10 steps to stress less
This article appeared in My Weekly Special. Prolonged stress has significant health problems, such as; high blood pressure, depression, anxiety and heart problems. What steps can you take to reduce your stress levels?
Hypnotherapy for pain management
This is an article I got published in Pain Matters magazine. Hypnotherapy is one of the best-known complementary therapies, but, it is also one of the least understood. Hypnotherapist Stephen McMurray explains how it works and how it can be used in pain management.
Hypnotherapy for depression
Recent research published in the Journal of Affective Disorders found that hypnotherapy was an effective treatment for people suffering with depression. Hypnotherapy works at the subconscious level to offer positive suggestions to boost moods and break negative thinking patterns, making people feel better.
Overcoming a fear of needles with hypnotherapy in Edinburgh
Needle phobia is thought to affect at least 10% of the population and is when people have a fear of a medical procedure that involves needles or injections. For many this is related to a fear of seeing blood, or simply thinking about the injection. Which may make them feel faint. Often needle phobia has […]
Drug Addiction in Edinburgh
I met Peter Krykant outside the Scottish Parliament. Peter runs the safe consumption van in Glasgow. This enables drug users to take their drugs in a safer method than out in the streets. Peter brought his van to the Scottish Parliament to highlight the appalling drugs deaths in Scotland, which is a much worse than […]
These shoes were made for walking: Lauren Ruotolo
I had an article in a previous edition of Access Magazine. Stephen McMurray talks to Lauren Ruotolo – a successful media executive and author of a new book that’s part memoir and part motivational guide…
Book review of Sleeping with Pain
I wrote a book review for Pain Matters magazine, published by Pain Concern: Sleeping with Pain Strategies for a restful night from pain-management expert By Dr Sue Peacock. Ann Jaloba Publishing, 136pp, £7.99 ISBN 9780995459922 Published 2016
Gambling Addiction in Edinburgh
A report published in the British Medical Journal claimed that the economic cost of gambling addiction had been substantially underestimated. There are an estimated nearly half-a-million problem gamblers in the UK. They are more likely to be in lower economic classes and least able to afford such an addiction. Some of the increase in problem […]
