Recent content by Phil W

Hey, I treated IBS with a mixture of mind-body and food. I think both ways are possible as the gut-brain connection is circular. I actually built a personality test which maps to Sarno's TMS personality types for gut issues and IBS: https://philipwestern.com/gut-health-personality/ (What is your...

Hi Matthew, That sounds like an interesting approach. I particularly like IFS therapy and think it works very well with hypnotherapy. I was working along similar lines with people with chronic fatigue as a coach before I started focusing mostly on hypnotherapy. I also found that people didn't...

Hi Matthew, I saw from the posts above that you are a clinical hypnotherapist. Have you not seen hypnotherapy to be effective for reducing and in some cases eliminating chronic pain? It is a very well-evidenced use case for hypnotherapy, so I don't think any claims I make to be able to help...

Hi, yes it's effective for numbness, providing that you've had a full workup from your doctor. And no, you don't have to work out the exact event - some people "feel their way out" of TMS (there may not even be an "exact event"). Our unconscious minds are also highly metaphorical, so metaphors...

Hi all, I got a lot of great feedback from the video I posted almost a year ago. Afterwards, I began to help people with TMS using targeted hypnotherapy. It's been successful for conditions like chronic arthritis pain, IBS, fatigue, and back pain - and more clients are coming in for conditions...

Hi there, I used the TMS approach to recover from CFS, IBS and PoTs before I knew about Sarno, this terminology or the links between chronic pain and chronic fatigue. As part of this, I used hypnosis to recover. I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has used hypnosis as part of their...