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HYPNOTHERAPYJOURNAL

Issue 3 Vol 12 www.hypnotherapists.org.uk Autumn 2012

Plus news reviews and Continuing Professional Development

Also in this issue: � how to avoid being sued � fear of flying: ahypnotherapist pilot writes � hypnotherapy with cancer patients� ethics and the data protection act

SlimspirationNCH specialist adviser Steve Miller on authorative hypnosis for weight loss

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CONTENTSEditorial 3Welcome to our new Development Director 3NCH focus HPD successes 4NCH focus data protection act 5Growing your business how not to get sued 8Slimspiration 13Helping cancer patients 21An airline captain writes 27Dancing chickens and gastric bands 30What’s new and reviews 31Members’ recommendations 34Rubin Battino: poetry and hypnotherapy 35

THE NCH COMMITTEEChairman: Paul WhiteTel: 0845 544 0788 email: [email protected] Director: Sophie FletcherTel: 0845 544 0788 email: [email protected] Director: Graham FletcherTel: 0845 544 0788 email: [email protected] Director: Sue RobertsTel: 0845 544 0788 email: [email protected] Director: Paul HowardTel: 0845 544 0788 email: [email protected]: 0845 544 0788 email: [email protected] Director: Cathy SimmonsTel: 0845 544 0788 email: [email protected] Director Andy CoxTel: 0845 544 0788 email: [email protected]

Ex-Officio RolesAdministrator: Kath HowardTel: 0845 544 0788 email: [email protected] Annie Dee Hughesemail [email protected] & Accreditation: Jill TonksTel: 0845 544 0788 email: [email protected] and Accreditation Coordinator Stuart [email protected] Standards: Jo-Anne KelleherTel: 0845 544 0788 email: [email protected] Editor: Ann JalobaEditorial advisers Carole Wan, Fiona NicolsonTel: 0114 268 6500 email: [email protected]

The National Council for Hypnotherapy, established in 1973 under its former title “The Hypnotherapy Register”, represents the practice of ClinicalHypnotherapy as a discrete profession in its own right. Membership is open to those practitioners able to demonstrate appropriate knowledge,evidence of training and clinical experience relevant to the field. The NCH is a member of the UK Confederation of Hypnotherapy Organisations.

Sue, our Ethics Director was worriedthat her piece on the Data ProtectionAct would be dull. I can assure you itis not - please read it if you have anyconcerns about your compliance withthe law in your record keeping. Ourfocus on hypnotherapy for weightmanagement shows how a particularapproach can have great results andalso puts a spotlight on a verysuccessful hypnotherapist - I hope

I hope youenjoy this issueof the journal.We have aimedto get a mix ofinformation,advice and

news to fulfil the different needs youmay have as a practising therapist orto get you started if you are still astudent.

Editorial you gain inspiration from Steve’sstory.

Nick Cooke’s advice on helping peoplewith cancer will guide you throughthis difficult area in a clear andstructured way, and thanks for hisreview of an excellent new book onthe subject.

But my personal favourite for thisjournal is Sally Toye’s sharing onbeing an airline captain and ahypnotherapist. If any of you outthere can beat that for a mix ofcareers then PLEASE let me know.

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Welcome to ournew DevelopmentDirector GrahamRussell. Grahampractices in SouthLondon. Grahamwill be looking afterthe Continuing Professional Develop-ment side of the NCH’s work.

Before becoming a hypnotherapist hespent most of his working life in IT asa systems analyst for large financialinstitutions. The work was very stress-ful as he was responsible for themaintenance of customer facing sys-tems such as ATMs, Internet bankingand branch network service on a 24/7basis.

He had always had an interest in hyp-notherapy, including using it severalyears ago to stop smoking, so whenhe decided he wanted to change ca-reer for something more calming andmore constructive it was the obviouschoice.

He hopes to build on the good workalready undertaken by his predecessorand make the NCH website the first

choice for members when looking forstructured CPD.

He will begin by looking two thingsin particular.

One thing that needs to be lookedinto is the lack of provision outside ofthe south east. He is hoping to getsomething in place before the end ofthe year so that members can registeran interest in a course regionally. If asufficient number of people then re-quest a course in an area there wouldbe an incentive for a school to facili-tate this.

He also wants to put something inplace to validate the quality ofcourses offered through the NCHwebsite. Whilst he is sure that the ma-jority of courses offered are of a goodstandard, he is keen to ensure thatthey offer value for money and devel-opment benefit. This needs somecareful consideration as it is importantthat we maintain a good variety ofofferings available to members.

Graham has a particular interest inanxiety disorders and he also focuses

on helping clients with diabetes. Hesuffers from diabetes himself andsays: “As a diabetic I have a big inter-est in helping others with the condi-tion. As long as it’s managed well, itis possible to live with. This is abouthelping people learn to managechoices and lifestyle and we are goodat helping people with that.”

His aim is to make training more ac-cessible and appealing to members.

He will be looking at ways of makingthe NCH more valuable and useful. Hebelieves that the NCH can help makecourses more accessible and this willmake it easier for members to find theright development opportunities forthem.

He is also very keen to get feedbackon courses, so members can get a bet-ter sense of what different courseswill offer

Contact Graham ([email protected]) if you have anyideas, especially if you run or want torun CPD courses.

Welcome to our new Development Director

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Congratulations to all the HPDcompleters since the last Journal. Iwish you all the very best in yourfuture careers.

Congratulations also to our newlyqualified supervisors: Chloe Cook, GillWood and Heidi Woodgate. They’veall worked very hard to get theirawards and I’m sure will be an assetto all their supervisees.

It’s been a busy period for myself andStuart as HPD qualifiers continue tocome through and our membershipbase continues to grow. Enquiriesfrom colleagues without the HPD tobecome members are starting to filterthrough. So far, most choose to do

the HPD rather than have anincreased annual membership fee.

Finally the revised structure for theHPD questions is completed andschools have the option to use these.The feedback so far has been verypositive.

A warm welcome to FyldeHypnotherapy, a new accreditedschool whose director is Lauren Kolb,a Lancashire lass like myself! We arelooking forward to working with you.Welcome also to Yvette Lowery whois our new Internal Verifier and CarolBain who is joining as an assessor.Special thanks to the assessor teamwho have worked hard to supportcandidates doing the HPD by the

NCH focus: HPDdevelopments prove asuccess

portfolio route: Sharon Corbridge,Linda Cope, Stuart Norman, BeckyLeonard and Margaret Scott. They area great bunch and a pleasure to workwith. The level of interest incompleting the HPD by this routecontinues to grow.

Our plans to develop a partnershipwith the CHPA in Irelandhttp://www.hypnotherapyassociation.ie/ are progressing. We are finalisingarrangements as to how the NCH canwork with this Irish professionalassociation as an accredited satelliteschool.

Having an externally accredited awardin Ireland is now a requirement topractice hypnotherapy. I wonder if theUK will go down this route in duecourse? If it does NCH members willbe ahead of the game with the onlyprofessional association offering anaward accredited by a nationalawarding body. This partnership withIrish colleagues will bring us evenmore members and colleagues intothe NCH and we are hoping to agreeto reduced membership fee to join theCHPA for anyone interested.

If you have any queries on anytraining matters as always feel free toget in touch.

Jill Tonks says our membership base is

continuing to grow

members we already commit to do.

Please remember I am no expert, thisarticle is intended to raise awarenessand give some basic information. Youknow your activities better than me,so it is up to you to decide how youshould comply with the DPA, and ifyour organisation should ‘notify’.

How The DPA Interacts with the NCHCode.

Within the scope of the NCH Code,the DPA crosses over with the sectionsof the Code that are concerned withconfidentiality ( C2) and also accuraterecord keeping (10).

What is ‘Data’?

The DPA is concerned with what itcalls the ‘processing of personal data’.According to the DPA, ‘data’ is‘information that is held on acomputer, or held with the intentionof being held on a computer’. Data isalso any manual client informationthat is organised in a ‘filing system’(more about that one later!).

A key point about the DPA is that‘personal data’ is defined asinformation that relates to an‘identified or identifiable’ person.

NCH focus: The DataProtection ActIn her latest look at ethics in practice, Ethics

Director Sue Roberts guides you through the

complexities of the law on storing and using

data

Sometimes we are tested in ourprofessional lives, and when Ivolunteered to write an article on theData Protection Act (DPA) I realisedthat I was about to be tested. How so,you may ask?

As Ethics Director, I am committed towriting articles under the frameworkof Ethics In Practice: helpingmembers understand how the Code ofConduct, Performance and Ethics(CCPE) works in practice andproviding useful hints tips and advicefor making sure you never have tocontact me, or your insurers, with aproblem.

I had a few phone calls about the DPAand rashly agreed to one member towrite an article about it.

When the last journal came out, I wasreprieved, as I wrote about the Codeamendments that had been passed bythe Exec. But this Journal there wasno getting away from my promise.

So, I have done some research, and Iam glad I did. I am certainly moreeducated about the DPA, which oftenseems to loom large and burdensome,and actually, is about beingresponsible and keeping clientinformation safe, which as NCH


What is ‘processing’?

Now this is a bit tricky to explain, andthe government website gives a goodexample that is similar to member

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activity. If a tennis coach types up aperformance report on his client anduses a form on his PC, that can at alater date be retrieved andmanipulated, this is classed as‘processing’ and so that kind ofactivity would come under the DPA

An important distinction.

There is an important distinction tomake: there is a difference between

complying with the act, andregistering or ‘notifying’ under theDPA.

‘Complying’ with the DPA is all aboutmaking sure you comply with the DPA8 Principles, and seems to me to beall about good housekeeping and bestpractice around record keeping andconfidentiality, and is wholly in linewith our NCH Code.

‘Notifying’ is about letting thegovernment know that you do certainthings with data, it costs £35 a year,and it is a criminal offence not tonotify.

The good news is, from what I haveread,most therapists who go abouttheir business keeping client recordsin a filing system or on a pc, and alsosend emails to clients or mailing lists,only need to comply. However I don’tknow how you run your business orall of what you do, so it is best tocheck. Here is a link you cantranscribe into your browser which isa flow chart to check if you shouldnotify or not. I used it, much relievedto find I did not need to notify!http://www.ico.gov.uk/notify/self/question1.html

In a nutshell, you only need tocomply with the DPA ( and not notify,which costs money) if you only usedata:- For staff administration ( egpayroll if you employ others)- For the advertising, marketingand PR of your own products andservices- For accounts and recordkeeping purposes.

So if you are keeping client records,emailing clients or sending yourdatabase newsletters, you only needto comply. I called the ICO(Information Commissioners’ Office)and asked about hypnotherapists andthe issue of notification. They told methat you only have to notify if you aregiving ‘medical’ advice, and keepingrecords on the individuals that yougive it to. Which unless you are


NCHfocus: The DataProtectionAct

Info and Links ICO Helpline: 0303 123 1113

This link has a very useful flowchart to help you decide if you need tocomply with the DPA

Online self-assessment here for notification:http://www.ico.gov.uk/notify/self/question1.html

A Guide to the DPAhttp://www.ico.gov.uk/for_organisations/data_protection/the_guide.aspx


trained to do so, most members ashypnotherapists would not be doing.

The Eight Principles of the DPA

Compliance with the DPA is all aboutgood housekeeping and making surethat the personal information held by

you, about yourclients, cannotbe accessed byanyone else, andthat you onlyuse thatinformation forthe purposeswhich it hasbeen given toyou, and youagreed to use it.

The EightPrinciples are:

1. Processing data fairly andlawfully2. Processing data for specifiedpurposes3. Information standards (Principles 3,4 and 5)6 The rights of individuals7 Information security

Useful Tips• Make sure all your PCs and laptops have passwords that prevent accidental or deliberate

disclosure of information about clients that you hold on them.

• Change your passwords frequently, and don’t use anything obvious. Random selection of

numbers, letters and use of different cases helps.

• Don’t ask Windows or other software to save passwords automatically

• Put a password on your phone if it is an iphone or other device if you use for email

• Keep your manual client records safe, preferably in a lockable filing cabinet

Interestingly, when it comes to manual records, the more organised you are, the more you fall under

the DPA! If you organise your filing of client records from A to Z, with client names on the front,

you have to make sure you comply with the DPA!

Remember

The important distinction to make is between compliance and notification. One is good housekeeping,

and one is a legal requirement. Make sure you understand what you need to do.

8 Sending personal dataoutside the European Economic Area.You can read the whole thing foryourself at:http://www.ico.gov.uk/for_organisations/data_protection/the_guide.aspx

Three Golden Rules

Here are 3 golden rules when it comesto the DPA:1. You only process that data forthe purpose for which it is intended (given to you)2. You make sure you keep itsafe so no-one else can get hold of itand/or misuse it.3. You register under the DPAwith the registrar if your dataprocessing activity falls into acategory where you should.

Sue Roberts, Ethics Director,[email protected]

Given the sort of issues that can leadpeople to make complaints it’s alwaysa good idea, particularly if you workfrom home, to spell out with yourclient in an initial written agreement,the sort of interruptions that theymight reasonably expect.

Let them know in advance if yourconsulting roomis in a privatehome and ifthere may beunavoidableinterruptions.

Agree togetherthat, if thedoorbell ringsrepeatedly, you

will ask them what they’d like you todo about it.

2. Five minutes before a client arrivesyour elderly neighbour phones you tosay that they have slipped in the bathand they need your help.

Of course you must act on your dutyof care to help your neighbour. If youcan’t reach your client to say that anemergency situation has arisen, thenleave a note on the door, explaining

The nature of the therapist role canoften produce challenging practicalcircumstances that can be difficult orawkward to deal with.

These situations can make therapistsvery worries. And no wonder...It canbe circumstances such as these thatcan result in claims or complaintsagainst the practitioner, even whenthe choices made are done so with thebest of intentions.

How does the practitioner ensure thatthey continue to behaveprofessionally and in a supportive waywith their clients, whilst dealing withthe everyday practicalities of being asupportive practitioner.

The examples given are intended toact as a guide in how you mightbegin to deal some common issues.For several of them, there is no oneright answer, but they will give aguide to the sort of issues which youshould be considering..

What should you do if...

1. You are with a client and someoneis ringing the doorbell. You ignore itbut they won’t give up.

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what has happened and let the clientknow that you will phone them lateron to re-schedule.

3. A clientwithwhomyou’vebeenworkingfor sometime givesyou a gift

The arthere isnot tooffend or shame a client by notaccepting their generosity, butsimultaneously not putting yourself inthe possible position of being accusedof exploiting the client’s wealth orvulnerability.

There is no ‘right’ answer here. Rather,taking into account your client’shistory of giving and receiving, as wellas the history of that in yourrelationship, the gift needs to beunderstood for its meaning and adecision needs to be made togetherwith your client as to whether or notit is right for you to keep it.

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4. A client asks you if they canborrow something of yours tokeep for support over a longbreak.

Some practitioners make an offerof something for the client tohold over a long break. If you aregoing to do this make sure thatit is something that is notimportant to you, but hasmeaning for your client.Confusion can occur if the clientdoes not offer to return theobject and feels crushed whenthe therapist asks for it back.Some therapists keep a bowl ofcolourful stones and/or buttonsin their consulting room for justsuch an occasion.

5. A client doesn’t turn up for theirappointment. You get a call and findout that they are at home, locked ina room. You are very concerned aboutthem. You don’t live far away.

A therapist responded to a similar calland went to the client’s home. Thetherapist managed to get the clientout of the locked room unharmed.Later the client claimed the therapistdid not maintain appropriateprofessional boundaries; this claimwas subsequently upheld.

A pragmatic and safe solution is tocall a friend or family member of theclient and the emergency services, andthen wait in the car outside theclient’s home, letting someone in thehouse know what you’ve done andasking them to let the client knowthat you are there.

6. Your partner usually cooks supperwhile you see your early eveningclients.

This might seem perfectly normal toyou but for some clients the

knowledge that someone ‘important’to you is cooking you a meal mightarouse envy. If your home is a placeof work it is important in theseinstances to avoid cooking just beforeor during client time. A civil actionagainst an experienced therapist

includedanallegationthat thesmell ofcooking inthe housemeantthat thetherapistwasn’tfocussed

on their work together.

7. Over the summer break youredecorate your consulting room.

This may seem insignificant but acomplaint made against a therapistincluded a reference to the fact thatthe therapist had painted theconsulting room the same colour as

the roomwhere theclient hadendured abadexperience.

It might bewise to letyour clientsknow whenyou plan toredecorate and to let them have somewarning about any major changes ofcolour or furnishing.

8. A client who is struggling with adifficult situation is in great distress.You happen to have just read a novelthat you thought dealt sensitively andusefully with the particular issue.

A therapist loaned their client a bookin a similar situation and this formedpart of a complaint against them thatended up in a civil action beingsettled out of court. It is important toremember that you can’t predict orhave the space to process the impact

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Jill Tonks Surrey [email protected]

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issue’. However practical it may appearto just let the client dry their clothesin your dryer - don’t. A similar offerended up as a complaint as thetherapist took the client into theirprivate space and the client sawlaundry belonging to the client’spartner and children.

12. A new client asks for your emailaddress and mobile phone number.

These days, it is becoming the normto communicate with one another bye-mail and text. If you do this withyour clients you may want to thinkabout putting some agreementsabout emails and texts betweensessions in an initial writtenagreement, as some clients takeadvantage of having this informationand use it as a way to intrude on thetherapist in what should be down-time. One client complained that thetherapist did not answer their emails.This was because they frequently sentlong emails, which the therapist choseto discuss in the following session.


a book will have on a client.Therapeutic interventions, howeverwell meant, are best kept to theconsulting room.

9. You realise after working with aclient for a few months that you havebeen seeing their partner for a longtime.

In a case like this your duty of care isto the client you’ve been seeing thelongest. You need to refer ‘Client 2’to another therapist as quickly aspossible. How you do this can bechallenging. Above all you need tomaintain confidentiality about yourrelationship with ‘Client 1’, who maynot necessarily have told their partnerthat they are seeing you. In thatinstance you need to give ‘Client 2’notice of onward referral, saying thatyou have realised that you can nolonger be an effective therapist forthem. You need to do this withoutmentioning anything to ‘Client 1’,who may not know that their partnerhas also gone to see you. This mayindeed be a coincidence but you needto behave as though it is not.

10. It is very warm and uncomfortablein your consulting room. A clientwants to move outside to the garden,where it’s cooler.

Tempting though this may be it isyour responsibility to control thephysical boundaries of the therapeuticframe. You cannot do this in yourgarden where neighbours couldeavesdrop or where children might be

playing. A therapist who did do thishad a complaint made against themwhen they asked the neighbour’schildren to stop kicking a ball over thefence. The client felt this was done ina harsh way and was thrown into anegative transference from which therelationship never recovered. Acomplaint was made, which was notupheld. Still, both client and therapistsuffered from what was an error ofjudgement.

11. A client turns up with wet laundryin a basket and asks if they can useyour dryer as theirs is broken and it’seither use yours or miss a session andgo to a laundrette.

It would seem as though this client ispushing the boundaries of yourprofessional relationship, or is at leastexpressing some ambivalence.

Invite the client and their laundry intoyour consulting room and help themto decide between the session anddrying their laundry. This is a ‘therapy

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Steve Miller is the well know

presenter of the hit TV Show Fat

Families, and the NCH specialist

adviser on on weight loss. Fiona Nicolson spoke

to him about his work, what it takes to become

such a successful hypnotherapist and how he

helps his weightloss clients


An advocate and practitioner ofAuthoritarian Hypnotherapy, Steve isknown for a no nonsense approach inhis drive for results.

These days his clients list ranges fromTV celebrities to boardroom highflyers, but he still manages to findtime to enjoy working with his localclients in the Midlands. I asked Steveinitially about his background andwhat had led him to discovering hispassion for hypnotherapy?

School was hard for him, but theprogress to college was enjoyable

because Steve was then starting tofeel more comfortable with himself.

‘I have always had an inner strength.I am competitive which drives me...but competitive in a healthy way. YesI would definitely say that I am drivento succeed.’

A stint at Butulins, that exuberanttraining ground for many a future TVpresenter, showed Steve that he hadan inner ability to communicate withpeople, not just individually, but alsoen mass. He began to learn the artof engagement and the different ways

to communicate with people from awide array of differing backgroundsand ages.

After Butlins, Steve progressed into asales role, but the pressure to succeedlead to panic attacks and he began toseek out a means of coping. ‘I hadread something somewhere abouthypnotherapy and that thought hadstuck in my head. I didn’t want to seea counsellor as I didn’t feel that thatwas really my style, also I wantedquick results to help me cope.

I researched local hypnotherapists and

Slimspiration: goodhypnotherapists can inspire clients


made an appointment and Iabsolutely loved it – in fact, I mustlook up the bloke that helped me allthose years ago and go and say thankyou to him. I loved it because itcalmed me very quickly and the fact Iwas taught self hypnosis meant that Igot the control back over how I copedwith things.

The whole panic attack time alsotaught me that we are all falliblewhich is a good lesson when you startto deal with other people and theirissues. I am glad that I went throughit as it has helped me to understandhow people struggle when trying todeal with difficulties. That experiencebuilds your empathy levels hugely.

I practised self hypnosis twice a dayand noticed that things werechanging and that I felt in controlwhen I was in situations thatpreviously would have triggered apanic attack.

This inspired me and I quickly decidedto train as a hypnotherapist. I hadseen an advert for the London Collegeof Clinical Hypnotherapy and when Iresearched them it just felt right.

I worked and revised very hard - Iknew that course inside out! Igraduated with Distinction which issomething that I am extremely proudof and I am currently enjoyingstudying for my Masters in ClinicalHypnotherapy when I can fit it round

all my clients and mediacommitments.’

Steve remained in the corporate worldfor the duration, rising to becomeHead of Human Resources for AutoTrader, a role that blended the abilityto communicate with and motivatepeople with the need to understandthe many aspects of running abusiness. Unsurprisingly, it wasn’tlong before Steve decided that he hadto free himself from a desk job to beable to pursue his passion forhypnotherapy.

‘Those early days were hard when Ifirst set up practice and I made loadsof mistakes, my website was reallybad and very dull. It is one thingreading the books and it is anotherthing being able to do it and connectwith people, it is a different worldwhen you are doing it for real but doyou know what? I loved every singlemoment of it.

I think my worst mistake was treatinga couple of family members – don’ttreat your family! Actually it wasvery funny, I was trying to treat myDad for smoking cigars, he was sittingthere at home and after a while heopened one eye and said ‘I don’tthink this is working Steve’ I had abit of a tantrum. ‘

Today Steve You are one of the mostsuccessful hypnotherapists in the UK.So he is well placed to give a view on

how we can increase awareness andacceptance of hypnotherapy as aneffective tool in helping people.

He says, ‘Hypnotherapy has a voiceand with that voice it needs to conveythat hypnotherapy is uncomplicatedand practical and the public need tohear something simple and real.

‘With clients I keep it very practicaland straightforward and I speak aboutthe process in a simplistic way. I thinkthat this is a key goal forhypnotherapy, demystifying the

Slimspiration:

Good hypnotherapists can inspire clients


concept and making itunderstandable as a practical andsimple tool to help clients. Whereverpossible in whatever I am doingpublicly, I highlight the benefits ofhypnotherapy as a key tool thatdelivers fast results for those whostruggle with emotional and bingeeating.

I also wish the industry was regulatedmore – I know the NCH are workinghard to push for tighter regulation’.Steve is aware of the snowballing

obesity in this country and says:

‘My ultimate mission is to make a realdifference in the weight loss battlethat is going on in this country andto help as many people ditch theweight and have that domino effect.

‘I can try and help on a national levelbut my firm approach is not alwaysseen as politically correct but I believethat we have to get firmer. Icampaign for a firmer attitudetowards obesity. People should be

made to take responsibility for theirchoices and if that means they haveto pay for two seats on an airlinebecause they need to use them thenthat is the way it should be. Equally Iwould like to see harsher warnings onrestaurant menus reminding people totake care about what they eat. Iwould like to see the NHS recognise hypnotherapy as aneffective tool for weight control bothfrom a cost and results point of viewand one day I believe that willhappen’.


Hypnotherapy, this is is not anapproach that suits everyone butSteve is a big advocate. He says:

‘Authoritarian Hypnotherapy is notfor everyone but there is a huge placefor it especially within weight loss.

I stand for the ability to changepeople’s lives for the better and mymethodology is not flowery andfluffy. I am direct with my clientsboth in and out of trance and Ibelieve that the reason my clients getresults is because of my challenge tothem. I do not allow them to haveexcuses. It takes belief andconfidence in yourself to be able to

do that and also to not beconcerned if that client does notlike you during a session. It isnot about them liking me it isabout getting good andpermanent results for them.

The reason I use this approach isthat when I was fat, I neededstraight talking to help me ditchthe excuses - I needed thatinspiration. If I had had someoneusing fluffy style counselling it

would not have helped me. A key

Steve’s passion to help clients withweight issues stems from personal ex-perience.

He says: ‘My evolution as an expert inweight lossbegan when I putweight on aftermy hypnotherapytraining because Ijust love food. Iwas building ahypno the rapypractice at thetime and happy,but basically Iwas over eating.In fact, one day Iwas out and Ihappened to no-tice someone be-hind me sort ofblowing bubbles, in effect saying‘look at how much weight he has puton!’

I am grateful to them as I when I gothome I looked in the mirror and saidto myself ‘get off your arse and losethe weight’.

That became the title for my first

book. I lost the weight through ex-ercise, common sense and hypnosis.It was therefore a natural progressionfor me to niche in weight loss andconfidence.

I know that hyp-notherapy is the num-ber one tool to helppeople control andmaintain their weightbecause weight con-trol and developingnew habits comesfrom the mind.’

Steve usesAuthoritarian

“Excuses are thebacteria which keeppeople fat”

Slimspiration:


saying of mine is ‘excuses are thebacteria that keep people fat’’

I specialise in AuthoritarianHypnotherapy but if I feel I am notright for a specific client then I willrefer them to someone else. Forexample, if I have a client who is verysensitive and I don’t feel that anauthoritarian approach is right forthem, I am happy to refer them tosomeone with a more permissive stylethan mine.

Both approaches are right and it isabout what best fits that client andwill get the optimum results for them.If the client has depression or recentanxiety then I won’t work with themusing an authoritarian approachweight loss. If it is a confidence issuethen that is very different and I willapply a different skill.’

Steve will see clients for between 4 –6 sessions over a 6 – 8 week periodwith one of his challenges being thatif a client does not lose weight in anygiven week, Steve will terminate thesessions until weight lose resumes.

‘I take them through the 6 – 8 weekprocess where they are taught selfhypnosis and they are coached toown everything themselves. I usedifferent therapeutic interventionsdepending on what is best for thatclient based on observations ofpersonality types and preferredrepresentational systems and I neveruse scripts. I work very much on theintuition that experience can bring.’

Steve laughingly recalls when he howmuch he has learned:

‘I remember when I first started.Nervously clutching my clipboard forthe first few sessions with scriptshidden at the back to take out whenthe clients closed their eyes. We all

have to startsomewhere’.

‘The initialsession is aboutpinpointing theclient’smotivation andusing it to excitethat client as tothe possibilityand the endresult.

Creating thatexcitement iskey becausethe client willhave toldthemselvesthat it is hardto loseweight and Ihave toreframe that.I often have anutritionaldisplay ofhealthy andjunk foods in this first session as I liketo use visual props.

In subsequent sessions I will use anarray of techniques, it is all abouthaving the tools and deciding whichones to use for that client at thattime. I might use direct suggestion orparts therapy and/or anchoring – itjust depends. I like to get clients totalk a lot during trance and do futurevisualisations.

I only use aversion therapy veryoccasionally as experience has shownme that it can wear off. I might use itwith specific clients in a specificsituation. I teach clients self hypnosisand get them to prioritise self tasking.Between sessions clients have to emailme, initially every 2 days, but onlywith positive news and things that

they are proud of. ‘

He will not tolerateclients not takingresponsibility forthemselves or makingexcuses. His clientsreport that thisrefreshes them –nobody has said thisto them before.

Given that it iscontroversial, I askSteve just howeffective his approachis?

‘Judge me on results. 80% of myclient base lose weight and maintainit. Some clients come to me withstrange myths about weight loss anda complete misunderstanding aboutweight and how they can ditch it, butthe vast majority of the UKpopulation know what they shouldeat and do to be slim. They have justdeveloped behaviours and habits thatare generally unhealthy for a widearray of different personal reasons.This is very much the same on the TVShow (Fat Families).

When someone comes to see me,their weight loss and subsequentcontrol has a domino effect andimpacts on all areas of their life fromrelationships to career. Throughincreased confidence they can


“Excuses are thebacteria that keeppeople fat’’

sometimes start to take risks and dosomething completely different withtheir lives.

It is not just about the weight loss, itis much more impactful than that.

They walk and talkdifferently and theydon’t hide in thecorner or hold acushion over theirtummy anymore asthey are no longerembarrassed. Thisdomino effect ishuge and is whatreally motivates me, Iwant to help them

for the impact it has in all areas oftheir lives’.

Steve’s views on the current industryhot potato, the Hypno Gastric Bandstress the need to make sure clients

don’t think there is a magic solution.He says:

‘It’s an interesting question, I don’thave a problem as long as it is wellthought through and only used inspecific cases, but we have to be verycautious as many clients, in myexperience, think it is a magic cure.They may see it as this magical toolthat allows them to take little or noresponsibility and I think we have tobe really careful who we treat with itand I use it very rarely.

If my clients ask for it, I will usuallytell them there is another protocolthat will work better and I then takethem through my 6 – 8 weekauthoritarian process. I might use myown version of the virtual gastricband when I have measured a client’smotivation to change and I if believethat their motivation is through theroof and they will not just lose theweight but will sustain it as well. Butif I am honest I am not its numberone fan’.

What makes a goodhypnotherapist?Steve told us: ‘The most powerfulthing about a hypnotherapist is theirown power of suggestion and that issomething that we need to be awareof, from the words that we use withclients through to tonality and bodylanguage.

In my world, rapport is not just abouttrust and communication but it isabout my ability to inspire my clients

to get a result. At the end of the dayif they have come to see me for a fearof flying or to lose weight they needto believe in me, if they don’t believein me the results are not going to bethe same.

I always say that when looking for ahypnotherapist, clients have to justcheck out not just their credentialsbut they have to look for someone

who inspires them - good hypnother-apy practitioners inspire their clients.

It is not just traditional hypnotherapythat we do, we have to do more thanthat to be really good. It is about ourown animation and our ability to in-spire and send a congruent power ofsuggestion to our clients.

Only about 60% of the work we do is

Slimspiration:


hypnotherapy with the balance beinga blend of motivation and coaching –it is not just about reprogramming theunconscious mind intraditional trance.

Something that I be-lieve strongly is thathypnotherapists have tolive their own lives con-gruently with what theyare trying to achieve fortheir clients.

The the fundamentalpower of hypnotherapyis the power of sugges-tion and the power ofsuggestion starts withus. If you are not con-gruent with that suggestion it will notfully impact on the client. If you area smoker you should not be treatingsmokers and if you are morbidly obesethen you should not be treatingclients for weight loss.

You need to work on resolving yourown personal issues and then youwould be in the best possible place tohelp and support clients with these is-sues, congruently with the insightsand empathy that comes from per-sonal experience. It isabout being the best youcan be, to be congruentin helping clients tryingto be the best that theycan be.

It is also important ashypnotherapists to be-ware of your own ego.

We have facilitated thechanges but the clientshave actually made thenecessary changes. Somepeople might say ‘youmake so many peoplelose weight’, but it is

about empowering clients to maketheir own changes. As hypnothera-pists we could develop huge egos, but

I’m not interested in that. That willnot help me get the absolute bestpossible results for the next clientwho walks through my door.

I think it is also important that wework on ourselves and most daysI will do some form of self hyp-nosis, I will read relevant articlesand back to the NLP stuff, I willmodel pieces of excellence that Isee in other people. Whether it isa language pattern or body

movement, something new they aredoing that is helping them to growand I think that could help me. It is

about using what isuseful – that is thebeauty of it.

I know I am a specialistin weight loss controland confidence but Ilearn all the time bothfrom my clients as wellas other people that areworking in my arenathat I come into con-tact with’.

Only about 60% of the work we do is

hypnotherapy with the balance being a

blend of motivation and coaching – it is not

just about reprogramming the unconscious

mind in traditional trance

Steve Miller runs a variety ofMasterclasses for Hypnotherapists

from Authoritarian Hypnotherapy inWeight Control to Getting Yourself

Noticed in the Media. www.stevemillerhypnotherapy.co.uk


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Helping cancer patientsusing hypnotherapy

I’m a practitioner of ClinicalHypnosis, NLP and Coachingwho uses an eclectic combi-nation of approaches - cog-nitive behavioural, solutionfocussed and NLP to helpclients to change their feel-ings or behaviours, often acombination of both. I’vebeen doing this for 25 yearsand I train other hypnothera-pists to do the same. My worknaturally takes me into therealm of issues which wouldbe regarded as psychoso-matic, in other words, the ac-tion of the mind on the body.

I’ve been fortunate enough tohave the opportunity ofworking with quite a few cancerpatients some of whom have beenconfused, scared, frightened, de-pressed and/or in pain. Since we, ashypnotherapists, are privileged tohave wonderful skills to help peopleto change the way they feel, what arewarding thing it is to be able tooffer help to cancer patients.

Five years ago I was diagnosed withcancer. This was treated successfullyand thankfully, I now seem to be can-cer free. I’ve used a number of the

ideas discussed here myself.

Safeguards, Cautions and Ethics

Perhaps the first thing we should con-sider in working with cancer patientsis, whether it’s ethically appropriatefor us to do so.

Of course it’s appropriate to offer helpto as many people as possible unlessthere are recognised contra-indica-tions. It is of course vital that we

don’t offer a cure for any type of can-cer. Not only would it be completelyunethical but it would also be illegal.

We must be very careful to avoidclients taking on board any sense thatsomehow they have become ill withcancer because their attitude was notpositive enough or their level of self-esteem high enough. The same ap-plies to client’s ability to recover. Itwas regarded as a mystery, medically,why some people recover from cancer

Nick Cooke details how he works with cancerpatients to help them cope with diagnosis,treatment and looking to the future

Nick and Pedro the dog relax after a hard day


when others who have exactly thesame type of cancer don’t.

Once again it would be very sad andcompletely unethical if a terminally illcancer patient or their family felt thatnot enough of a fight had been putup. Whilst it’s true that sometimescancer patients do ‘give up’, there areso many factors which need to beconsidered such as the patient’s over-all fitness level and acceptability oftreatment provided. Also it is ofcourse the patient’s choice to give upand sadly but quite understandably,many do.

Self Limiting Beliefs

I’ve been particularly influenced in my

work by the writing ofDr Bernie Siegel – Love,Medicine and Miracles,and Carl and StephanieSimonton – GettingWell Again. Both ofthese are written asself-help books and thephilosophies of thesethree highly compas-sionate writers havehelped millions.

Bernie Seigel was aprominent cancer sur-geon who becamesomewhat disillusionedby the traditional med-ical model of ‘slash,burn and poison’ astreatment for cancerand Siegel and his col-leagues managed tohelp change attitudesof his medical col-

leagues as well as patients in devel-oping a more ‘holistic’ approach totreatment. Siegel, now retired as asurgeon spends most of time lectur-ing and writing and in providingmentoring support to The ExceptionalCancer Patients Programme (ECaP).For many years Siegel has taughthealing through drawing, paintingand creative visualisation. Along withthe Simontons, Siegel is an influentialfigure in the science of psycho-neuroimmunology (PNI Healing), the basisof which is the effect of the mind onthe body in cellular healing of cata-strophic illnesses, particularly cancer.

The Simontons in ‘Getting Well Again’discuss the idea that our social beliefsabout illness can make a considerable

difference to our ability to overcomethat illness. In the case of cancer threesocial beliefs that can affect patientsthinking are:

1. Cancer is a powerful anddeadly illness.

2. Our bodies are weak and canprovide very little resistance to cancer.

3. Cancer treatments are dan-gerous/drastic and with unpleasantside effects.The Simontons suggest that adoptinga very different set of beliefs may behelpful to our recovery. In the case ofthe above beliefs, supposing we wereto substitute them with the follow-ing?:

1. Cancer is comprised of weakand confused cells.

2. Our bodies our powerful andhave a natural propensity to heal.

3. Cancer treatments are over-whelmingly powerful and helpful.

It is of course a matter of opinion asto which set of beliefs is held to betrue but, in the same way as NLP pre-suppositions may be true or untrue,accepting them as if they are true canbe very helpful when it comes to ourability to heal. A nurse who was train-ing for the HPD with me a few yearsago was quite upset by the Simon-ton’s ideas and thought that byadopting them we were in danger oftrying to fool clients in a completelyunethical way. Naturally, we had in-teresting discussion in the traininggroup – readers of this article willhave their own views and I’d be inter-ested to hear them.

When we adopt a cognitive behav-ioural approach we work on the prin-ciple that our thoughts affect our

Helping Cancer Patients using Hypnotherapy

emotions and beliefs and that thesein turn affect our behaviours, includ-ing our ability to heal.

Another area of the Simonton’s workis in the area of the negative effect ofstress on cancer and other cata-strophic illnesses. This, of course ishardly news to any of us but what isinteresting is the scientific researchwhich demonstrates the positive ef-fect of stress management in reducingthe risks of developing cancer, in heal-ing and in coping with the illness andits side effects.

A brief case study

A few years ago a client (we’ll call himJim) came to see me for hypnotherapyaccompanied by his wife. He had re-cently received some very shocking

news. He had been diagnosed withlung cancer. He had not yet beengiven a prognosis or had treatmentoptions discussed with him. He was inhis early 50s and looked fit and well.He had been a heavy smoker for over25 years and had quit 5 years previ-ously. He appeared to be in a state ofconsiderable shock. Jim shared withme that he had considerable scepti-cism about complementary therapiesincluding hypnotherapy.

Jim’s wife encouraged him to visit mebecause she had been recommendedby a former client of mine to do so.In the first session I spent a lot oftime listening and Jim, who with en-couragement from his wife graduallyopened up and told me about hisfears. He certainly had no real beliefin any shape or form about his chance

of getting better. He had a very happylife, a lovely family and a successfulbusiness. Jim seemed willing to ac-cept whatever his doctors advised.

Jim’s wife had a powerful belief in thebody’s ability to heal and was desper-ate to help Jim to explore comple-mentary approaches. She was notaverse to medical treatments but feltconvinced that a holistic mind/bodyapproach would be helpful.

She was wise enough to know thatunless Jim could open himself up tothe possibility of hypnotherapy help-ing him then Jim would be unlikelyto respond to it. Fortunately, after Iexplained about how hypnotherapymight help, Jim decided that hewanted to explore it further. Wetalked about the possibility of:

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• Relaxation and stress man-agement• PNI (Psychoneuroimmunol-ogy) therapy with imagery for healingcancer cells• Cognitive Behavioural Hyp-notherapy

• Pain control – although thiswas currently not an issue

In this first session I introduced Jimand his wife to hypnosis and taughta number of relaxation techniques.Shortly afterwards Jim was given anupdated prognosis from his consult-ant which could hardly have beenmore devastating for him. His lungcancer was of a particularly virulent

nature with virtually notreatment options otherthan medical pain controland other palliative care indue course. He pressed foran indication of life ex-pectancy and was informedthat this was likely to bebetween 3 and 6 months.

Jim handed his businessover to his two sons and heand his wife went on a fourweek Caribbean cruise. Onthis holiday he married her(although he had intro-duced her as his wife theyhad in fact never married)!Upon his return we re-com-menced hypnotherapy. Thedifference I observed in Jimin the seven weeks since Ifirst met him was amazing.

All fear seemed to have vanished andhe looked well and relaxed. He wasvery positive about using hypnother-apy although he still believed that thelung cancer would kill him.

He wanted to learn how to use PNIhealing and I encouraged him to be-come creative with some painting,which was something he had alwayswanted to do but never had the time,and I taught him a number of visual-isations which were based around hisown imagery from his paintings.These images included:

• Standing in a waterfall ofnatural healing energy• His own natural healing cellsmultiplying and the cancer cells

shrinking• His body becoming strongerand fitter• Standing high in the MalvernHills and breathing in fresh pure air

I taught Jim to use self hypnosis andrecorded a process for him which in-corporated his imagery along withsome powerful self-suggestions suchas, ‘My body is stronger and fitterwith each days that goes by’, I enjoyeach day to the full and accept what-ever happens in the future’.

Jim also wanted to learn hypnoticpain control techniques even thoughhe was not in pain. I taught him howto use an imaginary dial to controlpain as well as using it to reduce anyanxiety. I also taught him a ‘gloveanaesthesia’ method to transfer heal-ing and pain reduction to his innerbody from his hand which he had pre-viously imagined placing in an icebucket (see below for more on paincontrol).

I don’t have the scope within this ar-ticle to include the full scripts whichI put together. Readers may well befamiliar with the ideas but if you’dlike further information, drop me anemail to the address below and I’llgladly supply it. You will need toadapt my notes since they are specificto this particular case.

It should also be noted that Jim un-dertook a health and fitness pro-gramme including adopting a healthydiet.

I’d love to be able to report that Jimwas still alive and well today but sadlythat was not to be. However, Jim livedhappily and mainly healthily and painfree for more than four times as longas the longest life expectation hisconsultant had indicated. I’m con-vinced that with a little help Jim was



able to use the power of his mind toextend his life and to make the mostof the time had left. I have a lovelyletter from his widow which confirmsthis.

A typical model of therapy

As I guess we’reall aware, simplycreating a safeenvironment fortalk and showingempathy andwarmness will fa-cilitate relax-ation, reductionin stress, andhelp to promoteself-healing. Sothis is where therapy usually begins. Idon’t bombard my client with ques-tions but simply invite them to sharewith me anything they’d like to.Sometimes in this first session I dis-cuss the use of clinical hypnosis andreassure them that its use is safe andthat they will be fully in control. Nor-mally I elicit and help them to anchora safe/relaxing place. If time allows Ioffer to guide them into hypnosis bymeans of some guided imagery basedupon what I know they find relaxing.

This hypnosis part of a first sessionmay be very brief and fairly gener-alised and I think it’s important toteach clients how to access this them-selves, at a very early stage. I also liketo work on some ideas to help theclient to let go of unhelpful limitingbeliefs and to build their self esteem,often through an NLP ‘ResourcefulStates’ anchoring exercise.

Since my own philosophy is thatwhere people develop cancer, theirimmune system may have been sup-pressed due to some earlier trauma,low level of self esteem or other seri-ous emotional disturbances, I think it

is helpful to use regression to encour-age healing at the appropriate pointsin the client’s life. Therefore in subse-quent sessions I often use what I re-gard as an ‘inner child’ healingprocess which involves the clientinviting their inner child to appear to

them at any relevant time in their lifeand then set up a dialogue betweentheir present adult self and their innerchild. The client is invited to ‘hold’their inner child and, with all theiradult wisdom and understanding,apply ‘healing’ in whatever way seemsto be appropriate to them.

The process can bevery emotional andit’s important that ourclient knows that theycan share with uswhatever they experi-ence. I want the clientto know that it is safefor them to experi-ence the deep emo-tion and that they canlearn from it and willbe able to visit their inner child asoften as they want to.

Something else which I find usefulwith cancer patients is to help themto process traumatic memories via abi-lateral stimulation, such as EyeMovement Desensitisation and Repro-cessing (EMDR) in which I’m trained.A number of trainers and developers

The future is not fixed

because we do have free will.

Seeing the future differently

releases feelings of hope

have built upon Francine Shapiro’soriginal EMDR discovery so that it canbe simply and easily integrated intoother therapeutic modalities. EMDRuses eye movements and/or othermethods of bi-lateral (side to side)stimulation, such as sounds and handtapping, combined with talking ther-apy to help desensitise and reprocesstraumatic memories. EMDR has beenwell researched and results can bevery rewarding.

Along with emotional release and selfesteem building, I sometimes, wherethere is unresolved conflict, inviteclients to engage in a ‘Gestalt EmptyChair’ exercise where they can venttheir concerns at an empty chairwhich, they are informed, symbolisesa significant person in their present orpast.

The client is then invited to take the‘role’ of the other person and respondback to them, as it were. This oftenhas a powerful cathartic, guilt andanger releasing effect.

Pain Control

Clients are taught how to use theirimagination to control pain via NLP‘Changing Submodalities’. For exam-ple clients are asked to considerwhether they can imagine their painhaving a size, shape, colour or textureand are asked to experiment to see

Mind mapping can reveal

new connections, prompt

new ideas and may give

extra insight


whether changing any of these has apositive effect. Another powerful vi-sualisation can be in the form of animaginary dial which our client learnsto use to turn down pain.

It’s vital of course that the pain hasbeen properly diagnosed and, as asafeguard it may be appropriate tosuggest that the client might turntheir imaginary dial down to an ex-tent where their pain level is minimalbut sufficient to remind them that itis still present.

The power of hypnotherapy to controlpain should not be underestimated.Hundreds of potentially painful med-ical procedures, including major op-

erations have been per-formed using no chemi-cal anaestheticwhatsoever – only theuse of hypnosis. JamesEsdaile, the Scottish sur-geon in the early 19thCentury successfully per-formed hundreds of op-erations using hypnosis.Around the same timeDr. John Elliotson wasridiculed by his medicalcolleagues and dismissedfrom his post at the Uni-versity College, Londonbecause he gave publicperformances of mes-merism. Elliotson waslater reinstated and wenton to perform hundredsof limb amputationsusing hypnosis.

Incidentally, Dr Elliotson was alsoridiculed by most of his colleaguesover what they described as a com-pletely useless item of medical equip-ment which he invented. It was calledthe stethoscope!

Where to learn more

Some readers may, I hope be temptedto learn a little more about workingwith cancer patients. I’ve listed a fewbooks and named a couple of trainingproviders, including my own college.

Books:

Frank D and Mooney B. 2007. Hyp-

nosis and Counselling in the Treat-ment of Cancer.Crown HouseBooks. (See myreview later inthis journal)

Goleman D.1995. Emo-tional In-telligence.Bloomsbury

Green E and A.1977. BeyondBiofeedback.Delta

Siegel B.1 9 8 6 .L o v e ,Med i c ineand Miracles. RiderBooks

Simonton O. C. and S. M. 1978. Get-ting Well Again. Bantam Books

Website – for research into PNI Heal-ing, support and training – The PennyBrohn Cancer Centre www.penny-brohncancercare.org

Central England College – Workingwith Cancer Patients, PNI Healing,Hypnotherapy for Pain Control, andEMDR are taught as part of the Solu-tion Focussed Hypnotherapy course –contact information below.

About Nick Cooke:

Nick is a practitioner of ClinicalHypnosis, NLP and Coaching andPrincipal of Central England Col-lege. He can be contacted on 0121444 1110 or [email protected] www.centralengland-college.org



Firstly thank you for the Hypnother-apy Journal. It is such a quality jour-nal and always has such great stuff init and some awesome contributors….

Next I read and re read GillWoods piece on “Fear of Fly-ing” and I had to respond witha different perspective. Perspec-tives are very important to us asone man’s fear is another man’spleasure and I can see andknow a different one from Gill.I would love to share this withyou as I am a “cylindrical tubeflyer” and cognitive hypnother-apist! I know some stuff whichyou which may find helpfulwith aviation related issues!

In the day job I sometimes getthe time to chat to the really

nervous flyers! These are the oneswho are going to get off my planeand mess up my on time departure aswe search for the bags which must

come off if they leave the plane. Ireckon as they are on board they de-serve our help and if they have gotthis far they are giving it a go andhave been very brave……

I have found that talking to themabout world weather helps. I talkabout turbulence and how air move-ment occurs. We live on a planet fac-ing the sun that receives unevenheating from the sun as it is ellipsoidand on an axis. This means the equa-torial areas get more heat than the

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I’m an 747 captain in myday job and I loved Gill’sarticle on fear of flying

Sally Toye loves flying, which is fortunate

as she is a professional pilot. She is also a

cognitive hypnotherapist. Here she

gives her perspective on fear of flying

poles (the heat is concentrated over asmaller area whereas over the polesthe heating spreads out) and this alsovaries by season. This means that coldair is at the poles and hotter air is at

the equator. So we have then a pres-sure differential as cold air being moredense wants to move to the equator(don’t we all in this current monsoon)where it is less dense and pressure is

lower (if you have ever had a punctureyou may have heard air escaping fromhigh pressure to lower).

Plus the earth rotates which meansthat this air doesn’t just travelsouth/north depending on whetheryou are in north/south hemispherebut also it rotates around the worldgiving us some of our air movementand hence currents and weather. Thisgives rise to jetstreams which are thehigh altitude winds you can see onany weather map creating our airmass weather fronts around theglobe. My point is that the air aboveus is a swirling mass of different pres-

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sure and temperature so it would beunusual not to feel the occasionalbump when airborne……And some-times it can be rough while airborneand it is normal.

Planes do have four engines but mostthese days have two as it uses less fueland is cost efficient to airlines. Planeswith four engines can easily fly onthree but anything more than thatand you are in a serious emergencyand you need to be in the confines ofan airfield. It is glib to say we onlyneed one to fly and that we can glideto safety. I would be having an ex-tremely lucky day if I lost three or allfour and I landed safely. I can appre-ciate the sentiment but I have to addto it.

Pilot training is more rigorous thatDoctors as I can only ever renew mylicence until my next simulator checkand if I do not met the required stan-dard I do not have a job. The nextmost tested pilots were NASA pilotsand with the loss of the shuttle thishas changed. Our simulator examin-ing and training happens every sixmonths combined with other work intechnical subjects and a yearly med-ical which is very much part of my“ticket” to work.

Generally most pilots paid for theirown initial training which got themthe first job with a small airline andat around £75,000 this means we area motivated lot! I believe British pilotsto be some off the best globally as thestandards of the Civil Aviation Au-thority are high and these are en-forced throughout a career. This isquite correct and also I can never af-ford to have a bad day at work.

The risk of air collision has been muchreduced by the introduction of kit inthe planes that can talk to the otherplanes kit and this will give both aero-planes a route away from each other.That said I have used this kit twice inthe last ten years both times outsidethe UK. In the UK our fine controllershave ever updated equipment which

helps them with conflict avoidancehowever we are just a small island inthe Atlantic and the rest of the worldis a very different place. Airspace isgetting busier as aviation expands;there is always a risk…….

We do our best to avoid bad weatherand storms and I will always deviatewhen I can however a good southwesterly gale at Gatwick is normal atsome times of year and sometimescannot be avoided.. That said gener-ally flights will get delayed for severeweather like hurricanes and ultimatelyif I am unhappy about a weatherproblem I will divert or not take off.This is a profession where the mottois “do nothing daring, dumb or dif-ferent!” Prudence is the right wayand can keep you safe with a clean li-cence, in continued employment andout of the daily tabloids.

Modern airliners are robust machinesthat cope well with the demands

made of them, they are very reliable itis rare to have big failures these days;the emphasis of a lot of our trainingnow rests with the human factors andcommunication skills. I do find myNLP skills are in use daily along withthe use of language in passenger an-nouncements!!

I hope this has expanded on what Gillwrote about reassuring facts aboutflying and the concept of a happyaeroplane! Pilots are also happy to bein the air it is what we have chosen todo and it is a medium most of usthrive on. I passed 15000 flying hoursthis year and I still look out of my of-fice window in awe of the world.

With RegardsSally ToyeCognitive Hypnotherapist and 747Captain.


The relationship between hypnosisand the media has always been acomplex one. Sometimes, ashypnotherapists this has worked inour favour, often it has not.

As I've recently made the transitionfrom member of the public withvarious preconceptions abouthypnosis and hypnotherapy, to self-proclaimed hypno-geek, I feel that Ican offer opinion from both sides ofthe fence.

I was flicking through a women’smagazine recently and wasdelighted to stumble across amagazine article discussinghypnotherapy and comparing itto other alternative treatments.This particular article discussedtreatments for phobias andcompared hypnotherapy withother techniques.

It’s so refreshing to see our fieldreaching the modern media for the

correct reasons. This particular articledescribed techniques such as the FastPhobia Cure and regression to thesensitizing event. What was evenbetter about this article was that the

author reported asignificant

improvement with herphobia. Finally! Hypnosis and

hypnotherapy are being recognisedand rewarded for the right reasons.

We still have a long way to gothough, in terms of portraying ourfield as we would like it to beportrayed. I’m sure many of us stillregularly hear the question “Will I bemade to dance like a chicken?” Andperhaps some of us still sense thattinge of disappointment from someclient when we don’t take out aswinging pocket watch and utter thewords “You are feeling very sleepy.”

The connotations of the wordhypnosis and by association,hypnotherapy are currently greatlyinfluenced by the history of stagehypnosis. Stage hypnosis is still apopular form of entertainment, oftenperforming in theatres and clubs. In particular, I’m sure many of usremember, that in the 1990s theappetite for stage hypnosis amongthe public grew to such an extent thatITV began broadcasting The HypnoticWorld of Paul McKenna.

I am not in any way dismissive ofstage hypnosis. I think this is afascinating field and studying it

provides great insight intohuman psychology. Stagehypnosis has also done a greatdeal to increase the profile ofhypnosis and hypnotherapy as awhole and keep it in mainstreamconsciousness. There is no doubt inmy mind, that individuals such asDerren Brown invoke so much interestin the subject of hypnosis, thatpotential clients will often choosehypnotherapy above other alternativetherapies because they believe it to bea very powerful technique.

This is fantastic for us ashypnotherapists. However, this is alsoa double edged sword. Althoughpotential clients may be aware of

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hypnosis they will also perhaps haveunhelpful preconceptions about whatit will involve and whether they willremain in control. Effective educationwill usually dispute any negativepreconceptions a client has abouthypnotherapy but this will only workfor potential clients who have gone asfar as getting in touch with us.

However, articles such as the onementioned earlier featured in awomen’s glossy magazine are brilliantfor educating lots of people andportraying an accurate representationof hypnotherapy. It would be fantastic

to see more such articles in modernmainstream media. There are alreadya lot of signs that this is alreadyoccurring.

I have seen countless articles aboutHypnotic Gastric Bands, which,whether or not you condone itswidespread use, has done a lot forraising the profile of hypnotherapy.Hopefully this is a trend we will seecontinuing onwards and upwards.

As hypnotherapy grows as analternative therapy we also need toensure that we protect the reputation

of hypnotherapy as an industry.Perhaps this needs to be done byintroducing legislation or registrationto ensure all hypnotherapists areadequately trained. Industry bodiessuch as the NCH already go along way to doing this by ensuringthat their members are trained to ahigh standard and continue to beinvolved in CPD. I will be interested tosee how that complex and inter-dependent relationship ofhypnotherapy and the media willcontinue to evolve over the next fewyears. As with so many things in life….watch this space!

helped the process of healing andplayed a major part in pain control.Most hypnotherapists will, I think, beaware of how it is possible to helpclients control pain through the useof hypnosis. What they may not beaware of however is the amount ofevidence which shows just howsuccessful hypnotherapy can be inhealing and pain control. One chapterof this book is devoted to providingnumerous recorded examples of howsuccessful hypnotherapy interventionshave been in cancer treatment.

The curious question of how theseexamples, which are medicallyrecorded have not prompted majorresearch, is discussed. The authorsdraw the obvious conclusion thatclinical hypnosis is still not takenseriously enough and is still tainted byMesmer and his miracle magneticcures! The placebo effect is thesubject of one of the chapters and thequestion – isn’t hypnosis just aplacebo effect, is posed. It’s a difficultone to answer but the authors pointout that not all clients who gainbenefit from clinical hypnosis haveany great belief in their chances ofsuccess. What they do have howeveris a willingness to engage in theprocess and to open themselves up atleast to the possibility of some changetaking place.

Does it really matter however howmuch the placebo effect has insuccessful treatment. All that reallymatters is that successful changehappens and that clients can learn alittle of the power of their own mindwhich they can usefully apply to theirown healing if they choose to do so.

I’m so glad that I discovered thisbook. It’s a delight to read, excellentvalue for money and I’ll certainly berecommending to students as well asclients.


also a therapeutic aid forprofessional hypnotherapists,counsellors and doctors. I’mnot sure that a book cansuccessfully serve bothpurposes but the authors havedone a pretty good job inattempting to achieve it.Although only a brief book (147pages), two of its seven chaptersare taken up with descriptions ofwhat hypnosis is and what it does,a history of hypnosis andcounselling and other uses ofhypnotherapy, outside the maintopic of the book. I should add thatall of this is very well presented.

The real joy of this book in myopinion is the way I believe it couldinspire therapists to venture into therealm of helping people withcatastrophic illnesses to make a self-healing journey. It’s certainly not abook which attempts to denigratemedical approaches to the diagnosisand treatment of cancer. It doeshowever provide clear and detailedexamples of how clinical hypnosis andcounselling can make a real differencebetween giving up or not and inletting go of self-limiting beliefs andrestructuring negative thoughts andpast traumatic experiences.

The authors have provided afascinating historical perspective intoearly examples of how hypnosis

Hypnosis and Counselling inthe Treatment of Cancer and otherChronic IllnessDavid Frank and Bernard MooneyCrown House PublishingISBN 978- 1845900311£20.00

Reviewed by Nick Cooke

First published in 2002 and revised in2007, this is certainly a book which isworth considering including in thelibrary of any therapist and counsellorwho works with, or wishes to workwith clients who have a catastrophicillness, particularly cancer.

One concern I have is that the book iswritten both as a self-help book and

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S.U.M.O. is written by a presenter andtrainer, so is not directed at therapistsor therapees.There is a list of endorsements at thebeginning, written predominantly bypeople from big corporations andtelevision. However, I recommend itto people who are at the end of theirtherapy sessions and need a reminderof the principles underlying CBT. It’sa well organised book, full ofencouraging words and anecdotes,although the tone can occasionally bea little flippant for some readers. Inotice the acronym S.U.M.O, meaningshut up, move on – is modified to

‘stop, understand, move on’ whenused in presentations forschools – a more encouragingphrase perhaps. I liked thedescription of how theemotions work, the quick butthought provoking quizzes andthe general feeling I had when Icame to the end – acceptyourself and live as fully as youpossibly can. S.U.M.O is under200 pages and can be read at onesitting – it’s brevity belies itsusefulness.

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Just in case this publication slippedbeneath your radar as it did minewhen first published in the UK in2007, I wanted to bring it to theattention of fellow therapists as ashining example of ‘less is more’. The

black dog of the title, a metaphor ofdepression as popularised by WinstonChurchill, is the consistent visualcanine image of the unexpectedformat of picture book to profile thismost universal of conditions. Minimaltext, charming and often amusingillustrations wonderfully convey thedisabling impact of depression and

the potential for transformation andrecovery. This gem was brought to myown attention by a client who hadfound it invaluable as a medium toexplain his suffering to family andfriends. For this, the book is indeed aprecious resource. For therapistseverywhere it is a simple and poignantreminder of the dark places inhabitedby our depressed clients.

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On The Importanceof Poetry inHypnosis andPsychotherapy

Milton H. Erickson’s use of words inhypnosis (and psychotherapy) hasbeen characterized as “the precise useof vague language.” In recent timesas part of the medical model’s influ-ence on psychotherapy there has beena movement towards specific (pre-sumably effective) protocols for aclient’s presenting concerns that canbe codified in a diagnosis, preferablyone in the DSM-IV.

In medicine a particular diagnosedailment generally calls for one of thespecific treatments for that ailment.Deciding on which treatment to usedepends on the clinician’s experienceand expertise, which is why secondand third opinions are useful. Evengiven the physicality of medical treat-ments there is room for practicing the“art” of medicine. Within the realmof psychotherapy, art is perhaps amore significant factor than in medi-cine. This brief essay is about one of

those arts - poetry.

Snyder (1971) has written about theconnection between hypnotic lan-guage and poetry. The following isbased on Battino and South (2005,pp. 114-115):

In analyzing for the commonalities inhypnotic poetry, Snyder found (p. 37)"... a peculiarly effective stimulus con-sists of words which fix the subject'sattention by their rhythmic sound andmake a simple suggestion on whichthe subject concentrates without anygreat mental activity."

He found that hypnotic poems havethe following characteristics in com-mon:

(1) An unusually perfect pattern ofsound which tends to be soothing. Infact (p. 42), "Hypnotic poems in gen-eral give us heavy stresses falling reg-

Leading writer and practitioner Rubin Battinotalks about how using words poetically canenrich your practice

ularly at half-second intervals, and soornamented that the rhythmically in-clined listener has his attention drawnto the sound rather than the sense."

(2) There is in these poems a freedomfrom abrupt changes which can breakthe spell, and this especially meansfreedom from ideas which mightcompel mental alertness.

(3) The poems contain a certainvagueness of imagery (p. 42). "Thepictures presented in these hypnoticpoems have such soft, shadowy out-lines that one may fill in the details tosuit one's fancy or let the picture re-main hazy. They foster an idle,dreamy state of consciousness like thepreliminary stage of hypnosis."

(4) There are fatigue producing ele-ments, i.e., what Rossi calls "depoten-tiating habitual mental frameworks."These include verbal difficulties (p.45). "Paradoxical though it sounds,we may yet have to accept the viewthat in the early stages of a hypnoticpoem, a foreign word, an obscurephrase, or any slight difficulty thatcauses fatigue from strain on the partof the listener may actually promotethe ultimate aesthetic effect at whichthe artist aims."

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(5) Another characteristic is the use ofa refrain or of frequent repetition.(Think of the repetition of "Never-more" in "The Raven.") Finally, (6)these hypnotic poems tend to usesuggestion on the entranced listener,the suggestions sometimes having apost-hypnotic effect. In fact, the keysuggestive sentence comes near theend after "... there has been a longpreliminary soothing of the listener'ssenses by monotonous rhythmic'passes'." (p. 48, emphases added)

A metronomic delivery has been usedfrom the beginnings of hypnosis toinduce and sustain trance, and to in-crease suggestibility.

Poetry can be introduced into hyp-notic work in two ways. The first isby directly quoting an entire poemlike Robert Frost’s “Fire and Ice” orlines from poems like Frost’s “Mend-ing Walls” or “Stopping by Woods ona Snowy Evening” or “The Road NotTaken.” The second is to incorporatepoetic language into what you aresaying. I occasionally use the firstmethod when an apt line is recalled.More frequently, and usually towardsthe end of a hypnotic session, I simplythrow in a number of words orphrases that connect to Nature orideas or emotional states I wish to call

to the client’s attention. An exampleof this is:

a blade of grass ... the moon in themorning ... a raindrop ... a leaf flut-tering down in the Fall ... a lazy float-ing fluffy white cloud ... the buzzingof an insect ... that flower ... the windin treetops ... pine needles underfoot... joy ... a baby’s laughter ... a smile... a hug ... calm ... touching andbeing touched ... rain patter on theroof ... the burbling of a flowingbrook ... this moment ... a sunset ... aglass of cold water on a hot day ...thunder and lightning ... loving andbeing loved ... this breath ... smellinga flower ... being, just being ...whenand how and why and why not? ... atree in winter stark against the sky ...a snowflake ...

These words and phrases are infil-trated into the hypnotic talk, some-times randomly, and sometimes in a

On The Importance ofPoetry in Hypnosis andPsychotherapy

bunch. Sufficient pauses need to beused between the segments for theclient to receive and process andwonder and reminisce. The clientneeds time to fill in his or her ownrecollections about these words andphrases, and integrate them intowhatever it is they are working on inthat session. My clients seem to getquieter and dreamier when I do this,and it seems to have a calming andpeaceful effect. Poetry used like thisis a respectful segue to the ending ofthe trance.

May I urge you to be poetic in yourhypnosis sessions and enjoy thebeauty and the vagueness of poetry?

Battino, R.; & South, T.L. (2005). Er-icksonian approaches: a comprehen-sive manual. (2nd ed.). Carmarthen,UK: Crown House Publishing Ltd.Snyder, E.D. (1971). Hypnotic poetry.New York: Octagon Books.


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