The UK On The Couch I have been wondering over the past couple of years whether psychotherapy can offer a way forward for the country. It is clear that there is a great deal of emotions being expressed with regards … Continue reading →
The End of an Era Here I sit at the second day of the International Hypno-Psychotherapy Conference. It is very much like the 21 other conferences I have organised. The difference this time is that this one is my last. … Continue reading →
The Importance of Rapport in Therapy One of the most important aspects of the therapeutic relationship is the rapport between the therapist and client. Now in some modalities, like Neuro Linguistic Programming state that rapport is a process which can … Continue reading →
Its Time To Stop Oversimplifying Weight Management With Hypnotherapy You have all seen the titles of websites and tabloid articles, “Think yourself slim with hypnotherapy”. Wouldn’t it me marvellous if you could think yourself thin and it became real, of … Continue reading →
More Uniformed Gay Bashing I have written many times about the difficulties that the LGBT community face when it comes to mental health and acceptance. Today I have read in one of the tabloids that Brexit Party MEP Ann Widdecombe … Continue reading →
A Willingness to be Present I am asked on a regular basis what is the key to a good therapeutic relationship. My response is always “a willingness to be present”. The many in the public hand the idea the psychotherapy … Continue reading →
Cravings and Addiction are NOT The Same Thing This is a subject I have gone into before, but as I have just read about someone “curing his roast potato addiction with hypnotherapy”. Having a roast potato desire is not the … Continue reading →
Hypnotherapy is NOT Counselling Today’s missive is regarding a pet peeve of mine which frankly I am getting a little tired of seeing. Hypnotherapy is hypnotherapy, it is not counselling. I am saying this because in advert after advert, website … Continue reading →
Counselling and Game of Thrones I want to say at the very beginning of today’s piece that I have never watched a single episode of Game of Thrones. However, there are programmes and film series which I consider to be … Continue reading →
Psychotherapy for Beginners Before I begin today, know in advance that I understand that there are many of my colleagues who will probably not be happy with the parameters which I will be using for this article. There is a … Continue reading →
