The habitual, psychological element to an addiction may be much stronger than any physical addiction. Here are five ways to help your clients limit nightly wine drinking.
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Socratic Questioning in Depression Therapy
Here are three ways to cut through a client’s negative rumination and ask healing antidepressant questions.
Treating the Angry Client
When left untreated, destructive anger can steal friendships, partners, jobs and even health. Here are five calming tips to tame the beast within your angry clients.
How to Use Hypnosis in Emergencies
Certified Emergency Hypnosis Trainer William Johnson shares five emergency hypnosis techniques.
My 5 Favourite TED Talks
I learn best by watching, and these five Ted Talks are my personal favourites.
Are You Accidentally Hypnotizing Your Clients?
Why I encourage all therapists to learn about hypnosis, even if they aren’t planning on delivering hypnotherapy.
How to Create a Healthy and Effective Therapeutic Relationship
It was a tragedy, but I didn’t know it at first. In the long-shadowed gloom of a winter evening, Mary painted the painful picture of what had happened to her husband Dave…
Therapy Session Case Study: Dealing with Anxiety, Stress and Poor Self-Confidence
Therapist and counsellor Dr. Dawn Ferrara gives her perspective on a UPTV client session.
Why I Hope We Can All Be Poor Farmers in 2017
Are we constantly wanting more and more and more without even stopping to use what we already have? Here’s what a children’s story taught me about resourcefulness.
Three Natural Ways to Use ‘Deepeners’ in Hypnosis
Hypnotherapists use the word ‘deep’ to describe a state with a greater degree of perceptual abstraction. Here are three ways we can help our clients go deeper into trance naturalistically.
