More on Youth Mental Health I am writing today more as an observer than as a therapist, as I am not a qualified child or adolescent psychotherapist. However, this information has a significant importance for adult psychotherapists as well. There … Continue reading →
Gratitude for My Supervisees In yesterday’s piece I wrote about the importance of gratitude when it comes to the people and things that we get joy from. Today, I wanted to focus on something that I haven’t really touched on … Continue reading →
The Importance of Gratitude in Mental Health Following on from yesterday’s missive, I thought it might be a good idea to revisit the ideal of gratitude when it comes to mental health. Most of us were taught when we were … Continue reading →
Consumerism and Mental Health There is a proponderance for people to acquire for the sake of acquisition rather than need. So many things to own, upgrade and covet. But is this good for our mental health. I would argue, that … Continue reading →
Emotional Eating and Hypnotherapy Many people think that people who are overweight simply lack the discipline to stop over indulging and need to pull themselves together. For some people, there is some element of truth to this. However, for the … Continue reading →
Music and Trance I will often use music as part of my hypnotic sessions. There are two reasons for that, it builds an auditory anchor for my clients to know it is time for hypnosis as well as it being … Continue reading →
More on Therapist Self Care Today I thought I would write about a subject that seems more and more to be coming into my office and this is about self care. In this case, however, rather than writing about how … Continue reading →
A Counsellor is Not The Same as a Hypnotherapist There seems to be a penchant at the moment for hypnotherapists’ using title which they do not have the qualifications for. The most common title is Psychotherapist which I have written … Continue reading →
Hypnotherapists Mind Your Scope of Practice Regular readers will know that over the past several weeks I have written about several subjects which have, to say the least, raised my hackles. The idea of what some practitioners feel that they … Continue reading →
Hypnotherapy in Schools Well it’s Sunday, and sadly here comes another critical post from yours truly. I received an email this morning inviting me to a training to get hypnotherapy services into local schools and how this will be a … Continue reading →
