Study Shows "Superior" Effectiveness
with Academy Methods
Overactive Bladder Syndrome
"Hypnotherapy for Treatment of Overactive Bladder: Randomized Controlled Trial Pilot Study"
Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, 2011Nov;17(6):308-13.
Komesu, YM, Sapien, RE, Rogers, RG, Ketai, LH
A recent study at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque
shows the effectiveness of the Academy's hypnotherapy methods in comparison to
behavioral therapy alone. The population studied was women who suffer with overactive bladder
(OAB) syndrome. OAB syndrome, affecting 17% of all women in the United States, is experienced
as urinary urgency, increased frequency, nocturia (need to urinate often at night), and
sometimes with incontinence. Along with the physical symptoms, women with OAB also
experience stress, embarrassment and decreased self-esteem.
Academy associate hypnotherapy instructor, medical researcher and Chief of Pediatric Emergency
Medicine, Dr. Robert Sapien, designed the study using the methodology developed by Tim
Simmerman Sierra, codirector of the Hypnotherapy Academy. Sapien said the objective of the
study "was to gather data to compare hypnotherapy to an already proven standard treatment, in this
case, behavioral therapy."
Conclusion: both groups showed improvement with treatment; however, the
hypnotherapy group showed significantly higher scores in the effective relief of symptoms and
improvement in quality of life, than the behavior therapy group.
The hypnotherapy group had an overall improvement of 67% (in only three sessions), while the
behavioral therapy group only 42% improvement.
The research team (Yuko M. Komesu, MD; Robert E. Sapien, MD; Rebecca G. Rogers, MD; and
Loren H. Ketai, MD) concluded: "This pilot study is notable in that the hypnotherapy group had
superior global improvement in their OAB symptoms compared with behavioral therapy alone."
Dr. Sapien added as a side note, that the group of women in the study who did not receive
hypnotherapy (the control group) indicated that they were disappointed that they did not receive
hypnotherapy. After the study was completed, they were given the option of returning to have
the hypnotherapy protocol. All of the women chose to return for the added benefit of
hypnotherapy.
With studies like this paving the way, training at the Hypnotherapy Academy of America could not be more timely.
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The reason why so many people choose the Academy is that our methodology is flexible enough to apply to a wide variety of issues, for example:
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hypnotherapy textbook, written by lead instructor, Tim Simmerman Sierra. Tim was a paramedic
before becoming a hypnotherapist, so he brings an allopathic perspective to the field that you will
not find at any other hypnotherapy school. As a paramedic, he observed that the emergencies he
was responding to could have been prevented by different attitudes and behavior, and
determined that hypnotherapy could make a difference that would literally save people's
lives.
Upon graduation from the Hypnotherapy Academy of America, you are eligible to be certified by
the International Board of Hypnotherapy, which has the highest requirements and standards of
any hypnosis or hypnotherapy certifying organization.
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