How to solve problems with paradox 30 Jun 2010 12:45 PM (15 years ago)
Hypnosis Master Series: Problem solving with paradoxical intervention Getting people to consciously ‘do more’ of their problem behavior helps them by taking away the pressure to stop doing it. It also incites curiosity, turning an unconscious pattern into a consciously intentional pattern. Even if this doesn’t create a context in which they ...
How to terminate therapy with your clients 30 Jun 2010 12:45 PM (15 years ago)
3 ways to signal the end of therapy These days, knowing how to terminate therapy elegantly is a core therapeutic skill. Gone are the days when psychotherapy was supposed to continue maybe twice a week for decades. In fact, the international guidelines for the treatment of depression suggest that if your ...
More Golden Rules 30 Jun 2010 12:45 PM (15 years ago)
3 more golden rules for choosing a hypnosis course Three more great tips to help you make sure you choose the right hypnosis course for you. ...
How to reassure first time hypnotees 30 Jun 2010 12:45 PM (15 years ago)
How to help first timers relax about hypnosis Mark Tyrrell 3 ways to reassure first time hypnosis clients they are ‘doing it right’ Someone going to a hypnotherapist for the first time knows they are a newbie and can feel under pressure to ‘do it right’. They may worry that they are not ...
4 simple ways to measure progress with your depressed client 30 Jun 2010 12:45 PM (15 years ago)
Learn how to build a roadmap to get your clients out of depression – and never go back there again I was once lost in Istanbul. A kindly man came over, smiled at me and asked: "Can I help me?" Okay, so English wasn't his first language and he meant 'you' ...
How to use metaphor to overcome depression 30 Jun 2010 12:45 PM (15 years ago)
3 depression-busting metaphors for depressed clients ‘Depression’ can be a scary diagnosis, conjuring up as it does connotations of ‘disease’ and ‘genetic chemical imbalances’ and other frightening notions. But in fact, although depression is a state of mind which significantly affects energy levels in the body, there’s no real evidence that ...
3 ways to use hypnotic phenomena to aid therapy 30 Jun 2010 12:45 PM (15 years ago)
Learn to use hypnosis and its associated phenomena deliberately to help your clients more effectively Hypnosis happens in all therapy. Sure, the therapist might not think hypnosis is happening - but it is. One characteristic of the hypnotic state is abstraction. By that I mean physically being in one place but ...
How to increase your influence with clients (or why advice-giving doesn’t work) 30 Jun 2010 12:45 PM (15 years ago)
3 tips to get your clients to value your suggestions Why is it important for therapists to give careful consideration to increasing influence with their clients? Sometimes what a client needs is pretty obvious. Anyone can see it. And as you're not shackled by the old idea that 'therapy must never be ...
The secret of instant rapport 30 Jun 2010 12:45 PM (15 years ago)
Hypnosis Master Series: How to build instant rapport by going beyond matching, mirroring and leading Here's a true story. Years ago, when I was a fledgling hypnotherapist, I had a call from a man who had been severely injured in a rugby accident sustained while he was in the military, and ...
Maximize client motivation with the language of personal gain 30 Jun 2010 12:45 PM (15 years ago)
Learn how to sidestep the unconscious sabotage of negative language A man accidentally falls off the platform and gets stuck in the rails of the London underground. A train is fast approaching. Another man crouches down and calls: "Give me your hand!" To his astonishment, the man refuses.His would-be saviour shouts ...
Downloads Unwrapped June 2010 30 Jun 2010 12:44 AM (15 years ago)
Understanding what drives attention seeking We all need attention. But if we’re not aware of this basic drive, and so fail to take account of it, we can end up mistaking one thing for another. We can confuse our attempt to get what we need (attention) with something else we are doing – for example, trying [...]
Dealing with the narcissist 29 Jun 2010 12:13 AM (15 years ago)
Full hypnosis download Dealing with the narcissist – in production In Greek mythology Narcissus was a young man of great physical beauty, totally in love with himself. But the narcissist in your life might be nothing special to look at – just exceedingly self involved, manipulative and self centered. They may be able to act in [...]
Compulsive hand washing 26 Jun 2010 9:00 PM (15 years ago)
Full hypnosis download Stop compulsive hand washing – in production Anything we feel forced to do can bring us misery. Compulsive hand washing is no exception. You feel forced to scrub up, over and over, forced to fear contamination, forced to subscribe to a sort of ‘belief’ that the ritual of washing your hands, fifty, sixty, [...]
Drink less wine 20 Jun 2010 9:00 PM (15 years ago)
Full hypnosis download Drink Less Wine – in production Every month we re-write and re-record an old favourite hypnosis download, and this month it’s the turn of what to my mind is a rather important one – Drink less wine. We all need little rituals, ‘demarcations’ that let us know one part of the day has [...]
Act on your ideas 19 Jun 2010 9:00 PM (15 years ago)
Full hypnosis download Act on your ideas – in production How many billions of great ideas end up in the grave of unfulfilled plans? The problem is that we can easily become addicted to the ‘rewards’ of fantasy at the expense of action. The most important part is actually getting started. It’s not just fear that [...]