With our increasing medical and psychological sophistication, however, we realize that more and more, if not all, diseases have some psychological components. Even the common flu, for example, is well known to be more virulent if the patient is depressed or stressed. The field of psychosomatic medicine is especially fascinating because it directly opens theoretical doors to issues concerning the relationship of the body to the mind....

It is in this biopsychosocial concept of psychosomatic illness that hypnosis finds its niche. To the extent that it can influence the mind-body interaction, hypnosis can be utilized for the purpose of teaching the patient general relaxation, somatic and visceral, for working out conflicts and for modifying certain personality dynamics which may have aggravating influences.

Hypnosis has been used in the following psychosomatic conditions with varying degrees of success. It must be appreciated, however, that hypnotic success in this regard has less to do with the types of psychosomatic illnesses present than it does with the particular patient involved. To Read the Rest of this article

As I read this article, it is once again obvious that we cannot heal the body, unless we address the mind as well.  We can treat the body, however to truly cure, we must look at the total human being as mind, body and spirit.

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