The “As If” Method of Inducing Hypnosis
A number of years ago in the popular BBC TV soap opera Eastenders, when there was a proliferation of Fowlers living in Albert Square, the youngest of the fowlers, Martin Fowler, owner of the fruit and Veg stall, son of Pauline and Arthur, father to Sonia’s baby etc,...
Hypnotic Anaesthesia: Using Self-Hypnosis To Create Anaesthesia
Just this morning I read a local news paper article about Dr John Butler helping a man through surgery using hypnotic anaesthesia, i.e. anaesthesia created using only hypnosis. Dr John Butler also featured on the superb television delight on More4 a while back...
Combining The Power Of Encouragement With Self-Hypnosis and Internal Dialogue
The marathon running bug hit me the year before I decided to run my first. I watched the TV coverage of all those people running together throughout the streets of London for London marathon. The City was just about closed. In addition to the thousands of people that...
How to Deliver Hypnotic Suggestions: Chaining Suggestions
Really this kind of thing is Hypnosis 101, part of the fundamental programme on learning how to deliver hypnotic suggestions or communicate effectively for enhancing hypnosis. It is incredibly basic, and as with so many of the basic (and often most effective) stuff,...
The Bournemouth Hypnosis Geek Dinner
So if you are into hypnosis, hypnotherapy, self-hypnosis, modern psychology, the workings of the mind... As well as those of you that like using hypnosis for entertainment (which I do not necessarily advocate) then you may have found a couple of things occur in your...
Being Comfortable With Silence and Even Using It To Deepen Hypnosis
One of the things I notice the most when observing my own students practice their skills with hypnotising others, is an initial (perhaps sometimes nervously induced) need to fill every second with words and sound. They seem to want to talk and talk, and they struggle...
How Hypnosis is Represented Online (A Whinge)
Today I had not planned to write anything on the blog as I prepare for a weekend of my hypnotherapy training diploma and am very busy with the year getting underway. Though I found it impossible to avoid my usual routine of ploughing through my Google alerts over at...
Do Placebos Work When You Know It Is A Placebo? Is That Still A Placebo?
Last September, I wrote about why I firmly believed hypnotherapists should investigate and become aware of the placebo effect. (You can read the article on hypnotherapy and the placebo effect here) There has been some discussion and further research findings recently...
Being Thoughtful To Keep New Years Resolutions
Happy new Year one and all! A fresh, brand, spanking New Year is upon us. I am excited. There is that sense of new beginnings, new life and an air of enthusiasm in the air. Since I last wrote here on the blog back on New Year's Eve, I have had large numbers of emails...
Ordering Up and Achieving Your New Year Resolutions
When I logged on to the various social networks that I am part of this morning, I noticed the large amount of friends, family and people talking excitedly about what they are going to do to celebrate the New Year. It is great, isn’t it? We are off into the New Forest...
