About Nerva: IBS Management

Register with Mindset Connect and receive free access to Nerva

Mindset Connect provides you with an easy & free way to recommend Nerva to your patients and view their progress.

After registering, you will receive:

Free access to the 6-week IBS program in the Nerva app
An invitation to a personalized onboarding call with our health team
Clinical resources, including white papers, patient overviews, and webinars
Program updates and notification of future product launches

The Nerva Program

Nerva is a 6-week gut-directed hypnotherapy program for IBS. Accessible via an easy-to-use app, Nerva helps patients learn to manage their IBS with 15-minute daily hypnotherapy sessions, breathing exercises, and educational readings.

Created by:

Dr Simone Peters

Gut-Directed Hypnotherapist
& Psychophysiologist

Program aim

To teach patients how to rewire their gut-brain connection and reduce their gut symptoms.

Program candidates

• Patients with IBS
• Patients not suited to restrictive diets, including those who are underweight or have, or are at risk of developing, an eating disorder 
• Patients with stress/anxiety induced IBS
 • Patients who don’t want to undertake an elimination diet

Program cost

7 day free trial, then US$67 for a 3 month subscription

Nerva's 6-week program costs less than one in-person session.

Nerva Data

Average clinical reduction in symptoms achieved by completing Nerva

63%

of Nerva users report a clinical improvement in overall GI symptoms after finishing the program.

62%

of Nerva Users report a clinical improvement in abdominal pain after finishing the program.

Nerva is currently under review via a retrospective study into the patient reported symptom data.

Effective

Natural

Low-risk

Evidence-based

Nerva patient journey

Assessment

Your patient will complete an online assessment and begin a program start report.

Start program

They’ll download the Nerva app and start their 7-day  free trial.

Link with provider

Next, they’ll enter their clinician’s details. You’ll be sent their start report to keep you informed.

6-week core program

Your patients will have daily tasks and exercises to complete throughout the programs.

Finish program

Your patient will receive their results. We’ll send you an end report detailing their symptom changes.

Maintenance

Patients can continue listening to Nerva sessions to reinforce results.

Daily tasks include:

• Audio hypnotherapy sessions
• Educational readings
• Deep breathing exercises

15 minutes per day for 6-weeks

How can Nerva work with my practice?

Nerva can help you to:

Provide a range of IBS management options

Nerva can be used as a stand-alone IBS management tool or recommended as an adjunct IBS management option.

Keep track of your patient’s IBS management progress

Nerva provides clinicians with patient progress data so you can monitor and review results and organize future check-ups.

Pelvic Health Physiotherapist

Australia

“I began sharing Nerva with my patients because it had a good evidence base, strong testimonials from users and low risks attached - in addition to being cheaper than the cost of a single in-person session.”

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External Research: Hypnotherapy for IBS

Hypnotherapy for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome

Webb, A.N., et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2007(4).

Key finding
The therapeutic effect of hypnotherapy was found to be superior to that of a waiting list control or usual medical management, for abdominal pain and composite primary IBS symptoms, in the short term in patients who fail standard medical therapy. Harmful side-effects were not reported in any of the trials.

Hypnotherapy for irritable bowel syndrome: an audit of one thousand adult patients.

Miller, V., et al., Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics, 2015. 41(9): p. 844-855.

Key finding
Significant reductions in IBS symptoms and anxiety were observed via hypnotherapy for IBS.

Hypnotherapy for Children With Functional Abdominal Pain or Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Vlieger, A.M., et al., Gastroenterology, 2007. 133(5): p. 1430-1436.

Key finding
Gut-directed HT is highly effective in the treatment of children with longstanding Functional Abdominal Pain or IBS.

The Efficacy of Hypnotherapy in the Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Lee, H.H., Y.Y. Choi, and M.-G. Choi, Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 2014. 20(2): p. 152-162.

Key finding
Significant reductions were achieved in abdominal pain and overall gastrointestinal symptoms. The study provides clearer evidence that hypnotherapy has beneficial short-term effects in improving gastrointestinal symptoms of patients with IBS.

Comparison of Hypnotherapy and Standard Medical Treatment Alone on Quality of Life in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Randomized Control Trial.

Shahbazi, K., K. Solati, and A. Hasanpour-Dehkordi, Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR, 2016. 10(5): p. OC01-OC4.

Key finding
Psychological intervention, particularly hypnotherapy, alongside standard medical therapy could contribute to improving quality of life, pain and fatigue, and psychological disorder in IBS patients resistant to treatment. Also, therapeutic costs, hospital stay and days lost from work could be decreased and patients’ efficiency could be increased.

Effects of gut-directed hypnotherapy on IBS in different clinical settings—results from two randomized, controlled trials.

Lindfors, P., et al., American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2012. 107(2): p. 276-285.

Key finding
Gut-directed hypnotherapy is an effective treatment alternative for patients with refractory IBS, but the effectiveness is lower when the therapy is given outside the highly specialized research centers.

Efficacy of individual and group hypnotherapy in irritable bowel syndrome (IMAGINE): a multicentre randomised controlled trial.

Flik, C.E., et al., The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2019. (1): p. 20-31.

Key finding
Hypnotherapy should be considered as a possible treatment for patients with IBS in primary and secondary care. Furthermore, group therapy could allow many more patients to be treated for the same cost.

Research by Creator of Nerva: In-Person Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy

Randomised clinical trial: the efficacy of gut‐directed hypnotherapy is similar to that of the low FODMAP diet for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome.

Peters, S., et al., Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics, 2016. 44(5): p. 447-459.

Key finding
In a study conducted at Monash University by Dr. Simone Peters (the creator of the program delivered by the Nerva app), a six-week course of in-person gut-directed hypnotherapy was found to reduce IBS symptoms by the same magnitude as the low-FODMAP diet, with an equivalent sustained effect at the six-month mark.

Ready to add Nerva to your IBS management toolkit?

Register with Mindset Connect below to access our clinician portal, providing you with an easy & free way to recommend Nerva to your patients and view their progress.

You will also unlock free access to the Nerva app, and receive clinical briefing of our Nerva product and relevant Nerva information, including:  

Free access to the 6-week IBS program in the Nerva app
An invitation to a personalized onboarding call with a member of our team
Clinical resources, including white papers, patient overviews, and webinars
Program updates and notification of future product launches

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