Would you like to see how a Clinical Hypnotherapist - well, this Clinical Hypnotherapist, anyway - thinks about behaviour change? Curiously, it's almost exactly the opposite of what you might expect... Click on the video below and see what you think.

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A surprising number of my clients have very low self-esteem, though you wouldn’t know it just from meeting them: they cover it well. Get them to open up and tell you what’s really going on inside, though, and pretty soon it all spills out. They don’t feel good enough,...

A lady rang me this morning to ask how much a session costs for smoking ($160). And how much for weight loss? ($160.) How many sessions for smoking? (Can't say, but likely three or two.) And how many for weight loss? (Can't say, but probably more.) 'May I say something...

Do you have a phobia? Lots of people will say they have a 'phobia' of spiders, snakes, heights or public speaking - but what they really mean is they have a healthy respect for them. A phobia is different. A phobia of snakes, for example, can mean that when you enter a...

There’s never been a better time for you to quit. But can Clinical Hypnotherapy help you do that, and if so, how?

The Chinese have a saying: 'The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago... The second best time is now.' You cannot do anything about the time you've...

Two news stories caught my eye this morning, both from the sports pages - but don't turn off if you're not sporty, because that's not what interested me.

The first was about the English cricketer Moeen Ali, who said in his autobiography that back in 2015 an Australian c...

Do you have a phobia? Lots of people will say they have a 'phobia' of spiders, snakes, heights or public speaking - but what they really mean is they have a healthy respect for them. A phobia is different. A phobia of snakes, for example, can mean that when you enter a...

How's your sleep? I see many clients with insomnia, and very often they're unaware of practical steps they can put in place to improve their sleep.

Perhaps you're in one of these categories:

* You're a mum who hasn't got back into a good sleep routine even though your ki...

It's true: young people are finding life harder. They are experiencing more long term mental health problems, according to a major new research study. 

This study focuses on England, Scotland and Wales, and supports recent findings in Australia, where, for instance, 22....

It's not what happens that matters - it's how you handle it, how you think of it. We all know that glass half full person, who is constantly positive even when things aren't going well. And we all know that glass half empty person, who is constantly negative, even when...