Theo trained back in 1988; he has more status than Bill, who trained last year, because Theo was there back in the early days and has been in the game a lot longer than Bill. But Bill is more up to date than Theo and isn't stuck at the level of someone else's development. Bill..
Read moreBeliefs
I am continually amazed at how much healers, therapists, and personal development gurus attribute to beliefs. It is as if they have found that the act of belief literally shapes the universe, and if your universe isn't shaped right, then you need to change your beliefs and everything will be fine. I keep reading about..
Read moreOver-rated sense of self-importance
A pattern I have long since noticed with therapists is a generally over-rated sense of self-importance. Too many therapists seem to proclaim how they are busy changing the world, making the world better, and so forth. Some might be actually doing this, of course, but most are not. In the world of the hypnotherapy and..
Read moreI want you to help me lose weight
I turned another client down this week, the fourth prospective client this year that I have declined to give an appointment to. It surprises many people that I turn down clients, but ethically it is important that therapists don't try to fix a problem that either: 1. cannot be fixed by NLP or hypnotherapy and..
Read moreEpilepsy and Hypnosis/Hypnotherapy
I have noticed that hypnotherapists tend to worry a lot about epilepsy, and a question that gets raised quite often on forums takes the form of, “I have a client coming with problem X who also has epilepsy. Is it safe to work with them?” Not an unreasonable question. Now, I've seen rather a lot..
Read moreFetish Treatment
It appears that some "members" of the "fetish community" (I'm assuming there is such a thing) have taken a bit of an exception to my work in treating sexual fetishes and unwanted sexual attraction. Here's one comment: 'Fetish does not need to be "treated". It is healthy and wonderful. I am completely against what you..
Read moreA Note on Anxiety
I recently came across this interesting video on YouTube. This dog appears to be either suffering from a very specific and unusual form of brain damage or suffering from a very specific and fixed perceptual position. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvJ-uEEtFaQ&rel=0 It reminds me of the situation faced by so many anxiety sufferers. Anxiety sufferers invariably experience anxiety as..
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