Sydney James Van Pelt

Sydney James Van Pelt ( born 1 February 1908 in Melbourne; † 7 January 1976) was an Australian physician and pioneer of modern hypnotherapy or hypnosis medical and president of the British Society of Medical Hypnotists ( for life).

Life

Youth / study time

Sydney James van Pelt grew up as an only child of a wealthy family. He graduated from the Sydney Medical School and was commander of the Royal Navy. Van Pelt graduated or attained a doctorate in 1933 in Melbourne. He later founded the journal British Journal of Medical Hypnotism. In 1952 he was the British Minister of Health, the Home Office and the National Association of Mental Health commissioned to take part in the adoption of the Law Hypnosis ( Hypnotism Bill).

Establishment of medical hypnosis

During a mission on an aircraft carrier, he began using medical hypnosis in terms of performance among pilots. He realized the enormous potential of hypnosis and opened the first fully professional hypnosis doctor after the war, a practice for medical hypnosis at the Harley Street 126 in London, at a time when you were suspicious of hypnosis as a treatment method. At the same time, he married his wife Bobbie, who was his constant companion and the love of his life.

President of the British Society of Medical Hypnotists

Van Pelt was president of the British Society of Medical Hypnotists, a position which he held until his death, and founded in September 1949 the British Journal of Medical Hypnotism and from the beginning was her chief editor until their appearance set after 17 complete volumes end was discontinued in 1966. The British Journal of Medical Hypnotism was at that time the oldest magazine about medical hypnosis, which was still in circulation; it was regarded worldwide as the most prestigious medical journal for hypnosis and appeared in over 150 major medical libraries. The magazine also survived the longest running publication of its kind: the magazine Zoist, a medical journal about hypnosis, which was edited by John Elliotson since the late 19th century.

As the world's first modern medical Vollzeithypnotiseur managed Van Pelt, to procure medical hypnosis a good reputation at a time when the rest of the world was very suspicious of the new method. Van Pelt was largely responsible for the Prohibition of the show hypnosis in the UK as well as acceptance of medical hypnosis through the British Medical Association in 1955. It was this acceptance, which the American Medical Association led to a three-year study commissioned by the Council on Mental Health conduct, which led to the recognition of his method by the American Medical Association in 1958.

Van Pelt was several times a guest lecturer at the American Institute of Hypnosis, including the first international course in medical hypnosis in November 1959 aboard the MS Kungsholm, a cruise ship in the Caribbean, at an international conference in Hawaii and on several occasions in Europe.

Private and final

Van Pelt was a friend of William J. Bryan Jr., who often visited him at his estate in Maidenhead on the Thames. In the last years of his life, Van Pelt took off his practice on Harley Street in London and spent his time reading scientific literature on hypnosis, with guest lectures and with his hobbies: the boating on the River Thames, with his dogs. At this time he also developed a roulette game that is based on hypnosis.

On January 7, 1976 Van Pelt died of an embolism, leaving no relatives. At this point, Van Pelt had more scientific articles written about hypnosis than any other doctor in the world.

Work

Sydney James Van Pelt is considered the leading authority in the field of medical hypnosis world. Among his most famous products include three " editorials " on

• Hypnosis and space from 1955,
• The role of hypnotic suggestion in the etiology and treatment of psychotic € matic and psychosomatic disorders (Lecture at the Fourth International Psychiatric Congress in Barcelona 1958).

Van Pelt also wrote articles about new symptoms, which he identified and described ( such as slipped personality ). He wrote about the relationship between hypnosis and panic on the treatment of anxiety disorders, as well as fear of travel. Some of his lectures were groundbreaking for the understanding of the relationships between hypnotic suggestion and anxiety, as well as for the understanding of Hobophobie. Van Pelt was a master of conciseness.

Van Pelt was a member of the British Medical Association.

Publications

• Hypnotism and the power within; Wehman Bros, 1951 ( preface or excerpts )
• How to conquer nerves; Roy Publishers, 1954
• Hypnotic suggestion, its role in psychoneurotic and psychosomatic disorders; : A thesis; Philosophical Libary, 1956
• Medical hypnosis handbook; Wilshire Book Company, 1965;
• Secrets of Hypnotism; Wilshire Book Company, 1974; ISBN 0-87980-135-2