NEUROSCIENCES

01/03/2014 - UN CERVELLO IN DUE: LE NEUROSCIENZE TRA AMICI E COPPIE

La relazione che si instaura tra due persone è un complesso connubio di reazioni chimiche e percezioni soggettive estremamente intense.
UN CERVELLO IN DUE: LE NEUROSCIENZE TRA AMICI E COPPIE

01/02/2014 - WHEN STRESS GOES TO OUR HEAD. HEADACHES CAUSES AND THERAPIES

Sometimes, after an intense workweek, we may feel our head pulsating lightly but constantly up to the point of causing prolonged distress.
WHEN STRESS GOES TO OUR HEAD. HEADACHES CAUSES AND THERAPIES

01/07/2013 - TRAUMATIC MEMORIES: NEURONS AND LANGUAGE

Paraphrasing the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), a “trauma” is an occasion during which the person experienced, witnessed or was confronted with...
TRAUMATIC MEMORIES: NEURONS AND LANGUAGE

01/05/2013 - WHEN ALCOHOL GOES TO OUR HEAD

Eighty-six percent of Italians make use of alcoholic drinks and statistics show that the first glass is drank around the age of 11 or 12.
WHEN ALCOHOL GOES TO OUR HEAD

01/02/2013 - HYPNOSIS AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISM OF ANXIETY AND STRESS

We often feel stressed or tell ourselves that we are so, that we are anxious. In everyday language we use to attribute negative values to these two phenomena that, actually, were born...
HYPNOSIS AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISM OF ANXIETY AND STRESS

01/11/2012 - OBSESIONS AND COMPULSIONS. BREAKING FREE FROM RIGIDITY WITH HYPNOSIS.

Despite the fact that Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is often considered as a single condition, it seems to be composed by several components. Obsessions are persistent ideas,...
OBSESIONS AND COMPULSIONS. BREAKING FREE FROM RIGIDITY WITH HYPNOSIS.

01/09/2012 - THE TREATMENT OF SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION WITH HYPNOSIS

Sexual dysfunctions are an important topic in psychology. Despite the wide influence that these dysfunctions have in the lives of patients, there are very few data about their specific...
THE TREATMENT OF SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION WITH HYPNOSIS

01/07/2012 - OVERCOMING FEAR THROUGH HYPNOSIS

Fear and anxiety are very common phenomena that often present themselves in particular moments of our lives: in most cases they appear to help us, to avoid dangerous situations or to...
OVERCOMING FEAR THROUGH HYPNOSIS

01/06/2012 - INSOMNIA, HYPNOSIS AND SELF HYPNOSIS: SLEEPING BETTER

Sleep is a biological need that helps us in relaxing the body and its muscles, in preserving energy and in consolidating the mnemonic information we acquire during the day. Despite...
INSOMNIA, HYPNOSIS AND SELF HYPNOSIS: SLEEPING BETTER

01/05/2012 - NERVOUS EATING: HOW AND WHEN HYPNOSIS CAN BE USED

Growing up means building a certain image of ourselves starting from the foundations we received when we were...
NERVOUS EATING: HOW AND WHEN HYPNOSIS CAN BE USED

01/04/2012 - INTERVENING ON ASTHMA AND ALLERGIES

Asthma and allergies are very common conditions in our society. Their negative impact on the patients’ quality of life is very strong because of the physical symptoms they cause:...
INTERVENING ON ASTHMA AND ALLERGIES

01/01/2012 - BRAIN, HYPNOSIS AND PREGNANCY

Childbirth is a unique experience in the life of a woman. This phase is characterized by many changes: on the one hand the changing of body image leads to changes in lifestyle and,...
BRAIN, HYPNOSIS AND PREGNANCY

01/12/2011 - NEUROSCIENCES BETWEEN MEMORIES AND HYPNOSIS

Speaking of a person essentially means speaking of the story of a human being. When summoning a personal picture of a client, of a friend or even of ourselves we can’t prescind from...
NEUROSCIENCES BETWEEN MEMORIES AND HYPNOSIS

01/11/2011 - HYPNOSIS AND PAIN PERCEPTION

Pain has always been, along our evolution, an important signal that allowed us to defend ourselves by the dangers of the environment. Let’s imagine of inadvertently moving our arm...
HYPNOSIS AND PAIN PERCEPTION

01/10/2011 - PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SELF-HYPNOSIS

Self-hypnosis is a process that allow us to create the conditions of the hypnotic state in ourselves. Research clearly states that this condition can be reached in many ways:
PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SELF-HYPNOSIS

05/09/2011 - PALLIATIVE MEDICINE AND THE BRAIN

From an anatomical standpoint, the processes governing painful perceptions involve two different circuits: a lateral circuit, responsible of sensory and discriminatory aspects, and...
PALLIATIVE MEDICINE AND THE BRAIN

Hypnosis and children

Hypnosis in pediatrics

It is a common experience among pediatricians who work with families to feel powerless when facing a child whose physical suffering is secondary to a more important psychological one.
Hypnosis and children
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