Gareth Lee Morgan’s Self-Hypnosis Journey Leading To Having Three Teeth Removed Without Anaesthesia

Posted on November 21, 2011 in Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy Training, Self-Hypnosis | 10 Comments

Today on the blog, I’d like to introduce you to Gareth Lee Morgan. I am proud to say that Gareth has been a student of mine and today continues to be a tutor and assistant on my hypnotherapy diploma course. Though I am even more delighted to write that last Friday afternoon, at a dental [...]

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The Evidence Based Hypnosis Podcast Celebrates A Year of Episodes And Goes On A Break

Posted on November 14, 2011 in Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy Training | No Comments

No major blog entry today. Just a notification of sorts really. The latest episode of the evidence based hypnosis podcast has gone live and I have to say I have loved the past year of recording it. The response we have had from people involved in the hypnosis and hypnotherapy field has been amazing. I [...]

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What About Those Old School Immobilisation Theories Of Hypnosis?

Posted on November 11, 2011 in Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy Training | No Comments

I have this week had the opportunity to watch a 1950s black and white film of William S. Kroger performing a thyroidectomy using only hypnosis as anaesthesia…  It is enthralling stuff.  I joked on Facebook that the production values of the film footage are still amazing, but when you consider the date they were recorded, [...]

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Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy In The News Again, And A Caption Competition

Posted on November 8, 2011 in Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy Training, Self-Hypnosis | 5 Comments

It has been quite a while since I wrote about hypnosis stories featuring in the news, because there has not been a huge amount happening in the field that has made it into the mainstream media. However, a case I referred to earlier int he year has started to gather some more momentum and I [...]

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Derren Brown, Hypnotic Coercion And The Evidence Base…

Posted on November 1, 2011 in Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy Training | 15 Comments

I had hoped to write about this before today, but such is life that following my wife requiring surgery, flying to Manchester for a self-hypnosis seminar and competing in the Great South Run all contributed to me being unable to properly sit down and get a good blog entry written… Following the series opener entitled [...]

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