The little known link between PTSD and depression – how to check for hidden trauma in your depressed clients.
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Trauma Treatment: Why PTSD & Phobias Are A Case Of Bad Hypnosis
For safe effective trauma treatment, it is vital to understand how PTSD and phobias are affecting your client
3 Easy Questions In Diagnosing PTSD
Diagnosing PTSD can be tricky – here are 3 questions I always ask to find hidden trauma.
Why Mindfulness Is So Important For Busy Practitioners (Whether You Meditate Or Not!)
How you can gain detachment (and therefore calm) when you really need it – even when you are right in the middle of a situation.
3 Psychology Techniques That Get Your Client To REALLY Follow Your Advice
You may know exactly what your client needs, but how do you deliver that advice so it gets acted upon?
3 Weird Ways To Inspire Your Clients To Follow Their Dreams
Here are three ways to help inspire someone to dare to dream, and to follow those dreams into reality.
3 Hypnotherapy Techniques That Help Your Clients Let Go of the Past
Letting go of the past is difficult, but with these hypnotherapy techniques your clients can leave a session feeling much better.
How to Create a Trance State
Hypnosis is more effective and productive if we ‘soften up’ our clients, readying them for a trance state before we ever get to the ‘official’ hypnosis.
4 Powerful Story Therapy Techniques
Master these story therapy techniques and you’ll be able to work much more directly with your client’s unconscious mind.
LOVE scheme
Some years ago, Lyndsay, our Performance Manager, worked for the Body Shop in their factory in Littlehampton. One thing she loved about it was the LOVE scheme: Learning is Of Value to Everyone. Inspired by this, we stole it and now every employee gets £100 a year to learn something completely new. It can be […]
