This week we welcome Kev Sheldrake

Interview with Kev Sheldrake – News of the week including a story about a hypnotherapist that should not have made news of the week (Adam’s having a moan!) – Discussion with Kev about suggestibility – Fact of the week is about some of the earliest documented research on suggestibility! 

THE FOLLOWING ARE REFERRED TO WITHIN THIS PODCAST

The website of Head Hacking: http://headhacking.com/

Marcus Lewis gets a tattoo in Las Vegas using hypnosis

Kev wrote three in-depth hypnosis articles on Josh Houghton’s ‘Whats on my brain’ blog, the first of which is here, and there are links to the subsequent two articles (the third describes the AI model)

Hypnosis in the news articles: 

Hypnotherapist suing hospital 

The Hypnotist Bandit is making headlines 

Is hypnobirthing a load of old twaddle? 

This week we welcome Jørgen Rasmussen

Debate between Jørgen and Adam about Social Cognitive Model vs Elements of State Theory – A Nordic Fact of the week too! 

THE FOLLOWING ARE REFERRED TO WITHIN THIS PODCAST

James Tripp interviewing Adam about sociocognitive/cognitive behavioural perspective on hypnosis:

* Jørgen in action on Wayne Marsh’s YouTube Channel

* Jørgen’s website: http://www.provocativehypnosis.com/

* The book mentioned by Adam and Jørgen is ‘Trance and Treatment’ by Spiegel. 

This week’s Hypnosis in the news: 

* Michael Jackson was quizzed under hypnosis

* “I’m a healer not a feeler”

* Hypnotic Relaxation May Ease Men’s Hot Flashes