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 it has a biological [...]
Archive for June, 2010
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 depressed client doesn’t feel [...]
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 can immediately abandon [...]
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 directive’, you come [...]
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 who had been left [...]
