Welcome to Part 3 of my “Anxiety 101” series. I recommend first reading Parts 1 and 2 if you need to catch up with what’s been written so far: Part 1: “I’m not @#&@%$# anxious!!!” Part 2: “I’m Anxious, I Knew It, I’m Doomed, Oh My” The Story So Far… In Anxiety 101, Parts 1 […]
Let’s compare hypnotherapy to the most popular “talk-based therapies” Hypnotherapy is still widely misunderstood. I’m often asked to explain the difference between hypnosis and hypnotherapy and traditional “talk-based” therapy techniques such as psychology and psychotherapy. Traditional therapies will spend months or even years exploring your issue, where it came from why it occurs. As a […]
The Story So Far… Having read Anxiety 101, Part 1: “I’m Not @#&@%$# Anxious!!!”, you confronted the possibility that you might unknowingly be suffering from anxiety in one of its multitude of forms. Perhaps you were acutely aware something was amiss; you just hadn’t tagged it as “anxiety”. Alternatively, you might be one of millions […]
Introduction As a professional hypnotherapist I’m regularly cornered at social events and dinner parties by fascinated friends (new and old); quizzing me on “all things hypnotherapy”. Just the mention of hypnosis and what I do seems to create fascination and intrigue. Perhaps you can relate? So, for the benefit of the curious or those more […]
“Quitting smoking is easy, I’ve done it hundreds of times”. Mark Twain Introduction If quitting smoking was easy, “big tobacco” would be out of business. Of course, it isn’t. In fact, the tobacco industry continues to pour hundreds of millions of dollars globally into advertising, covert and subtle endorsements, political influence and lobbying to protect […]