Summary: Andy says he is still here after some health problems following COVID and has been taking time off. He tells a story from his student nursing days, and says the conclusion is that alphabet therapies such as NLP do not cure cancer. He criticises claims by some practitioners that therapies can treat serious illness, and discusses how media stories shape what people pay attention to. He asks viewers to share examples.
Author: Andrew T. Austin
Andrew T. Austin is a therapist, trainer and author. He qualified as a registered general nurse in 1992, with clinical experience that included accident and emergency (A&E) and neurosurgery, and went on to train in Ericksonian hypnotherapy, NLP (to trainer level) and Provocative Therapy with Frank Farrelly. He developed Integral Eye Movement Therapy Technique (IEMT), formalised as a training in 2008, and Metaphors of Movement. Both are included in The SAGE Encyclopedia of Theory in Counseling and Psychotherapy (2015). He is the author of The Rainbow Machine: Tales from a Neurolinguist's Journal, prefaced and edited by Steve Andreas and published by Real People Press.