal of medical research supporting medical hypnosis as a very successful treatment option, it is often still
As it happens, hypnosis and habit reversal are more alike than different. Both are behavioral approaches. Both involve having patients be able to identify the premonitory urge before a tic occurs. And, although in habit reversal the goal is to
The above conditions are also known as body focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs). Individuals with these problems often feel embarrassed, frustrated, and discouraged. Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs) include: Skin-picking (dermatotillomania) Hair-pulling (trichotillomania) Nail-biting (Onychophagia) Sometimes these behaviors are due to:
For years, I told myself that I would never practice medical hypnosis and cognitive behavioral therapy remotely. Then in March, 2020, COVID hit! And I had a choice: do I help patients or do I stop doing this work? There
Every year, May 31 has been designated as World Bedwetting Day. Is that a good name for this day? I don’t think so! Because, as my teacher and mentor, Michael Yapko, PhD, taught me, “What you focus on, you amplify.”
Which is better? The carrot or the stick? Is it better to criticize someone or to try to help build them up? When working with people of any age, we always want to be positive. Here are a couple of
