Another Enjoyable Teaching Weekend Ahead Tomorrow begins one of my favourite training weekends, it has come to be known as Brookhouse’s three S’s. These are smoking, slimming and stress management. In my near 30 years Clinical experience and 25 years … Continue reading →
Learning to Live With Disappointment This is a more and more common issue that clients come to see me for. This can manifest itself in a variety of different forms. It can be disappointment that a relationship did not work, … Continue reading →
The Need for Hope in Mental Health Hope is an intangible commodity. We often discuss it as if it were something that we could put our hands on, something that we can see or experience in a sensory way. Hope … Continue reading →
Feeling Grateful In the work I am privileged to do, I seldom allow myself a moment to consider the work in terms of my part in it. What I mean is that I genuinely believe that my clients do the … Continue reading →
The Affair and Hypnosis One of the more popular drama series of recent years is presented by Sky Atlantic called the Affair. Basically it is about people who have engaged in an affair and are now trying to deal with … Continue reading →
Music and Mental Health As a psychotherapist, I am asked by friends and family alike what they can do to help them with their mental health. Obviously there are some obvious things, looking after their diet, exercising, handling their stress … Continue reading →
Hypnosis and Memory Enhancement Most of us are not thrilled with our memory. We tend to forget things, often little things, but none the less things slip our memory. Memory is essential for us to function and like anything else … Continue reading →
Strangest Things That Happened in Hypnosis Regular readers of my blog will know that I really hate stories that make hypnosis seem less than it is. Ridiculous stories of “miracles” occurring in hypnosis or incredible transformations after one session. Do … Continue reading →
More on the Hypnotic Gastric Band I am really getting sick and tired of the media putting on stories of unproven hypnotherapeutic interventions. This Morning featured a couple who have now “created” the “Gastric Mind Band” (as if this type … Continue reading →
A Victory for Equality and Good Practice Regular readers will be aware of my loathing for the barbaric practice of reparative or conversion therapy. Indeed, not many day’s ago I wrote on how the Derry City Council had a proposal … Continue reading →
