It was a great pleasure to be asked to create a confidence workshop for Mind Associates on Tuesday 27 May. 25 people took part and we explored how you find the confidence to do the things you would like to do. It was fun and enjoyable. Everyone participated and went away with some ideas to improve their thought processes and manage the negatives in life.
It is not necessary to know the theory or history of psychotherapy to be a good therapist, whether you are using psychotherapy or hypnotherapy, or other forms of therapy. However, it may be of interest to understand where it came from and how hypnotherapy developed, but the most important factor is the quality of the therapeutic relationship. Which form of psychotherapy is most effective? There is considerable controversy about which form of psychotherapy is most effective, and more specifically, which types of therapy are optimal for treating which sorts of problems. Furthermore, it is controversial whether the form of therapy [...]
This article from the Daily Mail says that depression and anger as a teenager can affect your love life 25 years later //ow.ly/x0zON If you or anyone you know is affected by this issue I can help www.joygower.co.uk
This has become such an issue: Almost four in 10 young people fear they are addicted to the internet, according to new research, prompting fears from children’s campaigners that youngsters could leave themselves vulnerable to cyber bullying. […]
One way you can trust a hypnotherapist is to make sure they have the correct training. Anything less than what is termed as the 'Gold' standard in training is what you would initially look for. The Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma is the Gold standard in training. A properly recognised UK certification from the National Council for Hypnotherapy will offer this. It is vital you do receive the best, is anything less worth it. Look out for those therapists who display this kind of certification. A therapist who is also certified properly to use NLP will be best for you too. Some [...]
Extra strength non- deceptive placebo Hypnosis has often been referred to as the placebo effect. Horizon programme featured hypnosis as the placebo effect, and demonstrated tooth extraction without any drugs. Hypnosis is the ultimate placebo as the client is aware of what changes need to happen. Medical intervention using placebos rely on deceiving the patient, which is fine if it works. The reason is does work is that the Dopamines in our brain are activated and produce our own bodies natural pain relievers. One thing the Horizon programme revealed is that the placebo works better if the GP or consultant [...]
Stopping smoking reduces stress (Daily Mail) Stopping smoking does reduce stress. Smoking causes depression and anxiety. The vicious circle though is when you try to stop smoking, you become anxious because you are addicted to smoking. The news is that smoking can cause breast cancer. Have we become immune to all these scares? You mig be saying that you will take your chances on life. That's an option, but if you do want to live longer and not have a smoking related disease which are nasty to say the least, then you will want to stop smoking as easily as [...]
Hypnosis helps IBS sufferers Irritable bowel syndrome affects thousands of people, and it can difficult treating it. Medications may slow the bowel down or speed it up, but they are not treating the cause. So what causes the bowel to become irritated? Certain foods play a part, but what if constant anxieties trigger the bowel to begin with and then those certain foods irritate it even more? Hypnotherapy research is now proving that receiving sessions of hypnotherapy does change the actions of the bowel by allowing the client to feel more relaxed and much less stressed. After the sessions, the [...]
Getting facts right It's always good to read in the EDP that someone is interested in hypnotherapy, but one fact was incorrect. The UEA does not hold courses in hypnotherapy. What it does do is hire rooms out to companies who train there. Sadly some people believe that they are being university trained when that is not the case. Great marketing from a business point of view, but incorrect to make the assumption that it is a university course. Anyone contemplating studying hypnotherapy whether it is called a 'hypnotherapy' or 'clinical hypnotherapy' ( same thing), should do research in what [...]
