Irritable bowel is often related to anxiety. After your doctor has ruled out other problems, a trained hypnotherapist can help you learn how to enter a deep state of relaxation, which can ease bloating, pain, diarrhea and constipation (find a therapist at ibshypnosis.com). Hypnosis can begin to work in as few as two sessions, and can be done in conjunction with drugs and other lifestyle approaches.
— Edward A. Schechtman, PhD, President, New York Society of Clinical Hypnosis