About this event

  • Date and time Thu 11 Sep 2025 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
  • Location Online
  • Organised by Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine

Join leading clinicians, neuroscientists, and patient advocates for an innovative webinar exploring how hypnosis and suggestion-based therapies can enhance post-stroke rehabilitation. Discover how mental imagery, expectation, and focused attention influence brain recovery and how these techniques can be ethically and effectively integrated into personalised care.

In this session, we will:

  • Unpack the neuroscience behind hypnosis in neurorehabilitation
  • Review the latest clinical evidence
  • Offer practical guidance for safe, real-world application

By attending the webinar, you will:

  • Develop an understanding of the neurobiological and psychological mechanisms through which hypnosis may influence stroke recovery, including mental imagery, attention modulation, and expectation.
  • Critically appraise the current evidence base for the use of hypnosis and suggestion-based therapies in stroke rehabilitation, including existing literature on mental imagery and motivation.
  • Identify the practical and ethical considerations for integrating hypnosis into stroke rehabilitation pathways within the NHS and other clinical settings.

 

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Agenda

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Welcome and introduction

 Dr Sarah Partridge, President, Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine Section

Expectation, suggestion and imagery: Common elements in the neuroscience of hypnosis and recovery

Dr Abhijit Das, Consultant Neurologist, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Associate Professor, University of Central Lancashire

Hypnosis in treatment of functional stroke

Dr Ranjan Sanyal, Consultant Stroke Physician, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Mental imagery and virtual reality in stroke recovery

Dr Rachel Stockley, Associate Professor in Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, University of Central Lancashire

Operant Conditioning – the key principle of stroke recovery and the role of suggestion/expectation

Dr Anirban Dutta, Associate Professor, University of Birmingham

My journey of recovery from stroke with hypnosis

Charlotte Phillips, Senior Lecturer, University of Staffordshire

Panel discussion
Closing remarks

Dr Sarah Partridge

Close of meeting

Location

Online

 

Registration for this webinar will close at 1:00 am on Thursday, 11 September 2025. Late registrations will not be accepted.

Webinar recordings will be available via Zoom for registered delegates up to 60 days after the live webinar. The link will be sent 24 hours after the webinar takes place.

The Royal Society of Medicine will record and store this webinar, which may be distributed in the future on various internet channels.