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Because Dr. Lazarus hopes that his office will be the final and successful stop on a person’s journey, he clearly specifies the issues he can effectively treat.
He also holds an initial, no cost phone consultation with every patient before scheduling a visit. This ensures that a patient does not make an office visit that will not produce results.
Bedwetting (nocturnal enuresis) affects approximately 10 percent of six-year olds, 5 percent of 10-year-olds, and 1 percent of 15-year-olds. Hypnosis for bedwetting has produced great results, backed by many studies which you can find at the bedwetting hypnosis page.
Dr. Lazarus has also produced a self-hypnosis bedwetting treatment video entitled Keeping the Bed Dry®.
The side effects of chemotherapy include nausea and vomiting. They just add to the anxiety and stress experienced at a very traumatic time, and they can be managed through medical hypnosis.
Gastrointestinal Disorders such as Functional Abdominal Pain (FAP), previously called Recurrent Abdominal Pain (RAP), Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Abdominal migraine (AM), Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS), and Functional Dyspepsia (FD), are amenable to treatment with medical hypnosis. In fact, evidence-based medicine has demonstrated that behavioral approaches are more effective than medication for these conditions.
Migraine headaches are recurrent headaches, often associated with nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light (photophobia), and sensitivity to sound (phonophobia), and they affect many children & young adults.
Insomnia is a common symptom of depression and anxiety. Medical hypnosis is a tool that can be incorporated into to and used as part of an overall plan to treat these problems, once the patient faces his or her depression.
An estimated 10 million children in the United States live with chronic or recurrent pain, the most common types of which are abdominal pain, migraines and headaches, back pain, and facial pain.
Specific phobias include fear of flying, fear of heights, fear of spiders/animals, and fear of needles. This condition is different than generalized anxiety disorder.
Fear of public speaking is one of the leading fears people have. Strategies and skills to combat this anxiety can include self-hypnosis, visualization, guided imagery or mental imagery.
Athletes who perform well during practice may “choke” under the pressure of important games or carry past failures with them. Medical hypnosis has been proven to help athletes perform to their abilities.
Sometimes, even though a performer has all the skills needed to wow an audience, her or she experiences a fear as real and physical as one might feel when encountering a bear or another real, physical threat.
It is a perceived threat, and can be dealt with if the musician is given performance anxiety strategies and skills to perform confidently.
Even students who have strong academic capabilities can succumb to anxiety when taking an important test, and they fail to reflect their actual knowledge and abilities.
Many children without Tourette syndrome experience tics that last for a few weeks or a few months and often go away on their own.
Tourette Syndrome is a complex neurobehavioral disorder characterized by multiple motor tics, as well as vocalizations, which wax and wane.
Warts are caused by viruses in the human papillomavirus (HPV) family. They can be frustrating to treat and frequently, traditional dermatological methods do not work.
