For the past hundred years there has been an abundance of evidence that psychological and physiological changes could be produced by hypnotism. There is good evidence from randomised controlled trials that both hypnosis and relaxation techniques can reduce anxiety, particularly that related to stressful situations such as receiving chemotherapy and aid relaxation for cancer related anxiety, pain, nausea, and vomiting, particularly in children. Hypnosis is also effective for panic disorders, insomnia, phobia, obesity, anxiety, acute and chronic pain particularly when integrated into a package of cognitive therapy.

Hypnotherapy is the application of hypnosis as a form of treatment, usually for relieving pain or conditions related to one's state of mind. Practitioners believe that when a client enters a state of trance, the patient is more receptive to suggestion and other therapy. The most common use of hypnotherapy is to remedy maladies like obesity, addiction, pain, ego, anxiety, stress, amnesia, phobias, and performance but many others can also be treated by hypnosis, including functional disorders like Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Contrary to popular belief, the British Medical Association (BMA), acknowledges hypnotherapy as a form of "orthodox", as opposed to complementary or alternative, medicine. For the past hundred years there has been an abundance of evidence that psychological and physiological changes could be produced by hypnotism, which were worth study on their own account, and also that such changes might be of great service in the treatment of patients. In 1999, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) published a Clinical Review of current medical research on hypnotherapy and relaxation therapies, it concludes:

• 'There is good evidence from randomised controlled trials that both hypnosis and relaxation techniques can reduce anxiety, particularly that related to stressful situations such as receiving chemotherapy.
• 'They are also effective for panic disorders and insomnia, particularly when integrated into a package of cognitive therapy (including, for example, sleep hygiene).
• 'A systematic review has found that hypnosis enhances the effects of cognitive behavioural therapy for conditions such as phobia, obesity, and anxiety.
• 'Randomised controlled trials support the use of various relaxation techniques for treating both acute and chronic pain.
• 'Randomised trials have shown hypnosis to be of value in asthma and in irritable bowel syndrome.
• 'Relaxation and hypnosis are often used in cancer patients. There is strong evidence from randomised trials of the effectiveness of hypnosis and relaxation for cancer related anxiety, pain, nausea, and vomiting, particularly in children.

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