Patient Resources
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GI Psychology – A Guide to Understanding the Brain-Gut Interaction
How Can a GI Psychologist Help Me with My Stomach Problem?
Check out Mark B. Weisberg, PhD, ABPP’s new book! Out now!
Restore Your Life from Chronic Pain: Find Lasting Relief from Arthritis, Headache, and Back Pain
Pre-order Megan Reihl, PsyD’s new book! Out March 5, 2024!
Mind Your Gut: The Science-based, Whole-body Guide to Living Well with IBS
ROME Foundation Patient Educational Q & A Videos
Patient Educational Q & A
UNC Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders
Ask the Expert: What is a Functional GI Disorder?
Drossman Gastroenterology
Effects of Hypnosis on GI Disorders
International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders
GI Disorders Education & Research
Understand How GI Psychology Can Help
How GIP Can Help
How can Clinical Hypnosis and CBT help your IBS?
Cartoon Clinical Hypnosis for IBS
Patient Handouts & Guides
Common Appraisals for Patients with Disorders of the Gut Brain Interaction
How to Question Stressful, Angry, Anxious, or Depressed Thinking Related to Your DGBI
Coping with Emotion Dysregulation & the Brain-Gut Connection: For School Mental Health Professionals
Helpful Tips for Traveling with IBD
Understanding School Refusal & GI/Health Concerns: What Every Parent Should Know
Mind/Body Strategies for Test Anxiety & Stomach Discomfort (For Students)
Mind/Body Strategies for Test Anxiety & Stomach Discomfort (For Parents & Teachers)
The Gut‐Brain Connection: How Stress, Emotions & the Nervous System Impact Digestion
Patient Video Resources
What is Functional Abdominal Pain?
Why Does Clinical Hypnosis Help IBS?
Scientific Studies
Gut-focused Hypnotherapy Improves the Symptoms of IBS in 76% of People
Hypnotherapy for irritable bowel syndrome: an audit of one thousand adult patient
Hypnotherapy Highly Superior to Conventional Therapy with IBS and FAP
Long-Term Follow-Up of Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy vs. Standard Care in Children With Functional Abdominal Pain or Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Clinical Hypnosis with CBT: Significant Advantages for Pain Treatment
Clinical Hypnosis as an Adjunct to Cognitive Behavior Therapy: An Updated Meta-Analysis
Gut Directed Hypnotherapy Efficacy with IBS
Randomised clinical trial: the efficacy of gut‐directed hypnotherapy is similar to that of the low FODMAP diet for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome
Hypnotherapy & Severe Refractory IBS
Controlled Trial of Hypnotherapy in the Treatment of Severe Refractory Irritable-Bowel Syndrome
Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy and How it Helps (or effects) IBS
Effects of Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy on IBS in Different Clinical Settings-Results From Two Randomized, Controlled Trials
The Future of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders and Gut-Brain Axis
Functional gastrointestinal disorders and gut-brain axis: What does the future hold?
How Gut-Focused Hypnotherapy is Effective with Children and Adolescents
Gut-Focused hypnotherapy especially effective with children and adolescents
Strengthening Efficacy: Clinical Hypnosis with Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Clinical Hypnosis as an Adjunct to Cognitive Behavior Therapy: An Updated Meta-Analysis