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Amanda came to see me because she was convinced she had a life-threatening stomach disorder. She had come back from travelling with a tropical disease that affected her stomach, yet despite being cured of this, some symptoms began to return. Her doctor did endless tests, but he could find nothing wrong with her.

Amanda travelled from expert to expert, never feeling that she was getting an answer. When she showed me her medical notes there were repeated statements from her doctors that she was ‘catastrophizing’ her condition. We spent a few sessions working on her beliefs, as it took some time for her to realize that her illness was a figment of her imagination. I then used TFT for anxiety (see chapter five), and self-hypnosis and visualization to enable her to become more balanced physically, mentally and emotionally.