The Therapycast

Hypnosis, poetry and mindfulness are all covered in todays podcast as we talk to Maggie Elmore about her upcoming performance of Plurabelles: A Portrait of the Woman in Joyce.

To book visit www.thekph.com/events

This episode features part two of a two-part interview with Anne Holve who shares with us her personal journey with cancer. You can contact Anne by visiting her website:

www.anchorhypnotherapy.co.uk

or by calling her on:

020 7692 1818

This episode features part one of a two-part interview with Anne Holve who shares with us her personal journey with cancer.

A shorter than usual podcast that looks at the insidious nature of e-cigarette advertising and reviews the recent Evidence Based Practice in Clinical Hypnotherapy Conference that was held in May this year (2015) in central London.

With apologies for the late arrival of this podcast (work got in the way), we bring you a review of the Inaugural Conference on Clinical Hypnotherapy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

A patient's description of her flying phobia and hypnosis and childbirth Malaysian style all come under the spotlight in this episode.

Matt Krouwell talks about the Evidence-based Conference in Clinical Hypnotherapy held on the 30th and 31st of May 2015. Then Peter Mabbutt looks at the social effects of Internet addiction before examining the growing debate that surrounds the American Psychological Association’s new definition of hypnosis.

To find out more about the conference and to book a ticket:

http://www.hypnosisconference.co.uk/mkc/home

The new APA definition of hypnosis is explored in this paper:

Elkins, G. R., Barabasz, A. F., Council, J. R., & Spiegel, D. (2015). Advancing Research and Practice: The Revised APA Division 30 Definition of Hypnosis. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 63(1), 1-9.

To catch up on the on-going debate surrounding the APA new definition read the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis vol 57, no 4, 2015

Hypnotic dogs, The Archers and fertility all come under the spotlight in todays show.

The unhelpful image of hypnosis in the media, emotional abuse in BBC Radio 4's The Archers, and fertility are all discussed discussed in this episode.

BFM 89.9, Malaysia's only independent radio station, focused on business news and current affairs. BFM can be heard on frequency 89.9 MHz in Wilayah Persekutuan, Selangor, and parts of Negeri Sembilan and Melaka. You can visit BFM 89.9’s website at www.bfm.my

In this episode Peter Mabbutt highlights the growing obesity trends in 10 year olds and we have an update from Southeast Asia from Sheila Menon, Dr Alan Soh and KH Koh

The study on obesity referred to is:

Black JA, Park MH, Gregson J, Falconer CL, White B, Kessel AS, Sxena S, Viner RM and Kinra SJ (2015) Child obesity cut-offs as derived from parental perceptions: cross-sectional questionnaire. British Journal of General Practice 65(633): e234-e239

A little device called the Alpha Stim is discussed in today’s show when Peter Mabbutt chats to hypnotherapist Richard Morley about its potential role in hypnotherapy and therapy in general.

The Microcurrent sites can be found here:

www.alpha-stim.co.uk

www.alpha-stim.com

For a bibliography of research into the Alpha-Stim:

http://www.alpha-stim.com/healthcare-professionals/research-and-reviews/

Richard can be contacted at:

0044 (0) 7973 227 492

www.hypnonlp.co.uk