The Clinical Application of Hypnosis with Clients Diagnosed with Cancer

And undergoing Cancer Surgeries and Treatments

Clinical Hypnosis is used successfully within our Practices to support clients living with cancer, helping them to cope better with surgeries and treatments, and with the symptoms and side effects from Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy. During this presentation, I will talk with you about how hypnosis can be used in our practice rooms with clients with cancer, and what, in particular, we can help them with. And importantly, what we wouldn’t do during a hypnosis session.

Clinical hypnosis is now being trialled more and more within NHS Hospitals, including in supporting patients going through increasingly frightening treatments and surgeries for cancer. I will take you through the latest research into how the NHS are using Clinical hypnosis in this field, and the exciting research that is being done.

When I left the UKHC in November 2023, I didn’t know that within a fortnight, I would be diagnosed with breast cancer. During 2024, I had a major surgery, cancer treatments, and a second major surgery following UKHC 2024. I got to know my Oncology team well. They knew my work and how I used self-hypnosis to help with cancer surgeries and treatments, and to promote better healing and outcomes. They invited me to join their research team as a Clinical Hypnotherapist in the Clinical Trials within the NHS Hospital. It is a privilege, especially with clinical trials being a key part of medical progress. I look forward to sharing some findings with you. There will also be a live demo.

Julie May is a Lecturer in Clinical Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy, teaching the HPD, and post-graduate CPDs; also teaching staff from CAMHS, NHS, Social Services. Julie is a Supervisor with the NCH supervising Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists. Julie also works as a Private Tutor, preparing Hypnotherapists to take the HPD with the NCH. Julie studied a degree in the Psychology and Philosophy of Education at the University of Manchester, is a Person-Centred Therapist and for twelve years a Hypnotherapist.