If you’re new here – welcome. And if you’ve been with me a while, thank you for sticking around. I’ve noticed quite a few new people have joined recently, so I thought it was a good time to reintroduce myself, say hello and share a bit about who I am and why I do what...
The way we process information during hypnosis differs from our everyday state. In this blog, we will explore this in more detail. We’ll examine how the brain processes information in a hypnotic state, what this reveals about our cognitive functions and brainwaves, and how our neural pathways are affected. Information Processing During Hypnosis Under hypnosis,...
Let’s be honest: living with chronic pain is hard enough. But what often doesn’t get talked about (at least not nearly enough) is the loneliness that comes along for the ride. You know the kind — when your friends stop inviting you out because you’ve said “no” so many times, or when it feels like...
In the last blog, we talked about focus and suggestibility. This latest post builds on that by exploring the concept of expectancy. What a client expects from a session will influence how responsive they are. And it works the other way too: the more responsive a client is, the higher their expectations of the experience...
Recently, I had the unexpected and utterly unforgettable experience of participating in a health documentary as the expert psychologist, exploring the emotional and psychological challenges of living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The documentary, filmed in the strikingly beautiful city of Tallinn, Estonia, was as moving as it was eye-opening—and not just because of the story...
If we are going to use hypnosis as part of a therapeutic intervention, we need to understand why it is effective. This means knowing how to work with a client to induce a certain state of mind and then use this to help them solve the problems they face. In the next few blogs, I...
In my last blog, I touched on the relationship between practitioners in any psychological or talking therapy—this includes CBT, NLP, other talking therapies, and hypnotherapy—and their clients. Perhaps the most important task a therapist has is to handle this relationship with care and take into account the vulnerability of the client. A client will often...
You’re having a stressful day—maybe work’s piling up, the kids are bickering, or life is just being life—and suddenly, your pain is screaming louder than ever. Sound familiar? That’s because stress and pain are best friends, and they love to wind each other up. But once you understand why this happens, you can take steps...
Most professionals working in hypnotherapy subscribe to some form of person-centred practice. This means we aim to treat each client as a unique individual, bringing their life experiences with them into the therapy room. I will now explore this idea in more depth by examining one model of person-centred care: the biopsychosocial model. This model...
If you live with chronic /persistent pain, you’ll know that stress isn’t just something that makes you feel frazzled—it can send your pain levels through the roof. One bad day, a tricky conversation, or even just feeling overwhelmed can make your pain flare up like an overenthusiastic bonfire. But why does stress make pain worse?...
