Nigel Pond | Hypnotherapy in Bracknell, Berkshire, UK.

Do you ever find yourself in an unresourceful state? It might be something as simple as some negative self talk or a phobic response. Well, the NLP Swish technique is a very simple process by which you can send those negative thoughts and feelings off in a completely different direction…
Overview
The swish pattern uses rapid-fire submodality shifts […]

Hypnotherapy Journal – Week 7
This weeks training is the one I’ve probably been looking forward to more than any other as it’s covering two of my favorite subjects: Ericksonian techniques and Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP).
Although there has been much talk about NLP and its achievements there has also been somewhat of a backlash because of its […]

Here are some recollections from my hypnotherapy training: 
I’ve just come back from another hypnotherapy diploma training weekend and, as always, I feel drained but also very positive and up-beat. This weekends training covered quite a lot and I’ll summarise each topic we discussed.
Initial Consultations
When you meet a client or talk with them on the phone […]

This week we started with the 3 S’s: Smoking, Slimming & Stress. This is where the majority of the therapists work comes from. Because we have some smokers within our group it was really interesting to hear their reasons for why they started smoking, why they continue to smoke and why they ‘can’t’ give up.
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Reflective Journal – Week 3.
This week we covered module 3 which was on self-hypnosis. My understanding of hypnosis is that it’s all self-hypnosis and in our normal working days we’re listening to our own internal dialog and thus taking these conversations to heart. The old clichés like “You’re your own worst enemy” are so true […]