British Psychological Society Report: The Nature of Hypnosis (2001)
In 2001 The British Psychological Society commissioned a working group to write a formal report on hypnosis. The remit given…
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VIDEO: Choosing a hypnotherapy training Part 1 – What sort of hypnotherapy do you want to practise?
Choosing a hypnotherapy training – Part 1: What type of hypnotherapist do you want to be? “My name is Mark…
Two Day Workshop with Dr Assen Alladin: Cognitive Hypnotherapy for Psychosomatic Disorders
A two day workshop with leading clinician and researcher Dr Assen Alladin, PhD. NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE…
UK College under new ownership
An Announcement from Donald Robertson Most of you probably already know that my wife, Mandy, and I are emigrating to…
A Simple Modern Approach to Stoicism
Link to a new article providing a simple modern (plain English) introduction to Stoic philosophical practice by Donald Robertson, that’s attracted a huge internet response on our other blog.
Review of Research on Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy
Brief review of scientific research on clinical hypnotherapy, excerpt from The Practice of Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy (2012) by D. Robertson
Progressive Relaxation & Worry
This article outlines some uses of Progressive Relaxation applied to worry and anxiety, based on Edmund Jacobson’s original research. It contains some example exercises for relaxing the muscles employed in speech and vision.
Mindfulness, Metacognition and Hypnosis
In 2006, Steven Jay Lynn collaborated with the Buddhist teacher Lama Surya Das, and two other researchers, in an attempt to explore the possibility of combining elements of Buddhist mindfulness meditation practice, cognitive therapy, and hypnosis, drawing on recent research in cognitive psychology. This post briefly summarises and comments upon their article.
Applied Relaxation
This article outlines the protocol for Applied Relaxation, based on the work of Ost and others.
Mindfulness & Relaxation Techniques
This short article outlines the role of self-monitoring and self-awareness training in cognitive-behavioural approaches to relaxation training, such as Progressive Relaxation and Appliedd Relaxation.
Relaxation: An Evidence-Based Approach
Brief article discussing modern relaxation techniques derived from Edmund Jacobson’s Progressive Muscle Relaxation or “tension-release” approach, used in CBT.
Hypnotherapy for Smoking Cessation: What Works and What Doesn’t
This short article discusses the wide variation in results from hypnosis for smoking cessation and the inadequacy of scripted direct suggestion and hypnotic age regression methods compared to multi-component approaches, i.e., cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy.