Be Present There is Nowhere Else To Be So much of my time in therapeutic sessions, be they hypnotherapy or psychotherapy sessions, is spent on dealing with clients who want to live in the past or are worrying about the … Continue reading →
The Return of the Life Time Guarantee 20 years ago it was quite common for hypnotherapists to offer “life time guarantees” on smoking cessation sessions as a means of getting clients through the door. It was a practise which I … Continue reading →
Psychotherapy and Spirituality Those of you who are regular readers of my blog know I have written about hypnotherapy and spirituality in the past. Whilst I do have a spiritual side, I do not generally bring that into my practice. … Continue reading →
Weight Loss and Anxiety I watched an interesting video yesterday on the BBC website. It was about a young man who had lost 6 stone in weight and other than the obvious health benefits from it he reported that the … Continue reading →
Hypnotherapy and Relationship Break-Ups Spring is the time of year when people tend to be more optimistic. They have seen out the winter and now have better weather and better times to look forward to. Interestingly, anecdotally in my practice, … Continue reading →
Therapeutic Wisdom and Knowledge For regular readers of my blog, you will know the importance that I place on hypnotherapists and psychotherapists being properly trained to do the work that they do. However, is training alone enough to make an … Continue reading →
Hypnotherapy Time to Ask Difficult Questions Having been in this field since 1989, I have seen hypnotherapy go through many changes. Many of these changes have been for the better. It has moved from being some kind of quack science … Continue reading →
Importance of Hypnotherapy Conferences This posting may seem a little self serving, but I believe it is important for those of you who are either a hypnotherapist or psychotherapist. One of the most important aspects of continuing professional development is … Continue reading →
Hypnotherapy Without Scripts Whilst thinking about what to write about today, I came across an article, well a puff piece really, where a hypnotherapy trainer was making a big point about teaching people to do hypnotherapy without the need for … Continue reading →
Therapy and The Economy For many people who have never experienced therapy, they can have a very skewed idea of what it is about. I have been at functions where people have said to me, “Isn’t therapy a little self … Continue reading →
