Christmas is the season of giving, but lose your own self and depression will surely follow. As I write this, in 2026, we’re just beginning to see the first signs of Spring. Soon enough, however, there will be millions of mothers, across the country, choosing gifts, buying gifts, wrapping gifts and preparing for the nation’s…
You needn’t simply resign yourself to Parkinson’s Disease. Hypnotherapy could make a difference If you’re here because you or a loved one suffers from Parkinson’s Disease then I’m sorry. I’ve used hypnotherapy for Parkinson’s a number of times, in the past couple of years, and so do understand what a debilitating condition it can be….
Britain is staring into the abyss of a collapse in mental health. I originally wrote this article in 2020 and, as you.d imagine, its contents are somewhat out of date. However, it doesn’t hurt to remind ourselves of how awful those times were for people. We are still suffering the consequences of those years…
Lockdown has rewired our brains This is not a post which protests against lockdowns. I have my views on how governments have responded to Covid 19 but this is not a post about that. I am writing from the perspective of a psychotherapist / hypnotherapist, as someone who has worked with hundreds of people who…
If Corona virus / covid 19 is affecting your mental health then hypnotherapy may be able to help. Corona virus is difficult for us all These times are difficult for everybody right now. People distance themselves from one another, even from friends and family. Whole swathes of the economy are shut down as the government…
Bullying can be so destructive. You could, however, help your child undo the damage I find few things sadder than to see beautiful children reduced to tears by the behaviour of bullies. Forty four percent of school children report being bullied and most of those suffer this experience every week! Many victims, unfortunately, are on…
Feeling stressed? That’s great! There could be better times ahead. Hypnotherapy could help you find them. Nobody likes feeling anxious or stressed. it’s not something to enjoy. Many people who suffer a spell of anxiety will head to the doctor’s for a pill of some kind or another. The feeling then goes away. For a…
CBT is the treatment of choice in the NHS for moderate to severe depression. What are the benefits and limitations of this decision. The WHO predict (Murray & Lopez 1997 – cited in Yapko) that depression will be the second most common cause of human suffering by 2020. This places depression above those old bugbears…
