Can time really heal? Or does it simply magnify old wounds? Welcome back to the Not NLP Podcast! Today I have a co-host with me to discuss this topic. Meet Dan! Dan is an award winning therapist (“Outstanding Holistic Therapist […]
When Regression is Wrong
Years ago, I had a client who came to see me because she wanted to have a session of age regression hypnotherapy. She wanted to find out if her father had sexually abused her as a small child. She had […]
The Psychology of Good Luck (audio) – The Not NLP Podcast: Episode 1
I’m back!!! With a whole new *not* NLP podcast! It’s not *not* NLP, it’s just that I’m doing things in a slightly different way. This first show is all about the psychology of good luck and how you can create […]
Preparing for Smoking Cessation
The are no fixed rules as to how to prepare a client for a session to quit smoking. You need to work with each client as an individual and find out what instinctively feels like the right route forward for […]
When Hypnotherapy is Disempowering
As a hypnotherapist, it is easy to get sidetracked by the suggestions we give, the depth or the trance and the effectiveness of our post hypnotic suggestions. However, just as important as informing the client about what they hypnotherapeutic experience […]
How to Manage Negative Feedback
We’re very fortunate to be NLPers because there’s a code for conduct when it comes to delivering feedback. It’s called a feedback sandwich and is as follows: What was good What could be even better Overall what was great. The […]
NLP – For What Purpose?
I’m interested to hear from you about what NLP does for/means to you. I don’t mean your definition of NLP, I mean on a personal level, what has NLP done for you? For me, I came to know about NLP […]
Empathy Without Sympathy – An NLP Practitioners Guide
As hypnotherapists and NLP practitioners, we find ourselves listening to a broad range of challenges that people have experienced in their lives. Our job is to listen, question respectfully and to develop a sense of understanding of their present situation […]
Helping Non-Compliant Clients
Resistance in a client is a sign of lack of rapport. This is one of the presuppositions of NLP and on a recent NLP Practitioner training, one of the delegates questioned if this was always true. “What if you’re doing […]
Self-Hypnosis for Healing
Around 10 years ago I fractured my ankle. I was very fortunate to have already qualified as a hypnotherapist when this incident happened because it came in helpful many times throughout the process of my recovery. Firstly, when I was […]
