What Is Normal?

When teaching self-hypnosis or on my hypnotherapy training courses, I often tell the budding self-hypnotists or hypnotherapists to be very careful in using the word ‘normal’ to describe an experience… Simply because what is normal to one person, may...

Preparing for a Hypnotherapy Session

Lots of people do ask me about what goes on in my consulting rooms and there is a great deal that happens when preparing for a hypnotherapy session. Even before I meet people I send them on a lengthy document for us to discuss in our first session together in order...

Relating Is The Best Therapy

As therapists, and in particular us hypnotherapists, we get taught the value of being trustworthy, displaying integrity and creating rapport with our clients. Yet such relating is not just beneficial for a formal therapeutic relationship. In fact, there is much...