Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy Blog

Every Behaviour Serves a Need: Case Study–Trich Trichotillomania or Trich , is the overwhelming urge to pull out hair—on the head, eyebrows or eyelashes—often to the point where bald patches occur. It is usually triggered or heightened by stress. Earlier this year, a new client, Julia** arrived at my office, looking defeated. She sported zero eyelashes, painted on eyebrows, and very peculiar short tufts of hair which sprang up at odd angles atop her head within her otherwise

All philosophical debate aside, what if what you think of as reality isn't necessarily *real* at all? What if your mind works as a filter, helping you sift through everything you experience, sorting through the onslaught to find just the right pieces to reinforce what you already believe to be true? Looking for evidence, so to speak. Well, it turns out... that's exactly what it does. The brain's reticular activating system , confirmation bias , and your subconscious mind all

HYPNOSIS—WHAT TO EXPECT Will I be knocked out, with no memory? Or cluck like a chicken? No. Not at all. Stage hypnosis, which is what you’re thinking of, is quite different from clinical hypnosis. Clinical hypnosis is a process which helps the mind completely open; where both conscious and subconscious mind are receptive and capable of amazing things. It’s a state of deep relaxation accompanied by a HYPER-awareness, rather than UN-awareness. Why do I want to be hyper aware?