Clear Thinking Out Loud

Some of our clients are essentially balanced, happy, productive people when circumstances are fine. But when they’re going through a terrible time, it’s only natural that their ability to meet their needs is compromised.

Why you need to grab your client’s attention if you’re going to be able to help them and how to do so quickly.

Have you heard of the ‘hidden observer’ deep within the human mind?

Artfully crafted therapeutic reframes are a wonderful way to rapidly help your clients discard limiting beliefs.

The way you ‘package’ your therapeutic task request can make all the difference. Here are four ways to improve client outcomes by being a kind taskmaster.

When we communicate hypnotically, we need to know which part – conscious or unconscious mind – we are communicating with and seeking to influence.

Here are 5 tips to help you help a client who may be stuck in the web of a sociopathic narcissist (or someone with ‘Narcissistic Personality Disorder’).

Part three of the series explores the need for control and how it can betray us when it is met in unhealthy ways.

It seems that to be effective, therapists need to focus on client resources and potential solutions at least as much as pathology and causes.

Whenever anyone asks me why I use hypnosis in psychotherapy, I feel like a swimmer being asked why he feels the need to get into water to swim. There’s a variety of positive reasons to introduce clinical hypnosis into your practice.