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LCCH NEWS
London College of Clinical Hypnosis News
NEW LONDON OFFICES
The London College of Clinical Hypnosis has grown by leaps
and bounds over the last few years and has now outgrown
its London offices in Connaught Square. We are re-locating
to wonderful new offices in Gloucester Place, London W1U
8HU. By the time the LCCH News reaches you we should be
firmly established in our new home. As a result we are actively
looking for individuals who would be interested in becoming
part of the London team - if that means you, please email:
[email protected].
HYPNOTHERAPY AWARENESS WEEK
Hypnotherapy Awareness Week took place 24th - 30th May
2004 for the first time. It has confirmed what we already know:
people want to find out alternative ways of overcoming their
symptoms. With various media interest, including publications
such as Holland & Barrett Magazine HEALTHY, the week has
been a success in its first year. The volume of response from
different NHS departments and health clinics was
overwhelming and was welcomed. Various members have
been organising talks nationally. If you have a talk that you
wish to advertise at any time, which is free for members of
the public, then send the details to Tom Connelly and he will
post it on-to the web site as well as the BSCH site. Raising
awareness of the clinical interventions of hypnosis is
something that we could all be doing as an ongoing mission.
The site www.hypnotherapyawareness.com is one which
is always going to be online for members of the public and
eventually the medical profession to refer to. If you have any
suggestions for additions they will be welcome. We are in the
process of adding a page for articles on interesting case
successes which you may contribute to if you are a BSCH
member. Meanwhile, please email any comments or
suggestions to [email protected]
NEWCASTLE MEDICAL SCHOOL
In her relentless pursuit of educating the next generation of
medical practitioners in the potential for clinical hypnosis in
the medical setting, Ursula James has added Newcastle
University Medical School to the list of medical schools in the
UK who are opening their doors. Some of these courses are
purely instructional - whilst others concentrate on the
personal benefits for the medical practitioners themselves in
using clinical hypnosis as a stress management tool. Her next
project will involve a clinical component with students actively
involved in using clinical hypnosis with their patients.
PRACTITONER’S SUPPORT GROUPS
Alan Lawson
The value of hypnosis support groups to practitioners is
obvious, and as we're currently lacking one in our region
some of the recent graduates from the 2003/2004 Leeds
Diploma course have decided to set one up. At the moment,
we're in the early stages of the planning, and we're hoping to
gain feedback from other members so that we can make a
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success of things in as short an amount of time as possible.
Currently we're particularly looking for suitable venues - a
floating meeting place might be appropriate, given that we're
quite spread out.
Equally important will be a list of those who would be
interested in attending! Practitioners from other areas will also
be made welcome if they're willing to make the trek, and we're
hoping to make these meetings valuable opportunities for
practise, comparison of cases, and of course a place where
we ourselves can benefit from the support and skills of our
peers. I've volunteered to be the first point of contact for
anybody that is interested in discussing this matter further, so
if anybody with ideas, venues, or general comments would
like to get in touch, I'll be happy to hear from you. Many
thanks in advance.
E-mail: [email protected]
Mob: 0788 4016017
NEW VENUE
The LCCH is pleased to announce a new centre in Dublin.
For course dates and details, please go to www.lcch.co.uk.
FUND RAISER REQUIRED
Ursula James writes:
‘In my capacity as Chair of Personal Development
Resources, the charity set up for the promotion of
hypnotherapy awareness, research, development - I am
advertising for an experienced FUND RAISER to work
alongside the secretary of the society.
The first task of the Fundraiser will be to raise sufficient funds
for a salary for themselves. If any member of the BSCH has
experience in this field, or knows of anyone who might be
suitable, please email CVs to: [email protected]
Or email the secretary, Linda Gill:
[email protected] (PDR is an independent charity
please)
A WEEKEND WITH BOB BODENHAMER
The LCCH is delighted to annouce Bob
Bodenhamer’s return to London to present
his 2 day workshop entitled ‘The “Structure”
of Blocking & Stammering: Looking at
Blocking & Stammering Through the Eyes
of Neuro-Semantics’ on the 10th-11th July.
Bob Bodenhamer and L. Michael Hall’s
book, ‘The User’s Manual for the Brain’, is
the most comprehensive NLP manual to date, and is
recommeded reading for LCCH students.
This is a not to be missed opportunity for hypnotherapists and
NLP practitioners to discover Bob’s innovative approaches
for blocking and stammering. Find out more on page 22.
LCCH, 27 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8HU
Tel: 020 7402 9037 • Fax: 020 7262 1237
e-mail: [email protected] • www.lcch.co.uk
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London College of Clinical Hypnosis
LCCH MASTERCLASS LISTING
EQUILIBRIUM THERAPY:
CANCER AND PALLIATIVE
q 1160 London
q 1161 Manchester
q 1162 Glasgow
q 1169 Lisbon
q 1170 London
q 1171 Leeds
CARE
STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE
26 September ‘04
06 November ‘04
05 December ‘04
WORKING WITH CHILDREN -
25 September ‘04
09 October ‘04
PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY
PART II
q 1163 Manchester
q 1164 London
q 1165 Birmingham
18 September ‘04
(PNI)
q 1172 London
q 1173 Birmingham
q 1174 Glasgow
02 October ‘04
24 October ‘04
04 December ‘04
23 October ‘04
07 November ‘04
04 December ‘04
THE INNER CHILD
VOICE COACHING
q 1166 London
q 1167 Lisbon
q 1168 Exeter
q 1175 London
q 1176 Exeter
q 1177 Leeds
11 September ‘04
16 October ‘04
27 November ‘04
12 September ‘04
30 October ‘04
04 December ‘04
NEWS FROM MANCHESTER
MISSING IN THE POST?
IT MUST SAY SOMETHING…
Most members filed their annual
registration in good time this year
with around 75% making it before
the end of March, which is really
good
going
and
much
appreciated. However, there
seems to have been an unsettling
number of members calling to say
that they have not yet received the registration reminder letter
or that they have sent in the form and fees and have heard
nothing back from the secretary. Often in the latter case, on
checking, a reply has been sent – sometimes weeks before.
Over the past few months there has been an increase in the
number of people falsely claiming to be members of the
BSCH. As you can imagine where such instances are
discovered they are vigorously pursued until amends are
made.
Usually these falsehoods are brought to light after enquiries
by a member of the public into the validity of a therapist’s
qualifications (an activity much on the increase). However, it
could well be that there are many more people who are
utilizing the excellent reputation of the BSCH in a fraudulent
way. It is necessary that all members of the society remain
vigilant to this possibility and check with the secretary or on
the web database to ensure that anyone advertising with the
BSCH letters after their name is a bona fide member of the
society.
I can only imaging that the postal system is in more disarray
than one would expect and a higher percentage of mail than
usual is not finding its target. If you have sent in your yearly
registration and have yet to heare back from the society
please report this to the secretary.
Lamentably, it is usually those with little or no training and
even fewer scruples who stoop to this practice and we must
work together to reduce it to a minimum.
YET ANOTHER SCAM
CAUTION WITH ADVERTISING CLAIMS
Member Jane Austin writes:
A few members have reported another scam that is doing the
rounds. You might remember in the last newsletter we
mentioned the ‘Data Protection Scam’, well the new one is
the ‘Health & Safety’ scam.
“I thought this might be something you would like to pass on
to other members who may not be aware of it. I was made
aware of it on a course I recently attended.”
Here one receives an official looking letter Health and Safety,
subtitled Registration Enforcement Division – COMPLIANCE
UNDER THE HEALTH & SAFETY ACT 1974. In the text it
begins, ‘Our records show that you are not registered as
being compliant with the Health & Safety Act and subsequent
legislation.’
“If you are not an NHS therapist then you must make this
clear by putting for instance ‘Non NHS Provider No.’, or ‘NHS
National Independent Provider Code’. By putting the NHS
Provider No. it could be seen to be inferring that you are part
of the NHS but it could also possibly cause unnecessary
explaining when trying to get referrals from doctors who may
already need a bit of pushing to embrace the use of
hypnotherapy.”
Also included is a form for you to fill in and an address to send
your cheque to. Amounts seem to vary from £120.00 to £250.
Suffice it so say that members need not acknowledge these
letters and I understand that they are being investigated by
the police force in the region that they originate.
This is a very good point and one that needs refreshing from
time to time. The fact is that NHS provider codes should not
be mentioned in any form of advertising. These codes are
merely an organisational device and not a qualification or
acknowledgement of skill by the National Health Service. At
its best, mentioning the provider code in marketing materials
can be seen as clumsy ‘name dropping’ but, at its worst, it
could be viewed as an intentional deception.
Many thanks to the members who have reported this matter
to the secretary as it’s important to be aware of this kind of
deception – especially as one day a genuine letter may arrive
that we are all tempted to ignore!
Moving ?
DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
Even though other so-called ethical hypnotherapy
organisations endorse the practice please avoid quoting NHS
provision in advertising.
The deadline for the implementation of many assessments of
the DRC is October this year. It will affect almost everyone in
business to some extent, though hopefully not too seriously.
It may just mean providing alternative literature or signs in a
form that can be read by the sight impaired, for example,
although some premises may require building work to access
points etc.
If you are moving home.....
Please remember to let us know your
OUR MAN IN PARLIAMENT
Still on the subject of the NHS - Bill Doult (who has his ear
to the ground in Westminster) writes:
Information can be read from their web site at:
http://www.drc.org.uk and booklets can also be ordered
from there.
new address and phone number.
“New moves to regulate complementary medicine were
unveiled by the government today. Acupuncture and herbal
medicine are being lined up to be brought under statutory
control.
There is also a telephone helpline at 08457 622 633.
But other areas of the booming complementary health market
are also being considered for stricter controls.
The moves follow recommendations by the House of Lords
select committee on science and technology which spent 15
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NEWS FROM MANCHESTER
months investigating a range of complementary and
alternative therapies (CAMs) and called for a tightening up of
the present arrangements. With about 20 per cent of the
population now using various forms of CAMs – and spending
an estimated £1.6 billion a year - the government accepts that
both complementary and alternative therapies have become
major industries.
These proposals to regulate the industry will reassure patients
and the public that herbal medicine and acupuncture
practitioners are not only suitably qualified, but also
competent and up-to-date with developments in practice. The
professions welcome the work undertaken by the government
in this area, and the opportunity it represents to reassure the
public of their competence to treat patients."
The peers’ report drew clear distinctions between
complementary therapies which worked with orthodox
medicine and are capable of being subjected to properly
conducted scientific studies and “New Age” styled alternative
remedies.
The consultation document "Regulation of Health Care staff
in England and Wales" sets out the Government's proposals
for the proposed regulation of healthcare assistants, therapy
assistants, all sectors of the healthcare scientist workforce,
assistant practitioners, and those undertaking similar roles
across a wide range of healthcare settings.
Among therapies defined as “complementary” by the Lords
were the Alexander Technique, aromatherapy, and bodywork
therapies such as massage; counselling, hypnotherapy,
nutritional medicine and yoga. Those regarded as
“alternative” included crystal therapy, dowsing, iridology,
kinesiology and radion.
Use of these standards will not only increase patient safety,
but also give professional staff the confidence to delegate
more skilled work to support workers, allowing them to further
develop their role.
Karen Jennings, Head of Health for UNISON, said: "UNISON
has nearly 100,000 Health Care assistants and we have long
called for proper regulation to establish minimum standards
of skills and expertise before they are able to lay a hand on a
patient.”
Today Health Minister John Hutton announced the start of
consultations on how both acupuncture and herbal medicines
could be brought under statutory regulation.
This would mean that only those practitioners with accepted
qualifications could be registered and allowed to continue
practising. Statutory control of both osteopathy and
chiropractors was introduced some years ago.
"Health Care assistants are a vital part of the NHS team and
yet the training they receive varies enormously from trust to
trust. We want to see an end to the training lottery, and proper
recognition of the valuable contribution that they make to
patient care."
As well as looking at statutory controls for acupuncture and
herbal medicine practitioners, the government issued another
consultation paper on the possible regulation of currently
unlicensed herbal remedies made up to meet the needs of
individual patients.”
Proposals contained in the document "Regulation of herbal
medicine and acupuncture" would mean that those who meet
the required standards of competence will be included on a
register of practitioners who are entitled to practise.
Sanctions, including removal from the register, will be applied
to those whose fitness to practise is impaired.”
HEART OF ALL HEALTH SERVICES
Bill also passes on the following press release to
members:
Tom Connelly has agreed to remind members of this
promotional opportunity in the e-mail update of the newsletter,
so look out for details. By hosting this event, myself and fellow
member Margaret Cook are looking to promote members of
the BSCH and their ethical practice.
It has been a very busy few months
here in the Manchester Region, with
more and more enquiries from
members of the public seeking a
recommendation for a qualified
therapist in their area. This has in
part been due to the fact that myself
and Margaret Cook have been
promoting hypnotherapy at several Mind, Body and Spirit
exhibitions throughout the north west in locations such as
Heywood, Leyland and Radcliffe.
MY JOURNEY INTO HYPNOTHERAPY
Roger Longstaff
Walking into the bedroom one spring afternoon in 2002 I
noticed several books that had been placed on the bed, by
my wife, with a view to taking them to her favorite charity
shop. The usual procedure was for me to have a `quick flick'
through each book evaluating their content and checking for
any £10 notes! Amongst these books was a book on
hypnosis, one of those books that you buy believing it seems
like a "good idea at the time" but you never get around to
reading. For the next hour I read this particular book,
becoming more and more absorbed, particularly the chapters
concerning the application of hypnosis for medical and
psychological disorders - if only I could do that!
Not only are our details getting into people’s homes but the
BSCH website and telephone number is also being distributed
which should benefit all concerned.
December was a particularly exciting month for me, as I was
invited by North Cheshire NHS Trust to give a Christmas
Lecture on the topic of “Stress in the Workplace” at the GMB
National college to a large group of NHS librarians from a
variety of hospitals throughout the North of England.
Consequently I was then asked to design a workshop to
address these issues. Not what you might at first consider a
particularly stressful job being a Librarian, but it was
interesting to see the number of heads nodding in agreement
as I recounted the physical and mental symptoms of stress,
and the long term effects.
Having tuned my mind into hypnosis, it was everywhere.
Funny isn't it, only when something stimulates our
consciousness do we discover its abundance and that we
only notice it when our mind is opened to it. A week or two
later I saw an advert for the LCCH course in clinical hypnosis
in one of the national newspapers, and sent for the
prospectus. The content and depth of the courses together
with the qualifications of the tutors led me to train with the
LCCH in Manchester.
At that time I was 49-years-old and had been self-employed
working with my wife, in a retail business for the last 24 years,
and had been looking for an alternative business with a view
to winding down our retail commitments. Clinical
hypnotherapy may, at first view, appear a major change of
direction, but the psychology behind selling may be an
unconscious understanding of what makes our customers
`tick' together with the fact we both serve peoples needs,
could be regarded as the common denominators bridging the
two.
Bill also reports the following written Commons
answer:
- Health minister announces plans to regulate support
workers and complementary therapists.
- Health minister John Hutton today announced a wideranging package of regulatory reform to place patient safety
at the centre of all health services.
- The Department of Health published two public consultation
papers: to extend regulation to a wider range of Health Care
staff; and proposals to regulate herbal medicine and
acupuncture practitioners.
Hansard - 25 Mar 2004: Column 1048W - Complementary
Medicines
I found both the certificate and diploma courses very
enjoyable, a well balanced mix of theory and practical studies
punctuated by the wit of our Course Co-ordinator Maurice
Sterndale! During the diploma course I `treated' a number of
patients, mostly friends at home. No money changed hands,
but I felt my home environment could not offer me the
professionalism that I was seeking.
Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what
his Department's policy is on the availability of complementary
medicines through the NHS. [162042]
Miss Melanie Johnson: National Health Service access to
complementary therapies is at the discretion of individual
trusts and clinicians. A formal mechanism for commissioning
primary medical services from a variety of providers will be
available to primary care trusts from 1 April. This could be
used to commission clinically appropriate and cost-effective
complementary therapies to help meet the needs of the local
community.”
John Hutton said: "In order to ensure public protection, the
scope of professional self-regulation needs to be widened.
Professional staff who are currently unregulated are
increasingly working as part of a wider healthcare team to
provide efficient and high quality care. Proper arrangements
therefore need to be put in place to regulate the practice of
all staff who provide direct care to patients. We are
considering the introduction of compulsory regulation for all
these health care support workers, who will be subject to
discipline if their actions or behaviour fall short of accepted
standards.
At the time of writing it has not been revealed what this formal
mechanism is to be but it does sound like a promising
development.
Alongside these traditional health care workers, people are
increasingly turning to complementary medicine. We estimate
that there are over 4,000 practising acupuncturists and
herbalists in the UK, none of whom currently have to adhere
to professional standards of training.
Maurice Sterndale, course coordinator for the North West
writes:
Tom Connelly
Organising Secretary
British Society of Clinical Hypnosis
http://www.bsch.org.uk
01262 403 103
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MIND, BODY, SPIRIT EXHIBITION
2nd and 3rd October 2004 GMEX Manchester
I passed the diploma examination in January 2004 and I am
now standing in a room looking up at my framed diploma
certificate hanging on the wall, to my left is a leather reclining
therapy chair. The room is situated not in my mind, but in a
health and beauty clinic, 15 minutes walk from my home,
where I see my patients one day a week, with an option to
extend to three days. Pseudo orientation in time was never
this good! This perfect location together with my professional
looking promotional literature gives me a much greater
confidence with my patients.
I have once again booked a stand at this prestigious event
which attracts thousands of visitors from all over the North,
the Midlands and surrounding areas. Having exhibited here
for the last six years, the event continues to grow in popularity
and it is a good opportunity to obtain business, especially for
newly qualified members and students nearing the end of
their course.
If you would like to promote your hypnotherapy practice, I am
offering those BSCH members who have full insurance, the
opportunity to display leaflets and business cards on the
stand. There is a nominal fee and space is a limiting factor,
so if you don't want to miss this opportunity early booking is
recommended. For further details please contact me:
Maurice Sterndale on 01457 874752
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The next four years will now be dedicated to phasing out our
retail business whilst continuing my training and building up
the clinic, allowing myself and my wife greater flexibility in our
working hours and creating a scaled down operation through
retirement. I look forward to another 25 years serving people's
needs.
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NEWS FROM LEEDS
LEEDS
Dorothy Chippendale,
Course Director, North East
Diploma course I would tell anyone who stood still long
enough what I had learnt and nine times out of ten I would
talk them into being a guinea pig for me.
The Practitioner course really put the cherry on top of the
cake for me. I was worried that I might be out of my depth
and that I should have practised a bit more before I took the
course but I was wrong. I enjoyed every bit of it. The lectures
were fantastic and the advanced techniques (EMDR and the
solution focused therapy) have really proved to be incredibly
useful and effective. I was a little timid about using them
initially but some of the more complex cases I have had
recently have responded so well that I am now more than
happy to use a combination of hypnosis and EMDR.
I can’t believe time has come round
for the next edition of the ‘News’. It
doesn’t seem two minutes since I
was writing the introduction for the
last one! It has been a very busy
few months here in the North East,
with one diploma course just ended
(all the students passed the exam),
ongoing diploma and certificate
courses, another certificate starting 15 May and a practitioner
course starting 22 May – doesn’t time fly by when you are
enjoying yourself.
I'm still working for O2 as an Application Support and
Development manager but recently I have been asked to start
working with O2 employees on long term sick, mainly stress
related issues, anxiety, skin problems, Hypertension and also
bullying in the work place. I am desperately trying to convince
O2 that they need a full time Hypnotherapist. Hopefully my
results will speak for themselves.
Below is another interesting Student Profile, as promised.
Also an article by a practitioner who has recently passed the
practitioner exam and is establishing her practice alongside
her ‘day job’.
We are always looking for new weekend supervisors and
tutors in the area and anyone who is interested please contact
me on 01282 843 363.
As a result of this work, I have been invited by the Connect
Union (telecommunication workers union) to take part in a
two-day seminar dealing with Stress and the Law in the
workplace in June. This is a national event where I will be
talking about the benefits of Hypnosis and running some
relaxation and self-hypnosis classes. It is a wonderful
opportunity for me to reach a number of high level managers
within O2 and in other Telecoms companies...hopefully some
consultancy work will come from it.
AFTER THE PRACTITIONERS
Stephanie Newboult
After being asked if I would like to
write something for the LCCH I
started thinking about each of the
LCCH courses and exams I'd taken,
the Certificate, Diploma and in March
this year the Practitioner, each one of
them marking very significant stages
in my life. And, although it may sound
trite, I don't think I have ever
experienced anything that has ever so fundamentally
changed my beliefs, my self perception, or in fact my whole
life.
Outside O2 I am building up my own business. I practise at
home in the evenings and this part of my business is building
up nicely. I have even been getting referrals from the local
Doctor which makes me feel quite legitimate.
I am sure I should be saying setting up your own business is
hard work; perhaps it is, but the pleasure I get out of
managing my own business and actually helping people to
live a better, happier and potentially longer life is
immeasurable.
Marion Smith, who has also just completed the Practitioners
course, once said to me that she felt guilty because she really
enjoyed having a new case. Somehow it felt wrong to look
forward to it.
I remember turning up on day one of the Certificate course
convinced I would never be able to hypnotise anyone. Then
total panic when I found out I was going to have to hypnotise
someone almost straight away. I wasn't worried about being
hypnotized but I remember clutching my script, terrified.
I can fully understand what Marion mean; thinking "Oh good
a nice juicy one" doesn't sound quite right, but each new case
opens up so many possibilities and challenges. I find it a
fascinating experience, looking at each aspect of a person's
life...It may be that I am just innately nosy as well and it
satisfies a deep need in me.
I would "do it wrong" and somehow damage the other person
for life. I am sure those of you who have just started the
Certificate course know what I mean and I suspect those of
you who have been practising for years can remember clearly
those first exercises and that dreaded first exam.
So what have I learnt in the last two months of running my
own practice.....?
Oh! the thought of hypnotizing someone without a script in
exam conditions. The panic when I realized I had just done
an Eye Fixation instead of the Hand Levitation I had been
asked to do...ugh.
Never believe a new client when they say over the phone that
they are just thinking about giving up smoking. The sad truth
is that they are rarely, in my experience, truthful. You think
you have a fairly straight forward case and they drop a
bombshell the minute they walk through the door. I might not
panic about having a script in my hand anymore but, oh! life
would be so much easier if they would only tell you what is
really bothering them.
Working and studying at the same time is never easy and I
found the Diploma course quite intense, but for the first time
ever I understood how it felt to become passionate about the
work I was doing.
Gaining my Degree in Computer Studies was important to me
but I never felt the least desire to talk to anyone about the
joys of System Design or Coding. After each weekend on the
NEWS FROM LEEDS
Good luck to all and happy practising.
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STUDENT PROFILE
Kurt Ramsden
I’ve never been to a hypnotherapist as a patient, but some
years ago I attended a lecture by an elderly gentleman who
had turned his back on pharmacy and trained in clinical
hypnosis. I was entranced by his presentation – and his
passion for the subject. Looking back I actually remember
feeling a little ‘different’ during his talk and promised myself
that I would investigate the option of training. A local Doctor
who had also studied hypnotherapy recommended the LCCH
to me, but it was some time before I took the next step. There
are always excuses not to follow things up. In my case a
young family, a busy day-job, and a penchant for fast cars
swallowed time and money. I guess we’d call it unconscious
processing, and when the time came my wife was very
supportive of my decision, so I bit the bullet and signed up.
Most of you who are reading this
article will have an interest in
hypnotherapy and many will be
undergoing some kind of formal
training to perhaps fulfils a desire to
practice hypnosis in a clinical
environment. Like you, I had a
motivation to ‘grow’ as an individual
and to use my newly acquired skills
to help others. This is my story…
My name is Kurt Ramsden, and for
the last 15 years I’ve been a full-time community pharmacist,
working firstly for a well-known high street chain and more
recently in a small independent pharmacy in Redcar. Call me
slow, but it’s taken me the bulk of that time to work out what it
is I enjoy about my current vocation, and, more importantly,
how to build upon that enjoyment to ensure I continue to get
the most out of my future career(s).
I don’t know how many other LCCH students recall their first
induction at the start of the Certificate course. For me at least
it was a great experience – in the capable hands of our course
co-ordinator and experienced practitioner Dorothy
Chippendale. Let’s just say she took me to a place I’d never
been before…and I’ve never looked back!
The Certificate and Diploma courses were for me at least
immensely rewarding. The salami technique of teaching was
new to me, and the frequent practical sessions were times
when I really enjoyed learning. That said, I don’t think I was
the only one who found that it took a while for the full sausage
to come together, so-to-speak. Perhaps a few suggestions to
‘enjoy each mouthful’ might have helped. The assignments
on the Diploma were good background and it’s nice to know
that the LCCH continues to refine all elements of the course
and can use the experience of students to develop the content
still further. There was an old TV ad that said: “It’s Good to
Talk” - and as all budding therapists know, it’s also “Good to
Listen”.
Community pharmacy is a pretty well-paid profession, and
fills an important role in the NHS, which is often overlooked
by health service managers who only see us as ‘glorified shop
assistants’, or ‘tablet counters’. I often spend large chunks of
time counselling patients and problem solving. It won’t
surprise you to hear that patients often have a poor
understanding of their condition and the medication they are
prescribed for it. So, to get to the point, I discovered that I got
the biggest buzz out of helping people. And so I should you
might say! Well, in the cold light of day many professionals
seem to focus more on what suits them than their patients –
up to now I haven’t succumbed (I hope).
Which brings me on to another observation since I began this
training. The marketing moguls of this world are several steps
ahead of the game when it comes to the manipulation of the
unconscious. Let’s face it - they’ve been doing it for years –
and have become very subtle and imaginative in their quest
to ‘modify thought patterns’. The use of music, storytelling,
voice, and even deletion of negatives are integrated into many
ads, as well as the old favourites of repetition and direct
suggestion. It doesn’t matter how hard I try to be aware of
their influence, I’m still surprised sometimes how damn
effective they can be. And I guess the cleverest are those I
don’t even consciously notice at all - now that’s scary! Imagine
using that mechanism in a way that is positive and caring for
our patients - I’m sure you know already how to do that…
The day job has also taught me the strengths of conventional
therapies, particularly medicines – and it’s true to say that in
combination with improving sanitation and standards of living
- medicines have made a big difference to our health over the
last 100 years. However, one area where we are still
struggling to make progress is the management of the various
manifestations of anxiety. Indeed, with the overuse of
addictive drugs like Valium and its cousins over the last 30
years or so, it could be argued that we’ve actually gone
backwards. This is a great shame because as we all know,
anxiety causes lots of problems. A great shame unless you
know about hypnotherapy that is…
It’s difficult not to be cynical about the pharmaceutical
industry, and this cynicism reaches it’s focal point with the
industry’s efforts in the field of anxiety. Many of the drugs are
addictive, and this is often in the absence of any long-term
improvement in the condition. So, you have the irony of a
patient who not only doesn’t get better, they often become
addicts too. It’s my view that most anxiety states (the main
exception being very short-term anxiety such as that
immediately following bereavement) should not be treated
with drugs. Why? The easy answer is “They cause more
problems than they solve” – and of course there are more
appropriate therapies available - of which hypnotherapy is
but one.
At the time of writing I’m awaiting the results of my Diploma
Exam. I’ve begun to ‘spread the word’ about my intentions
and over the coming weeks and months I’m looking forward
to practising hypnotherapy more and more. Once I’ve gained
more experience I’ll consider the next step - the Practitioner
Course - and I’ll no doubt enjoy the opportunity not just to
learn from the LCCH but also from my peers.
I’d like to end on this note. For me, the training so far has
been a journey. I have changed over that last 12 months, and
I like to think that I’ve learnt much from the LCCH, it’s
excellent ‘lecturers’, and from my fellow students. Part of the
learning process for me has been to absorb other people’s
perspectives as much as possible, and to watch colleagues
on their journeys too. I’d like to thank you all and also to thank
Dorothy, who as well as co-ordinating the Leeds course was
also my tutor. For that alone she deserves a medal...
So, why did I choose to study hypnotherapy? Partly to play to
my strengths as a person, partly to fulfil a genuine need, and
partly because in many ways this is a frontier which many in
conventional medicine have failed to recognise - up to now.
But mainly because I believed - and still believe - that it
works.
Summer 2004
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NEWS FROM MIDLANDS
David Valencia
LCCH co-ordinator for the
Midlands, writes:
To any current students and past students practising or not,
please contact me with any interesting or useful information
to add variety to these pages. It doesn’t need to be lofty
achievement ( although that will do nicely also!).
The LCCH in the Midlands is
expanding
and
courses
are
beginning once again in Nottingham.
The venue is The Nottingham Trent
University at the Clifton Campus Site.
The new Certificate course is now up
and running and the next one
commences in September of this year with the Diploma
following in the November.
At the risk of repeating myself, I am continually told at
interview that the reasons why students choose the LCCH as
opposed to other institutions are the professionalism of the
organization and its insistence on monitoring both its own and
students’ performance in an effort to maintain standards of
excellence and safe practice.
Here are two former LCCH students who typify these values
and have gone on to do some interesting things since
graduating. Here are their stories.
The Nottingham Trent University is easily accessible from
Junction 24 of the M1. Approx 4 miles,15 minutes from the
railway station and 5 miles from Nottingham East Midlands
Airport.
TRAINER SKILLS WORKSHOP
Peter J Doherty D.Hyp. PDChyp. DBSCH, Dip PT. Dip. IIST.
Life Coach
The first piece of clinical news from Nottingham comes from
my own practice. In the summer of last year I began
discussions with two consultant anaesthetists at the City
Hospital in Nottingham who were interested in exploring the
use of clinical hypnosis in pain control, either locally in GP
Surgeries or at the Pain Clinic itself.
I was recently asked to design and deliver a one-day training
skills workshop for law students at the University of Essex.
The purpose of the request was to equip the students with
the requisite skills to enable them to deliver training sessions
in local schools more effectively.
After initial talks it became apparent that the logistics of
running a trial and setting up sessions in primary care was
too complex and that a trial period at the Pain Clinic would be
easier to begin with.
The training sessions are being led by Claire Richards who is
the External Relations Officer at the University of Essex, Law
Society. The project involves volunteers from the University
going into schools in the local area and taking sessions on
students’ rights and how the law affects them. The project is
based on the ‘Street Law’ project which originated in the USA
during the 1970’s. My remit was to give the law students some
basic trainer skills in order to enhance their delivery of the
subject matter and to increase their confidence when
speaking in public. I asked a colleague of mine, Wallace
Campbell, to assist me in this task. Wallace is a Practitioner
of NLP and qualified Life Coach as well as a professional
trainer.
From these initial talks I have been able to negotiate a trial
period in which time I would assess those patients selected
from the consultants’ pain clinics and re-assess, on the basis
of my own clinical judgement, those patients most suitable
for hypnotic work. This mode of assessment I have based on
a number of factors which I consider crucial for this selection.
It has been very generous of the doctors to have allowed me
virtual carte blanche in this initial process; remembering also
they want to get meaningful results in order to receive
continued funding for the facility.
Together we designed the workshop to cover some of the
basic requirements for training delivery. This included lesson
planning, aims and objectives, PowerPoint, flip charts, OHP,
board work and other presentation mediums. I am also a
regular user of Accelerated Learning techniques and
incorporated many of them in the planning phase. Wallace
and I have delivered many training sessions together, and
have an almost uncanny ability to compliment and pre-empt
each other’s next move. This works very well in the classroom
environment and makes for an enjoyable partnership in
training. Within our preparation we incorporated many
techniques from hypnosis and NLP, such as language
patterns, anchoring, relaxation, nested loops and metaphors.
At the present time I am in the process of assessing the
patients referred and if they are ‘ideal’ subjects they are
booked in for a number of sessions for specific and focused
work. The criteria used to make this selection is a combination
of clinical judgement, intuition, close observation of the
medical notes, and a useful tool called The Tellegen
Absorption Scale which measures the degree of, and type of
absorption the subject can achieve ( a full explanation of this
scale, its adaptation and the results achieved will be reported
in future articles).
This is a challenging venture in an area within the Health
Service in Nottingham which has not seen any formalized or
structured approaches using clinical hypnosis before and, if
successful, might open up many more possibilities within the
National Health Service.
We commenced the day with the general introductions and
gave the students a ‘Big Picture’ overview of the day. This
gave them a focus and is excellent for the ‘Global Learners’
who like to see what is coming. Following this we began to
develop rapport with the students and got them to see the
benefits of the day ahead. Once the students were on board,
we began the first of our stories. Essentially, we use relevant
material in each story which has a connection with the
training. I started the first story and broke off part of the way
through, then Wallace commenced one and broke off, then I
commenced the third story and, as before, did not finish it.
The loops were now open.
In future issues, the LCCH News will feature both a
Birmingham and a Nottingham update so watch this space.
NEWS FROM BIRMINGHAM
The Birmingham Centre is as busy as ever with a Certificate
course just ended, a new Practitioner running and a Diploma
about to begin.
NEWS FROM MIDLANDS
A CASE STORY
Louise Withers
We then looked at the Multiple Intelligences (MI) based on
the findings of Howard Gardner, and the students completed
the first of many tasks. Following this task the students were
able to identify their own preferred MI by completing a graph
and using colours to make it more memorable (Visual
Spatial). We linked this to the classroom and explored how
many different learning styles were likely to be in attendance
at their sessions. This is important knowledge for them to
possess, because they can plan their activities to cater for all
styles, commonly termed ‘Multiple Chance’ learning.
Richard is a twenty-three-year-old
quadriplegic man. His condition was
caused through oxygen starvation at
birth due to medical negligence.
Richard cannot walk, talk or feed
himself. His sleep is severely
disturbed primarily due to his inability
to move naturally when he gets
uncomfortable at night. He needs to
alert one of his 24 hour carers to his needs, and he does this
up to 6 times a night. His carers often suffer from sleep
deprivation and the days that follow are fraught.
Throughout the day we used activities and student
presentations to reinforce the learning and to develop their
confidence. We gave them developmental feedback on their
presentations which gave them the opportunity to improve
and to use their intrapersonal intelligence to self-reflect. Both
Wallace and I are NVQ D32/33 Assessors.
Richard is a twenty-three-year-old man who attends college.
He has done more in 23 years than many people do in a
lifetime. He has his Duke of Edinburgh gold award. He has
swum with dolphins and sailed on a sailing ship. Richard
communicates with the aid of a very complex computer, his
‘talker’, the kind that Steven Hawking uses but specially
adapted for his personal use. Richard has never allowed his
disability to stop him from achieving his ambitions. He wasn’t
about to allow it from stopping him sleeping any longer.
With the best traditions of Accelerated Learning we used the
various tools to teach the students their use, for example
when giving an example of the PowerPoint techniques we
used the PowerPoint to deliver it. We also used Mind Maps,
Magna Drops, Flip Charts, and Peripherals on the walls.
Peripherals are an excellent method of subconscious learning
for the students, it allows the trainer to send a message
without specifically referring to it. Of course, all of the
techniques were fully explained in detail.
That’s where I come in. I work one day a week at a therapy
centre near to where Richard lives. Richard wasn’t able to
use the centre facilities but I travelled to his home to meet
him. At first sight many people write Richard off because of
his appearance. He was constantly salivating when I arrived
and his mother was wiping his mouth every so often with a
flannel, another rested on his shoulder to catch the rest. His
right arm spasms every now and again, this seems to be
beyond his control. However, Richard can nod and shake his
head and has movement in his left arm and leg. He loves the
sea, the sun and ships, which is apparent from the pictures
hung on the walls of his house.
One very interesting aspect of this type of learning is the
concert review at the end of the day. This is where the
students relax and a suitable piece of baroque music is played
at low volume in the background. Once I have the students in
a comfortable state of relaxation the concert review begins…
At the conclusion of the day Wallace and I then closed the
loops from the stories that we started at the beginning of the
day. This never ceases to amaze me, as I look at the faces in
the audience. At first there is a look of bewilderment on their
faces as they try to make sense of what is happening. Then,
the light goes on as the realization hits home, and you could
see the smiles on the faces as the connections are made.
Richard’s mother explains that his ‘talker’ is a little slow and
to save time asks if she can explain the situation to me. I reply
if it’s okay by Richard then it’s fine by me. Richard nods in
agreement. His mother tells me that Richard has had a poor
sleep pattern since he was born. He cried constantly for his
first two years of life. Every time he shouts he gets attention.
Sometimes at night he bites down hard on his lip and can’t
let go. He gets anxious about his sleep. He doesn’t normally
go to bed until midnight but occasionally will fall asleep in the
armchair before that. Richard tells me that he is tired when
he goes to bed and doesn’t know why he then wakes up an
hour later. Richard has one carer who really doesn’t like
getting up in the night. When he is on duty Richard wakes up
more than usual. Carers are hard to find and take a long time
to train. Richard thinks his poor sleeping is a bad habit. He
can lie in until 10.00 am if left!
Before the students left the workshop I used the following
short speech for them to make sense of in their own way:
“I could tell you that this workshop will give you more
confidence and self assurance, but I would rather let you
discover that for yourself.”
Sometimes it is good to leave loops open!
All in all this was a very enjoyable day and as ever I learned
much from the experience. The following comments were
received from the students on the day:
‘I liked the way the teaching methods were used on us without
us knowing’.
I ask if I can learn more about Richard’s condition in order
that I can ascertain how best to treat him. I’m told that Richard
cannot read but only because he has never been taught. His
intellect is normal. He can shout out but not form words as
we can. He is able to relax. I explain to Richard how hypnosis
works and I ask him if there is anything that he feels I ought
to know he says not; I ask if he is able bodied in his dreams
– he is. I ask what outcome he is looking for and he replies if
he could only wake up once a night that would be fantastic
and, by the way, if I could stop him dribbling and his arm
spasming too that would be great.
‘At first I did not see how the story telling part fitted into today’s
session. However, at the end when they concluded I found it
very inspirational’.
‘I will produce better Street Law sessions because of this day’.
‘Initially I did not look forward to the public speaking aspect,
but it was dramatically reduced during the day and they
showed us how to make it more enjoyable’.
‘I thought the day way fantastic’.
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NEWS FROM SCOTLAND
Angela Trainer writes:
Not through his talker, he actually said ‘hiya’. I also heard him
say ‘Yvonne’ and ‘Paul’ who were his two carers. I was told
he had also said ‘engineer’ to Yvonne to tell her his standing
frame needed repairing as it had broken. I hadn’t expected
any of this. On the down side his sleeping had been a bit up
and down but, to compensate, his driving of his wheelchair
had improved because his control of his good hand was much
better and he was able to hold on to his controls.
Richard‘s talker is removed and he is lifted into an armchair
next to me. We are alone. It is quite a strange feeling to be
alone with an adult with whom you have very little
communication; even his head movements are slight. I begin
by telling Richard that whenever he is ready he can close his
eyes. As Richard cannot really communicate with me at this
stage, I didn’t discover until after our first session that Richard
also has trouble closing his eyes. I use progressive relaxation
and continue through the early learning set, and then I ask
him to imagine himself on a ship with the usual favourite place
suggestions. I then use normal sleep suggestions, games to
play in self-hypnosis and future orientation. I give him ego
strengthening suggestions paying particular attention to
having more and more control. At times Richard’s eyes are
closed and the amount of time for which they remain that way
increases as we go on. When I awaken him I ask if he is ready
to move, I think he nods and he’s smiling so I call his Mum.
I haven’t seen Richard since that session but his Mum
contacts me occasionally to let me know how he is.
Everything is still much better; his dribbling isn’t as good as
when I last saw him but still much improved. His Mum popped
in recently to say they had a wedding to go to this summer
and Richard wanted a top up on the dribbling. I don’t know
what it was that worked for Richard maybe it was as simple
as just needing someone to show him a different way. What I
learned from the experience is that you should never be afraid
to try something new. - This was written with Richard’s permission.
Once back in his wheelchair with his talker on Richard
responds in the same way as anyone else. He tells me he
enjoyed it immensely, could see all the things I suggested
(and some I didn’t). He asked if I would return the next week
and I said I would.
My next visit to Richard’s house is one of the most rewarding
moments of my life so far. Richard has a twinkle in his eye.
For five out of the seven nights he had only awoken once and
the other two nights had been particularly hot and sticky and
everyone had slept badly. But the most noticeable
improvement was that Richard was not dribbling. His Mum
told me it had gone almost entirely and only happened when
Richard was either excited or upset. His talker said ‘my mouth’
more than once as I had arrived. His arm spasms had been
wonderful too. He was even managing to eat and swallow
without spilling most of it as he had done before. They couldn’t
believe the difference. Richard felt so much better about
himself mostly due not to the extra sleep but the lack of
dribbling. Other people who knew him had commented and
that had really made him feel good. That session also
concentrated mainly on sleep and ego strengthening.
EJCH
COURSES, MASTERCLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
Wiston Lodge, an 18th century hunting lodge near Biggar,
with open fires and 55 acres of woodland will be the venue
for Angela's residential masterclass from 1st - 3rd October.
'Living In the Present Moment' allows you to enjoy the benefits
of gentle Yoga, Tai Chi, Meditation and Dreamwork amongst
other things and is the perfect chance to get away from it all!
Glasgow's Certificate course proved
very popular yet again, with a full
house at the clinic in March. Students
have backgrounds ranging from
social workers and lecturers to
engineers.
Graham Watts (Angela's husband and business partner) is
currently running a programme with Social Work Dept.
Glasgow on ‘Stress Management’ for The Drugs-Using
Women's Group.
We expect to put through around 50
Certificate students this year, so it
looks like another busy Diploma
course next year! It's hard to believe we're already half way
through this year's Diploma - you can read comments from 2
of this year's students below to find out how it's going.
Graham will be holding another day of Yoga Therapy on
Sunday. 5th September. A day of relaxation and meditation the perfect way to spend a Sunday!
For details of Courses, Masterclasses or Residential
Workshops in Scotland, call:
Donna at The Harvest Clinic on 0140-333-0878 or visit our
website on www.harvestclinic.co.uk
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When I received my first
redundancy payment, I used it for
a holiday and a deposit on my first
flat. With my second redundancy
payment, I paid off my overdraft
and had another holiday. When I
received my third redundancy
package, I used some of the
money to see a hypnotherapist. In
addition to the stress caused by
not being one of the 10% of the
working population who thrive on change, I also had issues
from my childhood that I had not resolved and which twenty
years on were causing problems for me in my life.
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When it was over Richard asked if I thought I might be able
to help him learn to speak. He wanted to at least be able to
allocate meanings to the sounds he could already make. I
asked how many sounds he could make and he replied three.
I also asked what he would like them to mean. He replied
‘hello,’ ‘how are you’ and ‘goodbye’. I told him that I didn’t
know whether I could help or not but given that there would
be no harm in trying I was willing to give it a go if he was.
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The hypnotherapist I saw was Angela Trainer and with her
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teens. I have also examined other areas of my life and
continue to see Angela each month. I believe that therapy is
one of the best investments I have made. It helps me to live
my life.
Angela Trainer (Principal of LCCH Scotland) will be running a
Reiki II training course from her home near Stirling on 28th
and 29th August and for those who would be interested in the
next Reiki I course, it will be held at The Harvest Clinic on
13th and 14th October 2004.
For many years my career was as a Personnel Manager, in
both the private and public sectors. I’ve already mentioned
redundancy. Well, I’ve been made redundant from every
personnel job I’ve had!! However, I see that as a bonus, not
as a disaster. It gave me the opportunity to re-evaluate my
career choices as well as giving me some ‘extra’ money. Also
as a Personnel Manager, I had to make a lot of people
redundant, and I learned from them. Many told me, later, that
being made redundant was one of the best things that
happened to them as they were able to move on to work they
enjoyed far more than the job they had lost. That is not to
diminish the difficult experience it can be for many.
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Our third session concentrated on Richard’s speaking.
Richard was obviously far more relaxed with me now. He even
told me that there was nothing wrong with his wedding tackle!
Everything else was still going well and his sleeping continued
to improve. Generally he was going to bed at 11.00 to 11.30
p.m. waking once within an hour to be turned, and then
sleeping through to the next morning. Richard also asked if I
could help with his wheelchair driving because he kept letting
go of the controls and crashing.
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I had written a script based on each thing being bigger than
before, more noticeable so that it was easier to pay attention
and concentrate. Finding listening easier, being able to study
his sounds as though through a magnifying glass so that he
could break them into component parts to create more sounds
and once more having greater control.
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When I left university in the 1970s with a Social Science
degree and no idea of what to do for a career, I ended up in
London working for the Civil Service, in a job that I knew was
not for me. I started career searching in earnest and after
researching lots of possible careers and asking everyone I
met about how they got into their line of work, I chose
personnel management. The 1970s was an exciting time in
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When I went to Richard’s house for the next session I walked
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if anything was possible for women. Other employment
legislation seemed to be giving workers new rights. And so it
was that I got my toe on the HR ladder and got qualified.
mind must be immense if it can have an impact on such a
physical injury as burns. When I decided four years ago that I
wanted to change direction in my career and work directly
with people, I decided that hypnosis was worth further
investigation and I did some research into training options. I
am a qualified accountant and had worked as finance
manager in the NHS for many years and was keen to find
training that was both credible and practical for me to
undertake. I was amazed at the number of options available,
but disappointed that there was no external assessment of
the quality of training offered by the different organizations. I
searched the web and asked around. I found the LCCH on
the web and also happened to meet someone who had just
completed his training with LCCH. From the evidence, the
course filled the criteria of being credible and there was a
course being held in Glasgow, which meant it was also
practical for me. The accountant in me was also impressed
with the idea that I did not have to commit to undertaking the
full Diploma at the beginning. If I didn’t like it, I could stop
after the Certificate. I did like it. I knew from the first day of
the certificate class that I wanted to go through the Diploma.
I completed that in 2001 and am now doing the Practitioner
course in Glasgow.
However, by the early 1980s the UK economy began to
experience structural change. Economic conditions meant
that the office I worked in slowly closed down as the work
was transferred to other parts of the country. Not wanting to
leave London, I opted for redundancy and a new job. Two
years later, now with a mortgage, I had no choice but to
accept a redundancy payment. With only two months to find
another job, I got one and again left one job on a Friday and
began my new one on the Monday, with some more
redundancy money. This time the US Company I worked for
had provided outplacement counselling, which was new to
the UK at that time. I was able to explore my career choices
and get help in being interviewed and compiling my CV. I
found out that 75% of people get their job, not through adverts
(15%) or agencies (10%), but through direct and personal
contact. In fact it was through talking to a friend of my boss
about job opportunities in his organization that I got an
interview for my next job, with a public sector organization,
which two years on announced large-scale redundancies. I
spent the next 7 years, in London, Belfast and Glasgow,
managing redundancy programmes and by the end I needed
a career change myself. I knew I didn’t want another HR job,
but what?
I now successfully mix my role in finance with practising
hypnotherapy. I moved to working part-time in my NHS
finance role in 2002 and have been steadily building up my
private hypnotherapy business since then. The mix of the two
roles works well for me, although I still get incredulous looks
when I explain to someone that I do two very different jobs. I
must admit people who know me in my accountant role
generally ask a lot more questions about hypnotherapy than
vice versa! However, the mix seems very logical to me and,
taking the analytical approach, I have developed a theory
about left and right brained accountants to explain it.
I used all of my experience to search for a new career. I had
also moved into training, including running workshops for staff
on ‘Finding the Right Job’ and I used this and my previous
experience of outplacement to find another job for myself.
The most important thing was to once again put myself out
there and look for opportunities. Finally, I was seconded into
the university sector, took an M.Sc. while I was there and
realized ‘This is what I want to do - for now’. This time I
volunteered for a redundancy package and moved into the
new university sector as a Lecturer in Human Resources
Management. I still carried on running workshops in ‘Finding
the right job’. I thought it was so important that people became
skilled in job searching. After all, it is only a skill, like learning
to make a presentation or drive a car. I was also beginning to
connect the way in which Angela helped me explore issues
with what I did in career workshops. I began to attend some
of Angela’s master classes at Dod Mill and through speaking
to LCCH students I found that I wanted to study more about
hypnotherapy and enrolled for the Certificate, which was an
enriching experience in terms of my own personal
development and I subsequently enrolled on the Diploma. (I
seem to like studying and am also a part-time doctoral
student.) I can see how hypnotherapy can be a powerful tool
in career ‘therapy’, enabling people to fulfil their potential, to
seek out work they could love and, for example, to deal with
the anxiety that can arise through attending interviews.
While I enjoy working with private clients, one of the most
satisfying areas of my work is with patients in Fairmile Marie
Curie Centre in Edinburgh. The Marie Curie Hospices across
the country have their own individual policies towards
providing complementary therapies to patients and at present
I am the only hypnotherapist working in the Edinburgh
Hospice. I spend half-a-day per week at the hospice on a
voluntary basis and work with inpatients and outpatients. The
work is varied and sometimes unpredictable. Unpredictable,
both in the practical sense of not always being able to plan
ahead for sessions with patients whose condition can change
rapidly, and in terms of the issues I find myself dealing with.
Generally, at Marie Curie, my work starts with general
relaxation for the patient. Taking them to their favourite place
of relaxation is an excellent starting place. It sometimes
amazes that something we learnt on the Certificate course is
still fundamental to my work. I love to hear about the places
the patients visit in these sessions and there is an endless
variety. One lady went shopping which had been a favourite
pastime before she had become ill. She was happy to have
had the pleasure of the shopping trip with that added bonus
that there would be no credit card bills arriving a few days
later.
While I still love being a lecturer and researcher, my life
experiences have taught me that no job is for life and it is
important to have career choices. Who was it who said that
the only constant in today’s world is change? In addition, it is
important, for me, to do work that inspires me and enabling
people to find work they love does that. So, I am slowly
building up a private practice combining hypnotherapy and
career ‘therapy’. Who knows, perhaps in the future I might
find myself lecturing in hypnotherapy too!
I particularly enjoy doing guided imagery work with patients
and the masterclass I attended by Rubin Battino has been a
great help in my approach to this. I am usually in a relaxed
trance state myself when doing any guided visualizations,
which is probably the reason I enjoy them so much. Patients
at Marie Curie have the same range of issues that any other
client group has and I think it is important that even basic
relaxation therapy is carried out by properly trained therapists
who can deal with any issues, with which the patient may wish
help.
SUSAN ROBERTSON’S STORY
Many years ago I saw a documentary on TV which showed
that hypnosis could be effective in reducing the scarring of
burns victims, if used within a short time of the incident
occurring. That intrigued me. I knew that the power of the
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Summer 2004
Patients may want help with pain management or symptoms
such as nausea linked with their treatment. I often think that
it would be much more effective if we could encounter the
patients at an earlier stage in their treatment especially to
work with pain management. I’m sure that will come, as we
gradually make our way into mainstream healthcare.
Certificate level. Throughout my studies, as I am today, I was
fortunate enough to be able to enjoy the unswerving support
and encouragement of my wife, Sue. She was always a willing
volunteer when I needed to practise techniques I had learned
on my LCCH weekends which, at the time, were held at
Birkbeck College, in London, and when I came home
equipped with a post-hypnotic induction she, as ever, boldly
stepped forward.
The nursing and medical staff at the hospice are interested in
the work I do and I take all opportunities available to talk about
hypnotherapy to them. I have been invited to speak at a study
day relating to complementary therapies in palliative care. I
generally find staff open minded and keen to try anything
which could be of benefit to patients.
The way these things usually went, saw me talking
incessantly throughout dinner, which would be followed by
the clearing of plates to the dishwasher and then “the
practical”. Having told my “patient” what to expect, I induced
trance and deepened. I installed the required response to the
clicking of my fingers (but only in this chair, in this room and
by these fingers), and proceeded to awaken. We were at “the
chatty bit” when my aforementioned son entered the kitchendiner to find himself a drink. He pulled open the fridge door
and took out a two litre, plastic bottle. He watched, pouring
himself a glass of lemonade, as I leaned forward and clicked
my fingers the required twelve to fifteen inches from the end
of Sue’s nose, who dutifully and beautifully to order, closed
her eyes and swayed slightly, as if caught by a gentle breeze,
before allowing her chin to restfully fall to her chest as she
drifted off, deep in trance.
I am continuing to learn, too. I have been attending weekends
as an Assistant Lecturer with LCCH and am also a tutor to
some students on the Certificate and Diploma courses. Going
over the material again is very helpful as it keeps reminding
me of tools and techniques I could use. It is easy to settle into
using the same inductions, deepeners and approaches to
clients’ issues and going through the material again has
definitely made me more imaginative in my sessions with
clients. I am keen to learn more about working with people
with life challenging disease. The use of language, which is
fundamental to good hypnotherapy seems to me to also be
fundamental in coping at all levels with patients who have a
life challenging disease. The difficulty of being realistic about
the seriousness of the disease, to enable the patient to take
informed decisions about treatment and about their day-today life must be balanced with helping the patient remain
positive and hopeful. Understanding the impact of language
must be an element in managing that situation effectively. I
am also intrigued with the coping mechanisms staff have for
dealing with these patients but there is a limit to what I can
explore in one half-day per week. Hypnotherapy is going to
continue to keep me fascinated for a long time to come.
My son secured the top to the lemonade bottle before placing
it back into the fridge. He closed the door and looked across
to his triumphant father and, before leaving the room, he
narrowed his eyes and pointed a defiant finger, ”Don’t EVER
come near me!” he declared and made for the safety of the
lounge. Just a few weeks ago, and some years later, Sue and
I made our annual pilgrimage to the dentist. These days, she
rarely has to role-play the part of patient for me but she is still
just as supportive, if not more so. This visit had had to be
postponed for around nine months as our original dentist had
moved on and it had taken some time for the practice to find
a National Health Service replacement (yes we still enjoy the
services of a NHS practitioner). After the customary reading
of all of the information that adorned the waiting room walls
and my annual rummage through the toy box to see if there
were any new Star Trek models, Tricorders or phasers, I was
summoned to the dentist’s chair. I am one of the lucky few
who rarely encounter dental problems and a ten minute trance
enabled me to re-emerge with a gleaming, new smile and
brilliantly polished teeth.
THAT LOVING FILLING
Rick Sayer
I feel sure that many of us have
experienced changes in our
lives, often beyond our wildest
expectations, as a result of
studying clinical hypnosis. I, for
one, can honestly say that my life
is
now
completely
unrecognizable in comparison to
the life I was living ten years ago.
As Sue and I swapped places, it occurred to me that my new
dentist would be in need of my business cards. Never turn
down an opportunity to spread the word or look a potential
gift horse in the mouth, especially when this one had the
prospect of gifting me patients and that particular mouth might
have teeth in need of dental work.
It is sometimes very easy to be unaware of how those
changes effect those around us, indeed, as I tell my patients
every day, hypnosis is something that effects you from the
inside out; you take ownership of the change. Strengths and
resources are added to your “personal armoury of being”
often without earth-shattering, conscious awareness, just as
your growth, as a child, went almost unnoticed. (Although it
was commented on each Christmas by your Aunty Ethel as
she lent forward with those over glossed, bright red lips to
kiss you on the cheek, whilst you winced and faked a smile.)
As I scoured the walls for more information about correct
brushing techniques, mum and toddler groups or how to deal
with head lice, I was completely unaware of the situation that
I had just dropped Sue into. No sooner had she finished
singing my, and hypnotherapy’s, praises, her routine
inspection and x-rays revealed that our enforced, protracted
absence from the surgery had allowed her gums to take a
turn for the worse and the remedy would be some particularly
uncomfortable cleaning procedures, right away, followed by a
further session of more preventative dentistry in the weeks to
come. “This won’t be particularly pleasant (nice direct
suggestion), just raise your right hand if you can’t take it and
I’ll stop” caused Sue to narrow her eyes too; but this squint
was the one that is accompanied by a slight intake of breath,
a furrowing of the brow and the realization that the raising of
that right hand in surrender was not an option, not even if an
IMR, when hypnosis was clearly going to be her protector and
defender from the pain. She’s such a star.
You see, our nearests and dearests - partners, wives,
husbands and loved ones - do see the changes and
sometimes they can be quite dramatic. At other times the
consequences of those changes can also cause them to
behave in a manner to which they are unaccustomed or even
wince that faked smile again. Allow me to explain.
I’ll start with my son who, at fourteen, was just beginning to
find his adolescent feet when dad was studying (which, in
itself, was beyond his comprehension at the time) at
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NEWS FROM EXETER
CHRISTA MACKINNON
LCCH course director for the
South West writes:
of the wound could be completed. I also suggested that if
necessary the patient could ‘recall’ the sensation to help when
the hand became painful. At each dressing change, the
patient was able to ‘self-hypnotize’ enough to allow the
dressing to be done and no longer required the large doses
of Morphine prior to the dressings. The patient was very
grateful, as he said taking the Morphine had not been very
effective in relieving his pain - it had made him feel nauseous
and ‘spaced-out’. The self-hypnosis had given him the control
to deal with the pain himself…without side-effects!
In the last LCCH News I mentioned
that the Exeter LCCH team is proud
and fond of the many students who
attended the courses over the last
seven years in Exeter and who have
put their acquired skills to good use,
changed their lives in the way they
wanted to, gained much confidence
during their studies and are currently practising all over
Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and also in Hampshire and
Gloucester.
Part of my role is to care for patients undergoing painful
procedures. Distraction has been the main technique used.
Now, the ‘safe place’ can be used with great effect. The
patient and I (…and sometimes the Anaesthetist!) can get lost
in a wonderful tropical beach, listening to waves, seagulls etc.
etc. and before I can get the tan topped up (!) the epidural
catheter has be inserted into the patient’s back, ready for a
continuous infusion of analgesics. This technique is also
useful when using ‘gas & air’ for dressing changes, then you
can build on the floating sensation.
When students attend the courses in Exeter their main
question is usually: is it possible to build a successful practice
or a successful business in these areas, where wages are
still relatively low and big cities are non-existent. We keep
assuring students that one can build a successful business in
our region, but that it is important for them to find niches in
the market, to combine their newly acquired skills with their
already existing skills and jobs, to make contacts with the
medical profession and, generally speaking, to be creative.
Relaxation and ‘safe place’ can also help those patients who
are anxious, either prior to surgery or after surgery, wondering
what was found etc. This is especially useful when the patient
cannot sleep at night. In the dark, alone, anxieties and pain
can become magnified. So if a patient is taught self-hypnosis,
they can then use the skill to prevent the escalation of their
fears and pain. I have to rely on ward staff identifying those
patients at risk, so that they can be seen before there are
problems.
In this issue we will again introduce practitioners who have
trained with the LCCH in Exeter using their skills acquired in
different ways. We hope to give current students and future
prospective students ideas and inspiration.
Working with members of staff was an area that I hadn’t really
thought about exploring until an opportunity arose. A ward
sister arranged a team meeting regarding the care of a
patient. I was attending in my capacity as the ‘pain person’.
It soon became clear that the team had become demoralized
after caring for a particularly challenging patient. During the
discussion the team agreed to try group hypnosis. I was able
to remind them of the positive things they had achieved, that
they were more than able to manage what was happening,
the patient’s anger was not their fault, they all had skills that
they could use to work with him. The staff all left the meeting
feeling very positive, like they could ‘start again’ with the
patient.
HYPNOSIS IN PAIN MANAGEMENT
Lizzie Wiscombe
Lizzie Wiscombe, a nurse at Torbay District General Hospital,
combines her skills in Clinical Hypnosis with her work as the
Clinical Nurse Specialist for Pain Management at the hospital.
She writes:
My name is Lizzie Wiscombe and I’ve been the Clinical Nurse
Specialist for Pain Management at Torbay District General
Hospital, in Torquay, for the last 6 years. In my work I see a
variety of patients with various problems in pain management.
I have been able to use my hypnosis skills in a variety of ways
to help both patients and staff.
I have helped with ‘performance anxiety’ for a member of staff
who had to present her research to a room full of Consultants
(!). Under hypnosis she recalled the feeling of achievement,
which I then anchored to her thumb. During the presentation,
when she needed a ‘confidence boost’ she touched her
thumb. It worked beautifully and her work was received with
lots of positive feedback. Similar techniques helped a staff
nurse pass an interview for a ward sister’s post.
In the field of acute pain the cause of the pain is usually
known, therefore, we know when it will end. A typical scenario
would be a patient with appendicitis, he will have surgery to
remove the appendix and full healing will occur after about
10 days. Taking regular analgesia will enable him to move,
cough and deep breathe thus speeding up his recovery and
prevent complications. Once healed, the analgesia can be
stopped.
I had no idea that hypnosis would be so useful, in so many
ways, during my work at the hospital. Also I have met so
many wonderful, talented people on my journey as a
hypnotherapist, from so many different walks of life, that
havemade the experience so worthwhile.
In my work with acute pain patients, opportunities for hypnosis
can be wide-ranging. A successful case, where the technique
was invaluable, was when I was asked to review a patient
with a very deep abscess on his hand, requiring daily dressing
changes. Staff had already given the patient some Morphine
before attempting the dressing. When I got to the patient the
staff had stopped due to the severe pain doing the dressing
was causing. Even with the use of ‘gas & air’, it was too
painful. Given time I was able to induce full anaesthesia to
the affected hand, to the extent that the dressing and packing
NEWS FROM EXETER
Lizzie Wiscombe
E-Mail ~ [email protected]
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HYPNOSIS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE AND
REGIONAL HOSPITAL
John Hempstead
WORKING IN PALLIATIVE CARE
Nicky Deane-Simmons
Nicky Deane-Simmons, a former
child protection officer, combines her
work
as
a
Reflexologist,
Aromatherapist and Hypnotherapist
at St. Luke's. She writes:
John Hempstead, a former Head of a Senior School, Biology
teacher and Psychologist, combines his work at his private
practice and running a clinic at his local hospital with reduced
teaching commitments. He writes:
I was nearing the end of my career as the Head of a Senior
School. Although I had been promised a ‘job for life’ as a
teacher, there needed to be something ‘different’ to stimulate
my interest. Many years earlier I had been taught something
of hypnosis whilst working in a psychiatric hospital. In those
days there were far more stage entertainers and films about
hypnotism than there were therapists. Those of us who
showed any interest in hypnotherapy were considered to be
very odd. I therefore forgot about hypnosis for many years
whilst I concentrated on teaching biology. Then I saw an
advertisement about hypnotherapy training. Without giving
the matter proper thought I signed up for the course and paid
my money. It didn’t take me long to realize that this course
didn’t suit me because of its content. I abandoned the course.
I am working at St. Luke's, a hospice
that cares primarily for cancer
patients, but also for people suffering
from other incurable/life limiting
diseases like HIV, MND and MS. St
Luke's covers Plymouth and the
surrounding areas, and the care St. Luke's provides is
palliative. It has beds for inpatients, day care facilities,
outpatient facilities and outreach clinics.
I was originally employed by St Luke's as a complementary
health practitioner, specializing in Aromatherapy and
Reflexology, treating mainly outpatients and day care
patients. Without using Clinical Hypnosis directly, I began to
incorporate several techniques I learned on the LCCH
Diploma course. I utilized alert hypnosis, relaxation
techniques, create a safe place together with my patients and
used guided imageries like healing white light.
Then I noticed an advertisement for Clinical Hypnotherapy
courses being run by the LCCH. This time I investigated as
fully as possible before signing up. I was impressed by what I
discovered and thoroughly enjoyed the Certificate level.
During the Diploma level I decided that this was what I wanted
to do and spent a year in preparing to set up my practice.
This involved modifications to the building I was going to work
from, the provision of furniture and equipment and thoroughly
researching a business plan, the laws on advertising,
registration of the practice and so on. I was able to work as a
therapist whilst attending postgraduate training and Master
Classes. I also went back to University on a part-time basis
for two-and-a half-years to do post graduate work on
psychological health promotion with specific research into
panic disorders.
Incorporating these techniques has enhanced my work at St.
Luke's. We work to empower patients and therefore adapt
our way of working to the patient's need. As many of them
are terminally ill and/or undergo severely stressful treatments
it is of vital importance that we create an environment where
patients can be themselves. Some people come in and just
need to talk about what's going on in their lives, without
having to pretend that they 'are fine'. Some people just want
to receive the benefits a massage can give. Others want to
play an active role in helping themselves. They tend to be the
ones asking for help, either in the form of oils or techniques,
which they can use at home. Those are the people I would,
for example, suggest they could perhaps use Lavender oil to
help them to sleep or that I can teach how to relax, which they
then can do for themselves at home. If patients mention, for
example, that they've had healing, I might use the healing
white light. But sometimes it is also just nice to relax nervous
patients before and during a session of Reflexology using
deep relaxation approaches.
I work for two days a week and a couple of extra evenings at
my practice in the New Forest and a day a week running a
clinic at my local hospital. All appointment slots are filled. The
other two days are spent at school with some teaching and
academic administration. For me this makes a good balance
of variety and interest. My earnings at hypnotherapy provide
a comfortable living.
An exciting new development began to take place over the
last few months when the person responsible for
complementary health practitioners at St. Luke’s and myself
applied for Clinical Hypnosis to be added to the
complementary treatments offered at St. Luke’s. After
introducing Clinical Hypnosis to the board through talks,
demonstrations and lectures, St. Luke’s decided to accept
Clinical Hypnosis as a valid addition to their list of
complementary treatments in palliative care. I now am
allowed to use clinical Hypnosis directly with patients who
feel that it would be beneficial for them.
All of my work now comes from GP or Hospital Consultant
recommendation, educational referrals and personal
recommendation from satisfied patients. I enjoy working with
teenagers improving study skills, sports performance - I’ve
worked with both professionals and amateurs - victims of
assault and bullying, panic disorder, and all of the diversity of
human problems that come my way.
I believe that to be a successful hypnotherapist there are two
fundamental initial issues; (1) a sound professional training
(the L.C.C.H. takes care of that); and (2) a thoroughly
researched and developed preparation and planning period
setting up a practice, before launching into therapy.
Summer 2004
I help with pain control, aiming to enable the patient to reduce
the amount of drugs required so that their quality of life is
enhanced. Body image issues can also be assisted if they
are struggling to come to terms with coping with problems
such as disfigurement, weight gain or loss, or even perhaps
radical surgery, such as mastectomy. General relaxation,
along with self-hypnosis has been very popular and
successful with a wide range of patients ranging from the
newly diagnosed to the ones that have been living with cancer
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for some time. Another tool, which most patients love and
which I use extensively, is guided imagery to ‘fight’ the cancer.
Hypnosis is proving more and more popular with patients at
St. Luke’s and I am sure that they feel benefits on various
levels.
NEWS FROM PORTUGAL
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If you have a story to tell, such as an interesting case history or a personal experience relating to self-hypnosis or hypnotherapy, please let
the LCCH know so we may publish it.
Many people ask me: ' How do you cope?' All I can say is that
it is hard at times, especially when patients are very young
and of course when they die. But it is also extremely
rewarding to help to improve somebody's quality of life even
if it's in a very small way and even if it's just for an hour. To
give them space to be absolutely themselves, without having
to put on a brave face or pretending that they are coping. It is
great to experience their reactions, especially if they've never
had any complementary treatments before and you can
introduce something new and soothing into their daily lives.
By publishing such success stories (or even
unsuccessful ones which might offer valuable
insight for other practitioners) we hope to
enrich the professional expertise of many other
hypnotherapy practitioners.
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We keep our fingers crossed for the students on the
current Practitioner course and wish them good luck with
their exam!
QUEST 2004
The biggest Natural Health festival in the region will again be
held during the first weekend in July in Newton Abbot. Quest
is fun, especially if the weather is nice, and in previous years
many LCCH students met up, “hung out” and participated.
Christa and friends will be there with taster workshops and
lunchtime performance and Mike Gunnell will give a talk on
Hypnosis.
If you would like some information:
www.Questuk.co.uk or phone 01803 762674
HEALTH AND HARMONY
Congratulations to all the students on the April Certificate
course for passing the examination. We look forward to
seeing you all again on the Diploma course in January
2005.
This festival in North Devon is smaller but also a nice meeting
place for LCCH students. Christa is there on the 30th of
August with workshops.
For information:
www.northdevonfestival.com
The next LCCH Certificate Course in Exeter
commences on the 24th of September 2004. Please
contact Christa on 018922 853086 if you need a booking
form.
This last April, a fourth group of students began a Certificate
course, in Lisbon and, in September, we will begin another
set of courses, both in Lisbon and in Porto (Oporto). Porto is
situated approximately 300 km north of Lisbon.
Medical Diploma in
Clinical Hypnosis
The decision to begin the International Diploma Course in
Porto (second capital) was taken after the numerous requests
we had, mainly from the nursing community.
Diploma Course
The course will be held in Porto’s School for Nursing (Escola
Superior de Enfermagem Imaculada Conceição), which, just
like in Lisbon, belongs to a catholic congregation.
Eight intermittent weekends in London
It is not seldom that we hear the nuns chanting on the Sunday
morning, and they are very joyfull people indeed. Alongside
Rusa, we will also be including two more lecturers, Vera
Teixeira and Cristina Bilbao Fernandes.
09 and 10 October 2004
13 and 14 November 2004
11 and 12 December 2004
08 and 09 January 2005
05 and 06 February 2005
05 and 06 March 2005
02 and 03 April 2005
23 and 24 April 2005
DO YOU WANT TO BECOME A WEEKEND
COURSE SUPERVISOR WITH THE LCCH?
TRAINING COURSES
with Christa at Kamdaris Centre
‘Healing the Divided Self: Soul Retrieval and Integrative
Shamanic Healing’ will take place in September and ‘Past
Lived, Future Selves’ in November 2004.
Both courses carry Masterclass credits.
If you are interested email: [email protected] or
phone 01822 853086 for detailed information.
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Above: Portugal Certificate course students
More and more health practitioners are now taking up
hypnotherapy here in Portugal, but we all know there will
never be too many.
Christa will be running two training courses at Kamdaris in
autumn combining indigenous ancient practices and modern
psychotherapeutic approaches:
LCCH INTERNATIONAL
News from Portugal
Summer 2004
Delegates must hold a medical or dental degree
(e.g. MB BS, or BDS)
In this role you experience the course from a different perspective, will expand your knowledge and enhance existing
skills.The opportunity to oversee new students will give you
experience and insight for tutoring, and as a weekend
supervisor you can expect students to approach you in this
capacity.
Accredited by the
British Association of Medical Hypnosis
LCCH (Medical)
27 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8HU
It is also a valuable addition to your CV when applying for
clinical placements and talking to patients.
Tel: 020-7706 3360
London office: 020-7402 9037, or contact your local course
director.
Summer 2004
www.lcch.co.uk
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ARTICLES
ARTICLES
HYPNOTIC WRITING
Clare Mundy
CAROLINE MOODIE CHARTS HER PROGRESS FROM
CHILDBIRTH PATIENT TO HYPNOTHERAPIST
When I started my hypnotherapy diploma at LCCH I was
working as a freelance tutor, writer and alternative health
practitioner. I was already aware that hypnosis could get rid
of fears and phobias, and break unwanted habits like nailbiting or smoking; however, I was much more interested to
know if it could unleash my hidden creativity. Could it, for
instance, improve my ability to play diifficult Chopin pieces on
the piano? Or even help me to write a book?
I was first introduced to the
concept of hypnotherapy whilst
having a back massage in the
early stages of pregnancy with
my second child. When the
masseuse informed me that
hypnosis
was
a
highly
successful means of pain
control during labour I was
somewhat surprised - wasn't
hypnosis some type of stage
entertainment?
However,
despite my scepticism, I was
curious to find out more. I had experienced a 'technically
straightforward' birth with my first baby but I had felt frightened
and in great pain which resulted in my opting for an epidural.
So, second time around I wanted to give birth as naturally
and as painlessly as possible.
Like many writers I had mysterious blocks that prevented me
from getting down to it. I started a lot of writing projects but
never finished any of them. I found it easy to write short
pieces for publication but impossible to get even halfway
through writing a book. I was convinced that if only I could
stop dithering about I would be able to accomplish my goal,
but nothing I tried (writing groups, writing courses, books
about how to write) seemed to make any difference.
Until I tried hypnosis.
Having found a properly qualified hypnotherapist I attended
three sessions with her and practised self-hypnosis daily for
several months through to the end of my pregnancy. I went
into labour feeling naturally a little apprehensive but, more
importantly, focused and mentally prepared for the
experience. As my husband was too ill to attend the birth and
the midwives were very busy that night I spent most of my
labour alone - quiet, in control and dissociated from the 'pain'
sensations in my body. Four hours after my first contraction
my daughter was born and I had only needed one intake of
gas and air five minutes before the delivery. As I held my
beautiful daughter in my arms I felt enormously proud of my
achievement. The midwife was fascinated - in her many years
of experience she had never observed a woman using
hypnosis in childbirth and was particularly amazed at my
obvious lack of discomfort and movement during the
contractions. Whilst I knew I was fortunate that my labour was
uncomplicated, I also knew that hypnosis had a large part to
play in achieving my rewarding birth experience. I needed
no more convincing about the power of the mind - after all I
had been able to achieve a virtually painfree childbirth which
totally blew away my previous belief that I had a pathetically
low pain threshold!
In one of my course books I discovered a short section with
suggestions for enhancing creativity. Using this as a guide, I
wrote and recorded two 15-minute tapes to use in my selfhypnosis sessions, telling my unconscious mind what I
wanted to achieve and how this would happen: for example,
breaking the work down into easy segments that would fit the
time I had available; being able to finish what I started; having
a steady stream of inspiration even when I was busy doing
other things.
For a couple of months I listened to my writing tapes two or
three times a week while in a hypnotic trance. After that I put
them aside, becoming busy with other things, and eventually
I forgot all about them. One day, out of the blue, I sat down at
my desk and started writing, but this time it felt different. The
usual "itching and twitching " was strangely absent, replaced
by a new focus and concentration that enabled me to tune
out distractions. Three months later I had written my book!
No, it isn't the next great Novel Of Our Time. Actually it's a
textbook for use in my classes, but it fills a gap in the market
and I already have good indications that it will sell. The
strange thing is that I wrote it during one of the busiest times
of my life, sitting down to type whenever I had a spare half
hour, and somehow it just flowed. I am convinced that the
tapes had a profound effect, removing whatever had been
holding me back. Nor was it necessary to figure out exactly
what was causing the block - hypnosis is about change rather
than analysis. In my work as a hypnotherapist I now have a
special interest in helping my clients release their own
creativity, whether it be writing, painting, music - or simply
searching for the way to a more fulfilled life. I believe the
unconscious mind is raring to go, full of inspiration and brilliant
ideas, if only we can reach into it and get to the treasure.
Hypnosis is the key to overcoming our inhibitions. As the
author Anne Lamott says, "...writing is about hypnotizing
yourself into believing in yourself, getting some work done,
then unhypnotizing yourself..."
Meanwhile I have started work on my next book.
A few years later I met Michael Joseph, President of the
LCCH, who persuaded me to join the Certificate course in
London. I was slightly reluctant to enrol as I was immersed in
children and domesticity at the time, but, in hindsight, joining
the course was one of the most profound decisions I have
made in my life. The part-time course enabled me to balance
the demands of home with building a new and rewarding
career and, 18 months later, I successfully passed my
Practioners exam. I started a practice in Hampshire which
four years later is a thriving business and I have recently
started working part-time as an external tutor for the LCCH. I
enjoy treating a wide range of symptoms and the challenges
and rewards that brings and, motivated by my own rewarding
birth experience, I have recently begun to specialize in the
exciting and growing area of hypnotherapy in obstetrics.
As you may be aware from recent media coverage, there is
growing concern at both Government and public level on the
number of caesarean births being carried out in this country.
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Research shows the effectiveness of hypnosis in all areas of
childbirth and particularly in helping a woman to overcome
the fear/tension/pain cycle, which may not only influence her
decision on the use of invasive analgesics but, in increasingly
more cases, her decision about opting for a caesarean
delivery when not medically necessary. We have taken on the
erroneous belief that childbirth must be painful and so it is
very rewarding to help a woman overcome her fears and
teach her how to control the sensations in her body in what
is, after all, one of the most natural functions her body is
designed to carry out.
as to discuss professional development and review practice.
Supervisors are not there to appraise staff, as this remains
the remit of managers. Such a system is already partly in
place within the teaching at LCCH as each student has a
named supervisor, someone qualified to practitioner level with
a wealth of experience to guide and advise.
Clinical governance was set up by the government to ensure
that care is standardized within the NHS thereby maintaining
quality. Supervision is seen as a very necessary tool in
maintaining professional standards. Therefore, with the
government plans to include all complementary therapy in
standardizing care, maybe we should assume that it will be
necessary for all professions to show evidence of maintaining
standards in this way. In response to Mr Doult’s article on
peer supervision it could be argued that it would be more
appropriate termed peer review or support. It may be difficult
for peers to supervise as the word supervision implies
authority and superior knowledge. The benefits of peer review
are invaluable to help discussion and reflection of practice to
include de-briefing and how care may have been
implemented differently in any given area. Reflection is a
recognized tool in CPD and also does not involve going on
any expensive away days.
The extensive field of obstetrics and postnatal care promotes
the well-being of both mother and unborn child. Treatment
can begin with morning sickness and premature labour
through to the birth experience and on to lactating and
postnatal depression.
Caroline Moodie can be contacted at:
The Andover Hypnotherapy Clinic on 01264 364000 or
[email protected] and on the BSCH website.
SUPERVISION AND CONTINUED PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Hilary Field
It appears that CPD caused some confusion when first
introduced within the health professions but has actually
become very easy to implement once correctly understood.
To develop professionally we as midwives can attend
courses, read a book, read an article, write an article, work in
an area of practice different from our own, keep a reflective
journal, read a piece of research or attend study days. How
we carry out CPD is not as important as showing evidence of
continued learning and how it may help benefit our practice,
thereby, protecting our public and ensuring professional
standards midwives maintain a portfolio for this purpose.
As a student, two weekends into my
Diploma in Hypnotherapy course I
read the articles on peer supervision
and
continued
professional
development (CPD) with great
interest and pondered on the benefit
of responding. Both subjects have
been under much debate in the most
recent copy of LCCH News and are
apparently causing some concern in
the world of hypnotherapy. As a
practising midwife, I am a member of
a profession that has had well regulated statutory supervision
since the turn of the century and statutory CPD for
approximately 15 years, and I feel that I am able to offer a
view in these areas. As a complete hypno-evangelist, hypnobore and dare I say it hypno-anorak, I am continually ‘blown
away ‘ by everything I am learning and experiencing on my
course. However, I am aware that, although public opinion is
beginning to change, there is still much suspicion with regard
to hypnosis. Therefore as a profession preparing for
government regulation I felt it may be helpful to all
hypnotherapists to comment on the reasons that we midwives
embrace supervision and CPD and the reasons that so many
other professions are now beginning to follow our system,
including nursing and teaching.
In writing this article I can include it in my CPD for my
midwifery practice and looking to the future when I obtain my
Diploma in hypnotherapy, it can be included within my
hypnotherapy portfolio. Although I have a considerable way
to go within the world of hypnotherapy after 27years within
the NHS there is recognition in the fact that when regulation
comes it will be accredited to organizations such as LCCH
and professional bodies such as the BSCH. For in
implementing standards such as these they will already be
demonstrating the encouragement of maintaining
professional standards.
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the purpose of supervision. Within midwifery the main aim of
supervision is to protect the public from malpractice by
ensuring that standards of care are met and maintained.
Supervisors are not peers but are credible midwives with
some experience and seniority, thereby enabling them to give
support, guidance and advice where necessary. Each midwife
is responsible to a named supervisor and has an interview
annually to ensure that she is maintaining her CPD as well
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say does not come about through the mere acquisition of
skills but also requires the development of an attitude, to
develop the very spirit of NLP and to become ‘a master in
running your own brain’. In my opinion Bob Bodenhammer
and Michael Hall have written a book that most certainly
lives up to this premise.
As the title suggests, this second volume of The User’s
Manual for the Brain builds upon the skills of NLP outlined
in Volume I, introducing some of the newer advances in
the field that take the reader from the level of Practitioner
to Master Practitioner. There is a wealth of information
bringing advanced skills to the NLP Practitioner and as
such is not a beginner’s guide. Rather, Volume II offers a
comprehensive manual covering many aspects of
advanced NLP practice.
The User’s Manual for the Brain Volume II is an incredibly
informative read, and one may be tempted to fall into the
trap of thinking that it could replace attendance at a
professional training course. However, it should be
remembered that theoretical learning alone does not
replace practice, and that a combination of both under
professional supervision is required for the development
of both skill and experience. Even though the book
contains many practical exercises, in order to bring all
these fascinating tools to life a partner or study group is
most certainly required.
Some of the new material introduced in this volume
includes: Meta-Programmes, Meta - States, “Sub modalites” as meta-level framing, Advanced Meta-Model
distinctions, Mind-Lines as conversational reframing
patterns, Advanced Time Line Patterns, The MetaDomains systemic model. The book is further enhanced
by the inclusion of some of the new advances in the
concepts of meta programmes, meta states and
submodalities.
I found the chapter on ‘Practical NLP’ a particularly
enjoyable read. The authors ask: “When you finally reach
a place of mastery, then what? What will that do for you?”
To answer these questions they present an excellent
overview demonstrating how NLP can be used to create
significant and beneficial changes within a variety of areas
that include psychotherapy, education, and business, and,
of course, within the field of personal growth.
The User’s Manual for the Brain Volume II is essentially a
step by step guide to systematically integrating advanced
NLP skills, presuppositions, models, processes and
applications within the four meta domains: Meta-States,
Meta-Modalities, Meta-Programmes and the Meta-Model.
To this end, a wealth of exercises, scripts and
comprehensive discussions are included that allow the
NLP practitioner to further enhance and refine their
therapeutic techniques.
The book does have a comprehensive bibliography.
However, it noticeably lacks index that would enable
readers who wish to pull together all the relevant strands
of information on a given topic to do so. Similarly a
glossary of terms, such as is available in Volume I, is
missing and would also be greatly welcomed.
At the start of each chapter a particular skill or concept is
introduced. This theme is then developed to an advanced
level before concluding with a summary that encapsulates
the main points of learning. Diagrams, flow charts and
tables included throughout the text are occasional. One
criticism could be applied that there should be more of
these to cater for those readers who process more in a
‘visual’ modality.
From the outset, the authors advise that if the reader
wishes to fully master the material contained within The
User’s Manual for the Brain Volume II they “will need a
good dose of courage, boldness and passion, for these
patterns will not work their full magic if you attempt to use
them while you are hesitating, fearful or unmotivated”.
This is certainly not a book for the fainthearted and for
anyone new to NLP it will not be an easy read. It is an
advanced manual dealing with complex topics and as
such assumes that the reader is already familiar with
Volume I or has completed an NLP Practitioner course.
With this in mind the book is a goldmine of useful
information and is to be highly recommended.
Written clearly and concisely, this textbook is by no means
‘lightweight’, and the authors’ genuine passion for NLP
shines throughout. Bodenhammer and Hall have
thankfully avoided using an academic tone, managing to
‘speak’ through their writing pretty much in the same way
as they would ‘speak’ those ideas when teaching on a
training course. This very much increases the whole ‘user
friendly’ tone that is evident upon reading this book.
The authors state that they wish to invite the reader to
experience “the adventure of mastery of NLP”. This they
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Bob G. Bodenhamer
Christa Mackinnon
THE “STRUCTURE” OF BLOCKING & STAMMERING: LOOKING AT BLOCKING &
STAMMERING THROUGH THE EYES OF NEURO-SEMANTICS ®
Bob G. Bodenhamer, D. Min.
www.neurosemantics.com
London - July 10-11, 2004
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Some questions for the Person Who Stammers (PWS)
to consider:
1. How the mind creates “Meanings” – (The Creation
of Perception).
1. How is it that many PWS can speak fluently in
some contexts and not speak fluently in other
contexts?
2. How the mind creates the “Block” and the Stammer.
2. When a person speaks consistently fluent in one
context but not others, what does this imply about
the causation and continuation of blocking and
stammering?
3. How the mind “layers” one thought on top of
another thought.
4. How we can take the layering process and use it
for our good rather than our bad.
3. How can the primary causation and continuation
be physical? (We do believe that at its onset,
blocking & stammering could have physical
components.)
SYLLABUS:
This Masterclass will look at the concept of ego-state
therapy and its application in a clinical hypnotherapy
practice. It will focus on ‘inner- child-ego-states’ and
teach you how to gently elicit and integrate those
states during the therapeutic process. Arrested inner
child states, explore child states, which hold memories
and dissociated material, how to integrate child states
with other parts and how to elicit and integrate playful
and creative inner states.
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The concept of ego-states
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Ego-state development
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The ‘inner child ego-state’
- emotional aspects
- cognitive aspects
- belief systems
- behaviour
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Specific inner child states
- trauma states
- arrested states
- playful / creative states
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Therapeutic work with inner child states
- Dissociation techniques
- Regressive methods
- Gestalt approaches
- Indirect methods
- Arrested child states
5. Patterns for Changing the Meanings Around the
Fear of Blocking (We will cover as many patterns
as time will allow.)
4. How can the primary causation and continuation
be genetic in nature? (We do believe that genetic
pre-disposition could have contributed to the
beginning problem but not its continuation. See
Bruce Lipton’s ‘The Biology of Belief’.)
• Dissociating from problem states and
Associating to resource states
5. If you were not fearful of looking like a fool or being
vulnerable because of your blocking and stammering, how would that affect your blocking and stammering?
• Reframing the Self-Definition of the PWS
- Changing Perception –
“The Map is not the Territory”
- Reframing to “Look on the Bright Side”
6. If you had a healthy view of yourself as an innate
person of worth in spite of how you speak, how
would that affect your blocking and stammering?
• How to Apply Acceptance, Appreciation and
Awesome Esteem to the “You” that blocks (How
to love yourself)
In our work in Neuro-Semantics, we have discovered
that the primary drivers of blocking and stammering
are cognitive (thinking) in nature and not physical or
certainly not genetic. Now, we are not saying that
genetics and psycho-motor problems early on may
have played a role in the development of a
stammering; but, they are not the primary cause of its
continuation. It is the deeply unconscious thinking
patterns that developed around the stammering
,resulting in fear and anxiety, that have locked the
behaviour in. Successful treatment will involve
addressing these thought patterns and changing the
meaning of them (reframing). Remove the meanings
around the fear and anxiety of stammering and you
remove the stammering.
• How to Apply a Resource State to a Problem
State (Meta-Stating)
Ego-states are a model of personality, based on the
assumption that every person consists of parts, which
together make up the different aspects of the
personality. The concept of ego-states is wider than
the concept of parts, as ego-states are composed of
beliefs, feelings, cognitions and behaviour at any given
moment in time. Ego-states occupy a spectrum, from
adaptively functioning and associated to maladaptive
dys-functioning and dissociated.
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Problems
• The Drop Down Through Pattern – Eliminating
the Fear and Anxiety Triggers
(This is the most effective pattern that I have
ever used. I will make sure that we save enough
time to do this pattern.)
• How to say a great big “Meta-No” to a Limiting
Belief and a great big “Meta-Yes” to a Desired
Belief.
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Rosie Evans
Hypnotherapists are now making a valuable contribution, both
to acute cancer care, and to the care of terminal illness,
through the hospice movement and with the support of other
charities. New research into psycho-neuro-immunology is
attracting attention at the highest levels and further
opportunities for hypnotherapy research are opening up. It is
an exciting field, providing the therapist with a varied and
challenging caseload. Furthermore it is an opportunity to
reach people who have real needs but who otherwise would
not be able to afford hypnotherapy.
SYLLABUS:
However, many therapists feel daunted by the prospect of
working with people who are suffering from a life-limiting, or
potentially terminal illness. For those who do not already have
experience of working in the health service there is also the
challenge of working alongside, or within, a holistic, but
conventionally trained medical team.
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This Masterclass aims to give students the chance to find
out if they might be suited to this field of work. It will introduce
them to the way in which cancer care and palliative care are
structured, and to their role within the multi-disciplinary team.
It will explore the ways in which life threatening illness impacts
on the patient, their families, and their therapists: the common
physical symptoms of cancer, the side effects of treatment,
the disruption and intrusion into family life and the spiritual
issues it raises. It will give students the opportunity to discuss
their concerns around these issues. Finally, it will look at
recent research in the field of psycho-neuro-immunology.
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The Hospice movement
Dealing with bad news
Health problems arising from disease
Problems arising from treatments
MND and other conditions
Nausea
Pain
Anxiety
Anorexia
Hope and loss
Psycho-neuro-immunology
Helping the family
Helping yourself
P S YC H O N E U R O I M M O N O L O G Y ( P N I )
W O R K I N G W I T H C H I L D R E N - PA R T I I
Peter Mabbutt
Lynda Hudson
This Masterclass has been developed in response to the
interest generated by the original Masterclass and the vast
number of requests for advice or supervision from
practitioners working with children who perhaps feel a lack of
support from the (un)available literature. It is perhaps
particularly suited to those who have attended the first
Masterclass but any practitioners with an interest in working
with children and, preferably, a little experience are welcome.
We consider the advantages of taking a method - oriented
approach as against seeing each condition as requiring a
particular set of procedures. In so doing a number of common
childhood complaints may be discussed in addition to the
ones listed in the syllabus. In the afternoon, much of the time
will be given over to discussing your own cases and problems.
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Behavioural Approach
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Limited use of Regression
Suggestions for a first session
Where do you go after the first session?
What to do when what you’re doing isn’t working
A more detailed look at:
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Self - esteem building
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Encopresis (Soiling)
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SYLLABUS:
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Principles and guidelines
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Review of Solution Focused Approach
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Direct and Indirect Suggestion
Difficult behaviour at home / at school
School phobia
Sleeping problems
Question & Answers: Please bring your own questions
about real or hypothetical cases!
Taking a ‘method’ oriented approach rather than a
‘condition’ oriented approach
Guided visualization
SYLLABUS:
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Equilibrium therapy utilizes the functions of the mind in
developing self-images and beliefs. It enables you and your
patients to move forward very quickly using techniques and
tools that create a positive frame of mind in your patient,
which allows the therapy to progress more efficiently and
effectively.
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Equilibrium therapy improves your patient’s imaginative skills
and provides them with a simple and effective mechanism to
use within their self-hypnosis.
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Understanding immunity
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The neurology of PNI
Healing, not curing - an important difference
“Communicating” with disease
Stimulating the immune system
The use of imagination
Belief systems and esoteric approaches
Specific disease states, including:
Cancer
SLE
Arthritis
HIV
Dermatological conditions
Accept the diagnosis, not the prognosis - the effects of
language
PNI for general health
Protocols and scripts
Josephine Hamilton
This Masterclass will present self-image concepts, explain
unconscious dynamics, and empower you and subsequently
your patient with the knowledge to change unwanted and
limiting negative conditioning.
Knowing how our self-images are created and maintained
provides a powerful way of changing or enhancing the quality
of our lives. Through this therapy, you will learn not only how
you can build on your personal development but also how
you can help your patients to adapt to life’s changes in a
positive way.
The mind-body connection
VO I C E C OA C H I N G
Avy Joseph
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Hypnotic literature is littered with anecdotal evidence showing
how the mind-body connection can be utilized to a patient’s
advantage. This Masterclass is designed to explore the field
of PNI and show how it relates to hypnotherapeutic
intervention. It will encompass the use of imagination,
dissociation and metaphor whilst highlighting the important
difference between the concepts of “healing” and “cure”. This
Masterclass will appeal to both lay and medical practitioners
at all levels of experience. It will give an understanding of the
relationship between psychological and physical states,
providing therapists with strategies that will allow their patients
to develop a positive outlook with regard to their presenting
condition. At the same time, these strategies will aid the
stimulation of the immune system which, in combination with
the positive state of mind, can lead to an achievable resolution
for the patient.
EQUILIBRIUM THERAPY
Old habits and beliefs don’t have to die hard. Our beliefs,
habits and attitudes are stored in our unconscious mind. Many
of them can be progressive, but a great number are based
on ‘psychological rubbish’ accumulated since childhood. This
Masterclass will demonstrate how thoughts affect behaviour
and how to break negative habits and beliefs. Techniques for
moving forward and achieving goals will be demonstrated and
explained.
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Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) is a relatively new science,
based on ancient principles, that explores the relationship
between psychological states and body function. It is the study
of how both positive and negative states of mind can affect
immune system responses, specifically with regard to the
development of disease. Many authorities now acknowledge
that there is a possible link between negative mind-sets, for
example stress and depression, and the development and/or
course of conditions such as cancer, arthritis, systemic lupus
erythmatosis (SLE), and coronary disease. With this in mind it
becomes obvious that a positive state of mind can have the
opposite effect, playing a beneficial role in boosting the immune
system whilst helping to mediate acceptance, management,
and possible remission.
Beliefs and perceptions
Understanding our mind
As therapists, we often take for granted what our patients
hear, understand and interpret from what we are saying
and how we deliver it. Practitioners need “a good, clear
and expressive voice”, as it can significantly enhance the
effectiveness of clinical hypnosis sessions for patients.
This Masterclass aims to improve your ability as clinical
hypnotherapists (or counsellors) by focusing on your
awareness, and the importance of your voice, it’s
reception, and practice of your delivery with feeling.
How will you sound?
Numerous examples will be relayed to the delegates, to
demonstrate the positive and negative effects of such
deliveries on patients. The richness of these examples
will be one of the features of this Masterclass.
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You can do a better job with a good voice
The importance of goals
Psychological concepts: habits and attitudes
Equilibrium
Comfort zones
Effecting a change and creating balance
S.M.A.R.T. Self-Hypnosis
Power talk
Accountability and momentum
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How to communicate with clarity and confidence
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Practical sessions with assessments
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In a trance state, a patient’s mind is open to suggestions
if they are relaxed and comfortable with your voice. This
is why a clear delivery, with the use of metaphors, scripts
and guided imagery is fundamentally important.
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During this Masterclass, delegates will have an
opportunity to be aware of their own voice (in practical
sessions), to evaluate and improve their voice and
delivery skills. Self-improvement techniques will be
discussed and practised, which will result in a clear and
confident delivery of speech.
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How to deliver a script more effectively
How do you sound?
Observations on dialect
Rhythm and timing
Onomatopoeic expressions
Anatomy and Physiology
- Deportment / Breathing / Diaphragm
- Voice production (speech)
- Voice reception (hearing)
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THE LECTURERS
M A S T E R C L A S S DAT E S A N D T I M E S
EQUILIBRIUM THERAPY
INNER CHILD
Avy Joseph, MSC., D.Hyp (DIst.), FBSCH is a
Fellow of the British Society of Clinical
Hypnosis. He graduated in 1988 with a degree
in mathematics, after which he qualified as a
counsellor. He trained with the LCCH and
gained a Diploma with distinction. Avy has a
masters degree in Rational Emotive Behaviour
Therapy from Goldsmith College, which he
combines with hypnotherapy in his practice. He
is Director of Development and lectures extensively for the LCCH
nationally and internationally and presents a special study module
at St George’s Medical School, London. In addition, he manages
joint research projects for the LCCH and The Heart Hospital,
London, and heads The Mary McCallum Scholarship Foundation.
Along with the LCCH team he is involved in updating the
course.
Christa Mackinnon, MSc, FBSCH
took her masters degree in Social
Psychology at the Free University of Berlin
where she also trained in family counselling
and therapeutic work with groups. She furthermore holds diplomas in hypnotherapy,
massage and stress management. Christa,
a therapist with over 20 years of experience, specialized in working therapeutically
with trauma survivors, especially with survivors of childhood
abuse. She now lectures, trains and consults nationwide on the
subject of post-traumatic stress disorder and other trauma related issues for different organizations; functions as the course
director in the Southwest for LCCH; teaches special study units
in clinical hypnosis at Peninsula Medical School; functions as
an expert witness for the CPS and facilitates courses and workshops at Kamdaris Centre, combining modern therapeutic
approaches with indigenous ways.
VOICE COACHING
EQUILIBRIUM THERAPY:
CANCER AND PALLIATIVE
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CARE
STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE
26 September ‘04
06 November ‘04
05 December ‘04
18 September ‘04
25 September ‘04
09 October ‘04
PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY (PNI)
Josephine Hamilton, PDC Hyp. MBSCH
runs a practice in Mayfield, Sussex. Her proficiency in clear diction is the result of
depending on speech and auditory learning,
whilst adapting her ‘gift of dyslexia’ in true
Adlerian fashion. Her teacher training, at
Emerson College in 1975, helped her teach
English in a creative way to French adults
and children, whilst living in France 1987/94.
Josephine has participated in live broadcasting with BBC
(Sussex) and Woman’s Hour feature programmes, and has
practised holistic health care as a qualified therapist
(CIDESCO) for over 20 years, before her work in clinical hypnotherapy
Peter Mabbutt, FBSCH, FBAMH
originally trained in Psychopharmacology,
and has spent over 20 years undertaking
research in the field of anxiety-based conditions and their treatment. As well as heading
the team responsible for updating the LCCH
courses to incorporate new techniques and
research, Peter lectures on the therapeutic
applications of Clinical Hypnosis to the medical profession both
nationally and internationally. He is Clinical Hypnotherapist for
the hospital based Health Education and Lifestyle Therapy for
Hypertension (HEALTH) initiative, and is the Literary Editor of
the European Journal of Clinical Hypnosis. Peter holds a particular interest in the use of Psychoneuroimmunological techniques within hypnosis, and is a founder Fellow of the British
Association of Medical Hypnosis.
CANCER AND PALLIATIVE CARE
WORKING WITH CHILDREN -
PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY
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(PNI)
PART II
02 October ‘04
24 October ‘04
04 December ‘04
23 October ‘04
07 November ‘04
04 December ‘04
WORKING WITH CHILDREN PART II
Rosie Evans, Dip OT. MA.PGCE. D.Hyp.
originally trained and worked as an
Occupational Therapist before doing a BA in
Religious studies, a PGCE and an MA at the
University of Kent. She taught as an
Associate Lecturer with the Open University
for ten years before returning to her original
profession of Occupational Therapist to set
up OT services in palliative care in an NHS
community team, and at Woking Hospice, Woking, Surrey, from
1994 to 2001. She retrained in Hypnotherapy at LCCH in 2001
and now works as a Hypnotherapist at Princess Alice Hospice
in Esher, Surrey, and at The Fountain Centre for
Complementary Therapies at The Royal Surrey County
Hospital regional cancer centre. She is currently engaged on a
joint project at the Fountain Centre to develop hypnosis and
music therapy.
PLEASE TICK THE APPROPRIATE BOX(ES)
AND FILL OUT THE FORM OVERLEAF.
Lynda Hudson, BA Psych, D.Hyp (Dist.),MBSCH
is a hypnotherapist / psychotherapist who
has trained in CBT and Trauma/PTSD. She
was originally Director of Studies of a language school and now divides her time running her busy private practice in
Beckenham, SE London, and delivering
training in Stress and Time Management. In
her private practice she enjoys working with children as well as
adults and also specializes in working with people who suffer
from post-trauma stress. She has delivered Masterclasses on
Presentation Skills, Trauma and Working with Children.
Previously she conducted a regular ‘hypnotherapy questions
phone-in’ on LBC Radio and recently she featured in a
Discovery TV programme dealing with hypnotherapy with children displaying anxiety symptoms.
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THE INNER CHILD
VOICE COACHING
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16 October ‘04
27 November ‘04
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12 September ‘04
30 October ‘04
04 December ‘04
MASTERCLASS BOOKING FORM
To enrol on a Masterclass simply fill in both sides of this application
form and return to:
LCCH, 27 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8HU
The cost of each Masterclass is £94-00 (£82-25 for LCCH Students, BSCH
Members and EJCH subscribers), or £164-50 (£141-00 for LCCH Students,
BSCH Members and EJCH subscribers) if enrolled for two Masterclasses. All
prices include VAT.
I am a current LCCH Student and/or a BSCH Member
I am a European Journal of Clinical Hypnosis subscriber
I/We should like to enrol for the following Masterclasses
I/We enclose £.............................. for a single Masterclass.
I/We enclose £.............................. for two or more Masterclasses.
I understand that the fee(s) is refundable only if the Masterclass is cancelled. However,
delegates may transfer to any other date/venue. Cheques should be made payable to
MJ LECTURES and posted with the completed application form to the address above.
Name:.................................................................................................................................
Address:..............................................................................................................................
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