Be Mindful Of Who Works With Your Children I know today’s title sounds a bit more ominous than usual, but believe me the message is appropriate and necessary. I have been doing this work for more than 28 years and … Continue reading →
Let’s Not Get Sloppy When It Comes To Confidentiality After teaching this weekend, my mind has turned to confidentiality. We teach ethics on the first module of the foundation in hypno-psychotherapy course, and discussions around confidentiality always generate a lively … Continue reading →
Hypnotherapy The Double Edged Sword Teaching this weekend’s foundation in hypno-psychotherapy course always reminds me of the double edged sword nature of hypnotherapy and hypnosis. Because there is still much misunderstanding about what hypnosis is and isn’t and what it … Continue reading →
Whatever Happened To Respect As I begin a new foundation course in hypno-psychotherapy in London today, my mind has been drawn to the trend by some trainers in hypnosis to more or less claim that they are the only people … Continue reading →
Anger Leading To Illogic I have noticed that some of my colleagues are making daily and sometimes even hourly comment on the social and political situations of the day. I cannot help but feel uneasy in that we are tending … Continue reading →
Clinical Boundaries and Good Practice As I thought about what to write about this morning, I came across an article in which a hypnotherapist told clients with depression to cease taking their medication and instead use hypnosis and natural remedies. … Continue reading →
The Signs of Self Harm A theme I am seeing more and more in my office is that self harm is on the rise. The idea of a person injuring themselves can provoke fear in those around them because the … Continue reading →
Magic Mushrooms Again Regular readers will remember that recently I railed against what was termed Psychedelic Hypnotherapy. This was principally because that the person overseeing this was, in my view, unqualified to undertake such work and the inherent risks with … Continue reading →
A Topless Hypnotherapist….Good Grief One of the things I appreciate about teaching new therapists is that I often get an education as well. One of my students, brought to my attention that he found a website where the hypnotherapist in … Continue reading →
A Word On Testimonials During an ethics discussion on my latest foundation course in hypo-psychotherapy the question of testimonials came up. Now I have been arguing against these for the better part of 20 years, but I found it really … Continue reading →
