The last few blog posts and podcasts have been about what to expect in a hypnotherapy session. This podcast covers the wake up part of a session (or is it a wakeup since you are not asleep?)
If you have any questions or comments please leave them below and I'll do my best to answer them.
Showing posts with label hypnotherapy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hypnotherapy. Show all posts
Friday, 17 January 2014
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
Using metaphor and storytelling in hypnotherapy
This podcast discusses the use of metaphor and storytelling in the hypnotherapy situation.
For some clients (with an appropriate personality type) it can be a powerful way to approach difficult problems that perhaps the client would rather not tackle head on.
If you have any questions about this approach then do please get in touch.
For some clients (with an appropriate personality type) it can be a powerful way to approach difficult problems that perhaps the client would rather not tackle head on.
If you have any questions about this approach then do please get in touch.
Friday, 10 January 2014
How regression is used in hypnotherapy - podcast
Here is the podcast on the use of regression that I promised. There is an enormous amount that could be said about regression work but I have tried to keep it relatively simple, including the differences between Past Life and normal regression.
If you have any questions on the technique then please leave a comment on the blog.
If you have any questions on the technique then please leave a comment on the blog.
Thursday, 9 January 2014
Positive suggestion therapy - Podcast
This podcast is an explanation of the positive suggestion therapy used in a hypnotherapy session.
It explains how it can work effectively and what some of the limits may be. If you have any questions related to this then please get in touch.
Please let me know if you find this useful.
It explains how it can work effectively and what some of the limits may be. If you have any questions related to this then please get in touch.
Please let me know if you find this useful.
Thursday, 16 July 2009
Ethics Doctors and Depression
When a prospective client gets in touch with a therapist, there is a good chance that they will have already been looking for ways to deal with whatever their issue appears to be.
Often that first port of call is the Family Doctor, the GP.
I have a lot of respect for GPs, they spend their time seeing a huge variety of patients with an almost infinite number of ailments. It's not an easy job, I'm sure.
That said, it is often reported that up to 60% of the problems that patients bring to the GP surgery are psychosomatic, that is to say as much guided by the thought processes and thinking patterns as anything else. Depression arising from redundancy, marriage breakdown or some other cause might get some low intensity CBT, some limited counselling or more likely a dose of anti-depressants.
The way that these issues are dealt with will vary from Doctor to Doctor and from one health authority to another. That Low Intensity CBT might even be delivered by means of PC connected to the internet.
So where is the issue?
If this patient has been through this particular mill and found it lacking, he or she may well call their local Hypnotherapist.
They may talk through the issues at some length before even attempting to construct a therapeutic response. It may be clear from this discussion that the depression is a symptom of other life issues (low self esteem, poor self confidence etc.) that can be dealt with successfully using hypnotherapy. Great!
As part of that discussion the topic of what medications the 'would be' client is taking will be raised. So it will become clear at this point that the GP has diagnosed depression and very likely written a prescription for Prozac or something similar. Unfortunately it seems to be all too easy to reach this conclusion and attach the depression label.
In an ideal world the therapist might write to the GP asking if there was any medical reason why the client/patient should not use hypnotherapy to deal with the root cause of their problems. Hopefully the GP says "it's ok" and we work towards a positive outcome.
Sadly life is rarely that simple. GPs will often refuse to sign anything from outside their office and since as therapists we have a duty of care to client, we probably should not go ahead with any hypnotherapy.
I say probably because the reason most often used by the Doctor for not signing is that they don't understand hypnosis or hypnotherapy. I look at the style of work I have adopted bits of it look like CBT, bits of it involve an element of counselling and of course the use of hypnosis.
If I referred to what I did as Psychotherapy & CBT then I guess life would be easier all round. Perhaps I should forgo the letter to the GP; the Hypnotherapy Society Code Of Ethics does not explicitly call for this but is often considered good practice.
At the moment the outcome is a Doctor's patient who is dealing the symptoms by medication instead of getting to the root cause of the issue.
There has to be a better, more effective way to work than this and perhaps part of that better way forward could be improving the education of GPs as to the usefulness of hypnotherapy.
Anyone out there got some useful ideas to contribute?
Often that first port of call is the Family Doctor, the GP.
I have a lot of respect for GPs, they spend their time seeing a huge variety of patients with an almost infinite number of ailments. It's not an easy job, I'm sure.
That said, it is often reported that up to 60% of the problems that patients bring to the GP surgery are psychosomatic, that is to say as much guided by the thought processes and thinking patterns as anything else. Depression arising from redundancy, marriage breakdown or some other cause might get some low intensity CBT, some limited counselling or more likely a dose of anti-depressants.
The way that these issues are dealt with will vary from Doctor to Doctor and from one health authority to another. That Low Intensity CBT might even be delivered by means of PC connected to the internet.
So where is the issue?
If this patient has been through this particular mill and found it lacking, he or she may well call their local Hypnotherapist.
They may talk through the issues at some length before even attempting to construct a therapeutic response. It may be clear from this discussion that the depression is a symptom of other life issues (low self esteem, poor self confidence etc.) that can be dealt with successfully using hypnotherapy. Great!
As part of that discussion the topic of what medications the 'would be' client is taking will be raised. So it will become clear at this point that the GP has diagnosed depression and very likely written a prescription for Prozac or something similar. Unfortunately it seems to be all too easy to reach this conclusion and attach the depression label.
In an ideal world the therapist might write to the GP asking if there was any medical reason why the client/patient should not use hypnotherapy to deal with the root cause of their problems. Hopefully the GP says "it's ok" and we work towards a positive outcome.
Sadly life is rarely that simple. GPs will often refuse to sign anything from outside their office and since as therapists we have a duty of care to client, we probably should not go ahead with any hypnotherapy.
I say probably because the reason most often used by the Doctor for not signing is that they don't understand hypnosis or hypnotherapy. I look at the style of work I have adopted bits of it look like CBT, bits of it involve an element of counselling and of course the use of hypnosis.
If I referred to what I did as Psychotherapy & CBT then I guess life would be easier all round. Perhaps I should forgo the letter to the GP; the Hypnotherapy Society Code Of Ethics does not explicitly call for this but is often considered good practice.
At the moment the outcome is a Doctor's patient who is dealing the symptoms by medication instead of getting to the root cause of the issue.
There has to be a better, more effective way to work than this and perhaps part of that better way forward could be improving the education of GPs as to the usefulness of hypnotherapy.
Anyone out there got some useful ideas to contribute?
Monday, 29 December 2008
Do you chew your tongue or cheek?
Do you (or someone you know) chew your cheek or tongue?
I worked with a client who had this condition and using that experience went on to develop a hypnotherapy audio track to help deal with this habit.
The tongue chewing often starts in childhood in a similar way to nail biting or thumb sucking as a result of some anxiety or stress. Often some comfort becomes associated with the activity and the person involved subconsciously uses this to deal with other stressful situations.
The outcome of doing this into adulthood can be severe dental problems, jaw misalignment even damage to the nerves in the tongue.
Often the person doing the chewing is completely unaware that they are chewing, but those around them will note the facial contortions and grimaces that occur.
You can download this audio track as an MP3 from the Gift4Life web site by going to the web site here.
You can hear a sample online or buy a CD version of this hypnotherapy by visiting the web site.
I worked with a client who had this condition and using that experience went on to develop a hypnotherapy audio track to help deal with this habit.
The tongue chewing often starts in childhood in a similar way to nail biting or thumb sucking as a result of some anxiety or stress. Often some comfort becomes associated with the activity and the person involved subconsciously uses this to deal with other stressful situations.
The outcome of doing this into adulthood can be severe dental problems, jaw misalignment even damage to the nerves in the tongue.
Often the person doing the chewing is completely unaware that they are chewing, but those around them will note the facial contortions and grimaces that occur.
You can download this audio track as an MP3 from the Gift4Life web site by going to the web site here.
You can hear a sample online or buy a CD version of this hypnotherapy by visiting the web site.
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