Category: Reflections

That’s  good question, as they say! What’s a bad question after all? Let’s look briefly, at first, at the reasons for people wanting to stop. The first one is usually their health as smoking is now acknowledged as the number one killer overall. Damage to the heart, lungs and general circulation along with the disruption to the immune system.… Read the rest “Will I put on weight if I stop smoking?”

Fear is perfectly natural and a safeguard in many occasions, we are afraid to go too near the edge of a cliff, afraid perhaps of snakes, or to go too near the fire! Perfectly natural and helping to preserve life, but not totally controlling us. When the fear affects our behaviour in a totally controlling way, it has become a phobia!… Read the rest “What is a phobia?”

I am beginning a series of light, general blogs mainly regarding Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy. Please feel free to comment or ask questions after each offering.

O.K. What’s the difference between hypnosis and hypnotherapy?

There is no simple definition for  the state of hypnosis but it is a scientifically measurable state of Alpha rhythm in which the conscious mind is relaxed and the ability to accept or reject suggestion also relaxed.… Read the rest “My Blog – Reflections”

Stage hypnosis – is it real?

The lights are dimmed-music, great anticipation as the hypnotist explains what will happen and, before they ask for a volunteer, they perform certain “tests” for suggestibility. Before any stage show and even more, prior to a television coverage, the audience are tested for their ability to be hypnotised. The usual test is to ask the audience to close their eyes, interlink their fingers and imagine the hands are becoming locked, locked, locked together.… Read the rest “Stage Hypnosis – Is it real?”

Where so many people fly regularly the fear of flying is now a more commonly noticed fear or phobia. Whilst fear can be a naturally protective experience, once the feelings control you, that is a phobia. A phobia is a conditioned response which takes a stronger hold each time it is repeated or experienced. It is a response which can be “relearned” and eliminated with hypnotherapy.… Read the rest “Fear of Flying”

She could hardly fit in my chair! After filling in the intake form I need not have asked her the reason for her visit, twenty and half stone spoke for itself! Lank hair, pallid skin, depressive attitude and stance, classic hiding behind rolls and rolls of excess, life threatening FAT!

I explain how hypnosis works, take full details and case history of her reasons for wanting to lose weight and make sure the relaxing, reclining chair can take the weight.… Read the rest “Huge weight loss success”

I have over the years dealt with many sports competitors wishing to improve their performance, as do many of the leading players in football, golf, badminton, and weight lifting to mention a few.

For years coaches concentrated only on the physical side of sport and neglected the crucial role played by the individual psyche during a sporting contest.… Read the rest “Hypno sport”