Joe Thompson’s family spent £40,000 on cancelled flights, phobia therapy and accommodation during their unexpected stay.

Joe’s family had planned to move to Somerset but, despite multiple attempts to get him there, Joe’s body literally “locked down” every time he went near the airport.

His father said that his son’s panic attacks had become worse and they had decided to abandon attempts to return him to the UK for the time being.

But the schoolboy was finally coached through his fear with the help of Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy – and he arrived back at Heathrow this week, safe and sound.

Joe’s father said: “I was absolutely amazed when Joe woke up on the plane… looked at me and smiled. And I realised it was all over.”

BBC News 08/10/13

“To find the most effective method to stop smoking Frank Schmidt and research student Chockalingham Viswesvaran from the university of Iowa used a meta-analysis, buy chantix utilising the results of more than 600 studies totalling nearly 72,000 people.”

“The results, which were published in the Journal of Applied Psychology and included 48 studies of hypnosis covering 6000 smokers, clearly showed that hypnosis, to use the same terminology as the quit counsellor, was three times more effective than Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT).”

(References – Elliot Wald, Tami J Eggelston PhD & Fredrick Gibbson PhD, “Cognitive reactions to smoking relapse”, New Scientist, vol 136, pp6.)

Claire decided to seek help from her GP as a result of feeling constantly tired and thirsty, and struggling with her weight.

Blood tests failed to uncover the cause of the problem and far from helping her lose weight, the 36-year-old actually put on three stone – leaving her weighing almost 13-and-a-half stone.

In desperation, she decided to see Russell Hemmings, a hypnotherapist based in Coventry. He told her that she was a fizzy drink addict and put her on a permanent Diet Coke break. Since then she has been feeling ‘revitalised’.

She said: ‘I didn’t think of it as an addiction. It was an everyday thing. I’d have one coffee in the morning and nothing else to drink but Diet Cola for the rest of the day’.

Mr Hemmings described this as  ‘the worst case of fizzy drink addiction I have ever treated’. ‘I’m so glad she’s kicked the habit,’ he said. ‘When Claire first came to see me she was very lethargic, had no motivation and was sitting on the settee eating junk food.

‘Now she is drinking two litres of water a day, doing exercise classes and her diet has improved.’

Original article published by the Daily Mail on 11/10/11

Ex-Roxy Music producer Brian Eno suggested that Chris Martin and his band try playing under hypnosis in an attempt to tap into their creativity.

Original article published by the Daily Mirror on 27/10/11