Is It Ok To Rip On People?
Yesterday, someone asked me if it is ok to ‘take the p@ss’ out of people, he believed that by doing so, it was ruining his friendships and making him feel insecure and unsophisticated with his sense of humour. So I thought today, I’d write about what I said to him and...
Is There A Better Term For Hypnosis? When Is It Desirable To Substitute The Word Hypnosis For Something Else?
I can remember being on a Paul McKenna training many years ago and he mentioned that on some of his recordings that were given away free, he referred to some of the sessions as ‘eyes closed process’ rather than hypnosis. It was thought that ‘hypnosis’ had legal issues...
Can Hypnosis Be Used Forensically? Is There Evidence For Forensic Hypnosis?
Throughout the years gone by, hypnosis has been used in criminal investigations to help validate eyewitness testimony. The testimony given by a suspect, witness or victim has in the past been considered valid when hypnosis has been used and you can read more about...
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...
