Here it is, the interview I have been wanting to do for a long time. For me, Prof Peter Whorwell and his research played a significant role in my area of interest in Gastrointestinal Psychology.
Prof peter Whorwell is one of the nicest people I have met !
Be prepared for my once again, really really long questions…get to the point Jimbo !
Our friend ‘obviously’ shows up again from time to time haha
I had a relaxed and wonderful chat with Prof Whowell
We discussed
- Origins of gut directed hypnotherapy, where and how it all started, from hypnotising his secretary to develop his first clinical study
- We touch on the research and his reasons why he chose to focus on IBS and other functional gut Disorders
- We talked about the importance of the therapeutic relationship between doctor and patient, and how he feels patients in the past haven’t been listened to.
- We touched on Microbiota and current medicine
- We talked about the power of Placebo
- How hypnosis increases gastric emptying
- Diet as he was initially looking at diet
- Where he thinks research in gut is going.
- Tinkolometer bowel sounds