Hypnotherapy College Blog
The Connection Between Stress and Seemingly Superhuman Abilities!
Adam discusses the importance of recognising the HPA chain (hypothalamus, pituitary, adrenals) and understanding how it is linked to automatic feelings and subsequent behaviours and can thus inform our treatment plans in therapy.
“…ONLY getting rid of the symptoms…?”
Last weekend I was explaining to class the critique of symptom substitution - the notion that if you only get rid of the symptom, another replaces it. There is no evidence to support this. I followed up with a little bit of facetiousness when confronted with the idea...
Hyrox Manchester
Hyrox Manchester was awesome, I loved it. Tested me mentally as much as it did physically! Used a LOT of self-hypnosis skills! https://youtube.com/Embed/FF5nYuXw3X8
The Power of Interoception & Insula Activation in Hypnotherapy
In this video clip, Adam discusses the importance of the Insula region of the brain which enables interoception and an ability recognise and explain one's own emotions. Hypnotherapists may subsequently need to help their clients activate that part of their brain to...
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...