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Cultural Integration of Cognitive Hypnotherapy for the Promotion, Prevention and Intervention of Health and Mental Health

Roy Prasanta Kumar¹

¹Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry & Centre of Excellence, Kolkata, India, prasanta.roy@gmail.com

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Cognitive Hypnotherapy (CH) integrates cognitive-behavioural principles with hypnotic techniques to reshape maladaptive beliefs, reduce psychological distress, and strengthen self-regulation. As interest in traditional and complementary medicine grows within contemporary healthcare, culturally grounded psychological interventions are increasingly recognised as essential for engagement and effectiveness, particularly in diverse, low- and middle-income settings such as India, where healing is deeply embedded in local belief systems, spiritual practice, and family structures. This workshop addresses the clinical and practical importance of culturally integrating CH into the promotion, prevention, and intervention spectrum of health and mental health care, aligning it with the congress theme of traditional and complementary medicine. The main aim of the workshop is to equip participants with a culturally responsive framework for adapting CH across community, preventive, and clinical settings. By the end of the session, participants will gain knowledge of culturally sensitive induction and metaphor techniques, an understanding of how local idioms of distress and explanatory models of illness shape treatment engagement, and practical skills for incorporating vernacular language, religious and spiritual imagery, and family-inclusive approaches into hypnotherapeutic practice. The workshop will cover core CH concepts, illustrative case examples drawn from clinical work in Kolkata, India, and step-by-step strategies for cultural adaptation. Delivery will combine a brief theoretical presentation, live demonstration of a culturally adapted induction, hands-on practice in pairs, case discussion, and an open question-and-answer session. Participants are expected to leave able to evaluate a client’s cultural context, apply at least one culturally adapted hypnotherapeutic technique, and critically reflect on stigma and acceptability barriers in their own practice settings. The workshop contributes to clinical practice by widening the reach of psychological care in culturally diverse populations, to education by building clinician competence in culturally responsive technique, and to interdisciplinary collaboration between mental health and traditional and complementary medicine practitioners. The key take-home message is that embedding cultural elements within Cognitive Hypnotherapy meaningfully improves acceptability and outcomes, offering a feasible model for mental health promotion, prevention, and intervention in similar sociocultural contexts worldwide.

Keywords: Cognitive Hypnotherapy, Cultural Adaptation, Mental Health Promotion, Traditional and Complementary Medicine, Health Psychology.

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“Women, Hormones & Healing”

PCOS • Infertility • Hormonal Dyscrasia • Clinical Success Stories

Prof. Dr. Kavita Chandak

Prof. Dr./ Homeopathy/Research Department/ P.D.Jain Homeopathic medical college and Hospital, Parbhani/ Maharashtra University of Health Sciences/ Nagpur, India.

Email- drkavitachandak@gmail.com

Abstract

Gynaecology is a profound and complex branch of medicine—easy to discuss, yet often challenging to manage. Hormonal disorders can affect far more than physiology; they can influence a woman’s identity, emotional well-being, relationships, fertility, and dreams of motherhood. For the physician, treating such cases demands not only knowledge of disease and materia medica, but also exceptional clinical judgement, sensitivity, and deep understanding of the individual woman behind the diagnosis.

This workshop, drawn from 27 years of clinical experience, explores the art and strategy of managing complex gynaecological cases through individualized homeopathic practice. It presents clinical experiences involving PCOS/PCOD, infertility, hormonal dyscrasia, perverted sexuality, breast tumours, and other critical gynaecological conditions, with particular emphasis on cases where conventional interventions had failed to provide the desired outcome.

Through carefully documented clinical cases, the workshop demonstrates an approach that begins with listening, understanding, and individualizing rather than merely treating laboratory abnormalities or diagnostic labels. Special attention is given to the art of case-taking in Gynaecology and Obstetrics, recognizing characteristic symptoms, understanding emotional and hormonal dimensions, selecting the appropriate remedy, and navigating difficult cases where the presenting pathology may appear overwhelming.

Two clinical cases of PCOS/PCOD will demonstrate practical strategies for individualized prescribing, while two evidence-based infertility and hormonal dyscrasia cases will illustrate the clinical journey from uncertainty and disappointment towards renewed hope. The workshop will also explore Materia Medica, remedy differentiation, and homeopathic management in critical gynaecological cases, emphasizing the responsibility involved in prescribing when a woman’s fertility and quality of life are at stake.

For an infertile couple, the arrival of a long-awaited child can represent far more than a clinical outcome—it can transform an entire family’s life. These stories therefore carry a deeply human dimension, reminding us that behind every hormonal imbalance is a woman with aspirations, fears, suffering, and hope.

The workshop concludes with a heartfelt tribute to women-“Salute to Womanhood”—celebrating their resilience and the privilege of caring for them.

This presentation aims to educate, inspire, and empower homeopathic students and practitioners to approach gynaecological cases with greater skill, compassion, precision, and confidence.

Keywords: Homeopathy; Gynaecology; PCOS; PCOD; Infertility; Hormonal Dyscrasia; Hormonal Imbalance; Case Taking; Materia Medica; Individualized Prescribing; Women’s Health; Clinical Case Studies; Homeopathic Management.

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Beyond Allergy: Histamine as a Key Clinical Signal in Complex Chronic Disease

Victor Sorrentino1

1MD, Medical Director, VS Clinic; Founding Member, Brazilian Society of Functional and Integrative Medicine (SBMFI), São Paulo and Porto Alegre, Brazil, [e-mail]

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Histamine is classically taught as a mediator of allergy, yet a growing body of clinical observation positions it as a systemic signal connecting immune activation, intestinal permeability, mast cell behaviour, chronic inflammation, neurological manifestations and hormonal imbalance. Patients with unexplained, fluctuating and multi-system complaints are frequently investigated organ by organ, accumulate partial diagnoses and remain refractory to standard treatment. This workshop proposes that histamine represents a major turning point in the understanding and resolution of chronic disease, and that recognising histamine-driven patterns is directly relevant to traditional and complementary medicine, where diet, gut health, environmental exposure and individual susceptibility have long been central to clinical reasoning. The aim of the workshop is to provide clinicians with a practical, reproducible framework for identifying and managing histamine-related disorders in everyday practice. The session will address the physiology and metabolism of histamine, including diamine oxidase and histamine N-methyltransferase activity and the genetic and acquired factors that impair them; the mast cell as an interface between environment, immunity and the nervous system; the clinical phenotypes of histamine excess across dermatological, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, gynaecological, neurological and psychiatric presentations; the contribution of the intestinal microbiota and intestinal permeability; which laboratory and clinical investigations are useful and how to interpret their limitations; and therapeutic strategies including low-histamine dietary protocols, gut-repair approaches, mast cell stabilisation, micronutrient support and the review of histamine-liberating medications. The workshop will combine theoretical presentation with case discussion drawn from clinical practice, a step-by-step diagnostic algorithm and an open question-and-answer session. By the end of the workshop, participants are expected to recognise the clinical pattern of histamine intolerance and mast cell activation, to evaluate when it should be considered in a differential diagnosis, and to apply a structured therapeutic sequence in patients previously classified as refractory. The contribution of this workshop is to offer an integrative, mechanism-based reading of a common but under-recognised clinical problem, bridging scientific evidence and integrative medical traditions, and to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration between allergists, gastroenterologists, neurologists, gynaecologists, nutrition professionals and integrative practitioners. The key take-home message is that in complex chronic disease histamine is often not a secondary detail, but the thread that unifies apparently unrelated symptoms — and addressing it can change the course of the case.

Keywords: histamine; mast cell activation; intestinal permeability; chronic inflammation; integrative medicine.

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