Dr. David Spiegel: The Neuroscience of Hypnosis for Addiction, Trauma and Pain Management

Today my guest is the esteemed Dr. David Spiegel. I’m going to read you his bio from the Standford University of Medicine website, but as a side note, this is NOT the David Spiegel from the Amber Heard trial.

 

Dr Spiegel is a Willson Professor and Associate Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Director of the Center on Stress and Health, and Medical Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Spiegel has more than 40 years of clinical and research experience studying psycho-oncology, stress and health, pain control, psychoneuroendocrinology, sleep, hypnosis, and conducting randomized clinical trials involving psychotherapy for cancer patients. He has published thirteen books, 480 scientific journal articles, and 170 book chapters on hypnosis, psychosocial oncology, stress physiology, trauma, and psychotherapy. He was a member of the work groups on stressor and trauma-related disorders for the DSM-IV and DSM-5 editions of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 

 

In my estimation, Dr Spiegel is largely responsible for legitimizing modern hypnosis and making it widely accessible through the Reveri app. He was recently on The Huberman Lab podcast where they went deep into the neuroscience and brain mechanics of hypnosis, so I highly recommend you check that out too, but today, I directed him to speak primarily on the use of hypnosis to treat addiction, trauma, and chronic pain management for those who don’t want to become dependent on drugs.

 

The topics we cover include:

What is hypnosis

Guided Meditation vs Hypnosis

Hypnosis for healing shame based self identity

Why Guilt is often the response to sexual abuse and trauma

How to use hypnosis to break self-sabotaging behaviors

We talk about Reveri - Low cost app for learning self-hypnosis

 

….and much more.

 

It was such an honor to have him on, I learned so much from him and I know you will too!

 

So without further delay, please enjoy this episode, with Dr. David Spiegel

 

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Visit Website: https://www.reveri.com/

 

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