Start with medical advice
Have ongoing gut symptoms medically assessed before assuming they are IBS. Speak with your GP about new, severe or changing symptoms, even if you already have a diagnosis.
What the research does and doesn’t cover
Some research concerns structured gut-directed hypnotherapy programmes. I don’t offer that specialist programme, and its findings should not be read as evidence for my own practice.
IBS symptoms are real. Worry and symptoms can affect one another, but that does not establish a single cause. Your healthcare team remains responsible for assessment and medical care.
If worry is the difficulty you want to discuss, the anxiety and stress page explains general hypnotherapy support and how we check suitability. It is not an offer to treat IBS symptoms.
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IBS, stress and the gut–brain connection explains the research and its limits.