Dr. Simone Peters discusses the use of gut-directed hypnotherapy in treating irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), explaining the therapy's focus on normalizing gastrointestinal function. The chapter also explores the challenges of living with IBS, including strategic eating habits and food triggers, and how psychological therapies can help relieve symptoms.
When you get nervous, can you feel it in your stomach?
The gut-brain connection is something many of us have experienced but probably not given much thought to.
Research into this connection has led to the rise of a seemingly unexpected treatment for IBS: hypnotherapy.
Producer Danni Stewart investigates how Irritable Bowel Syndrome can be treated.