Self-Hypnosis Advances Self-Efficacy
During my own research recently, and as part of my PhD literature review, whilst reading literally hundreds of research papers on the subjects of hetero-hypnosis and self-hypnosis, one thing is highlighted by the majority of authors - that self-hypnosis of a...
Hypnotherapist Peer Support Group June 2014 – Sean Michael Andrews, The World's Fastest Hypnotist
Last night was the second hypnotherapist peer support group of 2014. Each quarter the group gets together to listen and watch a presentation from a range of hypnosis professionals from all across the UK and beyond. Last night we welcomed American hypnosis professional...
Hypnotherapist Peer Support Group June 2014 – Sean Michael Andrews, The World’s Fastest Hypnotist
Last night was the second hypnotherapist peer support group of 2014. Each quarter the group gets together to listen and watch a presentation from a range of hypnosis professionals from all across the UK and beyond. Last night we welcomed American hypnosis professional...
The Laughing Hypnotherapist – Something Lighter Today
Ok, so there is a lot of evidence to support the benefits of laughing to our health and well-being. You can just go to google scholar and type in “evidence for therapeutic laughter” and there will appear an array of studies to show how good it is for us in a wide...
Stimulate Your Brain For a Wide Range of Mental Health Benefits
As any good hypnotherapist will tell you, part of making our interventions more effective is to educate our clients prior to them. This sort of psychoeducation and developing of a ‘response set’ helps clients to understand the process prior to going through it and...
What Can Hypnotherapy Do For The England World Cup Team? How I'd Help England Win The World Cup
The World Cup is just around the corner. I am one person who will be glued to a TV screen for most of the tournament and most certainly will be tuned in on June the 14th for England's opening game against Italy. The fervour has begun. Advertisers are grabbing onto any...
What Can Hypnotherapy Do For The England World Cup Team? How I’d Help England Win The World Cup
The World Cup is just around the corner. I am one person who will be glued to a TV screen for most of the tournament and most certainly will be tuned in on June the 14th for England's opening game against Italy. The fervour has begun. Advertisers are grabbing onto any...
The Very Real Physiological Effects of Increasing Mental Illness
Following on from my brief mention of mental illness in yesterday's blog entry here, I wanted to point out some recent research that highlights another dimension of mental illness; the very real physiological effects of mental illness. I think those who are unaware of...
Is There A Lack of Adequate Mental Health Care In The UK?
In recent weeks and months, here in the UK there has been a lot of media attention granted to the fact that less public resources are being placed into mental health. It makes a tough job even tougher for those of us who work in the mental health field, even if we are...
Gay Man Sues Hypnosis Clinic After It Tried Using Hypnotherapy To Turn Him Straight
There are sometimes stories that reach the media which require some sensitive handling, and this is one of them. This story perpetuates myth and misconception about hypnosis, but also raises some other important issues. Back in 2010, I wrote an article entitled...
