Is Hypnotherapy Alternative Medicine This is a question which has exasperated me for decades. Hypnotherapy being what it is falls into several categories. Traditional medicine, psychotherapy and psychology, and complementary therapy (no one uses the phrase “alternative medicine” any more … Continue reading →
More on Exercise and Mental Health In a very large study in the United States, 1.2 million people reported on their physical activity for a month and then rated their mental state. Those who exercised had a day and a … Continue reading →
Hypnotherapy and False Memory For most hypnotherapists, and psychotherapists for that matter cringe and experience a great deal of discomfort when it comes to the subject of false memories. In the late 1980′-1990’s there was a spate of false memories … Continue reading →
Named Approaches, Systems and Methods and Hypnotherapy I was reading an article this morning where the author consulted a hypnotherapist who employed the “his name” Approach, which apparently was a novel integration of hypnotherapy and NLP which is totally unique … Continue reading →
Number of Sessions and Hypnotherapy Today I thought I would talk about one of the most common questions a hypnotherapist gets, “How many sessions will I need for my issue?”I say hypnotherapists get asked, this is because my clients who … Continue reading →
Hypnotherapy and Scripts Today’s offering strikes at the heart of one of my greatest irritations with hypnotherapy and hypnotherapists, scripts. Many years ago, I made it clear to a conference that they needed to throw their script books away, only … Continue reading →
Hypnotherapy and Drinking Problems Barely a day goes by when there is not a story in the news regarding alcohol and difficulties people are having with it. Now, alcohol cannot be seen in simplistic terms of addiction as the story … Continue reading →
Hypnotherapy and Sexual Assault As I have said to my students for a number of years, there are usually 2-5 cases where a hypnotherapist is accused of sexual impropriety whilst utilising hypnosis. Sadly, this has come to pass again. There … Continue reading →
Is Awareness Enough As regular readers of my blog will know I am a great believer and advocate to get mental health to be a national discussion and to take it from out of the shadows and bring it into … Continue reading →
Let’s Stop Bashing Counselling I first began my career in hypnotherapy in 1989 and then as a psychotherapist in 1994, along the way I have added to my skills set by studying for two different counselling diplomas as well as … Continue reading →
