Our students had their first observed session a couple of weeks ago and Mark and I have had some great feedback about the beneficial changes that they have experinced.
The students worked on each other, each in groups of four for the day, looked after by one of our appointed supervisors. Taking it in turns […]
Archive for May, 2008
Hypnotherapy Diploma students help each others
Published by May 13th, 2008 in hypnotherapy-training. 0 CommentsPain is all in the mind-well partly
Published by May 13th, 2008 in hypnotherapy-training. 0 CommentsChronic and acute pain can be so debilitating. This article looks at the psychological element of pain and suggests Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) can help ease pain. Our attitudes, fears, and other emotional responses to pain can all greatly affect the way we actually experience it.
Hypnosis can be even more powerful.
After the summer on […]
Childrens creative play and psychological development
Published by May 12th, 2008 in hypnotherapy-training and psychology-research. 0 CommentsDo you remember a time when you were a child playing some made up game? A branch became a horse, a twig a gun; and in the blazing heat of the desert sands (well …local hills) you rode to capture the bad wizard? No? But maybe you have your own story?
I started to think […]
Fear and guilt share the same brain space
Published by May 10th, 2008 in psychology-research. 0 CommentsFearful people seem to feel the guiltiest. And it seems that fear and guilt are connected. People who experience the unpleasant affects of panic attacks and anxiety may be more prone to guilt and shame.
In March of 1943 a tragedy struck in the Bethnal Green area of London. 173 men, women and children were killed […]
This short article suggests that magic is not just about where your eyes are focused but where you mind is focused that will determine whether you’ll see how a trick is done.
When people experience wide awake opened-eye hypnosis they can be looking but not seeing as their attention may very well be inwards seeing, […]
It’s often said that some fears are ‘hard-wired’ and some we learn. For example most babies do not automatically fear public speaking (a fear which has to wait to be learnt later!) but they may have innate hard wired fears of, say, spiders and snakes and heights. This article: More evidence that fear of snakes […]
This brief article caught my eye/nose: Perceptions: Another Name Smells Sweeter It seems we not only rate smells with nice names as more pleasant (than the same smell with an unpleasant name) but our brains actually process the experience of those smells differently.
So language which molds association and expectation can actually determine how we […]
