Is hypnotherapy the solution for anxiety and stress?
So many of the clients I see come to me after having tried almost everything to resolve their anxiety and stress. Medication, various talk therapies such as Psychoanalysis, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Neurofeedback and even shamanic practices. While some of these work to varying degrees, they are often predicated on a misunderstanding how the Mind-Body system works and sometimes even make […]
It’s all just placebo
“It’s all just placebo” I am sure you´ve heard that a million times… I personally cringe when I hear that phrase, because even though people recognize that there is a placebo effect, I KNOW they don´t really get it. There is no such thing as JUST placebo. Do you think it’s just anything that […]
Spring cleaning
My partner and her family celebrated Easter Sunday this year by having a Barbeque in the graden of her aunt´s place here in Gràcia. As we enjoyed the wonderful weather, food and company I had a moment to reflect on the coming months and how much I like Spring. It is, for me a […]
Mind your weight: Fat thinking vs. thin thinking
One of the most common things that people come to a hypnotherapist is for help losing weight. Everyone wants to be healthy and look good and some find that despite their best efforts when it comes to staying active and exercising regularly (and may even succeed in losing a significant amount), they cannot keep […]
Behaving “badly” for a good reason: is this true?
The other day I saw a Facebook post by a well known Hypnotherapy trainer that stated, “remember: No matter how bad or damaging someone’s behavior might be, the intention behind it is always positive”. This is one of the main presuppositions from the field of NLP and Ericksonian Hypnosis and is used as foundation for […]
Does hypnosis work?
One of the most common questions I get as a hypnotist is ¨does hypnosis work¨ ? The short answer is: yes. So when people ask me this, the person is asking if it’s ¨real¨ (as in does it actually exist). Also if it does, will it work for them? Before I unpack this question further […]
Seeing the forest for the trees: finding natural.
While I was growing up in Papua New Guinea, (the country where I was born and lived until I was 13 years old) my mother Dr. Carol Jenkins found herself living an anthropologist’s dream: working with an indigenous tribe that had just been discovered in the rainforest and were still living in the ¨stone age¨. […]
Mind control and hypnosis
One thing that stops many people from benefitting from the incredible power of hypnosis is the idea of it being used as “mind control”. Cue scary music. Let’s talk about myth of mind control. Often people have some false impressions about hypnosis being some form of mind control. The hysteria created by the George Du […]
FEAR, the other 4 letter word
You know what I mean. That feeling of tightness in the chest and stomach, your throat closing, your hands beginning to sweat and that unmistakable impulse to RUN AWAY. It is not a fun state to be in, but the truth is that without that very natural body response, you wouldn’t be here. This totally […]
