PRINCIPLES OF NLP If you ain’t got rapport you ain’t got nothing. You might as well not bother. Rapport is achieved by matching/mirroring (without mimicking), helping you to influence with integrity. To be an effective communicator/therapist you need three things: … Continue reading →
COGNITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY: COGNITIVE MODEL OF DEPRESSION According to Beck (1986), depression is characterised by the ‘cognitive triad’, reflecting the subject’s negative view of the self, the world, and the future. The depressed person sees himself or herself as deficient, inadequate, deserted … Continue reading →
COGNITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY: COGNITIONS AND EMOTIONS Cognitive therapy is based on the assumption that our emotions are very strongly linked to the way we think about situations and life events. Our schemata include attitudes and assumptions and are used to classify, interpret, … Continue reading →
COGNITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY: THE THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE The therapeutic alliance is the collaboration between the therapist and client in psychotherapy or counselling. It has been claimed that this alliance is one of the most important aspects of the process, whichever techniques are used … Continue reading →
Why Smoke? It is important that you are fully aware of the reasons why people start to smoke and why they continue. Perhaps the crucial factor is that a reason may have been valid once, but may no longer be … Continue reading →
RELAX: LEARN TO LET GO! Refresh Yourself With Self-Hypnosis There are countless books on self-hypnosis, what it does, how it works, techniques for use, etc. There are even more books on relaxation, meditation, self-helpand similar subjects. Many hypnotherapists teach self-hypnosis as a part of their … Continue reading →
IMAGINATION/VISUALIZATION What Your Mind Can Conceive, You Can Achieve The subhead appearing above what your mind can conceive, you can achieve presents in eight words the most important message that any person will receive in a lifetime. The dramatic and … Continue reading →
Treating Anxiety and Panic Attacks with Hypnotherapy How can this help? Anxiety is natural, normal & necessary: but is yours just too much? What are the potential benefits? hypnosis is a pleasant, relaxing experience which can help you to develop … Continue reading →
Resistance in Therapy No matter how good a practitioner is or how well the prepared their client, there will be the possibility of resistance. Of course, if one does a good preparation this situation should not arise very often. However, … Continue reading →
Motivation and Goals in Therapy When working with clients one’s  strategy needs to include reference to the clientâs motivation for dealing with the issue that they are presenting, presuming that they are indeed motivated! Negotiate goals Some clients will have clearly … Continue reading →
