The mind There is a great deal of discussion about the above topic. Some question whether or not the conscious or unconscious minds even exist. The fact is that if one were to examine the human brain, you would not … Continue reading →
Medical Issues and Hypno-psychotherapy For today’s blog, I would like to offer you a very important piece of work created for the National College of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy by its Chief Medical Officer, Dr Geoff Ibbotson. I believe this to be … Continue reading →
LUSTIG’S MASTERY MODEL The following procedure has been abstracted from a video produced by Herb Lustig (Lustig, 1986), who worked closely with Erickson during the 1970s. During a single session (condensed to about 15 minutes on the video), Lustig assists … Continue reading →
COGNITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY:’ COGNITIVE MODEL OF ANXIETY According to Weishaar and Beck (1986), anxiety disorders are seen as the result of excessive functioning or malfunctioning of normal survival mechanisms.’ As in the case of depression, symptoms reflect the operation of specific systems: … Continue reading →
COGNITIVE THERAPY TECHNIQUES Verbal techniques are used to explore the logic behind and the basis for specific conclusions, while behavioural techniques may be used to change behaviour and also to elicit more thoughts. For example, exposure therapy has value as … Continue reading →
COGNITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY: THERAPY IN ACTION Cognitive therapy is a learning experience in which the therapist plays an active role in helping the client uncover and modify distorted and unhelpful thinking. This in turn modifies the emotions to allow the client to … Continue reading →
Submodalities in NLP This post is to follow on from my post on Sensory Systems in NLP. There’s another, even more fundamental, level of the sensory systems. This is the level of submodalities. Each sense system (visual, auditory, kinaesthetic, olfactory … Continue reading →
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 →
