Please Enough With the Celebrity Title With Hypnotherapy I have, yet again, seen another puff piece article regarding hypnotherapy and a celebrity user of the service. Not only is the user lauded as a celebrity, but so is the hypnotherapist. … Continue reading →
Hypnotherapy and the Corporate Sector Today I am doing something that I don’t do a lot of, and that is taking my services into the corporate sector. There is a growth of companies of all sizes which are far more … Continue reading →
Hypnosis and Conservative Christianity I thought long and hard about writing this piece, as I for one do not want to hamper anyone’s right to religious freedom and to believe what they choose. However, in the wake of the Kavanaugh … Continue reading →
Hypnotherapy to Deal With Change One of the inevitable things in life is that things change. Nothing can stop it. Change is often good, sometimes not very good, but seems to be always frightening in some way, shape or form. … Continue reading →
Ethics The Cornerstone of Good Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy Practice Today’s topic comes from yesterday’s training course. One of the things that the National College of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy and I feel is that without a good ethical compass a practitioner, … Continue reading →
Another Beginning for New Hypnotherapists Today is one of my favourite days, the reason is that today we start another Stage 1 Foundation in Hypno-Psychotherapy Course for the National College of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy. I say this is a favourite … Continue reading →
Hypnotherapy and Mental Health Following on from World Mental Health Day, I have seen some articles talking about how hypnotherapy is an “alternative approach” to mental health care. I cannot tell you how much this infuriates me. When people say … Continue reading →
Mental Health Day Every Day Yesterday was “World Mental Health Day”. This is a necessary day in my opinion to highlight the importance of mental health awareness and to keep mental health issues in the forefront of the discussion of … Continue reading →
A Minister for Suicide Prevention In what I believe to be a major step for the government’s mental health strategy, it was announced today that Jackie Doyle-Price has been appointed a Health Minister with responsibility for suicide prevention. This announcement … Continue reading →
Metaphor and Hypnotherapy This weekend I was teaching Ericksonian Hypnotherapy, one of my favourite topics. One of the main reasons for this is that it incorporates metaphor into the therapeutic dynamic. Metaphor is perhaps the most basic way we learn … Continue reading →
