by Adam Eason | Feb 12, 2026 | Uncategorized |
Critics often dismiss hypnotherapy as “fake” or entirely placebo-driven. Oakley & Halligan (2013) showed hypnosis produces measurable neurophysiological changes, including altered connectivity between executive control networks and pain perception regions. This...
by Adam Eason | Sep 29, 2025 | Uncategorized |
In this snippet from a recent webinar series about the neuroscience of psychotherapy and hypnotherapy, I make the point that our more cognitive type of approaches may not be effective and may even cause our client problems if the amygdala is activated and therefore...
by Adam Eason | Jul 16, 2024 | Uncategorized |
During a recent class, while explaining some of the wide range of mental imagery techniques we use in the clinical setting as hypnotherapists, I discussed one way to break free from the grip of painful memories and heal from post-traumatic stress. We learn from Judith...
by Adam Eason | Apr 9, 2024 | Uncategorized |
In this video Adam explains how a thought form that hypnotherapists equip their clients with is also used by him to help his students understand the variety of componential skills we learn and apply with cognitive approaches to hypnotherapy.
And he kicks the flip...
by Adam Eason | Dec 6, 2017 | Hypnosis and hypnotherapy |
Cognitive hypnotherapy is my topic here today. In this video clip, I give a broad and simplified version of how to import the fundamental principles and approaches of cognitive therapy (as per the originators Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis) into the hypnotherapists...