About this event

  • Date and time Mon 15 Apr 2024 from 8:30am to 15 Apr 2024 at 9:00pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine

Join us for this event which promises to appeal to everyone with interests in the power of medical communication as it relates the fascinating history of Hypnosis, and its journey from the stage into the clinical settings. The potential use of ‘clinical hypnosis’ has been overlooked, and yet it is now re-emerging as a powerful asset for both clinicians and their patients, and examples of this will be presented. We forget at our own peril the lessons this evidence shows; communication skills and human connection remain core to our impact and success as healthcare professionals, and evolving to utilise adjuvant clinical hypnosis will help us all. 

This event will be split into a morning and afternoon session and provide historic perspectives on Hypnosis from an era prior to anaesthetic drugs, and how it has influenced our consciousness from the mystical to the more contemporary evidence-based settings within Anaesthesia, General Practice, Oncology, and Gastro-intestinal medicine today. It's role in our own self-care cannot be understated, and you will also learn about photobiomodulation, and how certain wavelengths of red light can speed healing and regeneration, promises to be enlightening and rejuvenating to all who attend.

You are welcome to book either the morning session, afternoon session or both, and we hope many of you will stay on for the event dinner too, meeting our speakers, making friends and expanding our collaborative networks.

Benefits of attending

  • Appreciate the History of Hypnosis, and shed light on its potential evolution.
  • Understand the utility and evidence for Clinical Hypnosis in contemporary medical settings. 
  • Explore the relationships between communication style, hypnosis, and Placebo/nocebo effects, & network to evolve use of multi-modality tools to empower patients to recover more quickly.
  • Learn about the science behind Photobiomodulation; its role in reducing inflammation & enhancing tissue regeneration.

By attending, participants will develop greater insight into a broader scope of healing methods, with the potential to be highly rewarding, empowering, by illuminating new possibilities to re-combine past learning with modern technology. 

 

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We would like to thank our sponsor THOR for their support of this meeting.

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Agenda

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Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction

Dr Sarah Partridge, Consultant Clinical Oncologist and President, Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine Section, Royal Society of Medicine

Morning Session 1: Hypnosis - History and Praxis

From The Crystal Palace to the Bethlem Royal Hospital: Herr "Magnetiseur" Hansen and the London medical establishment (1881-1884)

Philip Kuhn, Independent Scholar 

Myers brothers at the SPR (Society for Psychical Research)

Professor Roger Luckhurst, Birkbeck College 

The evolution of hypnotism and suggestion into General Practice

Professor Rhodri Hayward, Queen Mary University of London

Question and answer session

Chair: Dr Gordon Bates, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Tea and coffee break

Morning Session 2: Anaesthetics, anxiety and pain management

Clinical hypnosis: The latest update in Anaesthesia

Dr Paul Slater, Consultant Anaesthetist, Northampton General Hospital 

Hypnotic communication techniques within the pain management team

Louise Foulsham-McFall, Northampton General Hospital

Question and answer session
Lunch break

Afternoon Session 1: Oncology, Palliative Care and beyond.

Mind over matter: Making the choice for well-being

Dr Rumi Peynovska, Consultant Clinical Hypnotherapist

The David Waxman Memorial lecture: The role of clinical Hypnosis in Oncology and Palliative Care

Dr Sarah Partridge

Question and answer session
Tea and coffee break

Afternoon Session 2: Empowerment for patients and healthcare teams

Shedding light on healing influences: Enlightening evidence

Dr James Carroll (PhD), Chief Executive Officer, THOR Photomedicine Ltd

Changing Gut wrenching realities: Psychotherapeutic interventions in the University College London Hospitals (UCLH) gastrointestinal (GI) unit

Chris Perrin, Gastrointestinal Clinical Nurse Specialist, University College London Hospitals and Concetta Brugaletta, Gastrointestinal Clinical Nurse Specialist, University College London Hospitals

Question and answer session

Chair: Prof Anton Emmanuel, Professor, Neuro-Gastroenterology, University College London Hospitals

Closing remarks

Dr Sarah Partridge

Annual General Meeting

Section members only

Drinks reception
Optional dinner

Pre-registration required

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Welcome and introduction

Dr Sarah Partridge, Consultant Clinical Oncologist and President, Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine Section, Royal Society of Medicine

Morning Session 1: Hypnosis - History and Praxis

The role of stage hypnotism in shaping public expectation of trance

Philip Kuhn, Independent Scholar 

Myers brothers at the SPR (Society of Psychical Research)

Professor Roger Luckhurst, Birkbeck College 

The evolution of hypnotism and suggestion into General Practice

Professor Rhodri Hayward, St Mary’s University 

Question and answer session

Chair: Dr Gordon Bates, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Comfort break

Morning Session 2: Anaesthetics, anxiety and pain management

Clinical hypnosis: The latest update in Anaesthesia

Dr Paul Slater, Consultant Anaesthetist, Northampton General Hospital 

Hypnotic communication techniques within the pain management team

Louise Foulsham-McFall, Northampton General Hospital

Question and answer session
Close of morning session

Afternoon Session 1: Oncology, Palliative Care and beyond.

Mind over matter: Making the choice for well-being

Dr Rumi Peynovska, Consultant Clinical Hypnotherapist

The David Waxman Memorial lecture: The role of clinical Hypnosis in Oncology and Palliative Care

Dr Sarah Partridge

Question and answer session
Comfort break

Afternoon Session 2: Empowerment for patients and healthcare teams

Shedding light on healing influences: Enlightening evidence

Dr James Carroll (PhD), Chief Executive Officer, THOR Photomedicine Ltd

Changing Gut wrenching realities: Psychotherapeutic interventions in the University College London Hospitals (UCLH) gastrointestinal (GI) unit

Chris Perrin, Gastrointestinal Clinical Nurse Specialist, University College London Hospitals

Question and answer session

Chair: Prof Anton Emmanuel, Professor, Neuro-Gastroenterology, University College London Hospitals

Closing remarks

Dr Sarah Partridge

Annual General Meeting

Section members only

Close of meeting

Sponsors

Location

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom

 

Registration for this event will close at 1:00am on Sunday 14 April 2024. Late registrations will not be accepted.

The agenda is subject to change at any time

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All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.

This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels.

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Why not stay in the comfort of our hotel, Domus Medica, book dinner in the restaurant, or even hire one of our private dining rooms to socialise with your peers?

RSM members enjoy access to our enviable club facilities. For more information, please contact our team at domus@rsm.ac.uk or restaurant@rsm.ac.uk.

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