I have specialized in the reduction and elimination of pain since 1983, when I wrote my Doctoral Dissertation on the “Use of Hypnosis for Pain Management in Childbirth.”

I worked at U.C.L.A. – Santa Monica Medical Center, specifically helping women in active labor to reduce pain – even when morphine could not help sufficiently.

In addition I have years of experience working with cancer patients to reduce pain – and reduce the need for pain medication, as well as provide pain relief related to a variety of medical conditions listed on the left panel of this page. .

Pain is very complex

Pain is a psychological, emotional and physiological process and experience.  Under certain circumstances pain can be relatively easy to reduce or eliminate. However, sometimes pain can be difficult to reduce or eliminate. It depends on the kind of pain and the psychological, emotional and social factors involved.

Hypnosis and self hypnosis are usually the very best non-medical intervention to use in reducing and eliminating pain.

When working with patients who have pain, I first help them to eliminate or reduce the causal factors of their pain. When that is not possible or only partially possible, I teach my patients to use hypnosis to eliminate or reduce the pain experience from their awareness.

Note: The elimination of pain itself (as opposed to the causes of the pain) must be done with physician approval – for a variety of reasons. For example, a person with chronic headache pain, must rule out that it is not being caused by a tumor. If the cause of the pain is tension, hypnosis is a safe and effective way to teach the patient to reduce stress along with its headache.

Sometimes pain is a signal that we must pay attention to. For example, hip pain can be a sign to the patient that it is time to sit and let the hip relax. I teach such a patient to have the subconscious mind give a different signal (for example, a painless sensation felt in a finger) to be the sign that the hip needs to rest.

I wrote a comprehensive article on the use of hypnosis and self-hypnosis for an Israeli medical magazine published for physicians who specialize in pain disorders. I was asked by Dr. Silviu Brill, Director, Institute for Pain Medicine, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Israel, and President of the Israeli Pain Association, to write this article The Israeli medical magazine is called “כאב” (“Pain”). To view my article on pain management .>>

I also wrote an article on the use of hypnosis and self-hypnosis in the treatment of Oncology patients. This article also includes useful information regarding pain management. To view my article on Oncology >>