President
About this section
The Hypnosis & Psychosomatic Medicine Section’s purpose is to promote the knowledge and understanding of hypnosis and psychosomatic medicine.
All meetings and events run by this Section are open to anyone with an interest in hypnosis or psychosomatic medicine, however Section membership comprises professionals who fulfil the eligibility criteria. Training meetings are open only to professionals or students who fulfil the eligibility criteria.
Eligibility criteria
Those eligible to join this section must hold a first or higher degree in a relevant discipline such as medicine, dentistry or fields related to psychology and be employed in, or retired from, a health-related field such as medicine, psychology, dentistry or nursing.
Applications are invited from those registered with, for example, the BABCP, GMC, GDC, NMC, HCPC and university-based academics.
The Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine Section is a constituent society of the European Society of Hypnosis. We support and endorse its Ethical Guidelines, and which all applications for membership of the Section will need to abide by.
If you are a member of the RSM and wish to join the Section, please email hypnosis@rsm.ac.uk.
Section Council members
Section meetings and conferences are usually organised by members of the Section Council, led by the Section President and often in collaboration with specialist societies.
Interested in joining the Section Council?
Section Councils play a pivotal role at the RSM and we are always looking for members who would like to get involved. If you would like to apply, please complete our application form and a Council representative will be in touch.
President Elect
Honorary Secretary
Honorary Treasurer
Upcoming hypnosis and psychosomatic medicine events
View all events and webinars being run by the Hypnosis & Psychosomatic Medicine Section.
Eligibility criteria
All meetings and events run by this Section are open to anyone with an interest in hypnosis or psychosomatic medicine.
Training meetings are open only to professionals or students who fulfil the eligibility criteria.
Hypnosis for procedural pain
This webinar will show you how to reduce the suffering experienced by patients undergoing painful procedures. Expert Dr Elvira V. Lang, MD, PhD, Founder and CEO of Comfort Talk, will show how language...
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Brain activation during hypnotic suggestion of changes in pain sensation
This webinar will review the contributions of brain imaging to our understanding of hypnosis with a special focus on pain experience, teach practitioners about the efficacy of hypnosis in reducing pai...
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The Elliotson prize and lecture
This meeting will explore and debate the current state of the application and use of hypnosis and hypnotherapy in the NHS, debate the potential implications of the terms hypnotherapy and hypnosis, and...
Prizes & awards
Hypnosis & Psychosomatic Medicine Section: Elliotson Prize
Prize
- First prize: £200 and an RSM certificate
- Second prize: £100 and an RSM certificate
- Third prize: £50 and an RSM certificate
Submission deadline
Sunday 14 March 2021
Open to
Trainees in hypnosis (those who are undertaking a training course, and those who are within one year of completing their course)
- Clinical trainees in medicine, dentistry nursing or psychological fields
- Students enrolled in related graduate academic courses
- Those qualified in medicine, dentistry nursing or those in psychological fields
Shortlisted applicants must be available to attend the prize meeting and to present their submission on Monday 10 May 2021.
Application guidelines
Entrants are invited to submit a case study or an essay of no more than 1000 - 1500 words in response to the following question: “Discuss the rationale for the use of the term hypnosis or hypnotherapy.”
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Fellow
For professionals with a medical, dental or veterinary qualification recognised by GMC, GDC or RCVS.
Associate
For professionals working in the healthcare sector or with an interest in healthcare issues and do not qualify for a Fellow membership.
Student
For students studying medicine, dentistry or an undergraduate qualification in a healthcare-related subject, in the UK or overseas.