Nerva personalized digestive care
Gut-directed hypnotherapy for IBS.
Nerva is a personalized digital digestive care program combining clinical screening, brain-gut behavioral care, dietary guidance, symptom tracking and escalation when needed. It includes a six-week core program and continued maintenance access.
Gut-directed hypnotherapy is one component of that care. Explore how it works and where it fits in your program.
Understand the approach
Your symptoms are real. The gut-brain connection matters.
Gut-directed hypnotherapy combines focused attention, relaxation and gut-focused imagery. It works with how gut sensations are experienced.
Nerva includes this practice within brain-gut behavioral care, alongside CBT-informed education and practical exercises. Clinical screening, dietary guidance, symptom tracking and escalation when needed bring the other parts of digestive care together.
Read the guide to gut-directed hypnotherapy →Your personalized care program
Bring your digestive care together.
Nerva is a personalized digital digestive care program combining clinical screening, brain-gut behavioral care, dietary guidance, symptom tracking and escalation when needed. It includes a six-week core program and continued maintenance access.
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Brain-gut behavioral care
Gut-directed hypnotherapy, CBT-informed education and practical exercises help you work on the gut-brain side of digestive care.
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Dietary guidance
Bring dietary guidance into the same program as your behavioral care, with education to help you understand the dietary side of your symptoms.
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Symptom tracking
Follow your symptoms through the six-week core program. Continued maintenance access lets you keep using your program and tools beyond the core.
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Clinical screening and escalation
Our clinical team screens and escalates when medical follow-up is needed, while existing clinicians continue to manage diagnosis and complex care.
Try one part of the program.
Watch a gut-directed hypnotherapy demo to get a feel for this component of Nerva’s behavioral care. You stay in control and can stop whenever you wish.
The Nerva difference
Clinical evidence behind Nerva.
Nerva’s digital gut-directed hypnotherapy program improved IBS symptoms in a randomized controlled trial.
81%1of participants met the primary symptom endpoint, compared with 63% on active control.
Randomized controlled trial · N=244 · active control · AJG 2025 Read the research →
- clinically significant abdominal-pain reduction, compared with 35% on control
- 71%
- adults randomized against a matched psychoeducation control
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244 adults with IBS were randomized; 240 received the programs. The primary endpoint was a decrease of at least 50 points on the IBS Symptom Severity Scale at program completion. The trial evaluated a 42-session digital program with and without gut-directed hypnotherapy; its results apply to that studied intervention. Individual results vary.
Independent evaluation by PHTI
“Within the evidence reviewed, Nerva presented the strongest overall evidence for improving IBS symptoms.”
Peterson Health Technology InstituteVirtual Gastrointestinal Care Solutions, March 20262
Before you start
Your questions, answered.
Is Nerva only gut-directed hypnotherapy?
No. Nerva is a personalized digital digestive care program. Gut-directed hypnotherapy is one component of its brain-gut behavioral care, alongside clinical screening, dietary guidance, symptom tracking and escalation when needed.
Will I lose control during hypnosis?
Gut-directed hypnotherapy involves focused attention and guided imagery. You remain in control of whether you continue, pause or stop the session. The demo can help you understand the experience.
Is Nerva for IBS-C, IBS-D or mixed IBS?
Nerva’s personalized digestive care program is for people with IBS, including constipation, diarrhea and mixed subtypes. Clinical screening and symptom tracking are part of the program; discuss treatment choices for your bowel symptoms with your clinician.
Do I have to stop my current diet or medication?
Nerva includes dietary guidance alongside behavioral care. Discuss changes to an existing diet or prescribed treatment with your healthcare professional. If you are exploring low FODMAP, see how it fits in the digestive care picture.
What happens after the six-week core program?
Your program includes continued maintenance access, so you can continue your practice and use your tools beyond the core.
What if I need more clinical care?
Our clinical team screens and escalates when medical follow-up is needed, while existing clinicians continue to manage diagnosis and complex care. Arrange a medical assessment for new, unexplained or changing symptoms.
Take the next step in your digestive care.
Start with the free assessment and explore your personalized digestive care program. Review your access options before you begin.