| Interventions |
The intervention being trialed is a course of adjunctive gut-directed hypnotherapy (provided in addition to usual medical therapy), delivered individually by a trained hypnotherapist (registered nurse with a Diploma in Clinical Hypnosis). The intervention will be delivered virtually via telehealth platform Coviu so that participants do not have to attend the Royal Adelaide Hospital for the treatment. The intervention will follow the Standardised Hypnotherapy Protocol for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Keefer & Palsson, 2008), which comprises 7 x 40 minute sessions of hypnotherapy delivered weekly, with additional audio provided for home-based practice after the second session (recommended practice 3-5x week; participants will be asked to keep a record of their home-based practice). |