Hypnotherapy College Blog
Hypnosis as a Collaborative Process
In this video clip Adam explains that hypnotic responses are not 100% the responsibility of the hypnotist; they have a role that needs to be explained to them so that they can adopt the right mindset and actively increase responsiveness. As an active agent, the...
Video: Why Are Some Hypnosis Professionals Less Responsive to Hypnotic Suggestions?
Could it be that some hypnosis professionals believing that being ‘zonked out’ is how to be hypnotised actually be rendering them less responsive to hypnosis? Does “being totally out of it” represent being a good responsive hypnotic subject?
Championing Evidence-Based Practice: Embracing Critical Thinking
Adam briefly refers to being called a "science-fascist" due to his favoured evidence-based approach to teaching hypnotherapy and self-hypnosis. Adopting critical thinking, yielding one's position in the face of better evidence is championed here...
The Power of Building a Therapeutic Alliance for Regulating the Amygdala
Research tends to support the notion of the working alliance between patient and therapist being one of the best predictors of successful therapeutic outcomes, so we discuss it and how to advance it often within my hypnotherapy training classes. However, there is a...
The Importance of Self-Efficacy in Hypnosis
In this snippet from a recent lecture, Adam explains the importance of building efficacy in the clinical hypnotherapy environment and how that advances the individual hypnotic responsiveness.
Can Dissociation Theories Account for Self-Hypnosis?
Tiny snippet from a lecture last year where I was explaining that dissociative theories of hypnosis struggle to account for self-hypnosis; that is, if you need to relinquish control to another individual who essentially takes over the executive functioning of the...
Self-Hypnosis: Self-regulated, self-directed, Self-Suggested
In this brief video, Adam is affirming that in order for something to constitute self-hypnosis, it needs to be self-regulated, self-directed and instructions self-suggested and contests what some deem as self-hypnosis (maybe more accurate to be deemed "hypnotist...
Learn Self-Hypnosis Here
Embark on a journey of self-improvement through the powerful practice of self-hypnosis? How to do that though? Over the years I've made a lot of resources available to help people learn all they can about self-hypnosis. I thought I'd put as many of them as possible...
The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy for Hypnotherapists: Online Training Programme Now Available
I recently ran an online series of interactive lectures entitled: The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy for Hypnotherapists. I am about to make this into a full online training programme and am offering the chance to purchase it now before the small finishing touches are...
Upcoming Online Educational Webinar Series: The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy for Hypnotherapists
The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy for Hypnotherapists. THIS LIVE SERIES HAS CONCLUDED NOW AND ALL PAYMENT BUTTONS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS PAGE - RECORDINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR HUB This is a 4-part online course that will primarily involve a series of lectures...
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