My name is Alicia San Miguel, M.A.. and I am a doctoral candidate in counseling psychology at Washington State University. I am recruiting participants for my dissertation on the effects of manualized gut focused hypnosis on irritable bowel syndrome.
To be eligible for participation in this study, participants must have a diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome from their primary physician or gastroenterologist, be older than 18 years of age, not have a medical diagnosis related to the digestive system (e.g. celiac, Crohn’s disease), not have a psychiatric illness (e.g. psychosis) or currently pregnant.
This study will consist of one initial meeting and 7 meetings every other week. Participants will be quasi-randomly assigned according to scheduling in either a control group, consisting of symptom monitoring, or an experimental hypnosis group. During the sessions in both groups, the participant will be required to complete questionnaires in regards to their demographic information, personal information in regards to their IBS-pain, irritable bowel symptoms, and illness behavior or belief. Thank you for your consideration and time and please feel free to forward this information to anyone you know who would be eligible to participate. This study has been reviewed and approved for human subject participation by WSU Institutional Review Board.
Thank you
Co- Investigator, Alicia San Miguel, B.S. Doctoral Candidate, Counseling Psychology (cell) 832 -289-2869; Alicia.sanmiguel@wsu.edu
Principle Investigator
Arreed Barabasz, Ed.D., Ph.D., ABPP (Licensed Psychologist) (office) 509-355- 8166; arreed.barabasz@wsu.edu
